km_p tI_nÄ IW£s\Sp¯n«v A[nIw \mfmbn«nÃ. Ip«nIfpsS ]T\s¯ _m[n¡pw F¶p tXm¶nbXpsImWvSmWv tI_nÄ FSp¡m³ BZyw aSn¨Xv. F¶m Nm\epIÄ ÌmÀ knwKÀ t]msebpÅ dnbmenän tjmIÄ Bcw`n¨tXmsS tI_nÄ IW£³ FSp¡Ww F¶ Imcy¯n FÃmhÀ¡pw GIm`n{]mbambn. AXpsImWvSv Ip«nIÄ¡pw KpWapWvSmbn. Km\mem]\coXn sa¨s¸Sp¯p¶Xn\mhiyamb Nne Sn]vkv Cu ]cn]mSnIfn \n¶hÀ¡p e`yambn. AtXmsSm¸w dnbmenän tjmIsf A\pIcn¨v ho«n¯s¶ kwKoX]cnioe\w \S¯m\pw Ignªp. CsXms¡ an\n kv{Io\n \n¶p e`n¨ an\nbÃm¯ t\«§fmWv F¶p km_phpw IpSpw_hpw Adnbp¶p.
ssj\n¡papWvSv Nne an\nkv{Io³ XmÂ]cy§Ä. AXn {][m\w Ip¡dn tjmbmWv. ]ecpw hnNmcn¡p¶Xv Nm\epIfnse Ip¡dntjmIÄ km[mcW¡mÀ¡v H«pw {]tbmP\Icaà F¶mWv. F¶m Ip¡dn tjmIfn ]eXnepw km[mcW¡mcmb ho«½amÀ¡v D]tbmKs¸Sp¯mhp¶ [mcmfw Sn]vkv DsWvS¶mWp ssj\nbpsS A`n{]mbw. AXn ]eXpw ASp¡fbn {]tbmP\s¸Sp¯p¶papWvSv. km_phpw ssj\nbpw kocnb {`a¡mcÃ. AXp Ip«nIÄ¡pw D]Imc{]Zambn. Ahcpw kocnb ImWm³ kabw Ifbp¶nÃ. \à kn\nabpsWvS¦n Ip«nItfmsSm¸ancp¶v AXp ImWpw. ]ns¶, Nn{XKoXw, tImaUn tjm XpS§nb ]cn]mSnIfpw IsWvS¶ncn¡pw.
GXmbmepw BsI¡qSn cWvSp cWvSc aWn¡qdn¡qSpX t\cw B ho«n Sn.hn. HmWmbn¡nS¡nÃ. "R§fpsS ho«n cmhnse Sn.hn. HmWm¡nbm ]ns¶ cm{XnbnemWv AXv Hm^v sN¿p¶Xv' F¶p Xsâ Iq«pImc³ kp\n ]dªXmbn s\_p ]dªt¸mÄ km_p A`n{]mbs¸«Xv C§s\: "AsXmcp AUn£\mWv. {UKv AUn£³ t]mse A]ISIcasænepw H«pw KpWIcaÃ.'
Hcp hoSn\v Ft¸mgpw AXntâXmb Hcp ss{]hknbpw hnip²nbpapWvSv. s]mXpØe§fnteXpt]mse AhnsS apgph³ kabhpw Sn.hn. {]hÀ¯n¨psImWvSncp¶m CÃmXmIp¶Xv B hnip²nbpw `wKnbpamWv. C¡mcy¯n km_phn\pw ssj\n¡pw X\Xmb Hcp A`n{]mbapWvSmbncp¶XpsImWvSv Sn.hn. B Krlm´co£¯nsâ hnip²n¡p Imcyamb tIm«sam¶pw hcp¯nbn«nÃ.
F¦nepw CSbv¡nsS Nne sIm¨p{]iv\§Ä Xe s]m¡mdpWvSv. Hcp Znhkw Ip«nIÄ Sn.hn. bpsS ap¼nencp¶v Ft´m Imcy¯nsâ t]cn XÀ¡n¡p¶XpIWvSv km_p lmfnte¡p Ibdns¨¶p. {]iv\sa´msW¶p Xnc¡nbt¸mÄ AdnªXn§s\: s\_phn\pw tkm_phn\pw "_n t]mknäohv' F¶ ]cn]mSn ImWWw. Cfbhcmb jm_phn\pw jn_phn\pw ImÀ«q¬ Nm\ ImWWw. dntam«p ssI¡em¡m³ cWvSp Iq«cpw InWªp {ian¡pIbmWv. km_p Ip«nIsf im´cm¡nbn«v AhtcmSp tNmZn¨p: ""\apt¡sd D]Imc{]Zamb Hcp ]cn]mSnbpw hnt\mZ¯n\p ap³Xq¡w \ÂIp¶ asämcp ]cn]mSnbpw Htc kabw ImWm³ Ahkcw In«nbm \n§Ä GXp sXcsªSp¡pw?'' s\_phpw tkm_phpw Htc kzc¯n adp]Sn ]dªp: ""Gsd D]Imc{]Zamb ]cn]mSn sXcsªSp¡pw.'' At¸mÄXs¶ km_p XoÀ¸p Iev]n¨p: ""F¦n Ct¸mÄ _n. t]mknäohv ItWvSmfq. ImÀ«q¬ ]ns¶bmsW¦nepw ImWmatÃm.''
A§s\ B {]iv\w AhnsS Ahkm\n¨p. F¦nepw {]iv\w XoÀ¶pthm F¶v km_phn\p kwibapWvSmbncp¶p. ImcWw, Sn.hn. bn \qdp Nm\epIfpÅt¸mÄ, ImWm³ ]ecpÅt¸mÄ GXp t{]m{Kmw ImWWw F¶sXmcp {]iv\w Xs¶bmWv. Ip«nIfpsS aqUpw sSbnÌpw Ft¸mgpw amdns¡mWvSncn¡pasÃm. Nnescms¡ sN¿p¶Xpt]mse H¶ne[nIw Snhn hm§n Hmtcm apdnbnepw h¨psImSp¯m Xocp¶ {]iv\aà AXv. AXp Imcyw hjfmImt\ D]Icn¡q. Sn.hn. H¶p aXnsb¶pw AXv FÃmhcpw s]cpamdp¶ Hcp apdnbntem lmfntem hbv¡p¶XmWp \ÃsX¶pw km_phn\p t_m²yapWvSv.
Sn.hn. bpsS ap¼n Gsd t\cw sNehgn¨v kwKoX]cnioe\hpw Cw¥ojv ]T\hpw Dg¸cpsX¶v Hcp Znhkw km_p Ip«nItfmSp ]dªp. At¸mÄ s\_phnsâ kwibw: ""R§Ä Sn.hn. bpsS ap¼n sNehnSp¶ kabw IqSpXemsW¶v Nm¨\`n{]mbaptWvSm?''
""F¶nÃ. aäp Imcy§sf AXp _m[n¡msX t\m¡Wsa¶p am{Xw.''
""AXns\´msWmcp t]mwhgn?'' tkm_p tNmZn¨p.
""\½Ä Hcp Znhkw Snhn bpsS ap¼n sNehgn¡p¶ kabw GItZiw F{XbmsW¶v BZyadnbWw.''
""R§Ä ]dbmwþGItZiw cWvSp cWvScaWn¡qÀ''
""ImWp¶ ]cn]mSnIÄ Fs´ÃmamsW¶v C\n ]dbmtam''
""]dbmw. \yqkv, dnbmenän tjm, Nn{XKoXw, Ip¡dn tjm, ImÀ«q¬, tImaUn tjm FÃmwIqSn GItZiw cWvSc aq¶p aWn¡qÀ''
""cWvSp aq¶p aWn¡qÀ sImWvSv FÃmhÀ¡pw Gähpw {]tbmP\saSp¡m³ IgnbWsa¦n Gähpw \ÃXpw \nehmcapÅXpamb ]cn]mSnIÄ GXp Nm\epIfnemWp hcp¶sX¶v \½Ä Adnªncn¡Ww. At¸mÄ Imcy§Ä Ffp¸ambn!'' km_p ]dªhkm\n¸n¨p.
GXm\pw Znhks¯ ]cn{iawsImWvSv GtXXp Nm\epIfnse GtXXp ]cn]mSnIfmWv Gähpw {]tbmP\{]Zhpw hnÚm\{]Zhpsa¶v km_phpw ssj\nbpw Ip«nIfpw IqSn H¸ancp¶p a\Ênem¡nsbSp¯p. AX\pkcn¨v t{]m{KmapIÄ IWvSpXpS§nbt¸mÄ dntam«n\pthWvSnbpÅ Ip«nIfpsS ]nSnhen CÃmXmbn. Sn.hn. bnse \à A`napJ§Ä H¶n¨ncp¶p ImWWsa¶v km_p Ip«nItfmSp \nÀt±in¨p. Bibhn\nabw ^e{]Zam¡p¶sX§s\sb¶v A`napJ§Ä \ap¡p ]dªpXcpw. AXpt]mse, XcwXmgv¶ tImaUnIÄ ImWmsX \nehmcapÅh ImWm\pw \À½ckw IeÀ¶ [ym\{]kwK§Ä tIÄ¡m\pw Ip«nIsf km_p t{]cn¸n¨p. ImÀ«qWpIfpw Cw¥ojv hmÀ¯Ifpw Ip«nIfpsS Cw¥ojv `mjm]cnNbw sa¨s¸Sp¯m³ D]Icn¡psa¶XpsImWvSv Ahbv¡pw ap³Xq¡w \ÂIm³ \nÀt±in¨p.
""Sn.hn. D]tbmKn¡p¶sX§s\ F¶p ]dªp sImSp¡m³ BfnÃm¯XmWv ]e hoSpIfnsebpw {]iv\w'' km_p ssj\ntbmSp ]dªp.
""apXnÀ¶hÀ thWvS amÀ¤\nÀt±iw sImSp¡m¯XpsImWvSmhmw Sn.hn. ]e Ip«nIÄ¡pw Hcp AUn£\mhp¶Xv'' ssj\n Iq«nt¨À¯p.
""C\n thsd NneÀ¡v Sn.hn. Hcp FkvtI¸mWv. AXnYnIÄ h¶m IqSn AhÀ Sn.hn. bn \n¶p Is®Sp¡nÃ'' km_p \nco£n¨p.
GXmbmepw km_phnsâbpw ssj\nbpsSbpw amÀ¤\nÀt±i§Ä s\_phn\pw tkm_phn\pw AhcpsS Ipª\pP·mÀ¡pw Gsd A\p{Kl{]Zambn. AX\pkcn¨p {]hÀ¯n¨t¸mÄ an\n kv{Io\n\p ap¼n an\naw kabancp¶v amIvknaw Imcy§Ä ImWm\pw a\Ênem¡m\pw ]Tn¡m\papÅ Ahkcw B sIm¨panSp¡·mÀ¡p ssIh¶p. ""Sn.hn. shdpw hnUvVns¸«nbmsW¶p ]dbp¶Xp icnbmtWm Nm¨m?'' jn_phnsâ kwibw. km_phnsâ adp]Sn: ""_p²n]qÀÆw D]tbmKn¡p¶hÀ¡v Snhn hnUvVns¸«nbsöp am{XaÃ, Hcp _p²ns¸«n Xs¶bmWv!''
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