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Ip¶pIfpw XmgvhcIfpw agbn IpXnÀ¶ \mfpIÄ.
]pXpshÅw IpSn¨p ZmlaI¶ `qanbpw a\pjycpw PohPme§fpw.
FhnsSbpw Pohsâ s]mSn¸pIÄ. A¯nhr£§fpw
Henhpac§fpw XfnÀ¯p. hbteeIfn Dghpw hnXbpw
XIrXnbmbn \S¡p¶p. ap´cnt¯m¸pIÄ
]p\ÀP\n¡p¶p.
aohÂ]£nIÄ ]mSn¸d¡p¶p. aKvZebnse§pw
Bizmk¯nsâ IpfnÀ¡mäv. ]«W¯nÂ
`n£mS\¯n\p h¶hÀ {Kma§fnte¡p
aS§n. AhchnsS Irjn¸WnIfn apgpIn.
a«p¸mhn \nev¡pt¼mÄ B\µ¯n\v
AXncnÃmbncp¶p F\n¡v. ]peÀthfIÄ¡p
s]m³\ndw, \\ª a®nsâ aZncKÔw. FhnsSbpw
a®ns\ ]pevIp¶ a\pjyÀ. Rm³ atbmantbmSp ]dªp:
""v\ap¡pw {Kma¯nte¡p t]mImw. AhnsSbmWv
A²zm\¯nsâ t\Àhgn. hnbÀ¸nsâ
hnPbKÔw.''
AXns\´m, \ap¡pt]mImw.''
ASp¯ Znhkw Rm\pw atbmanbpw {Kma¯nte¡p ]pds¸«p.
IÀjIcpsS DucpIfnepw IrjnbnS§fnepw Ibdnbnd§n.
a®nsâbpw a\pjycpsSbpw PohØm\w t\cnÂIWvSp.
sNdnb a\pjycpsS henbkvt\lw BkzZn¨p. ]ecpw Fs¶ Xncn¨dnªp.
AhÀ a{´n¨p: aKvZe¡mcn adnbw. aKvZe¡mcn
adnbw...
Rm³ atbmantbmSp ]cn`hw ]dªp: ""]WanÃtÃm
ChnsSsbmcp ap´cnt¯m«w hm§phm³.''
""hoªp cpNn¡m¯hÀ¡v F´n\p
ap´ncnt¯m¸v?''
""]gp¯ap´ncn¡peIÄ ]dns¨Sp¯v
Fsâ {]nb\p t\Zn¡m³. ip² ap´ncn¨mÀ
]ngnªpsImSp¯v {]mW{]nbs\ {]oXns¸Sp¯m³.''
atbman AZv`qXt¯msS t\m¡n.
""FhnsS \nsâ {]nb³?''
""ChnsS. CXn\pÅnÂ,''
Rm³ amdn sXm«pImWn¨p. AhÄs¡m¶pw
a\ÊnembnÃ. kz]v\mS\¯nse¶t]mse Rm³
]dªp:
""Hcp \mÄ Ah³ hcpw. Ahsâ Xr¸mZ§fnÂ
Fs¶ kaÀ¸n¡pw. Ahsâ Im¸mSpIsf
Rm³ ]n´pScpw..''
""adnbw F´mWo¸dbp¶Xv? kz]v\w IWvSmtWm
\S¸v?''
atbman Fs¶ X«nbpWÀ¯n. sR«nbpWÀ¶t]mse
Rm\hsf t\m¡n.
""H¶panÃ. H¶panà atbman.''
Iptdt\cw R§Ä anWvSmsX \S¶p. IrjnØe§Ä
IS¶v Ip¶n³Ncnhnse Ducn\pkao]w \nevs¡, ItÃ]nfÀ¡p¶
\nehnfn! {]mWthZ\tbmsS ]nSbp¶ s]®nsâ Ic¨nÂ.
ASp¯pImWp¶ Ducn \n¶mbncp¶p AXv. B[ntbmsS
Rm³ atbmantbmSp tNmZn¨p:
""tIÄ¡p¶ntà Hcp \nehnfn? AsXmcp
s]®nsâ Ic¨netÃ?''
""AtXbtX. DucnÂ\n¶mWv.''
""At§m«psN¶v \ap¡pt\m¡mw.
AhnsSsb§pw Bscbpw ImWp¶nÃtÃm.''
R§Ä Ducnte¡p IS¡pt¼mÄ AXphgn
cWvSp]pcpj·mÀ h¶p. blqZcmb IÀjIÀ.
AhcnsemcmÄ R§sf hne¡n:"" AXp ]pdPmXnIfpsS
Ducv. sN½mc¡q«amW[nIhpw At§m«p
Xncnªpt\m¡cpXv.''
""tIÄ¡p¶ntÃ, Hcp kv{XobpsS
Ic¨nÂ? '' Rm³ tNmZn¨p. AbmÄ ]dªp:
""tIÄ¡mw. t]äpt\mhnfIpt¼mgpÅ
Ic¨nem. sN½m¯ns¸®mbncn¡pw.''
""R§sfm¶p t]mbnt\m¡s«.''
""thWvS. t]mImXncn¡v. Icªp Icªv AhÄ
AhnsS¡nS¶p Xpeªp s]mt¡mfpw.''CcphcnÂ
cWvSma³ ]dªp. F\n¡v Cud tXm¶n.
""\n§sf´m C§s\ I®nt¨mcbnÃmsX
]tds¶? Ahsfmcp ssZhkrjvSnbtÃ?''
""]pdPmXnIsf ssZhwkrjvSn¨Xv, \cI¯nse CÔ\¯n\pthWvSn.
A\ytZh·msc ssIs¡mÅp¶ C¡q«cm
\cI¯nse Xo¡\ev.''
""Mm. Mm... Hcp ]pdPmXn¡mcn, CuäphnfnbmÂ
HSp§nbm A{Xbpw \ÃXv. XtÅw t]mIpw ]ntÅw
t]mIpw. AXm ssZh¯n\njvSw.''
hoWvSpw H¶ma³ ]dªp. B ISp¯ hÀ¯am\w
Fs¶ sNmSn¸n¨p. apJ¯Sn¨t]mse Rm³
]dªp:
""~~Hcp ssZhP\w! AtijwI\nhnÃm¯ Iq«À.
t]m sN¶p \cI¯n NmSv.''
Ahsc AhKWn¨v Rm\pw atbmanbpw Ducn {]thin¨p. AhnsSsbmcpho«nÂ
Icbp¶hsf IsWvS¯n. t]äpt\mhm Icbp¶
saenª bphXn. AhfpsS ASp¯ncp¶v atbman \Sphpw hbdpw
Xncp½n. shÅsaSp¯p Rm³ IpSn¡m³
sImSp¯p. AhfpsS \nehnfn Rc¡ambn Ipdªp. XmaknbmsX
AhÄ {]khn¨p. Hcm¬ Ipªv! Ipªn¡c¨nÂ
tI«v A½ tImcn ¯cn¨p. A½sbbpw Ipªns\bpw
atbman ip{iqjn¨p c£s¸Sp¯n. At¸mtg¡pw
B ho«nse apXnÀ¶ kv{XoIÄ HmSn h¶p.
hben \n¶p h¶ AhÀ R§sf IWvSv kvXw`n¨p\n¶p.
AhtcmSp \à hm¡p]dªv R§Ä Ducn\p]pd¯nd§n.
\me©v blqZ]pcpj·mÀ AhnsS t\m¡n \nev]pWvSmbncp¶p.
AhÀ R§tfmSv FXncn«p.
""am\w sI« s]®p§Ä ]pdPmXns¸®n\p
t]sdSp¡m³ h¶ ]nimNp¡fv,''
""alm]m]¯nsâ sh¸m«nIÄ.
IsÃdnªpsImÃWw cWvSns\bpw.''
AhcpsS ZpÀ`mjW§Ä {i²n¡msX apt¶m«p
\o§th, Hcp¯³ ]n¶se h¶p ITn\ambn Zpjn¨p:
""ssZhP\¯n\p am\t¡SmWv \osbms¡. eÖbntÃ
]pd¯nd§n \S¡m³.''
At¶cw Rm³ Xncnªp \n¶v AaÀjt¯msS
Xncn¨Sn¨p.
""DÅp\ndsb ]m]w sImWvSp \S¡p¶hcmWv
eÖnt¡WvSXv. I]S`ànbm ]pWymf³ Nabp¶hcmWp
XeXmgvt¯WvSXv.''
Fsâ hm¡pIÄ AhcpsSta Xpf¨pIbdpIXs¶
sNbvXp. AhcpsS \oWvSXmSn hnd¨p. Xe¸mhnfIn. s\änNpfnªp.
HcmÄ KÀÖn¨p:
""Chsf hnScpXv. ChfpsS hkv{Xw IodnsbdnbWw. ChfpsS
\áX A\mhrXam¡Ww. ChfpsS Xe apWvU\w sN¿Ww.
IWvSntÃ, apSnbgn¨n«pÅ \S¸v.''
asämcmÄ tcmjw Noän. AhcpsS hmIvic§Ä
Fs¶ GinbtXbnÃ. hotdmsS Rms\Xncn«p:
""I\yIbpsS DSphkv{Xw Dcnbp¶Xpw \áX A\mhcWw
sN¿p¶Xpw \ymb{]amWw! s\m´pIcbp¶ s]®n\v
Bizmkw ]IÀ¶m {]amWewL\w! \n§fpsS Cu
\ymb{]amWw \oXnsI«XmWv. IcpWbnÃm¯XmWv.''
""A{Xbv¡mtbm \obv? \ymb{]amWs¯ XÅn¸dbpt¶m
Nqsf. Chsf ]nSn¨psI«Ww.''
HcmÄ IenXpÅn.atbman Fs¶ \nÀ_Ôn¨p:""
hcq. \ap¡v HmSnt¸mImw''
Rm³ atbmansb XSªp: ""`bs¸ScpXv. Xn·sN¿p¶hÀ¡mWp
`bw.A¯c¡mcÃtÃm \½Ä. HtÆm''
""AÃ''
""F¶m \obv IqkmsX \nÃv. H«pw
\nÊmcaà kv{XoP·w. kv{XobpsS KÀ`¯nÂ
\n¶mWp ]pcpj³ P\n¡p¶Xv. ssZhP\w Im¯ncn¡p¶
c£Isâ ]ndhnbpw I\yIbpsS DZc¯nÂ\n¶v.
Cu blqZ]pcpj·mÀ D×sb Xncn¨dnbm¯sX´v?
Ahcnt¸mgpw kv{XoIsf \oNP·ambn ImWp¶p. Ahsc
A]am\n¡p¶p. CXp alm]m]amWv. \ymb{]amW ewL\amWv...''
]dªpXocpwapt¼ Hcp¯³ A«lkn¨p:
""v \ndps¯So \nsâ A[nI{]kwKw. \nsâ
\mhp R§Ä ]dns¨Sp¡pw.''
AhÀ ASp¯ph¶v R§sf hfªp h¨p. Fsâ
D¯cobw ]nSns¨Sp¡m\mbn Hcp¯sâ {iaw.
AhÀ A{IamkàcmIp¶XpIWvSv Rm³ ]Xdn. atbman
t]Sn¨cWvSp. B hnjakÔnbnÂ, hben \n¶p
hcp¶ the¡mcpsS Hcp kwLw AhnsS HmSnsb¯n, AhÀ
blqZ]pcpj·msc t\cn«p.
""F´mbnZv? ]«m¸IÂ kv{XoIsf
D]{Zhn¡pt¶m?''
""HmSnt¡m. Asæn ]nSn¨psI«n
R§Ä hnNmcWØe¯v Gev]n¨psImSp¡pw.
Dw amdv. amdn \nev¡v.''
blqZ]pcpj·msc the¡mÀ _eambn XÅnamän.
AhtcmSvFXncnSp¶Xv ]´nbsöp tXm¶pIbmÂ,
hg¡mfnIÄ AhnSw hn«p thKw t]mbn.
B]¯n \n¶p c£n¨ the¡mÀ¡p
Rm³ \µn]dªp. Ahcn Nnescs¶ Xncn¨dnªp.
]ªIme¯v ]mh§Ä¡v DXhn\evInb aKvZe¡mcn!
aKvZe¡mcn adnbw! ~ HcmÄ ]d ªp:
""adnbw kq£n¡Ww. ]Ån{]amWnamÀ¡pw
]coi·mÀ¡pw \nt¶mSp]IbpWvSv. ]ªIme¯v
\o \S¯nb Zm\[À½§Ä \nan¯w \o
AhcpsS I®nse IcSv.''
""AXpsImWvSv X\n¨p t]mImXncn¡v. R§Ä
IqsShcmw.''
asämcmÄ ]dªp. Rm³ adp¯nÃ. AhÀ
R§tfmsSm¸w ]«W¯nte¡p h¶p. AhÀ
Ggpt]cpWvSmbncp¶p. ho«phmXnev¡Â h¨v
AhÀ aS§ms\mcp§th, hmXn Xpd¶v Rm\hsc
AIt¯¡p hnfn¨p; hcq. \n§sfsâ BXnYyw
kzoIcnt¨ t]mImhq.''
ho«n\pÅn hcm³ aSnbmbncp¶p AhÀ¡v.
hben \n¶ph¶ AhcpsS ImepIÄ sNfn]pcWvSXpw
hkv{X§Ä apjnªXpambncp¶p. hfsc \nÀºÔn¨t¸mgmWv
AhÀ AI¯p {]thin¨Xv. Rm\pw atbmanbpw BXnYyacymZtbmsS
Ahsc kzoIcn¨p. ImepIgpIn XpS¨p kpKÔw ]pc«n.
A¸hpw hoªpw btYjvSw hnf¼n. AhÀ Xn¶p
Xr]vXcmbn \µn. ]dªp: ""R§Ä XmWthe¡mÀ.
F¶n«pw R§tfmSp ImWn¨Xv henb XmÂ]cyw.\µn]dbm³
hm¡pIfnÃ. AZv`pXw R§sf hoÀ¸pap«n¡p¶p.''
Ahcn apXnÀ¶bmÄ ]dªp. Rm³ Xncp¯n:
"" CsXm¶pw \µn¡pthWvSnbÃ.
Fsâ ISa. Rm³ \n§Ä¡p ktlmZcn.''
hmXnev¡Â sN¶v Rm\hsc bm{Xbm¡n.
Hcp¡\mÄkmbmÓ¯n Rm³ a«p¸mhnencp¶p.
aqh´nt\c¯v i_¯nsâ sIm¼phnfn apg§nbXpw
Rms\m¶p sR«n. Hcp¡\mfpw i_¯pw ad¶p
Pohn¨Xv F{XtbmImew! ]Ým¯m]t¯msS Rm³
btlmhsb hnfn¨p. Ft¶mSp s]mdp¯mepw. FÃm
i_¯pw C\n kn\tKmKn BNcn¡pw...
i_¯p\mÄ ip²hr¯nbn apgpIn. cmhnse
Rm\pw atbmanbpw kn\tKmKnte¡p ]pd¸«p. {]mbÝn¯ambn
kn\tKmKn hgn]mSp kaÀ¸n¡m³, Ggp
]ptcmlnX hkv{Xhpw aq¶p kphÀ®XncÈoebpw
bmK]oT§Ä¡pÅ Ggp hncnIfpw ]¯p shÅn\mWbhpw
IcpXnbncp¶p.
]«W¯nse BchwsNÃm¯ DbÀØm\¯mbncp¶p
kn\tKmKv. shSn¸mbØe¯v hep¸hpw `wKnbpapÅ]Ån.
Ccphi¯pw ]qapJhpw hnimeamb {]mÀ°\imebpw {]tXyIw
thÀXncn¨ thZnbpw. BfpIÄ AhnsS h¶psImWvSncp¶p.
Bcm[\bv¡papt¼ R§fpw AhnsS sN¶ptNÀ¶p.
]qapJ¯nsâ Hcp `mK¯ncp¶v ]Ån {]amWnbpw
d_nbpw hgn]mSpIÄ kzoIcn¡p¶pWvSmbncp¶p.
kv{XoIfpsS ]´nbnÂ\n¶v Rm\pw atbmanbpw AhcpsS
ap¶nÂsN¶p. Fsâ ]¡epWvSmbncp¶
hgn]mSphkvXp¡f{Xbpw, AhcpsS ap¶nse ImgvNtaibnÂ
h¨v, Rm \hsc \akvIcn¨p. ]Ån{]amWnbpw d_nbpw BÝcys¸«ncp¶p.
ASnapSn Fs¶ t\m¡n Ahcncphcpw AS¡w ]dªp.
Fsâ hgn]mSpIÄ kzoIcn¡msX AhÀ i¦n¨ncn¡pIbmWv.
Iptdt\cambt¸mÄ IqSpXÂ BfpIÄ AhnsS h¶pIqSn.
At¶cw ]Ån{]amWn Fsâ t\sc hnc NqWvSn.
""\o AhftÃ, B adnbw?''
""AtX.''Rm³ arZphmbn aqfn.
s]mSp¶s\ ]Ån{]amWnbpsS apJw Idp¯p. AbmÄ
AaÀjt¯msS H¨sbSp¯p: ""thWvS.
CsXm¶pw ChnsS kzoImcyaÃ.''
ImgvNtaibn Rm\À¸n¨ hgn]mSpIf{Xbpw Fsât\À¡pXs¶
AbmÄ \o¡nh¨p. AXn\p d_nbpw ]£w ]nSn¨p:
"" AtXbsX. AXm AXnsâ icn.''
Fsâ NpWvS\§nbnÃ. intcmhkv{Xw hgpXnt¸mImsX
]mXnapJwad¨v ImcyadnbmsX \n¶p. At¶cw ]Ån{]amWnbpsS
i_vZw I\¯p: ""v \o ]m]n\nbmb kv{Xo. \nsâ
hgn]mSpIÄ ]Ån¡p \njn²ambXv.''
AhnsS \n¶hcn ]ecpw AXp tI«pNncn¨p. ]cnlmk¯mÂ
s\änNpfn¨v Nnescs¶ Xpdn¨pt\m¡n. F\n¡p
IcbWsa¶p tXm¶n. lrZbXmfw s]cpIp¶p. tZlamkIew
sIepsIep¸v. F´p sN¿Wsa¶dnbmsX Rm³
]cp§n. ]Ån{]amWnbpsS i_vZw hoWvSpw DbÀ¶p:
""FSp¯psImWvSpt]mIm\Ãtbm ]dªXv. AsænÂ
FÃmw FSp¯p hens¨dnbpw.''
""Mm. Mm. thKw s]dp¡nsbSp¯psImWvSp t]mt¡mfq.
AXmWp \ÃXv.'' d_nbpsS H¯mi.
B \nanjw DÅnemsI s]×q¨nfIn.NpWvS\§n au\w
Xpd¶p.
""Zbhmbn Fs¶ sXän²cn¡mXncn¡pI.''
Rm³ ]dªp:
""vv\obmcmsW¶v R§Ä¡dnbmw. thiybpsS
hcpam\w btlmhbv¡d¸pÅXv. AXnhnsS kzoImcyhpaÃ.''
""sXäv..'' Rms\XnÀ¯p]dªp:
""Rm³ thiybÃ. Rm³ hy`nNcn¨n«panÃ.
\n§fpsSbpÅnemWp hy`nNmcimebpÅXv.''
""thWvS. tIÄs¡WvS \nsâ \ymb{]kwKw.
R§Ä¡p IWvSmednªpIqsS \obmcmsW¶v.''
AXp ]dª d_nbpsS t\sc Rm³ Xncn¨Sn¨p. Fsâ
hm¡pIfn Xos¸mcn NnXdn.
""\n§fpsS I¬\ndsb ImamkànbmWv. AXpsImWvSmWv
Rm³ thiybmsW¶p tXm¶p¶Xv. F¶mÂ
kXyw \n§fdnbWw. C¼hm¡pIfm Rm\mscbpw
hioIcn¨n«nÃ. t{]a¯n can¡mt\m,
ImatIfnbmSmt\m Hcps¼«n«nÃ. thiymhkv{Xw
[cn¨p aqfn¸m«pw ]mSn \S¶v Rm\mscbpw ]m«nem¡nbn«panÃ.
Rms\mcp I\yIbmWv. ]ns¶ Rms\§s\ thimkv{XobmIpw? \n§Ä
]dbq. F\n¡XdnbWw.''
""t]mSo, \n¶p Ipcbv¡msX. \nsâ hm¡pw
shdnbpw ]Ån¡p]pd¯v. hmbS¨v thKw Øew
hnSv Asæn ]nSn¨p XÅn ]Sn¡p
]pd¯m¡pw.''
]Ån{]amWn I¯nPzen¨p. Ip]nX\mbn AbmÄ NmSnsbgpt¶äp.
_lfw tI«v aäp {]amWnamcpw ]coi·mcpw HmSn¡qSn.
AhÀ Ien]qWvSv Fsâ hgn]mSpIÄ ]pdt¯¡p
hens¨dnªp.
Fs¶ _eambn ]nSn¨phen¨p ]pd¯m¡ns¡mWvSv
]Ån{]amWn KÀÖn¨p.
""t]m,t]m. tXhnSn¨n. Cu ]cnkcs¯§pw taenÂ
IWvSpt]mIcpXv. C\ow tIdnh¶m sIm¶pIfbpw''
DÅpeªv Rm\msI XfÀ¶pt]mbn. atbman HmSnh¶p
Xm§nbXn\m hoWnÃ. AhfpsS tXmfn Nmªv
Rm³ hn§ns¸m«n.
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