]¯mw¢mkv ]co£bn kvIqfn\p e`n¨ "GI ^ÌvIvfmkv' F¶ \nebn dnk«v h¶ ]ntä Znhkw slUvamÌÀ Fs¶ hnfn¸n¨p. slUvamÌÀ Fs¶ms¡¸dªm A¶v DbÀ¶ t]meokv Hm^okdpsS ap¼n \n¡p¶ Hcp tIm¬Ì_nfnt\t¸msebmWv Ip«nIÄ B apdnbn \nev¡mdpÅXv. ""Mm anSp¡³! \¶mbn What is your ambition?''
kXy¯n "Aw_oj³' F¶ ]Z¯nsâ aebmfAÀ°w A¶v F\n¡dnbnÃmbncp¶p. Fsâ ]I¸v IWvSv slUvamÌÀ hoWvSpw aebmf¯n tNmZn¨p: ""FtSm X\n¡v F´mIm\mWv B{Klw?'' Rm³ At¸mgpw ]I¨p\n¶tXbpÅq. ImcWw At¶mfw A§s\ Hcm{Klw a\Ên DZn¨n«nÃmbncp¶p.
Fsâ A½mhs\mcmÄ t]meokn DWvSmbncp¶p. hÃt¸mgpw \m«n hcp¶ A½mht\mSv ho«nepw \m«nepw _Ôp¡fnepsaÃmw henb aXn¸mbncp¶p. A½mhsâ ap¼n A½mht\¡mÄ aq¯ Fsâ A½tbm hey½tbm R§fmcpw Xs¶tbm Ccn¡mdpapWvSmbncp¶nÃ. AXv acpa¡¯mb Imew. kz´w AÑ\½amtc¡mÄ `b`àn_lpam\t¯msSbmWv As¶ms¡ R§Ä Ip«nIÄ A½mh·msc t\m¡n¡WvSn«pÅXv. hfsc Kuch¯n kwkmcn¡pIbpw Kuch¯n¯s¶ s]cpamdpIbpw sN¿p¶ A½mh³ ho«nse Gähpw henb BÚmiànbmbncp¶p. A©mw¢mkv Pbn¨t¸mÄ Hcn¡Â A½mh³ tNmZn¨p.
""hepXmIpt¼mÄ \n\s¡´mIWw?''
"F\n¡v t]meokmbm aXn' F¶mWv A¶v adp]Sn ]dªXv. A¶v ho«nseÃmhcpw Nncn¨p. tNmZyw tNmZn¨ A½mh\pw B D¯cw Nncn¨pXÅpIbmbncp¶p. ]ns¶, Rm\pw Nncn¨p. s]s«¶v Rm\m ]gb Nncn HmÀs¯¦nepw slUvamÌtdmSv D¯csam¶pw ]dªnÃ.
""XpSÀ¶v ]Tn¡p¶ptWvSm?''
slUvamÌÀ A§s\ tNmZn¨t¸mÄ Rm³ Xebm«n. ""icn, F¦n bp.kn. tImfPn t]mbn tNcv!'' Fkv.Fkv.FÂ.kn. _p¡v ssIbn X¶v slUvamÌÀ A\p{Kln¨phn«p. A¶v ^ÌvIvfmkpw UnÌnwKvj\pw C¶t¯Xpt]mse [mcmfambn FÃmhÀ¡pw In«mdnÃ. Fkv.Fkv.FÂ.kn. hnPbiXam\hpw GXmWvSv \mev]Xv \mev]¯nsb«p iXam\w hsctb F¯mdpÅq. Pbn¡p¶hcn IqSpX t]À FÃm kvIqfnepw tXm¡pw. \qdp iXam\w hnPbw F¶Xv , Ipd¨p Ip«nIsf am{Xw ]co£bv¡ncp¯p¶ Ht¶m ctWvSm kvIqfn\p In«p¶ `mKyamWv. ^Ìv ¢mÊv In«p¶ FÃmhÀ¡pw, an¡hmdpw sk¡âv ¢mÊpImÀ¡pw BcpsSbpw in]mÀibnÃmsX AhÀ B{Kln¡p¶ tImfPn AUvanj³ In«pambncp¶p. saUnkn\pw F³Pn\obdnwKn\pw t]mtIWvShÀ bYm{Iaw sk¡³Uv {Kq¸pw ^Ìv {Kq¸psaSp¯v {]oUn{Kn¡p tNcpw. AÃm¯hÀ lyqam\näokn AYhm F¡tWmanIvtkm sImtagvtkm ]mTy`mKapÅ tXÀUv {Kq¸nepw tNcpw. DbÀ¶ amÀ¡pÅhÀ tXÀUv {Kq¸nepw Xmgv¶ amÀ¡pÅhÀ Nnesc¦nepw ^Ìv þsk¡³Uv {Kq¸pIfnepw F¯ns¸Sp¶Xpw A¶v Ip«nbpsS CÑm\pkmcw \S¡p¶ Imcy§fmbncp¶p. tImfPv AUvanj³ F¶Xv C¶t¯Xpt]mse Hcp Iodmap«nbmbn, A¶mÀ¡pw tXm¶nbn«panÃ. DbÀ¶ amÀ¡p hm§nbn«pw XpSÀ]T\¯n\p t]mImsX, AYhm ssS¸v ssdänwKv t]mepÅ Fs´¦nepw sSIv\n¡Â kÀ«n^n¡äv tImgvknte¡p hgnamdnt¸mIp¶hcpw [mcmfapWvSmbncp¶p. ]¯mw¢mÊv ]mÊmbnS¯ph¨v ]T\w \nÀ¯n ssIs¯mgnteÀs¸«hscbpw F\n¡dnbmw.
Rm\¶v cm{Xn apgph³ Nn´n¨p. "What is my Ambition?' D¯cw In«nbnÃ. XpSÀ¶v \me©pZnhkw CXp Xs¶ Nn´n¨p \S¶p. F\ns¡´mIWw F¶ HsscUnbm a\Ên DZn¨tXbnÃ. Rm³ km[mcW FÃmhcpw sN¿pwt]mse Bephm bp.kn. tImfPn sN¶v {]oUn{Kn¡pÅ At]£mt^mdw hm§n sk¡³Uv {Kq¸n\v At]£ sImSp¯p. kb³kn\pw amXvkn\pw \à amÀ¡pWvSmbncp¶Xn\m "\o sk¡³Uv {Kqs¸Sp¯m aXn' F¶mWv A²ym]IscÃmw D]tZin¨Xv. AXpsImWvSmWv Rm³ sk¡³Uv {Kq¸v F¶v At]£bn FgpXnbXv. Hmtcm {Kq¸pw F´msWt¶m AXn Fs´ms¡bmWp ]Tnt¡WvSsXt¶m As¶\n¡dnbnÃmbncp¶p. HcmgvN Ignªt¸mÄ bp.kn. tImfPn \n¶v ImÀUp h¶p! ""You are provisionally selected.'' sk¡³Uv {Kq¸n tNÀ¶p ]Tn¡m³ AUvanj³ Hm^À sNbvXpÅ I¯mWv. I¯p In«nbXv Hcp shÅnbmgvN. Xn¦fmgvN bp.kn. tImfPn t]mbn tNcWw? A½ tX§m¡mcsâ ho«n sN¶v ASp¯ amkw sX§pIbdn \ÂtIWvSp¶ tX§bpsS hnebn \n¶v \qdp cq]m AUzm³kmbn hm§n, Fsâ ssIbn X¶p. \qdp cq] aXnbmIpw AUvanj\v F¶mWv AdnªXv.
RmbdmgvN sshIn«v Fsâ kvIqÄ amt\PÀ kn.]n.BÀ. imkv{Xn ho«n h¶p. ""cmP³ Xncph\´]pc¯v kwkvIrXtImfPn tNÀ¶p ]Tn¡s«. Rm\hnSps¯ {]n³kn¸ent\mSp kwkmcn¨n«pWvSv; Ah\v kvtImfÀjn¸v Ct§m«pIn«pw. Aw_oj\nÃm¯ Rm\pw Fsâ A½bpw AXp Xebm«n AwKoIcn¨p! F´n\mWo Aw_oj³? hn[nbpsWvS¦nÂ!
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