Ip«nIÄ¡v HcptdmÄ tamU DWvSmbncn¡Ww. Dbc§fn F¯nt¨cm³ Ahsc klmbn¡p¶ Hcp amXrIm]pcpj³þ km_p Ip«nIsf HmÀ½n¸n¡mdpWvSmbncp¶ Hcp ImcyamWnXv. Nm¨sâ \nÀt±ia\pkcn¨v Ahtcmtcmcp¯cpw Hmtcm alms\ X§fpsS tamUembn kzoIcn¨p. s\_phnsâ amXrIm ]pcpj³ G{_mlw en¦WmsW¦n tkm_n\p {]nb¦c³ KmÔnPnbmWv. jm_p, tXmakv BÂhm FUnks\bpw jn_p sle³ sIÃsdbpamWp tdmÄ tamUembn kzoIcn¨ncn¡p¶Xv. X§Ä¡njvSs¸« almsâ Nn{X§fpw At±ls¯ kw_Ôn¨ hnhc§fpsams¡ AhÀ tiJcn¨ph¨n«pWvSv. Hgnhpkab§fn AhÀ X§Ä tiJcn¨ph¨ Cu Nn{X§fneqsSbpw hnhcW§fneqsSbpw IS¶p t]mImdpWvSv. At¸mÄ HcpXcw t]mknäohv F\ÀPn Ahcnte¡p {]hln¡p¶p.
HcpZnhkw A¸\pw a¡fpw X½n \S¶ Hcp kwhmZw C{]Imcambncp¶p: IpSpw_¯nsâ t]cpw s]cpabpamtWm, AtXm, kz´amb IgnhpIfpw ITn\m[zm\hpamtWm Hcphsâ `mhn Fs´¶p \nÀ®bn¡p¶Xv? tNmZyw km_phntâXmbncp¶p. Ip«nIÄ Hcp \nanjw BtemNn¨ncp¶p. D¯cw ]dªXv s\_p Bbncp¶p. Xsâ amXrIm ]pcpj\mb F{_lmw en¦sW¡pdn¨mWv s\_p ]dªXv. XnI¨pw Zcn{Zamb Hcp IpSpw_¯nemWsÃm en¦¬ ]nd¶Xv. F¶n«pw ITn\m[zm\¯neqsS Dbc§fnse¯m³ en¦Wp Ignªp.
""Ct¸mgs¯ Atacn¡³ {]knUâv _dmIv H_mabpw Hcp XIÀ¶ IpSpw_¯nÂ\n¶p s]mXpcwKt¯¡p h¶p hnPbn¨ BfmWv'' þ km_p Iq«nt¨À¯p.
""At¸mÄ, Hcp \à IpSpw_¯n P\n¨XpsImWvSpam{Xw ImcyanÃ, Atà Nm¨m?'' Ip«nIfpsS kwibw.
""AsX, \à IpSpw_¯n P\n¨m _p²nap«pIÄ Ipdbpsa¶pam{Xw. _p²nap«pIÄ Ipdbpt¼mÄ t\«§fpw Ipdbpw.''þ km_p \nco£n¨p.
""henbhcmIWsa¦n henb kz]v\§Ä ImWWw F¶tà A_vZpÄ Iemw ]dbp¶Xv?''. tkm_phnsâ Cu A`n{]mbw icnbmsW¶p km_p k½Xn¨p.
""kwibanÃ, henb kz]v\§fnÃm¯XpsImWvSmWv \½psS \m«nse ]e ]gb IpSpw_§fpw taÂKXnbnÃmsX Ccp«n¯¸p¶Xv''.
""AtXkabw ]e ]mhs¸« IpSpw_§Ä¡pw henb DbÀ¨ DWvSmIp¶papWvSv; Atà Nm¨m? ''. Ip«nIÄ I¯n¡bdn.
""]gb HmÀ½Ifn am{Xw IpSp§n¡nS¡p¶hÀ¡v ]pXnb kz]v\§Ä ImWm³ IgnbnÃ, Ip«nIsf''.
""H¶p hniZoIcn¡mtam Nm¨m?''.
""\½psS ]e IpSpw_§fpw AhcpsS ]qÀÆnIÀ sNbvX Imcy§Ä am{Xw Xebnteäns¡mWvSp \S¡pIbmWv. ]pXpXmbn Fs´¦nepw Nn´n¡mt\m {]hÀ¯n¡mt\m ]pXnb Ime¯nsâ {]iv\§tfmSp {]XnIcn¡mt\m AhÀ¡p a\ÊnÃ.''
""HmÀ½IÄ \ÃXtÃ. Ah a\Ên\p kpJw ]IcntÃ''.
""]t£, Ahbn¯s¶ IpSp§n¡nS¶m \ap¡p hfcm³ IgnbmXmIpw''.
""`qXIme¯nÂ\n¶p {]tNmZ\apÄs¡mWvSp `mhnbnte¡p I®pIfb¨v [ocambn Pohn¡Ww F¶v R§fpsS kb³kv amÌÀ Ft¸mgpw ]dbmdpWvSv''.þ s\_p ]dªp.
""AsX, AXpXs¶bmWp ]dªphcp¶Xv. At¸mtg \ap¡p am\knIambn hfcm³ Ignbq. Asæn \msat¸mgpw inip¡fmbncn¡pw''.
C{Xbpambt¸mtg¡pw Ip«nItfmSv Hcp tNmZyw tNmZnt¡WvS kabambn F¶p km_phn\p tXm¶n. ""Rm³ \n§tfmSv Hcp tNmZyw tNmZn¡mw?'' Ip«nIÄ¡v DÕmlambn.
""\n§Ä¡njvSs¸« alms\¡pdn¨pÅ hnhc§fpw Nn{X§fpw \n§Ä tiJcn¨p h¨n«pWvStÃm. F´psImWvSv \n§Ä B alms\ CjvSs¸Sp¶psh¶p Npcp§nb hm¡pIfn ]dbmtam?''.
Ip«nIÄ¡v BtemNn¡m³ Ipd¨pkabw sImSp¯p. Bib§Ä {IaoIcn¡m³ km_p Hmtcmcp¯scbpw klmbn¨p. Aev]w Ignªt¸mÄ s\_p C§s\ ]dªp: ""Zmcn{Zy¯nÂ\n¶p h¶v ITn\m[zm\w sImWvSv Dbc§Ä IogS¡nbXpsImWvSmWv F{_lmw en¦sW Rm\njvSs¸Sp¶Xv. Ft¸msgms¡ Aek\mIm³ XpS§p¶pthm At¸msgs¡ Rm³ en¦sW HmÀ¡pw. ]pkvXI§Ä ISw hm§n hgnhnf¡nsâ AcWvS shfn¨¯nencp¶p ]Tn¨ en¦sW. At¸mÄ Hcp ]pXnb DÕmlhpw DWÀhpw F\n¡pWvSmIp¶p''.þ Hcp sNdnb {]kwK¯nsâ ssienbn s\_p C§s\ ]dªp\nÀ¯nbt¸mÄ km_phpw Ip«nIfpw ssIbSn¨p t{]mÕmln¸n¨p. ASp¯Xv tkm_phnsâ Dugambncp¶p: ""Hgp¡ns\m¸w \o´m³ a\Êp ]dbpt¼msgms¡ Rm³ KmÔnPnsb HmÀ¡pw. ImcWw, KmÔnPn Hgp¡ns\Xntc \o´n \o´n henb hnPb§Ä t\Snb hyànbmWv. hyXykvXambn Fs´¦nepw sN¿phm\m{Kln¡p¶hÀ¡p KmÔnPn F¶psamcp {]tNmZ\ambncn¡pw''. tkm_p CXp ]dªp XoÀ¶tX "k_mjv' F¶v Ip«nIÄ BÀ¯phnfn¨p. ]ns¶ kwkmcn¨Xv jn_phamWv. ""kvIqfn acaWvSs\¶p ap{ZIp¯s¸s«¦nepw ]n¡me¯v temI{]kn²\mb imkv{XÚ\mbn amdm³ tXmakv FUnk\p Ignªp. \s½¡pdn¨v Bsc´p ]dªmepw \mw ØntcmÕmlnIfmsW¦nÂ, \ap¡p ZrV \nÝbapsWvS¦n henb \neIfnse¯mw F¶v FUnksâ PohnXw \s½ HmÀ½n¸n¡p¶p''.
tN«·mÀ aqhcpw X§Ä¡p ]dbm\pÅXp ]dªp ssIbSn t\Snbt¸mÄ jn_phn\pw DÕmlambn. Ah\n§s\ ]dªp: "" AÔbpw _[ncbpw aqIbpambncp¶n«pw temI{]ikvXbmbn amdnb sle³ sIÃdnÂ\n¶pw Rm³ ]Tn¸n¡p¶ ]mTanXmWv þ Fs´Ãmw XSʧfpWvSmbmepw þ imcocnI sshIey§Ä Xs¶ DWvSmbmepwþ AsXm¶pw \½psS hfÀ¨sb _m[n¡pIbnsöv. Ahsb t\cnSm\pÅ a\¡cp¯p thWsa¶pam{Xw.''.
Ip«nIÄ \mept]cpw X§fpsS Bib§Ä ]¦ph¨pIgnªt¸mÄ km_p ]dªp: ""\n§Ä¡v \à Bibhn\nabtijn DWvSv. CtX hnjbw Ipsd¡qSn hn]peoIcns¨gpXn a\x]mTam¡nbm Hcp sIm¨p {]kwK¯n\pÅ hIbmbn''.
""A§s\ X\nsb {]kwKw FgpXn ]dbm\pÅ ]cnioe\w t\Smw, Atà Nm¨m?''.
""AsX. FÃmhcpw Hmtcm {]kwK¯n\mbn C§s\ X¿msdSp¸v \S¯nt¡mfq. IpSpw_tbmKw ASp¯phcnIbtÃ? D]Imcs¸Sp¯mw.''
A§s\ Nm¨sâ taÂt\m«¯n Ip«nIÄ DÕml]qÀÆw {]kwKcN\bn apgpIn.