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acWhpambpÅ cWvSmgvNs¯ ]nSnhen¡p tijw AÛpXIcambn Ah³ PohnX¯nteív
aS§n.
kvIpfn ]¯mw ¢mÊv ]co£bn GÁhpw IqSpX amÀ¡p hm§psa¶p IcpXnb cWvSp
Ip«nIÄ A²ym]Isc BsI \ncmicm¡n.
HcmÄ ]co£sbgpXm³ IgnbmsX Bip]{XnbnÂ.
asÁmcmÄ GtXm `oXnbneIs¸«v tNmZyt¸¸dn ]I¨pt\m¡n Ft´m Ip¯n¡pdn¨v t\cwt]m¡n.
Aѳ ]dªp,
"FSm,
\¶mbn ]Tn¡p¶ Hcp¯\pambpÅ klhmkw F¶ HÁ ]cnKW\ím B am¸nf¨¡\pabpÅ \nsâ
Iq«v IWvSv Rm³ anWvSmXncp¶Xv. B Indp¡³ sN¡sâ hm¡v tI«v ]m¼nsâ
amf¯ntåmbn I¿nSpIm, IqsSbptÅms\ ]m¼p ISn¡m, ]co£sbgpXm³ IgnbmsX
Bip]{Xnbnemhm. taen B Iq«p thWvS..... DÅ t\cw \¶mbn ]Tn¡m, ]co£ ]mkmhm,
\à i¼fapsÅmcp kÀ¡mÀ tPmen In«pI. CXmWv \ns¶¸ÁnbpÅ Fsâ kz]v\w. F¶n«v
\o F´pthsW¦nepw sNbvtXm. hn¹h Nn´tbm ZmÀi\nIcpambpÅ Iq«psIt«m
AXo{µnbtemIansö XÀ¡tam F´pambnt¡m. amkw A©¡ i¼fanÃmsX \ns¶ Rm³
ho«n IbÁnÃ.'
Rm³
hmbn¡m³ {ian¨ AXo{µnb Imcy§sf¡pdn¨pÅ ]pkvXI§Ä, ZmÀi\nI kakyIsf
Nn´mhnt[bam¡p¶ _u²nI{KÙ§Ä, Chsbms¡ AÑsâ {i²bn s]«ncp¶p. AXnsâ
Ip¯phÀ¯am\amWv.
Fkv.Fkv.FÂ.kn ]co£ IgnªXnsâ ]ntÁ¶v Ahs\ Bip]{Xnbn sN¶p IWvSp.
IpÁt_m[¯mepw Bib¡pg¸¯mepw BsI¯fÀ¶pt]mbncp¶p. Fs¶¡WvSXpw Hcp XfÀ¶
NncntbmsS Ah³ Fgpt¶Áncp¶p.
"Ft¶mSv
£an¡ntà \o?'
Ah³ \nÊlmb\mbn
]dªp.
"AXn\I¯v
]m¼pWvSv F¶v Rm³ ]dªncp¶ntà {]`mIcm.'
F\nsím¶pw adp]Sn ]dbm³ IgnªnÃ.
"sk]vXw_dnÂ
\o ]co£sbgpXWw.'
Ah³
apJ¯pt\m¡msX Nncn¨p. ]ns¶
Ft´m HmÀ¯v NneXv kwkmcn¨p.
Bsfmgnª CS\mgnbn Ah³ Xsâ am\knI `q]Sw \nhÀ¯n.
"BfpIÄs¡m¶pw
Fs¶ IWvSpIqS. Ft¸mgpw Fs¶ Iyqhnsâ GÁhpw ]n¶n \nÀ¯pw, Rm³ F{X ap¶nÂ
F¯nbmepw. ImcWsa\nídnbnÃ.'
Fkv.Fkv.FÂ.kníp amÀ¡p Ipdªv Syqt«mdnben F¯nb Rm³ BÀSvkvv {Kqs¸Sp¯v
{]oUn{Kn \à amÀ¡n ]mkmbn. s{]m^jW tImtfPn AUvanj³ In«nbt¸mÄ
HcmfpsS Akm¶n²yw hÃmsX a\Êns\ sRcp¡ns¡mWvSncp¶p.
_mlnknsâ.
IqsSbpWvSmthWvSXmbncp¶p Ah³. aÕcn¨p ]Tn¨XmWv kvIqfnÂ. Un{Kníp tNÀ¶p
amk§Ä Ignªt¸mÄ Rm³ _mlnkns\ At\zjn¨p sN¶p. Fs¶ IWvSXpw Ah³ IpSn\oÀ
hogv¯nb sNSnt]mse DÅpWÀ¶p.
Ah³ ]dªp:
"\ap¡v
]d¼nteínd§mw.'
hntij§Ä ctWvSm aqt¶m hm¡n ]dªp.
Rm³
Ahsâ Imen t\m¡n. IcnaqÀJsâ a§nhcp¶ ap{Z. IpÁt_m[t¯msS hoWvSpw
HmÀ½n¸n¨p.
"\n\¡v sk]vXw_dnse ]co£íncn¡mambncp¶p.'
"]dªp
t\m¡nbXm, aq¯ A½mh³ AXn\v sNIn«¯Sn¨p. aqÀJ³ ISn¨ hIbn A½mbnbpsS
s]m¶v Ct¸mgpw _m¦nemWv.'
F\ns¡m¶pw ]dbm³ IgnªnÃ.
hnjaw
aÁm³ Rm³ CSnªps]mfnª Xdhm«nteív Xncnªp tNmZn¨p.
"Ft´
Cu hoSv dn¸bÀ sNbvXnÃ?'
Ah³
thZ\ IeÀ¶v Nncn¨p.
"Iq«pkz¯mWv.'
]pcmX\amb
XdhmSnsâ ]¨¸mb¸c¸mÀ¶ s]mÅns¸mfnª XdbneqsS Ahs\s¶ AIt¯ím\bn¨p.
]qXent\mSp
tXm¡m³ a\ÊnÃmsX ]n¨f¸nSnbpsS B`cWan« hmXn Al¦mct¯msS Xpd¡s¸«p. ]gbIme
{]Xm]¯nsâ {]uUXeapdbnse BZnImcWhÀamsc AXnt¸mfpw Im¯p \n¡p¶pWvSv.
sNdpXpw hepXpamb hmXnepItfmtcm¶mbn Xpd¶v Ah³ {]mIrXhpw h\yhpamb B
Ccp«neqsS Fs¶ ssI ]nSn¨Iet¯íp sImWvSpt]mbn.
"\n\¡p t]SnbptWvSm!'
_mlnkv
tNmZn¨p.
Ah³
CSp§nb Nmbv¸nÂ\n¶pw s\Ãdbpw ]qXen¨ ]¯mb¸pcbpw Ignªv Hcp henb apdn
Xpd¶p. AXnsâ sNdnb hmXn D´n¯Ånbt¸mÄ ]pds¯ shfn¨w apdnbnÂ
PohnXambn \ndsª¯n.
apdnbn \qdpIW¡n\p D]IcW§Ä, F´nsâsbms¡tbm apdnª Ccp¼p b{´§Ä,
Npacn \á\m¡s¸« Hcp ]gb t¢m¡n D¨¯n anSn¡p¶ ]n¨f¨{I§fpsS k©mc]Y§Ä.
"Fsâ
]co£Wime.'
Ah³
A`nam\t¯msS ]dªp. ]gb AeamcIÄ Hs¶m¶mbn Xpd¡s¸«p.
^nknIvknsâ
B[nImcnIamb Cw¥ojv ]pkvXI§Ä, am¯amÁnIvkv XnbdnIÄ FgpXnb t\m«p_p¡pIÄ,
tKmfimkv{X kw_Ônbmb d^d³kv {KÙ§Ä, kz´ambn Ah³ X¿mdm¡nb am¸pIÄ.
CtIzj³kv, NmÀ«pIÄ...
"]dªXv
_Umbnbà {]`mIcm, Rm³ Hcp BImit]SIw DWvSm¡pIXs¶ sN¿pw. \nsâ
tImtfPnse s{]m^kÀ hnÃyw kmbn¸v klmbn¡msa¶v hm¡v X¶n«pWvSv.'
"B
Indp¡³ kmbnt¸m? \o Abmsf ItWvSm?'
"Bkvt{Sm
^nknIvkn AbmfpsSb{Xbpw ]mÞnXyapÅbmsf Rm³ IWvSn«nÃ. adp]SnIÄs¡ms¡
Fs´mcp sXfn¨amsWt¶m!'
"{]Imis¯
shÃp¶ hml\apWvSm¡m³ Ignbnsö \nehnse hmZKXn sXÁmsW¶v Rm³ ]dªt¸mÄ
At±lw XnIª tbmPn¸v {]ISn¸n¨p. Rm³ sNbvX Nne CtIzj³kn sNdnb sNdnb
Id£t\ DWvSmbncp¶pÅq F¶v s{]m^kÀ AÛpXs¸«p. Fs¶bpw bp.sI bnteíp
sImWvSpt]mImsa¶v At±lw kwkmc¯n\nSíp hm¡pX¶p. tImtfPpw
bqWnthgvknÁnbpsams¡ I¯n¨mse \½psS \m«nse kb³kv \¶mIq F¶pw kmdp ]dªp.
]ns¶bpw Iptd Imcy§Ä.'
F\níp
]eXpw a\ÊnembnÃ. `qanbn kvYm]\hXvIcn¡s¸« aX§Ä DWvSmbncps¶¦nÂ
kb³kv F{Xtbm apt¶m«p t]mbn«pWvSmIpambncp¶psh¶v Ah³ ]dªXnsâ AÀ°hpw
F\níp a\ÊnembnÃ.
"\nsâ
D¸tbbpw D½tbbpw IWvSnÃ'
"D½
t\ct¯ acn¨p. G«\\nb³amÀ BcpanÃ.'
"D¸?'
"{`m´mWv.
XpWnbpcnªpIfbpw. aq¯ A½mh³ cWvSpXhW IoS\min\n Ie¡ns¡mSp¯p. acn¨nÃ.
XpWnbpSp¸n¨v ssI¿pw Imepw sI«n apdnbnen«ncn¡pIbmWv.'
"hcq'

XdhmSnsâ Nmbv]pw Ignªv s]m«nt¸mfnª shfn¨¯neqsS hoSns\ ]nfÀ¯n hfcp¶
BÂacw IWvSp. IqÁ³ CcpapÄhmXn Rc¡t¯msS Xpd¶v R§sfmcp apdnbn F¯n.
HÁ ac¯n sNbvX Ipªp P\me XÅn¯pd¶t¸mÄ IWvSp. `bw I¯p¶ I®pIÄ, Bscbpw
hnizkn¡m¯ apJw.
"D¸m,
Rm\m, _mlnkv'
IpªpP\mebnteímbn
t\m«w.
"Fsâ
N§mXn, Rm³ ]dbmdntÃ, {]`mIc³'
FSp¯Sn¨t]msebmbncp¶p tNmZyw:
"Fs¶
a\Ênembn¡mWpatÃm?'
"_mlnknsâ
D¸'
\oWvS
Nncnbmbncp¶p,
"_mlntkm?
GXp _mlnkv? ]mT]pkvXI¯nsems¡ Fsâ t^mt«m IWvSn«ntÃ?'
Rm³
H¶pw anWvSmsX \n¶p.
"BÂ_À«v
sF³Ìo³. Fsâ IWvSp]nSn¯§fmWv ankvbqkv sNbvXXv Atacn¡ lntcmjnabnepw
\mKk¡nbnepw AWpt_mw_n«Xv. HSphn AtX IpÁ¯n\v Rm\nXm Pbnenepambn'
hmXnÂNmcn Xncn¨phcpt¼mÄ _mlnkv ]dªp.
"D¸ív
HutKymKnI hnZym`ymkw In«nbncp¶nÃ. ]t£ kb³kv ]pkvXI§Ä [mcmfw
hmbn¡pambncp¶p. h¶ph¶v Rm\pw AtX a«nemWv bm{XsN¿p¶Xv.'
H¶p \nÀ¯n
Ft´m BtemNn¨v Ah³ tNmZn¨p.
"F\n¡pw
{]m´mthm?'
Rm³ Ahs\ apdpsI ]nSn¨p
"\o
henb Bfmhpw'
"ssZhw
\ns¶ klmbn¡pw'
Ah³
s]s«¶v AXy]qÀhamb B Nncn Nncn¨p.
"BcvsS
ssZhw?'
"\n\¡v sNdnb sNdnb Imcy§Ä IWvSp]nSn¨pIqtS? P\{i²In«pw.'
Rm³
A`n{]mbs¸«p.
"CÃ.
Rm³ Pohn¡p¶XpXs¶ BImit]SIw DWvSm¡m\mWv. GXm\pw hÀj§Äs¡mWvSv Rm\Xp
km[n¡pw. s{]m^kÀ F\n¡p hm¡p X¶n«pWvSv.'
Rm³
Ahnizk\obambn, D]tZicq]¯nÂ, CXnÂ\ns¶ms¡ ]n³hm§m³ At]£cq]¯n au\ambn
Ahs\ t\m¡n.
ZrV{]XnPvRbpsS B I®pIfn cWvSp \£{X§Ä Xnf§n.
"{]`mIcm,
Fsâ a\ÊnÂ\n¶pw B iÐw D¨¯n apg§mdpWvSv. Rm³ B BImihml\w
IWvSp]nSn¡pIXs¶ sN¿pw. _UmbnbÃ.'
Rm³ \nebnÃm¡b¯nteíp
t\m¡pwt]mse Ahs\ t\m¡n. AhnsS At\Imbncw ssaepIÄ ew_mIrXnbn sXfnªp
shfns¸« Hcp D]{Klt]SI¯n \qdpIW¡n\pt]À tPmensN¿p¶Xpw IWvSp.
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