ic¯nsâ A\q`hqw 2 ho«n \o¶v 2.5 IntemaoäÀ Dv kXn sN¨nbqsS ho«nte¡v. Rm³ sNmÃqt¸mÄ sN¨n aqä¯v Xt\m \n¸qv. Ft\m It¸mÄ sN¨n tNmZo¨v. ""\o F´m C{Xbqw Xmako¨Xv? Rm³ hnfo¨n«v aWo¡qÀ H¶q Igoªv. \o\¡v C¯nco Id¡w IqSqXem? A½ \os\mb§v tIm©o¨v shm¨nco¡qIbm. Rm³ At§mSv hcq¶qv ASq¯g¨. \o\¡v IqSn¡m³ shmÅw shmsWm? shmWsam§n ^oÀ©o \n¶v FSq¯v IqSn¡v. AXv C§qXm''. Fsâ ssIbn \n¶v s]mXnbqw h§n sImv s]mbn. Rm³ shmÅw FSq¯q IqSn¨q sImv AIt¯m¡v sNm¶q. I«nen Cfb Iq«n InS¶v Dd§q¶q. _m¯dqaosâ IXIv Nmcot« Dmbncq¶qÅq. Rm³ IX¡nsâ hnShn IqSn AIt¯m¡v t\m¡n. At¸mÄ sN¨n Xncoªq \n¶v ]hmS sIm«q¶q. Rm³ s]mXqt¡ aq³]ntem aqdobnsem¡v h¶q. AhnsS aq¯ sNdq¡³ äohn Iv sImv Cco¡q¶q. ""\o Ifo¡³ H¶q s]mbntÃ? '' ""A½ hn«nÃm'' A¶cqw sN¨n AhntS¡v h¶v ""\o DWv Igo¨n«v AtÃm s]Iqt¶mfq?''. ""Cà Rm³ s]mIqIbm''. F¶v ]dªv Rm³ ssk¡nfq FSq¯v ho«ntem¡v s]mcq¶q. _Êv t̸v Igoªv ho«ote¡qÅ hgobn Ibdobt¸mÄ an\nbm½mbqsS aq¯ acqaIÄ kqk³ sN¨n \S¶v s]mIq¶q. shmÅbn Idq¯ ]q¡Ä DÅ jnt^m¬ kmcobmWv DSq¯nco¡q¶Xv. shmbn sImv \à h®w hnbÀ¯¯q tImv kmsscbqw ºukqw \ªv icoct¯mSv H«nInS¡q¶q.ºukosâ ASnbn Idq¯v {_mbm C«nco¡q¶¯v. AXv \à h®w tXmfoªv ImWmw. Rm³ s]Xqs¡ ssk¡fo kqk³ sN¨n¡v AcoIn sNm¶q. ""sN¨n FhnsSm s]mbn«v hcqhm?'' ""B \obmbncqt¶m? Rm³ A§v s]mSn¨q s]mbtÃm?'' ""AXv hà In\mhqw Iv sImv \S¶Xq sImm?'' ""s]mSm, \o FhnsS s]mbn«v hcq¶q.'' ""Rm³ kXn sN¨nbqsS ASq¯v. sN¨n FhnsS s]mbn«v hcq¶q.'' ""R³ TuWo _m§n hscm'' tamÄ¡v ]®w Ab¡³"" ''sN¨nbmsI \S¶q joWo¨sÃ? hm ssk¡fo Ibdq Rm³ sIv hnSmw"" ''\o\¡v Ft\m h¨q Nho«m³ H¡qtam?"" '']nt¶´m sN¨n Ibdq."" sN¨n ]ndIn Ibdm³ XqS§n. Rm³ ]dªv '']qdIn Ibdobm F¶n¡v \Ãs]msem _me³kv In«¯nÃv. aq_n Ibdq"" A§s\m sN¨nsbm aq_n IbänsImv R³ s]Xqs¡m Nhn«n. sN¨nbqsS s^mÀ^}\nsâbqw hnbÀ¸nsâbqw IqsSbqÅ hÃm¯v aWw Fs\m a¯q]nSn¸n¨q ""sN¨n¡v \à `mcam'' ""\o Fsâ `mcsam¶qw Aft¡mm. Dqw sNdq¡³ A§v hfÀ¶v t]mbn.'' ""AXq ]ns¶, Rm³ Nq½msX ]dªXm'' ""\ns¶ C¸w At§«v H¶qw IWq¶nÃtem?'' ""]cojbmbncq¶q. AXqsImm'' ""]cojsbs¡ \à h®w FgqXnsb?'' sN¨n iIew ]nds¡«v Nmªq. C¸w Fâv aqJw sN¨nbqsS Igq¯n\q\cosI. B hÃm¯v amXIK´w Fät¸mÄ F\n¡v hoqw I_nbmbn ""sN¨n hÃmsX hnbÀ¡q¶sÃ? '' ""AXq NqSqtImm'' A¶ct¯m¡v sN¨nbqsS ho«nsâ ]Sn¡Â F¯n. Rm ]Sn¡Â ssk¡Ä \nÀ¯n. Cd§m³ t\mcw Adobm¯ s]se sN¨n Fsâ Iq®bn H¶v XShn. F¶n«v ""B sNdq¡³ A§v hfÀ¶q s]bn Adobm³ Dv. \o kabw In«qt¸mÄ CtSv hm'' ""F´n\m?'' ""thmdqtXm'' ""thmdqtXm F´n\m?''
""\o hm \o¶¡v HcqIq«w Im«n¯cw'' ""t\m¡s« \msfsb asä¶msf hcmw'' ""\o asä¶Ä cmhnse Hcq 9 aWo Igoªv hm A½mabqw ao\nbqw IqSn an\nbqsS ho«n s]Iqw'' ""ico Rm³ hcmw'' A¶tcw A½ma aqäs¯¡v Cd§n h¶q. ""ic¯v tams\ \obmbncqs\. \o FhnsS s]bn?. \o F´mSn C{Xbqw Xmako¨Xv.'' sN¨n ]dªv ""AhnsS \à Xnc¡mbncq¶q."" Rm³ ]dªv ""Rm³ kXn sN¨nbqsS ASq¯v s]bn. Rm³ s]IqIbm.'' F¶v ]dªv Rm³ ho«ntem¡v s]bn. Rm³ ho«n sN¶s¸mÄ A½ Hmcq ssIenbqw ºukqw [cot¨mv ASq¡fbn ]WosbSq¡qIbm. A½ Ft\m Iv Nnco¨q sImv ""Ahfq Xmako¨Xn\q hïqw \osâ ASq¯v tNmZot¨m? \obn§v s]¶Xn\q ]n¶mse Ahqfq hnfo¨mcq¶q.'' Rm³ A½sb ]n¶n IqSn sIm«n]n«n¨q sImv Hcq D½ sImSq¯q sImv aqebn ]nSn¨v Ifo¨q sImv tNmZo¨q. ""sN¨n F´m tNmZo¨Xv?'' ""\o F´m s]«¶v C§v s]cq¶Xv F¶v'' ""Rm³ hnNmco¨q thsd hÃXqambnco¡qw F¶v''. ""Duw AXm AhÄ¡v kwibw Rm³ \os¶ ]nSn¨v IfotNm F¶m AhÄ¡v kwibw'' ""A½ F´q ]dªq. A½ cmhnse t^Wo IqSn ]dbq¶Xv Rm³ sIm«v ]ns¶ sN¨n tNZo¡v¯osÃ? ASq¯ AgvNm Cut§m«v hcq¶q F¶v ]dªq.'' "" AXv ico Ahfq A§s\ ]dtªm? AhÄ¡v ISnbnfIn \nev¡qIm Hmen¸v XqS§nÃmbncqs\§n \ot¶m C¸w Xs¶ ]nSn¨v Ifos¨s\? \o t]mbn DSq¸v FÃmw Dcobn«n«v hm Rm³ DWv FSq¯v sh¡mw'' Rm³ t]mbn ssIenbqw DSq¯v h¶q. A½ F\n¡v DWv FSq¯q sh¨q. R³ ]dªq ""A½¡qw FSq¯q sImv hm. Açn th \a¡v cv t]À¡qIqsS CXn \n¶q Ign¡mw A½bqw Cco CXv F´qhm cv aq«?"" ''C\n \o aq«bqw ]meqw Ft¡m IqSq¯Â Ign¡Ww, \o\¡v ]Wo IqSqIbm"" ''A½ F¶n¡v hmco¯m"" ''ico, \o F¶n¡qw hmco¯m"" A§s\ Rm\qw A½bqw ]ckv¸cw As§«qw Cs§«qw hcosISq¯q DWv Ign¨v Ignªv. A½ ]dªv ''\o t]mbn H¶v InS¶v Dd§v. C¶v cm{Xnbn Dd¡w Iqdbqw. \aq¡v H¶v ASn¨q s]mfo¡mw."" A½ ]{Xhqw FSq¯qsImv IgqIm³ t]mbn. Rm³ Fsâ aqdobo t]mbn InS¶q Dd§n. AcqsSsb kwkmcw sIm«v sImWv Dd¡aqW¶¯v. Rm³ kabw s\¡nbt¸mÄ 4 aWo. Rm³ F®n¨q sN¶v Acm F¶v s\¡n. At¸mÄ aWob½mbqw A½bqIqsS Xn®bn Ccq¶v Icyw ]dbq¶q. A½m½bqsS ssIbn IgqIm\qÅ Iqd¨v XqWobqw Dv. A½ Fs\ Iv ''\o Fgqt¶täm? Rm³ Nmb FSq¡mw \o aqJw IgqIn«v hm."" A½m½ ]dªq. ''F¶m Rm³ At§m«v sNÃt«. AhqfqamÀ IgqIn Xocmdmbn ImWw"" F¶nSv Fs¶ H¶q t\m¡n. A½ ]dªq ''\o sNÃv Rm³ Chs\ Nmb C«v sImSq¡t«m?"" A½m½ R§fqsS Iqf¯ntem¡v t]mbn. A½ ASq¡fbnsem¡v F¶n¡v Nmb FSq¡³ s]mbn. Rm³ aqJhqw hmbqw IgqIn AIt¯¡v sN¶q. A½ Nmb FSq¯q X¶q. Rm³ Nmb IqSn¨q. Rm³ ]dªv. ""Rm³ H¶v aq¡n\qw hsc s]bn«v hcmw'' ""Ifo¡m³ H¶qw C¶v s]sImm? c{Xnbn ]Wobqv.'' ""Cà At½m Nq½m H¶v Id§n«v hcmw.'' ""t\mct¯m hcWw. F¶n¡v H¶v sZlw IgqIWw. Iqf¯nemIq_w \à XWq¯ thmÅw AWv. k´y¡v aq_v hcWw.''
""\oÃv \o Hcq ]t¡äv hnÂkv IqSn h§nsIv hm'' Rm³ Iq«qImcqsS IqsS hÃt¸gqw hnÂkv hen¡qsa¦neqw ho«n sh¨v hen¡mdnÃ. Rm³ sNZo¨q. ""F´n\m At½ hnÂkv'' F¶v ""AsXs¡bqv C¶m ss]bnkm'' ss]bnkmbqw hm§n Rm³ AI¯v t]mbn jÀ«qw P«nbqw C«qsImv h¶q. ""At½m Rm³ s]Iq¶q'' F¶v ]cªq sImv t\mtc tdSn Cd§n. A¸qd¯v sN¶v aXn NmSn Iqf¯nsâ ASq¯v sNÃmw. AhnsS F¶n¡v Hfo¨nco¡m³ DÅ kocw Øew Dv. AhnsS Ccq¶Â Acqw Fs¶m ImW¯nÃ. Rm³ AhnsSbncq¶mbncq¶q A½bqsSbqw sN¨namcqsSbqw Iqfoko³ Iv hmWw ASn¨ncq¶Xv. A½½bqw sN¨namcqw Iqf¯neqv. A½½ Ic¡v ]dbn Cco¡q¶q. kqko sN¨nbqw an\n sN¨nbqw IqSn XqWo IgqIq¶q. sN¨namcq cqw ]hmSbqw ºukqw a{Xw DSq¯n«qv. kqko sN¨n ]dªq. ""A½½m B ssIeo IgqIm³ AsW§n C§Xm'' A½m½ ssIen Dcoªv kqko sN¨nbqsS ssIbn sImSq¯n«v ""Asà \o C¯qIqSn IgqIv"". F¶v ]cªq sImv ºukqw {_mbqw IqSn Dco kqko sN¨nbqsS ssIbn sImSq¯q. A½½bqsS Ac¡v aqIfo \áambn. Iqd¨v Xq§n«v D§neqw a¯§ t]msembqÅ A henb aqeIÄ Acq Imeqw H¶v t\m¡n s]mIqw. kqko sN¨n ]dªv ""A½¨n Iqfo¡v XqWo IfqIn¯ocmdmbn. F¶n«q sh®w Rm§Ä¡v Iqfo¡m³'' A½ma Iqf¯n Cd§n aq§nbn«v Ic¡v Ibdo. DSq¯ncq¶ ]hmS Dcos¡mv ""\obm tkm¸v Cs«v Xm Rm³ CXv H¶v IgqIs«'' kqkn sN¨n ""AXv C§qXm Rm³ IgqImw A½¨n B tXÀ¯v F§neq FSq¯v DSq¡v B sNdq¡³ AhnsSbqv. A½¨n¡v h¶v h¶v Hcq \mWhqaoÃ'' ""Cu¶m \o Xt¶ IgqIv B Iqfo¡q¶ tkm¸v C§qXm Rm³ Iqfo¨n«v Ibds«'' an\n sN¨n tkm¸v FSq¯q sISq¯q. A½ma tkm¸v sX¡m³ XqS§n. F¶n«v an\n sN¨nsbSv ""FSn an\n \o Fsâ ]qdw H¶v sX¨qXm'' A¶cqw kqko sN¨n ]dªq ""A½¨n¡v ]qdw a{Xw sX¨m aXnsb¶q sX¶q¶nÃm? sNÃSn sN¶v ]qdqw sX¨q sISq¡v'' an\n sN¨n A½mabqsS ]qdqw sX¡m³ sN¶q. ""A½¨n H¶q Iq\nªnco Rm³ ]qdw tX¡t«?'' A½ma IqXn¨v Ccq¶v. A Ccq¸v H¶q IsW IgvN Xs¶bmbncq¶q. \à hnimeamb ]qÀ tcataÃmw hSn¨v N¡¸gw s]ssf¨v h¨aXnco AXn\q \Sq¡v 2 Cªv \of¯n I´v ]qdt¯¡v XÅn \nev¡q¶q. an\n sN¨n ]qdw tX¡qt_Ä A½mabqsS aqeIÄ InS¶v ASn¡q¶Xv IWm³ \à ckambncq¶q. Rm³ A§ns\ t\¡n cknt¨v Fsâ Iq® sP«n¡v ]qds¯Sq¯v s]Xqs¡ XShnsImv Ccq¶t¸mÄ A½mabqsS ssI Act¡«nte¡v s]Iq¶q. Rm³ kqjn¨v t\¡nbt¸Ä A½mabqsS aq¶v hncIqIÄ ]qän C«v Cf¡q¶q. atä ssI sIv aqeIfn ]nSn¨v sPco¡q¶q. F¶n«v an\n sN¨nsbSv ""\o Xmtg«v \Ãh®w AaÀ¯n tX¡v'' At¶cw XqWo IgqIn Xocmdmb kqkn sN¨n ºukv Agn¨v tkm¸v C«v Igq¡nsImv ]dªv ""an\n \o ItSn B½¨nbncq¶v hcenSq¶v. Uo, A½¨n¡v ISn CfIn. \obm IqXn H¶v hncen«v sImSq¡v? F¶mse C\n A½¨n¡v aXnbmIq.'' AXq tI«v A½ma H¶v Nnco¨n«v Iqn H¶v s]¡n sISq¯q. an\n sN¨n A½mabqsS IqXn hncen«v ASn¨q sISq¯q. A¶cqw A½ma ]dªv "" \o H¶v thKw A¡v. Ht¶ ct hnceqsS C«v \à thKw A¡v ]qdosatf'' an\n sN¨n ""A½mbnb½ ]qdo H¶v Iq\nªv \o¡Sn Iq¯n¨o. \osâ sIXw C¶v Rm³ Hcq]cqhw A¡n¯cmw'' A¶cw kqkn sN¨n ]dªq ""A½¨o CXv kqa sN¨nsS Iqfam Asc§neqw hcqw."" ''ChnsS Acqw hc¯nÃ. h¶eqw kqasb hcs¯Åq. AhvÄ h¶eqw Iqg¸w H¶qanÃ. AhÄ¡qsS H¶v kqIn¸n¨q sISq¡®w A{XsbbqÅq."" kqkn sN¨n '' A½¨n AXv IqsS IqsS sN¶v kqasN¨n¡v \¡n sISq¡q¶Xv R§Ä¡v Adobmw. kqasN¨nbn¸gqw IWm³ \à ckam. A½¨nbn¸gqw Hä¡v h¨q sInco¡qhm. AsÃtbSn an\n. \obm ºukqw {_bqw IqSn Dco¯m AXqsS AIqt_Ä IgqIn¯ncqw."" F¶v
]dªq sIv kqkn sN¨n {_ IqSn Dco. an\n sN¨nbqw ºukqw {ºmbqw Dco kqko sN¨nbqsS ssIbn sISqs¯m Ct¸Ä aq¶q t]cqw Ac¡v aqIfn \áam 6 aqeIÄ. kqknsN¨nbqsS A{Xbqw heq¸w Cà an\nsN¨nbqsS aqe¡v. A½mam Iq\nªv \n¶q sImv ]dªv ''t\¡n \nev¡msX \obm IqXnbn H¶v \Ãh®w hncen«qXm. IgqIn XoÀ¶v F§n \obn§v hSn kqkn ]qdo. Rm³ H¶v Xn¶qXcmw. B,,,, \o Hcq hceq ]qänIqSn C«v \Ãh®w A¡v F¶n¡v C¸w hcqw"" kqkn sN¨n ]dªv ''A½¨o C¸w kqIn¡v kabqw Hcq]mSmbn. _¡nsbÃmw \aq¡v cm{Xnbn AIs«."" A½ma H¶v sR«n hnd¨q ""B,,,,,,,,, thKw thKw A¡v F¶n¡v hcq¶q. B,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, B,,,,,, ½w,,,,,,,,,,,, h¶q. aXnsbSn tasf.'' F¶q ]dªv sIv A½ma Xdbn Ccq¶v. an\nsN¨n ]dªv "" sN¨n CXv t\¡nt¡? Fsâ ssIbn ta¯w s]Sq¯v h¨Xv s]Sq¡®w F¦n ]dªm s]cmbncqt¶ F¶n¡v \à Zmlw Dmbncq¶q.'' AXqsI«v kqknsN¨n "" \o\¡v A{Xbqw Zmlw Ds¦n Cs§hm F¶n¡v s]Sq¡m³ aq«q¶q.'' F¶v ]dªq sIv ]hmSbqw s]¡nsIv an\nsN¨n¡v ASqs¯¡v sN¶q. an\nsN¨n kqknsN¨n¡v aq_n Iq¯nbncq¶q. kqknsN¨n \Sq Aev¸w hf¨q sIv an\nsN¨nbqsS hmbnte¡v s]Sq¯q sISq¯q. A¶tccw A½ma ""F¶n¡qw thWw '' F¶v ]dªq sIv AhcqsS ASqt¯¡v sN¶q Iq¯nbncq¶q. kqknsN¨n an\nsN¨nbqsS hm \odªt¸Ä Xncoªv A½mabqsS hmbnte¡v s]Sq¯q sISq¯q. As§s\ adobqw Xncoªv cv s]cqsSbqw hmbn s]Sq¯q. F¶n«v ]dªv ""F¶n¡qw Zmlo¡q¶q''. A½ma ]dªv ""F¶n¡v Zmlw XoÀ¶nÃ''. an\nsN¨n F®näv ]hmS s]¡n A½mabqsS hmbnte¡v s]Sq¯q. kqknsN¨n A¶tccqw A½mabqsS ASqt¯¡v Ccq¶q. A½mabqsS hm \odªt¸Ä an\nsN¨n kqknsN¨n¡v t\scXncoªv hmbnte¡v s]Sq¯q sISq¯q. an\nsN¨n s]Sq¯v XoÀ¶t¸Ä kqknsN¨n ]dªv. ""aXn. kabw H¯ncobmbn s]«¶v Iqfo¨n«v s]Imw A¨mb³ Nnet¸Ä hnfo¨q IWqw'' F¶n«v aq¶q t]cq IqsS Iqf¯n Cd§n Iqfo¡m³ XqS§n. CsXÃmw In«v F¶n¡v hmWw hot«fm³ h¿v. Rm³ hnNmco¨q F´n\m shdqsX hmWw ASn¨v Ifbq¶Xv. ho«n tN¶q A½¡v IqSn¡m³ sISq¡mw. aq¶q s]cqsSbqw Iqfn Igobmdmbn. Rm³ s]Xqs¡ AhnSq¶q Cd§n h¶ hgn Xs¶ aXneq NmSn aq¡nte¡v s]bn. aq¡n sN¶v Iq«¸³ sN«sâ ISbn \n¶v hnÂkqw h§nsIv XncosI ho«nte¡v s]¶q. XncosI hcq¶ hgn A½nWob½mabqsS ho«nsâ ASq¯v h¶t¸Ä kqknsN¨obqw an\nsN¨obqw IqSn \n¶v XqWo hnco¡q¶q. Fs\ Iq sIv kqkn sN¨n aXnen\qSqt¯¡v h¶q. ""\o aq¡n\qw s]bXmbncqt¶?'' ""shdqsX aq¡n\q htc t]bn, s]Iq¶Xn\q aq_v Rm³ Hcq Iq«w Imbncq¶q.'' ""\o Iqf¯nsâ ASq¯v h¶mbncqt\?'' ""Rm³ AXq hgn H¶v h¶bncq¶q'' ""\o hÃXqw Imbncqt¶?'' ""\à h®w H¶qw ImWm³ ]änbnÃ'' ""sNdq¡³ Hfo¨q t\«w XqS§nsb? \à XÃv In«qw '' ""sN¨nbqsS Zmlw XoÀt¶?'' ""\obXqw Is? \obnXv AtcSqw ]dbcqs¯?'' ""A§s\ hgn¡v hm. F¶n¡qw hÃt¸gqw Zmlo¡qt¸Ä IqSn¡³ X¶ aXn.'' ""B \aq¡v t\¡mw. \o Ct¸Ä ho«n s] kqasN¨n Xnc¡q¶qmhqw'' ""Rm³ s]IqIbm, \ÃcqPnbmbncqt¶?'' ""s]Sm AhnSq¶q'' F¶q ]dªq sImv ssIbqw H§nsImv Fs¶ ASn¡m³ h¶q. Rm³ AhnSq¶v ho«nse¡v Hcq Hm«w sh¨q sImSq¯q. kabqw 6 aWosbfqw Abn. Rm³ sNÃqt_Ä A½ Fs¶bqw t\¡n ]Snbn Xs¶bncos¸v. Fs¶ It¸Ä ""\o F´m C{Xbqw Xmakn¨Xv. hnÂkv In«ntb? FhnsS?'' Rm³ hnÂkv FSq¯v sISq¯q. A½ AXv h§nsIv AI¯v h¨q. F¶n«v "" \o DSqt¸t¡ Dco«v hm \aq¡v Iqf¯n s]bn H¶v tZlw IgqImw hÃm¯v hnbÀ¸v. Rm³ AI¯v t]bn ssIbnenbqw DSq¯q sIv h¶q. RÅÄ cq IqSn sXÀ¯qw FSq¯v Iqf¯nse¡v s]bn. Iqf¯n sN¶v A½ ss\än Dcosh¨v. A½ ASnbn H¶qw C«nSnÃmbncq¶q. Rm\qw ssIbnenbqw Dcosh¨q. RÅÄ cqIqsS Iqf¯n Cd§n aq§n Iqfn¨q. Ic¡v Ibdo Xe
tXÀ¯n. Rm³ ssIbnensbSq¯q DSq¡m³ XqS§nbt¸Ä A½ Fsâ Iq®bn Ibdo ]nSn¨q sIv ]dªq. ''C¶n Ct¸Ä \o H¶qw DSqt¡m."" ""F¦n A½bqw H¶qw DSqt¡m'' A½ ssIenbqw ss\änbqw FSq¯v sXsf C«qsImv Fsâ Iq®bn ]nSn¨q sIv ho«nse¡v \S¶q. ho«n sN¶n«v Rm³ ]«nsb Agn¨q hn«q. A¶tcw AI¯v t^¬ ASn¡q¶q A½ sN¶q t^¬ FSq¯q. ""Atem .... F´m A½nWo? IdÞv CtÃ? ChnsS Dv. AhnsS CsÃ? ^qÊv s]bXtW? Dv, Rm³ Ahs\ ]dªq hnSmw.'' F¶q ]dªv Ft¶Sv ""A½oWobqsS ho«n ^qÊv s]sb¶q \o H¶v t\¡n«v hm.'' Rm³ ssIenbqw FSq¯v DSqt¯v täÀ¨qw FSqt¯v A½nWob½mabqsS ho«nse¡v sN¶q. t\cw Ccq«n XqS§nbncq¶q. ]Sn¡Â Xs¶ kqko sN¨n Fs¶bqw t\¡n \nevt¸v. Rm³ AIt¯¡v sN¶q. A½oWob½mabqw an\nsN¨nbqw IqSn ASq¡fbn Ft´ FSqt¯v \nev¡q¶q. kqknsN¨n ]dªq. ""A½¨n ic¯v h¶q. an\n \obm täÀ¨v H¶n§v FSq¡v.'' ""thm täÀ¨v Fsâ ssIbn Dv. sN¨n ^qÊv FhnsSbm Cco¡q¶Xv?'' ""]qdt¯ `n¯nbnem, \o hm Rm³ IssW¨q Xcmw''F¶q ]dªq sImv kqknsN¨n Fs¶bqw sIv ]qdt¯¡v h¶q.Rm³ täÀ¨v ASn¨q ^qÊv s\¡n. ""sN¨n Cu täÀ¨v H¶q ASn¨qXm?'' sN¨n täÀ¨q hm§n Fsâ tZlt¯¡v ASn¨q F¶n«v s]Xqs¡ ]dªq ""\osâ sIeq F¸gqw sIe¨q Xs¶bnco¡qw hsW?'' F¶q ]dªq Fsâ Iq®bn Ibdo Hcq ]nSn. ""sN¨n täÀ¨q ASn Rm³ ^oÊv Dct«?'' sN¨n Fsâ Iq®bn ]nSns¨v Xs¶ täÀ¨q ASn¨q X¶q. Rm³ ^qÊv Dco s\¡nbt¸Ä ^qÊv t]bnInS¡qhm. ""sN¨n ^qÊq t]bn. Iqd¨q hbdq thWw ^qÊq sI«m³'' sN¨n ]Xqs¡ Fsâ sNhnbn ]dªq ""\osâ ^qÊq ASn¨q \nev¡qhm, \o sP«n CS¯ntÃ?'' ""Iqfn¨n«v h¶t¸Ä AWv A½ma hnfo¨Xv AXqsImm'' sN¨n Ddt¡ hnfnNq ]dªq ""an\n \obm AeacobqsS ]qd¯nco¡q¶ hbdq H¶n§v FSq¡v'' F¶q ]dªq sIv Iq¶nªq Fsâ Iq®bn ]nSn¨q Hcq D½ sh¨q. F¶n«v Fsâ aqJ¯q s\¡n«v s]Xqt¡ hbnen«v H¶v D_n IqSn¨q. A¶tccqw an\nsN¨n AI¯q \n¶v sNXn¨q sIv ""CXv aXnsb?'' F¶q ]dªq sIv R§fqsS ASqt¯¡q h¶q. s]«¶q kqknsN¨n GWoäv \n¶q. At¸gqw Fsâ Iq® aq¡meqw shfobn Xs¶bm. Rm³ s]«¶q Rm³ ssIbnen ]nSn¨q t\scbn«q. an\nsN¨n Fsâ Iq® Iq F¶q F¶n¡q sX¶n. an\nsN¨n Fsâ aqJt¯¡qw kqknsN¨nbqsS aqJt¯¡qw s\¡n«q. ""Fsâ klmbw hÃXqw shtW?'' F¶q tNZo¨q. kqknsN¨n ]cªq ""sºsfbnSqw I¯ndoIbqw FSqt¯qhm'' an\nsN¨n Nncot¨v AIt¯¡q s]bn. Rm³ kqknsN¨nsbSq tNZo¨q. ""an\nsN¨n Imbncqt¶?'' ""Ahfq Imeqw Iqg¸w H¶q CÃ.'' F¶q ]dªq Fsâ Iq®bn ]nSn¨q hWw ASn¨q. F¶n«v tNZo¨q. ""\o CXn\q F´q hfam sISq¡q¶Xq. Afos\ IWq¶Xq s]sebÃsà Cco¡q¶Xv. \à \ofhqw hWhqw DtÃ? C¸sg Cs§s\btW¦n Iqd¨qsS Ignbqt¸Ä Fs§s\bnco¡qw'' At¸sg¡qw an\nsN¨n Cd§n h¶q. Rm³ Iq® ad¡m³ H¶q s]bnÃm. an\nsN¨nbqsS ssIbn \n¶q sºsfbnSqw I¯ndoIbqw h§n hbdq aqdo¨q ^qÊv sIm«nbn«q sabn³ kq¨q HWm¡nbn«v an\nsN¨nsbSq sseäv C«v t\¡m³ ]dªq. an\nsN¨n aqssd¡I¯q s]bn sseän«nSv ]dªq ""B icobmbn'' Rm³ ]dªq ""sN¨n Rm³ s]Iq¶q''. kqknsN¨n Fsâ sNhnbn ]dªq. ""atä¶mÄ Rm³ Häs¡ ChnsSbqÅq. \o cmhnse 9 aWobIqt_gqs¯¡q hm. \aq¡v H¶q ASn¨q s]fn¡mw''. F¶q ]dªq sIv Rm§Ä aqät¯¡v h¶q. As¶cw Ass½Wob½mabqw an\nsN¨nbqIqSn ]qds¯¡v h¶q. A½ma ]dªq.
""hm sas\ shÅw hÃhqw IqSn¡mw'' ""sh A½masb, A½ Xs¶bqÅq. Rm³ sNÃs«?'' ""F¦n ta³ sNÃq. an\n \obm tKäv AS¨n«q hm'' an\nsN¨n Fsâ IqsS tKänsâ ASqs¯¡q h¶q. tKänsâ ASq¯q h¶t¸Ä an\nsN¨n tNZo¨q. ""Rm³ Iq kqknsN¨nbqsS hbn sISq¡q¶Xv? hÃt¸gqw R§sf IqsS H¶v ]coKWo¡v'' ""Rm³ H¶q sNbn¯nÃm sN¨n Ibdo ]nSn¨Xm'' an\nsN¨n Ibdo Fsâ Iq®bn ]nSn¨q sImv ]dªq ""CXv \Ãh®w H¶v Ifn¡m³ DtÃ? \o HmcqIcyw sN¿v \sf 10 aWo Ignbq_w hg tX«¯n hm'' ""ico sN¨n Rm³ t]sIs«? A½ Xnc¡qw'' ""\msf Rm³ I¯nco¡qw'' F¶q ]dªq sIv Fsâ Iq®bn H¶qsS Aaq¡o«v. tKäv AS¨n«v sN¨n XncosI s]bn. Rm³ Iqe¸o¨ Iq®bqw sIv ho«nse¡v s]bn.Rm³ sN¶q tKäv AS¨n«v ho«nse¡q sN¶q. ]qd¯v sseäv C«nSv Cà ""At½ F´m shfnbn sseäv CSm¯Xv'' F¶q tNZnt¨v aqät¯¡q sN¶q. AhnsS Xn®bn ]nd¶ ]Sn A½bnco¡q¶q. AXv Iq Rm³ Fsâ ssIbnen Agn¨q sXfn C«v A½bqsS ASqt¯¡v Fsâ Iqe¸n¨ Iq®bqw sIv sN¶q. ""sseäqw C«v C§s\ Cco¡m³ ]äqta? hm \aq¡v AI¯q s]Imw'' R§Ä cq IqSn AIt¯¡v s]bn. ""\obm IXIv AS¨n«v hm'' F¶q ]dªq sIv A½ A½bqsS aqdote¡q s]bn. XncosI h¶t¸Ä A½bqsS ssIbn Hcq Iq¸n tPWo h¡dqw Rm³ sshIn«v h§ntNv sN¶ hnÂkqw IqSmsX Hcq hn. kn.Un. Ikäqw. A½bXq sIv h¶q tai¸qd¯q h¨q. F¶n«v ASq¡fbnse¡q s]bn cv ¥mkqw Hcq Iq¸n XWq¯v shÅhqw sIv tai¸qd¯v h¨q. F¶n«v ]dªq. ""Hmgns¡Sm cs®w ASn¨m \à ckam Ifn¡m³. ]ns¶ \obnXqhsc Ascbqw Imfn¨n«v Cà F¶tà ]dªXv.'' ""CÃm CXqhsc shtd AcqsSbqw IqsS Ifn¨n«nÃ?'' ""\o Asc¦neqw Ifn¡q¶Xv InSqt?'' ""CÃm'' ""]ns¶s§s\ \n\¡v CsXs¡ Assdbmw '' ""AXq ]ns¶'' ""FXv ]ns¶'' ""AXq Rm³ sI¨q ]qkvXI¯n \n¶v hbn¨v'' ""A¶cqw \o Ifn¡q¶Xv In«nÃm'' Rm³ cv ¥mkneqw Htc¶q Hgn¨q ""\obm än hn HWm¡n Cu Ikäv CSv'' Rm³ än hnbqw hn kbmdqw HWm¡n Ikäv C«nSv A½bqsS ASq¯v h¶ncq¶q. At¸sg¡qw A½ shÅw Dgn¨n«v Hä hen¡v AXq IqSn¨q F¶n«v Hcq hnÂkv FSq¯q I¯n¨n«v ]dªq. ""\o H¶qsS Hgn'' Rm³ H¶qsS A½bqsS ¥mkn Hgn¨n«v Fsâ ¥mkv FSq¯q Hcod¡v IqSn¨q.As¶cw s^¬ t_ÃSn¨q. A½ ¥mkqw FSq¯q sIv ]dªq ""\obnXv \à h®w t\¡n IWq. Rm³ Acmsb¶v s\¡s«? Ahqfq acbnssc¡qw.'' A½ s]bn t^¬ FSq¯q. ""Btem, B imabs¶Sn F´qv AhnsS hntijw. Ah³ A¸qdt¯§v Dv. \osb¶q hcqw Hm ChnsS s{]t¯In¨q H¶q CÃ. ico F¦n sh¡s«'' t^¬ h¨n«v A½ ssIbnencq¶ ¥knseXq IqSn¨n«v ¥mkv sIv h¶q Fsâ ASq¯q sh¨n«v ]dªq ""\obnXq hsc XoÀ¯nsÃ? H¶qsS Hmgn'' F¶v ]dªq sIv ssIbnencq¶ kotItdäv Hm¶q¡qSn Aªq hmen¨q. At¶cw än hnbn cv \ot{KIÄ Nq_n¨q sIv \nev¡q¶Xbncq¶q. s]®v \ot{K A®v \ot{KbqsS Iq® FSq¯q Du_o hen¡q¶q. Rm³ ssIbnencq¶ ¥mknse XoÀ¯n«v cv ¥mkneqw Hgn¨n«v A½sbSq ]dªq. ""A½sb F¶n¡v In«v FXmv s]se AXq \oÀ¯sS?'' ""\o\¡v IsWv F¦n \oÀ¯n«v hm'' Rm³ ssIbnencq¶ ¥mknse a[yw Hä hen¡v IqSn¨n«v än hnbqw hn kn ¸nbqw \oÀ¯o«v A½bqsS ASqt¯¡q h¶q. A½ ASq¯ kotItdäv FSq¯q I¯n¨n«v tNZo¨q.
""\o\¡v thsW? thsWsa¦n C¶m cv ]qIsbSqt¯?'' F¶q ]dªq sIv kntItdäv Fsâ s\sc \o«n. Rm³ AXq h§n Hmcq s]mIsbSq¯q. A½ ¥mkv Ienb¡n F¶o«v hoqw Hgn¨n«v ]dªq. ""\obXn§v Xm F¶n«v h¶v H¶v \à h®w \¡n¯m'' Rm³ H¶qsS Aªq hen¨n«v As½bqsS ssIbn sISq¯q. A½ sk^mbn Nmco aeÀ¶q InS¶q sIv Ieq FSq¯q sk^mbqsS ssIbn sh¨q F¶n¡v ]qÀ \¡m³ ]cqh¯n\q IoS¶qX¶q. Rm³ Xdbn Iq¯pbncq¶v As½bqsS ]qÀ \¡m³ XqS§n. A½ ssIbnencq¶ knsIsdäv Aªq hent¨v sk^mbqsS AcoInte¡v \o§nbncq¶q. Ct¸Ä F¶n¡v A½bqsS ]qdqw IqXnbqw \¡m³ Ffq¸abn. Rm³ ]qänse Hsc Øehqw \¡n \¡n IqXnbn h¶q. Rm³ A½bqsS Nm´n cq ]nSn¨v AI¯n«v IqXnbnte¡v \¡v Ibän \à h®w \¡n. At¸Ä A½ ]dªq. ""\obm I´v H¶v sPcSv, \o\¡v As½sS IqXn Cãt¸t«? \à h®w \¡v. \nev¡v Rm³ Iq¶nªq \o¶q Xcw At¸Ä \n\¡v kuIcy¯n\q IqXn \¡m\qw ]qän hncenSm\qw ]äqw'' F¶q ]dªq sIv A½ Fgqt¶äv Itkcbn Ibdo Iq¶nªq \n¶q. Ct¸Ä B hncª Iqnbn sXd¶ ]qdqw KpZhqw H¶v IsWv Ig¨ Xs¶bmbncq¶q. Rm\m ]qänse¡qw KpZ¯nse¡qw adoªq Rm³ IqXnbn \m¡v tIän \¡nbt¸Ä IqXn H¶qsS hnIkn¨q ASªo«v hoqw hnIkn¨q h¶q. Rm³ As¶cw \¡v KpZ¯nse¡v Iq¯n Ibän.At¸Ä A½ Hcq henb hfn hn«q. B hfn¡v F¶n¡v At¸Ä \à aWam tX¶nbXv. A½ Fgqt¶äv \Wt¯Sv ]dªq. ""AdobsX ]änbXm, \osâ \¡n Fsâ \nb{XWw hn«v s]bn'' ""AXns\´m F¶n¡v Cãvs¸«v. A½ Fsâ hbnte¡v H¶qsS hfn hnt«'' \o\¡v A{X¡§v C«t¸t«? A½bqsS IqXn."" ''A½bqsS IqXn a{Xaà A½bqsS ]qdqw N¡ aqebqw FÃmw F¶n¡v C«t¸«v. Rm³ A½bqsS A½nªm H¶q IqSnt¨t«?"" ''A½bqsS ]qdqw IqXnbqw \¡mw. ]ns¶bm \o\¡v A½oªm IqSn¡m³ A\qhmZw tNZo¡q¶Xv?. \o\¡v F¸w thWw F¶v sX¶q¶q At¸Ä FÃmw \o\¡v A½sb F´q thWsa¦neqw sN¿m³ A½¡v k½Xam. \o H¶qsS Hgn A½sb¶q \Ãh®w s]cq¡s«?"" Rm³ F®oäv cv ¥mkneqw H¶qsS Hgn¨v shÅhqw sNÀ¯v H¶q A½bqsS ssIbn sISq¯q. Rm³ F¶nSv Hcq hnÂkv FSq¯q I¯n¨q hen¨n«v ¥mkn \n¶q Hcq IhnÄ IqSn¨q sIv sNZn¨q. ''As½? A½ Ifn¨n«qÅ Iq®bn A½¡v Gähqw Cãvt¸«v Iq® GXm?"" ''F\o¡v Gähqw Cãt¸« Iq® \osâ A¸q¸sâbm. \o\¡v In«nbXv \osâ A¸q¸sâ Iq®bm, AXq B[yw Ibdobt¸Ä tkÀKw Iq. \obm knItdäv H¶n§qXm"" Rm³ knItdäv H¶q IqSn hen¨n«v A½¡q sISq¯n«v Rm³ Hcq Ihnfq IqSn IqSn¨q. A½ knItdäv H¶v Aªq hen¨n«v Ihqfq \nd¨q ]qIsbSq¯n«v Fsâ Iq®bn ]nSn¨q sIv ]Iq¯nbXnse¡q DXn. F¶o«v Iq®bq_m³ XqS§n. A½ knItdäv H¶q hen¡qw ]ns¶ Iq®bq¼qw . Rm³ ASq¯ knItdäv FSq¯q I¯n¨q hen¡m³ XqS§n. A§s\ cq s]cq hen¨q XnÀ¶q. A½ ]n¶bqw Iq® D¼m³ XqS§n. Rm³ ]dªq ""As½ A½bn§s\ D¼osIncq¶m Ah³ hmbnse¡q Nnäqw. A½sb¶q Iq\nªq \n¶qXm, Rm³ ]qdIn IqSnbSn¨qXmcmw'' ""F\n¡v \nsâ Iq® D¼o«v aXnhcq¶nÃm'' F¶q ]dªq sIv A½ F®näv sk^bn Ibdo Iq\nªq \n¶q. F¶o«v ]dªq. ""\o \Ãh®w H¶q \¡o«v Ibäv.'' Rm³ tNZo¨q. ""]qänse IqXnbnse?'' ""A[yw ]qäqÂ. IqXnbn C¸w sh''. Rm³ Iq\nªq A½bqsS N´n ]nSn¨q AI¯n«v IqXn sX«v ]qÀ hsc \¡m³ XqS§n. ""\obm I´n \¡v'' Rm³ A½bqsS I´n \¡m³ XqS§n. At¸mÄ A½ ]dªq. "" \obm IqXnbn Hcq hncen«n«v I´n thK¯n \¡v'' Rm³ Hcq hnceq IqXnbn Iq¯nbnd¡n aqs_«qw ]ndsI«q Nen¸n¨q sIv I´n \¡n. A½ ""B,,, \à kqJw, Hmcq hnceqsS IbävSm ]qdosat\ Du,,,, lmm,,,,,, '' A½bqsS ]qän \o¶v \à Hgq¡v Rm³ ]qän cv hnceo«v hncen ]qÀ sX³ A¡n IqXnbnse¡q Iq¯nbnd¡n sIv I´n thK¯n \¡n. ""B,,,,, As½sb ]®n ]qdo sas\, Bmmmmmmm \osâ A½ Iq¯n¨n¡v hcq¶sS ]«n ]qdo sas\ Du,,,,,,,, Bmmmmmmmmm \nÀ¯sX \¡Sm A½sb ]®n ]qdo sas\ Bmmmmmmmm shmm ''
A½bqsS \Sq H¶q hnd¨q ""hcqs¶Sm Xtbfn Bmmmmmmm aXnsbSm F¶n¡v h¶q.'' F¶q ]dªq sIv A½ AW¨q sIv sk^mbnte¡q Nmcobncq¶q. Fsâ aqJm¯q sa¯w A½bqsS ]qÀ sX\mbncq¶q. A½ Fs¶ s\¡n H¶q Nnco¨q. Rm³ A½bqsS IqXnbn C« hnceqIÄ Hsc¶mbn \¡n ImWo¨q sIv tNZo¨q. ""F§s\bqmbncq¶q'' A½ Nncot¨v ""\obfq anSq¡\m'' F¶q ]dªq sIv Fs¶ sI«n¸nSn¨q aqJ¯q D½ sh¨q. F¶n«v Fsâ aqJm¯q ]änbncq¶ A½bqsS ]qÀ sX³ \¡nsbSq¯q. Rm³ A½bqsS IqXnbn C« shceq \¡o«v A½bqsS hbnte¡v h¨q sISq¯n«v ]dªq. ""A½bqsS IqXn¡v \à cqPnbm, At½ Xncoªq Iq\nªq \oÃv Rm³ ASn¨q Xcmw. F¶n¡v Ig¨n«v h¿m'' A½ sk^mbn Ibdo Xncoªq \o¶q sIv ]dªq ""t]Sm. Akt¯, AXq Xqdq¶ Øzeam \o s]Xqt¡ ]qän Ibäv'' Rm³ ]dªq ""A½ Xqdo«v IgqIsX sIqhm. Rm³ \¡n Xnt¶fmw'' F¶q ]dªv Rm³ ]qänte¡v Iq® Iq¯n Ibän ""\o\¡v A{X¡qw CãasWSm A½bqsS IqXn, \osâ B\ Iq® s]Xqs¡ Ibäv Iqd¨q \fmbn AXn hÃXqw H¶v Ibdo«v''. Rm³ s]Xqs¡ s]Xqs¡ Iq® ]qän Ibän. Fsâ Iq® sa¯w A½bqsS ]qän Ibdo. A½ tNZo¨q ""sa¯¯n IbdosbSm, Fsâ A®m¡n h¶q. \o s]Xqs¡ ASn¡v'' Rm³ A½bqsS ]qdIo \n¶q s]Xqs¡ ASn¨q sIv aqebn ]nSn¨q sP¡n ""\o \Ãh®w sP¡v thK¯n ASn'' ""At½ A½bsà ]dªXv s]Xqs¡ ASn¡m³'' ""FSm Ifn¡qt_Ä \o Fs¶ As½ F¶q hnfn¡sX FSn Fs¶ FSn kqs½ Fs¶ kq½ ]qdn, Iq¯n¨q Fs¶ ]qsasf Fs¶ ]q¨n Fs¶ \n\¡v sX¶q¶ sXdn hofn. \à thKw ASns¡Sm \obm hnceq IqXnbn IqSn CSv"" Rm³ hnc hbn C«v \¡n«v A½bqsS N´n ]nSn¨q AI¯n IqXnbnte¡q H¶q Xq¸n«v \Sqhnc IqXnbnte¡v Iq¯obnd¡n sIv Aªq ASn¨q. Iq® ]qäneqw hnceq IqXnboeqw Hcqs]se Ibdobod§n. ''Bmmmmm Dummmm lmmmm A½¨ntb As¿"" A½bqsS hbn \n¶v A]i_Zw hc³ XqS§n. IqSmsX aqdobo ¹¡v ¹¡v F¶ ]®q¶ iu_Zw ''Bmmmmm ASn¡Sm ssabnsc Dummmm thKw ASn¡Sm As½ ]®n lmmmmm Dummmm, Bmmmmmm"" Rm³ ASnbqsS thKw Iq«n sIv ''C§s\ aXnsbSo ]qco tasf. Rm³ C¶v \osâ ]qÀ ASn¨q sIfa¡qw Iq¯n¨n. \osâ ]qän Ifn¡³ F´q kqJam ]qs sasf Bmmmmm"" ''Bmmmmm Aªq ASn¡msS As½ ]®n Dummmmmmm F¶n¡v hoq s]cq¯v hcq lmmmmmm Cummmm Bmmmmmm hcq¶Sm"" A½ \o¶q XqÅ ]\n h¶Xq s]se XqÅm³ XqS§n. A¶n¡qw hc³ DÅsejWw Iv XqS§n ''FSn ]qdo hcqs¶Sn F¶n¡qw hcqs¶Sn. ASn¨q \osâ ]qän Dgn¡s« ]qdo?"" ''ASn¨q Dgns¡Sm Fsâ ]qänÂ, Fsâ ]qÀ H¶v \\bs«? thKw ASn¡Sm F¶n¡v hoqw hcq¶q Bmmmmmmmm"" A½ \o¶q XqÅn hnd¡qIbm. ''Bmmmmmm F¶n¡v hcq¶q As½ ]qdo FSo Iq¯o¨n tasf hcq¶q. h¶q"" Rm³ A½bqsS ]qänse¡v Hcq enädo IqSq¯Â Iq® ] ASn¨q Hgn¨q sIv Rm³ A½bqsS aqIfnse¡v AW¨q sIv InS¶q. Iqd¨q s\cw Rm³ As½ sI«n¸nSq¨q sIv InS¶q. Fsâ Iq® sN«n A½bqsS ]qän \o¶q ]qd¯q h¶q. Rm³ F®näv ado Itkcbn Ccq¶q. A½ F®näv Ccq¶q sIv ]dªq. ''H¶q IqSn HgnsbSm hï Zlhqw joWhqw"" F¶q ]dªq sIv A½ Hcq hnÂkv FSq¯q I¯n¨q hen¨q. Rm³ cq ¥mkoeqw Hsc¶q Hgn¨q shÅw Hgn¨v H¶v A½¡q sISq¯n«v Fsâ ¥mkqw FSq¯v A½¡q AcoIn sN¶q Ccq¶q. F¶n«v tNZn¨q. ''As½ Fs§s\ Dmbncq¶q, A½¡v Cãvs¸s«?"" A½ Hcq IhnÄ IqSn¨n«v ''\os¶ k½Xn¨q X¶nco¡q¶q Ft¶ thÅw IqSn¸n¨n«qÅXv \osâ aq¯¨\m ]ns¶ Ct¸Ä \obqw"" F¶v ]dªq A½ Fs¶ sI«n¸nSn¨q H¯nco D½ sh¨q. A½ F®nät¸Ä A½bqsS XqSbn IqSn Fsâ Iq® ]eqw A½bqsS ]qÀtX\qw IqSn Den¨nd§n. Rm³ AXv tXnsbSq¯q \¡n IWo¨q. A¶tcw A½ ]qän ssIbn«v ]qÀtX\qw Iq®]eqw IqSn hSn¨q FSq¯q \¡nIqSn¨q. Rm³ HmSn sN¶q A½bqsS ssI ]nSn¨q \¡n IqSn¨n«v As½
]nSn¨v aeÀ¯n InS¯n«v A½bqsS ]qänte¡v aq¡qIq¯n. ]qÀ sa¯w \¡n XqS¨q. Fsâ \¡Â \nan¯w A½ InS¶q ]nSªq sIv ]dªq. ""aXnsbSm F¶n¡v C¡nfnbmIq¶q.'' Rm³ \¡Â \nÀ¯nbnÃ. A½ Fsâ Xe ]nSn¨q aäm³ s\¡n. Rm³ _ew s{]sbKo¨q sIv hoq \¡n. At¸mÄ A½ s]Sq¯q s]bn. s]Sq¸Â Fsâ hbn Abn. Rm³ Iqd¨q IqSn¨n«v Hcq IhnÄ hbn ]nSn¨q ASq¯ncq¶ ]IqXnbm ¥mkn Ccq¶ a[yw A½bqsS ¥mknse¡q Hmgn¨n«v ¥mkv t\sc ]qänte¡q ]nSn¨q. ¥mkn aq¡Â `mKw \ndsªt¸tf¡qw A½¡v \nb{XWw In«n. A½ s]Sq¸eqw \nÀ¯o«v I®q Xqd¶q Fsâ aqJt¯¡q t\¡n. Rm³ ¥mkv tai]qd¯q sh¨n«v Fsâ hnbn ]nSn¨q h¨ aq{Xw Rm³ A½bqsS hbnte¡v Hgn¨q sISq¯q. A½ AXq IqSn¨q F¶n«v Rm³ ]dªq ""\à coPnbmbncq¶q. a[yt¯¡m«neqw In¡v In«n'' ""Rm³ ]dªnsà aXnsb¶v, \o sIt«?'' ""AXq sIv Asà F¶n¡v IqSn¡³ InSnbXv. A½¡v At½sS aq{X¯nsâ cqPn Csãmt¸t«?"" F¶q ]dªq Rm³ aq{Xw FSq¯q Hcq IhnÄ IqSn¨q. A½ A½bqsS ¥mkv FSq¯q HäbSn¡v IqSn¨n«v ''\o\¡v Fsâ aq{Xw IqSn¡mw F¦n F¶n¡q shWw \osâ aq{Xw"" F¶q ]dªq sIv A½ Fsâ Iq®sbSq¯q hmbn sh¨q sIv ]dªq ""Hgns¡Sm Fsâ hnbnte¡v'' ""As½ aqssdbnses¡ aq{Xw AIqw'' ""AIs« Rm³ XqSt¨fmw \obns«v Hgn¡v'' Rm³ ]ns¶ H¶qw s\¡nbnÃ. Rm³ A½bqsS hbnte¡q s]Sq¯q. A½bXq Hmkn \o¶q shÅw IqSn¡q¶ s]se IqSq IqS F¶v IqSn¨q. Hcq XqÅn s]eq IfbsX. Rm³ tNZo¨q ""Fs§s\ Dmbncq¶q As½'' ""sIÅmw \osâ NqSq aq{Xw hbän sN¶t¸Ä F¶n¡v s]Sq¡m³ aq«q¶q.'' ""F¶n¡v thWw'' ""\n\¡v aXnbmbnsÃ? ''CÃm F\o¡v aXnbmbnÃ. Rm³ Xdbn InS¡mw. A½ Fsâ aqJ¯qcq¶q hbn s]Sq¡v"" F¶q ]dªq Rm³ Xdbn InS¶q. A½ Ibdo Fsâ aqJ¯ncq¶q sIv ]dªq ''Rm³ s]Sq¡³ s]IqIbm, \o\¡v aXnbmIq¶ hsc IqSn¨q sIÅ®w"". Rm³ ssI\o«n ¥mkv FSq¯v ASq¯q sh¨q. AXq Iv A½ tNZo¨q. ''F´n\m \o ¥mkv FSq¯q h¨Xv"" ''IqSn¨Xnsâ _m¡n ]nSn¨q sh¨n«v ]ns¶ IqSn¡m³"". A½ H¶q ]dbsX Fsâ hbnte¡v s]Sq¡m³ XqS§n. R³ Iqd¨q IqSn¨n«v _¡n ¥mkv \d¨q ]nSn¨q h¨q. F¶n«v A½ s]Sq¯q Xocq¶ hsc IqSn¨q sIncq¶q. A½ s]Sq¡qt¸Ä A½bqsS IqXn Xqd¡qIbqw ASbqIbqw sNbnXq. AXq IWm³ \à ckabncq¶q. Rm³ Hcq hnc IqXnbn Iq¯n Ibänbnd¡n At¸Ä A½ {]À {]À F¶v Hcq henb hfn hn«q. A½ s]Sq¯q XnÀ¶t¸Ä Rm³ A½bqsS ]qÀ ]nfÀ¯n ]qän ]änbncq¶ aq{Xw sam¯w \¡n IqSn¨q XnÀ¯q R³ IqXnbn \n¶v hnc FSq¯q. A½ F®näq \n¶q. Rm\qw F®näv \o¶q. A½ tNZn¨q ""\o\¡v hbdq \ndtª?'' ""Cà C\nbqw Ømew Dv. A½¡v C\n F¸w s]Sq¡m³ aq«nbeqw Fâv ASq¯v ]dªm aXn. Fsâ hbn s]Sq¡mw'' F¶q ]dªq Rm³ hncen t\¡nbt¸Ä hnceo A½bqsS Xo«w ]änbnco¡q¶q. Rm³ AXq H¶v \¡n«v ]dªq. ""As½ A½bqsS Xo«¯n\q \à cqPnbm''. A½ s]«¶v Fsâ ssIbn Ibdo ]nSn¨q t\In«v A½bqsS Xo«w ssI sIv XqS¨n«v ]dªq. ""\o Fsâ tI¯n hncen«v Xo«w hcosb?'' F¶q tNZo¨q sIv Fs¶ ASn¡³ ssIbq§n sIv h¶q. Rm³ As½ sI«n¸nSo¨q sIv A½bqsS Nqn D½ sh¨n«v A½bqsS ssI ]nSn¨q ssIbn ]änb Xo«w sa¯w \¡nsbSq¯n«v ]dªq. ""F¶n¡v A½bqsS Xo«w Xn¶m\qw aq{Xw IqSn¡m\q³ FÃm Cãam'' ""Cu sNdq¡sâ Icyw sIv sXäv. \obhosS Cco Rm³ Cu Xdbn hoW aq{Xw XqS¡s«, Aæn \sf chnsebIqt_Ä hSsbSq¡qw"". F¶q ]dªq sIv ASq¡fbnte¡q s]bn Xd XqS¡q¶ XqWobqw Hcq _¡än Iqd¨q thÅhqw sIv h¶v IqXn¨ncq¶q Xd sXS¡³ XqS§n. A½ F¶n¡v Xncoªq aq«q Ien Ccq¶v Xd sXS¨q. A Cco¸n A½ aqt_«qw ]ndt¡«q AIqt_Ä A½bqsS IqXo Xqd¡qIbqw ASbqIbqw sNbnXq. CXv Ip«v Rm³ F®oäv A½bqsS ]qdIn sN¶v N´n ]nSn¨q AI¯n«v A½bqsS IqXnbn t\¡n. t\cs¯
Fsâ hncen«vt¸Ä A½ hn« hfnbqsS IqsS iIew Xo«w h¶bncq¶q. AXm Fsâ hnceo AbXv. AXnsâ Ahioãw _¡n AhnsS Cco¡q¶q. AXq It¸Ä F¶n¡v hbn shÅw h¶q. Rm³ N´n ]nSn¨q AI¯n IqXnbn ]änbncq¶ Xo«w Rm³ \¡nsbSq¯q. IqXq ta¯w \¡n shSq¸m¡n. Fs¶ A½ ]nSo¨q aän sIv ]dªq. ''Cu sN¡³ Iq\nPm A¶cq IqXn \¡v Ibäqw"". R³ ]dªq ''A½ s\ct¯ hfn hn«t¸Ä A½bqsS IqXnbn ]änb Xo«w Rm³ \¡n {h¯nb¡nbXm, Zm s\¡v A½bqsS Xo«w"". F¶q ]dªq Rm³ \¡v \o«n IWo¨q. A½ Fsâ hbnse¡q t\¡n. F¶n«v A½ Fsâ \¡n ]änbnco¡q¶ Xo«w A½ \¡v \o«n \¡n. Rm³ Fsâ \¡v A½bqsS hbnte¡v XÅn sISq¯q. A½ Fsâ \m¡v hbnen«v Ddoªn hen¨q. F¶n«v Fs¶ ]nSn¨q aqJs¯Ãmw D½ sIv aqSn«v. Fs¶Sv tNZo¨q. ""\n\¡v Xn¶m³ thsW A½bqsS Xn«w'' ""thWw, F¶n¡v A½bqsS FÃmw th®w'' ""C¸w thv Rm³ ]ns¶ Xcmw. kabw 8 aWo Ignªq. C¸w \o\¡v Xn¶³ tNdq Xcmw''. F¶q ]dªq A½ Fsâ Iq®bn ]nSo¨q cv h®w ASn¨n«v A½ _¡äqw Xd XqS¨ XqWobqw FSq¯q sIv ASq¡fbnte¡q s]bn. A½ \S¡qt_Ä sNdqXbn ASqs¶ F¶v F¶n¡v sX¶n. A½¡v a[yw Xe¡v ]nSp¨q. F¶n¡qw sNdqX«v Xe¡v ]nSn¨q. Rm³ än hnbqw hnkn bmdqw HWm¡n \ot{KIfqsS Ifnbqw Isv Hcq hnÂkqw I¯p¨q hent¨v Iq®bqw XShn sIv Ccq¶q. At¸Ä t^¬ _Ãv ASn¨q. ASq¡fbn \o¶v A½ hnfn¨q ]dªq ""\obm t^¬ FSq¯q Acm F¶v s\¡v'' Rm³ t^¬ FSq¯q. AXv ien\n sN¨nbmbncq¶q. A½sb´nsb F¶q tNZn¨q. Rm³ ]dªq A½ ASq¡fbnem F¶v. F¶n«v A½sb hnfn¡³ ]dªq. Rm³ At½ ien\n sN¨n hnfn¡q¶q F¶q ]dªn«v t^¬ tai¸qd¯v h¨n«v hoqw s]bn änhnbqw Isv Ccq¶q. A½ h¶q t^¬ FSq¯q. ""F´qhmSn'' ............................. ""AhnsS FÃmhÀ¡qw kqJw AsÃ?'' ................................ ""Ah³ F¸w h¶q'' .............................................. ""FÃmhcqw F´q FSq¡q¶q.'' ............................................ ""Ah³ Ft¸Ä h¶q'' ............................... ""Ah³ A¸qd¯m'' F¶v ]dªn«v A½ Fs¶ ssIb«n hofn¨n«v. Nqn hnc h¨q IWo¨q ancqXv F¶v. Rm³ A½bqsS AcoIo sN¶q ]qdInIqSn sI«n¸nSn¨q sIv \n¶q ""At¶cw C¶se c{Xnbn \o F´q sNbnXq'' ""A½mbnb¨sâbqw A½mbnb½bqsS IqsS IqSn'' ""As§tc sIv H¡qta \n§fq cv t]sc?'' Rm³ Fsâ I¼obmb Iq®m A½bqsS N´nbnSq¡n h¨q Dc¨q sIv A½bqsS aqebn ]nSnt¨v \n¶q. ""F´q sN¿m³, Rm³ H¶q \à h®w D¼obt¸Ä shSn¯nÀ¶q. ]ns¶ As§sc sIv ]qdqw IqXnbqw \¡n¨ t\cw A½bn D¼n heqXm¡³ s\¡n«v Hcq tcjbqanà Rm³ ]ns¶ \½qsS Ahk\s¯ AShv Abm s]Sq¸v A§v h¨q sISq¯q"". ''At¸Ä aq¸nem³ IqSqt¨Sn."" ''aq¸ne³ Xq¸mXnco¡³ Rm³ aq¸nesâ aq¡n ]nSn¨q. aq¸nems\ sIv sa¯w IqSn¸n¨q"" ''aq¸nemsâ Iq® I¼nbmbnsÃ?"" ''I¼nsbs¡bmbn ]sj sIdo \eq ASn ASn¨t¸Ä AXnsâ Iäv hoq s]bn. ]ns¶ A½bnsb sIv H¶q \¡n¨n« Fs´¦neqw H¶v AbXv."" ''As§sc F´nsb, \nsâ ]qdsI aW¸n¨v \S¡qhs¶?"" ''A¸qdt¯§v Dv. A½ C¶se F´q sNbnXq. R§Ä cq CÃmbncq¶sÃ?"" ''Rm³ F´q sN¿m\m, G¯]gw Ccot¸mbncq¶q. AXq§v Ibän AÃsX. C¶v hÃXq \Ss¶"". ''Ah³ shfq¸ns\bm h¶Xv. Ahs\ D¨¡m H¶v In«nbXv. AXsà Rm³ D¨¡v hnfn¡ªXv. D¨¡v Hcq Ifn Ifn¨q. Ah³ ]qd¯q s]bnco¡qhm, h¶n«v thWw H¶v \¡h®w Ifn¡m³.""
''Dw \S¡s«"" ''A¸qdt¯ A½ma h¶bncqs¶? hÃXqw \Ss¶?"" ''h¶mbncq¶q. H¶qw \S¶nÃ. ]ns¶ F¶n¡v Hcq D{K³ Iq® In«n. Rm³ AXn cv Ifn Ifn¨q."" ''AXq FXm, Rm³ Adob¯v"" ''AsXs¡bqv. \o hcqt_Ä IWo¨q Xcmw"" ''s_Ãq ASn¡q¶q Ah\msW¶q sX\q¶q. Rm³ s\¡s« h¡qIm"" A½ t^¬ h¨n«v Xncªq Fs¶ sI«n¸nSn¨q D½ sh¨q. R§Ä ]ckv¸cw tI«n¸nSn¨q. A½ Fsâ Iq®bneq. Rm³ A½bqsS aqebneqw N´n¡qw ]nSn¨q ]ns¶ ]qäneqw IqXnbneqw hnc C«v Rm³ Ifn¨q. A½ ]dªq. ""\o ssIsbSq¡v, Asæn Rm³ \nsâ Iq® ]nSn¨q ]qän sh¡qw.'' ""A½bXq ]qän Xs¶ shs¨, F¶n¡qw AXq Xs¶bm Cãw'' ""Rm³ AXq shs¨fmw C¸w \a¡v A¯mgw Ign¡mw''. F¶q ]dªq sIv A½ Fsâ Iq®bn Hcq D½ sISq¯o«v B s]cqIqnbqw Iqeq¡n sIv ASq¡fbnse¡v \S¶q. _¡n ASq¯ `mK¯n adq]Sn Ab¡qI