ssdäv

 {Sbn-\n koäv dnkÀhv sN¿p-¶-Xn\v ]qcn-¸n¨ At]-£-bp-ambn _nj-¸nsâ sk{I-«dn dbnÂth tÌj-\n sN¶p. _nj-¸nsâ t]cn\p ap¼n ssdäv a]-dâv Fs¶-gp-Xn-bn-cn-¡p-¶Xp I­ lnµp-hmb dbnÂth ¢mÀ¡v C§s\ ]d-ªp. “”ssdän\pw dh-dân\pw \ÂIp-hm³ koäp-IÄ Hgn-hn-Ã. H¶p-In ssdän\p \ÂImw. AsÃ-¦n AsÃ-¦n dh-dân\p \ÂImw. F´m?”

[\n-I³ _nj-¸p-am-scÃmw henb [\n-I-cm-sW¶p [cn-¨n-cp¶ Hcp Ių Zcn-{Z-\mb Hcp _nj-¸nsâ hk-Xn-bn cm{Xn-bn Ib-dn. i_vZw tI«v Dd-¡-ap-WÀ¶ _nj¸v tNmZn¨p:

''Bcm-WXv?''

""an­n-t¸m-I-cpXv Rm³ \n§-fpsS ]Ww X¸p-I-bm-Wv.”

Ių ]d-ªp.

“”kvt\lnXm, F¦n \n§-fpsS Xos¸«n C§p Xcq. sagp-Ip-Xncn I¯n¨v  \ap-¡n-cp-hÀ¡pw IqSn X¸mw.”

kc-k-\mb _nj¸v adp-]Sn ]d-ªp.

D¯-cw.

 k¬tU-kv¡qÄ kµÀi\w \S-¯p-I-bm-bn-cp¶p _nj-¸v. ss__n-fn ]pXnb \nb-a-¯nse hnip² tbml-¶m³sc kphn-tijw 14-þmw A²ymbw 8þmw hmIy-am-bn-cp¶p Ip«n-IÄ At¸mÄ ]Tn-¨p-sIm-­n-cp-¶-Xv. AXn-§-s\-bm-bn-cp-¶p. Rm³ Xs¶ hgnbpw kXyhpw Poh\pw BIp-¶p.

“” BcmWv Cu hmIyw ]d-ªXv?” _nj¸v Ip«n-I-tfmSp tNmZn-¨p.

hnip² tbml-¶m-s\¶pw hnip² ]s{Xm-sk¶pw hnip² tXma-sk-¶p-sams¡ sXämb D¯-c-§Ä Ip«n-IÄ ]d-ªp. _nj-¸n-\msI \ncm-i-bm-bn. F¦nepw Hcp Ip«n-tbmSp IqSn tNmZn-¡m-sa¶v At±lw Xocp-am-\n-¨p.-tNm-Zy-¯n-\p-¯cw ]d-hm³ Ip«n kmh-[m-\-sa-gp-t¶-äp. At¸mÄ Ipkr-Xn-bmb asämcp Ip«n Hcp sam«p kqNn BZys¯ Ip«n-bpsS koän  Ip¯n h¨p. D¯cw ]d-bm-\m-hmsX koän-en-cp¶ Ip«n thZ\ sIm­p AXyp-¨-¯n C§s\ hnfn¨p:

“”Fsâ tbip-th.”

“”icn-bmb D¯-cw, icn-bmb D¯-cw.”

_nj¸v B Ip«nsb A`n-\-µn-¨p-sIm­p ]d-bp-Ibpw \Ã Hcp k½m\w \ÂIn t{]mÕm-ln-¸n-¡p-Ibpw sNbvXp.