മൃഗം 13 [Master] 545

N¼nNp«³.sWäv km¡pNÄ l¦^sâ]pw ^pNvfn\n]psX]pw e]w C^«n¸n¨p. CWn]pw H^p B{Nf\w D*m]mÂ, AkÀ¡v tSmÂkn hwekn¡\sf¶nÃ. fNÄ h-vNqan tbmNp¶ Np«n]m\v. kjn]n k¨pw AkapsX KokWv eog\n D*mNmw. ^pNvfn\n Bl¦t]msX kmhpknsW tWm¡n.
“”””tfmsW..C§sW]ms\¦n M§Ä F´v sI¿pw?” AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”””BUyw CSv M§Ä hwl]n¡p¶kÀ Ss¶]mt\m F¶v D_¸v k^p¯\w. ASnWv M§Ä Fhv sFs] Ns*m¶p hwhm^n¡s«. At±i¯nWv Bs^ F¦n`pw hwl]w Dt*m F¶_n]\ftÃm..F´m]m`pw DXsW AkÀ ko*psfm^p {lfw WX¯nÃ. ASpsNm*v S`v¡m`w tbXn¡mWnà F¶ms\Wn¡v tSm¶p¶Sv. Fhv sFs] N* tlgw dm¡n Nm^y§Ä So^pfmWn¡mw..” kmhp b_ªp.
“”””AsS..Wfp¡v DX³ Ss¶ sÌgWnt`¡v tbmNmw” tZm\ tbmNm³ S]m_m]n Fjpt¶äpsNm*v b_ªp.
“”””tIm_v D*n«p tbmNmw tfmsa” ^pNvfn\n b_ªp.
“”””gpkÀ..A½ D*m¡n] Bim^w Njn¡m³ Nn«n] Cu Im³hv Mm³ Na]nÔ AkÄ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”””Unkys]]pw knan¡t½” kmhpkm\v ASv b_ªSv.
AkÄ Ss¶ knan¡^pSv F¶v b_ªSv ^pNvfn\n HmÀ¯p.
“”””tk* tfmsW..AkÄ¡v Wà £o\fp*v..NnXt¶ms«…Wn§Ä Njn¡v…”
AkÄ fWhns` UpxOw f_¨pk¨v b_ªp. kmhpknsâ fpOw kmXn]Sv ^pNvfn\n {l²n¨p. Aksa Nm\m³ AkWm{Pifp*v..bs£ l¦t^«³ Ct¸mÄ Unkyt]mXv bj] ssk^tfms¡ f_¶v Wà ^oSn]n B]n^n¡p¶ hf]fm\v. Ct¸mÄ l¦t^«³ kmhpkntWmXv f_ps¯m¶pw b_ªnsæn`pw Unky]pw AkWpw S½n`pÅ dÔw tI«³ Cãs¸X\w F¶nÃ. S¡m`w AksW AkÄ Nm\* F¶v Ss¶ ^pNvfn\n So^pfmWn¨p. AkapsX fWÊn`pw Ct¸mÄ F´m\v In´ F¶pw SWn¡_n]nÃ. CkÀ tbm] tlgw AktamXv– hwhm^n¡mw; ^pNvfn\n fWÊnt`mÀ¯p.
Du\v knekhfr²w B]n^ps¶¦n`pw Unky]psX Ahm¶nVyw Nm^\w kmhpknWv ASv BhzUn¨p Njn¡m³ bän]nÃ. bs£ tZm\ W¶m]n BhzUn¨p Ss¶]m\v Njn¨Sv.
“”””CSm\v ^pIn..Cu hzmUv H^n¡`pw M§Ä¡v WP^¯n Nn«nÃt½…” tZm\ ^pNvfn\n]psX bmINs¯ bpNjv¯n.
“”””CWn]pw tfmav k^\w..AXp¯ Sk\ k^pt¼mÄ H^p Unkhsf¦n`pw CknsX Smfhn¨ns« tbmNmkq” ^pNvfn\n AkÄ¡v N_n Hjn¡p¶SnWnsX b_ªp.
“”””k^pw As½..D_¸m]pw k^pw..kmhpknsâ koXv Fsâ koXv tbms` Ss¶]m\v..F{S]pw sbs«¶v Ss¶ Mm³ Ct§m«v k^pw..”
tZm\ B b_ªSv Unky]psX NmSpNan F¯n]n^p¶p. Ssâ FÃmsfÃmfm]n^p¶ kmhptk«sW AkÄ kloN^n¨n^n¡p¶p. Ct¸mÄ AÑsW]pw A½s]]pw NqXn AkÄ ssN]ns`Xp¯n^n¡p¶p. kmhptk«sâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv