മൃഗം 13 [Master] 545

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F´m\v SmÂb^yw?”
“”””hÀ..FWn¡nSn Sm`vb^yw D*mNm³ H¶mfs¯ Nm^\w kmhp B\v. Ck³ Ct¸mÄ Fsâ H¸fm\v tKm`n sI¿p¶Sv. Aksâ NpXpwd¯nWp tW^n« {blvWw Fsâ]pw NqXn {blvWfm\v. ASÃmsS tks_]pw Nm^\fp*v..ASv bs£ hm_ntWmXv b_t]* Nm^yfp*v F¶v tSm¶p¶nÃ…”
“”””skÂ..C¶`s¯ hwek¯n In`s^ FWn¡v hwl]fp*v. CSn sNm¨n]n`pÅ Ht¶m H¶n`VnNtfm BapNÄ CXsb«n«p*v F¶m\v Fsâ hwl]w. Ak^n H^mam] fpi½Uv– fm`n¡v F¶ksW Np_n¨v A_n]m³ Mm³ sNm¨n tbm`ohnWp sfthKv WÂNn]n«p*v…WnW¡v A_n]mtfm Cu fm`n¡nsW?” sbut`mhv tImUn¨p.
tZm\]psX fpOw knXÀ¶p. AkÄ F§sW]p*v F¶ AÀ°¯n kmhpknsW tWm¡n.
“”””hÀ..M§Ä¡v hm_nsW knlzhn¡mtfm? Nm^\w tbm`ohns` b`^pw tKm`n sI¿p¶Sv AkÀ C«n^n¡p¶ ]q\ntcmw G¸n¨n^n¡p¶ D¯^kmUn¯w f_¶psNm*m\v Fs¶Wn¡v W¶m]n A_n]mw. hm_v Ak^psX Nq«¯n`pÅ Bams\¦n Fs´¦n`pw knk^w sg]À sI¿m³ dp²nfp«p*v…” tZm\ b_ªp.
“”””FWn¡v Wnsâ him]w H¶pw BklyfnÃ..tImUns¨s¶ DÅp. Cu fm`n¡v GSkW]m`pw MmWksW sbm¡pw. BUyw FWn¡ksâ Zoä]nÂhv Nn«\w..WnW¡v tks_ H¶pw A_n]mWnsæn tbmNmw..MmWnknsX DÅnXt¯maw Cksâ ko«pNmÀ hp^£nS^m]n^n¡pw…” sbut`mhv C^pks^]pw tWm¡n]m\v ASv b_ªSv.
“”””l^n hÀ..M§Ä tbmNp¶p..In` knk^§Ä hm_nWv WÂNmWm\v M§Ä k¶Sv..bs£ hm_nWv ASv tk*tÃm..tk*t¸mÄ hm_v Fs¶ Um Cu A{Zhn tNm*mNväv sI]v–Sm fSn….”
AkÄ Ssâ NmÀZv FXp¯v sbut`mhnWv WÂNn. A]mÄ ASv km§n tWm¡pN tbm`pw sI¿msS k`n¨pNo_n IkäpNp«]n C«p.
“”””]p sf tPm..FWn¡v tNhtWzgW¯nWv H^p b{S¡m^n]psX]pw him]w tk*..”
tZm\ Wn^mlt]msX A]msa tWm¡n] tlgw kmhpknsâ NqsX bp_¯n_§n.
“”””sk_pw fp^XWm\v A]mÄ..bs£ Bav fnXp¡Wm\v….fm`n¡v CknsX k¶n«p*v F¶v C]mÄ fWhn`m¡n]n^n¡p¶p..A]mÄ Ss¶ AksW N*pbnXn¡s«…AsÔ
ssd¡n N]_p¶SnWnsX tZm\ b_ªp.
“”””AsS..A]mav fim IqX³ Bs\¦n`pw Bap WÃk³ Bs\¶m\v BÄ¡m^v b_]p¶Sv..” kmhp ssd¡v ÌmÀ«v– B¡n.
“”””F¶m`pw FWn¡v At§^psX hwhm^w tN«n«v sIm_nªp N]_n..A`vbw tbm`pw f^ymU CÃm¯ fWpgy³..ipw..A]msa Fsâ ssN]n Nn«pw..A¶v Mm³ b\n sNmXpt¯mamw…” tZm\]v¡v sbut`mhnsâ hwhm^^oSn Sos^ Uin¨n^p¶nÃ.
“”””At¸mÄ CknsX k¶Sv AkÀ Ss¶]m\v…fm`n¡nsW A]mÄ hwl]n¡p¶p*v F¦n A¡m^y¯n N¼nNp«³.sWäv