മൃഗം 13 [Master] 545

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Db{Ukn¡t\m” tZm\ AhiySt]msX b_ªp.
“”””WnÀ¯m³ Wo sI¶p b_” kmhp H^p I¸m¯n ^*m]n fp_n¨v H^p Ng\w docpw Nq«n km]nt`¡v Sn^pNp¶SnWnsX b_ªp.
“”””WnW¡v b_ªm F´m?”
“”””FWn¡v bm«v Cãfm\v..bns¶ MmsW´nWp b_]\w”
“”””ipw”
“”””bohv– sNmÅmftÃmXm Aan]m….” H^p¯³ Bt^msX¶nÃmsS b_]p¶Sv AkÀ tN«p.
“”””ti]v..Cu fyqhn¡nsâ shu*v A¸w Np_]v¡ptfm?” tZm\ hinsN«v tImUn¨p.
“”””Ft´m? tN«nÃ……” Nq«¯n tWSmsk¶p tSm¶n¨k³ knW]w WXn¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”””Cu lÐw H¶v Np_]v¡m³..CsSm^p b»nNv s¹]vhv B\v..Wn§apsX koXÔ
“”””CkÄ Bap sNmÅmftÃm..FknXp¶p NX¯ns¡m*p k^pkmXm tfmsW Cu I^¡nsW? FXm Adq Wo sI¶p tI¨n¡v tk*n ASnsâ shu*v H¶v Np_¨p sNmXp¡v…” Ak³ fsäm^pktWmXv b_ªp.
“”””l^n Aan]m..H^p I^¡v b_ªm Wfp¡v AWph^n¡mSn^n¡m³ bäptfm…”
Ak³ sI¶p ko*pw ASnsâ lÐw Nq«n. tZm\ NXp¯ tNmbt¯msX Aks^ tWm¡n.
“”””F´mXn? fSnt]m?”
Ak·mÀ D_s¡ In^n¨p. bns¶ Fjpt¶äv Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v WX¶Xp¯p. NX¡m^³ eoSnt]msX Aks^ tWm¡n.
“”””Wn§Ä U]kp sI]vSv {blvWw D*m¡^pSv..Ak^v Njn¨n«v sbmt¡ms«”
A]mÄ Ak^psX fp³bnt`¡v sI¶v Atb£n¨p.
“”””SWn¡v Cks^ A_n]mtfm?” tWSmkv A]mtamXv tImUn¨p.
“”””kjn]m{S¡m^m..MmsW§sW A_n]mWm”
“”””F¶m fm_n Wn¡v..CkWpw Ckapw S½n`pÅ dÔw M§Ä¡v H¶_n]\ftÃm..kà hv{So boZWtfm Hant¨m«tfm Bt\m F¶_nt]*Sv Wm«pNm^psX NXf]tÃ..AtÃXm..”
“”””bn¶tÃ..Aksa N*n«v tk`n ImXp¶ sFäw Bs\¶m tSm¶p¶Sv….” fsäm^pk³ b_ªp.
“”””GSmXn Wo? Ck³ GSm?” tWSmkv kmhpknsâ]pw tZm\]psX]pw AXps¯¯n tImUn¨p. tZm\ kmhpknsW tWm¡ns]¦n`pw Ak³ I¸m¯n Ip^p«n BhzUn¨p Njn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
“”””tI«m..H^p ^*p I¸m¯n]pw H^n¨ns^ Im_pw” Ak³ NX¡m^sW tWm¡n b_ªp.
A]mÄ tkPw Ss¶ I¸m¯n]pw A`vbw N_n]pw AkWp WÂNn.
“”””FXm..Wo]m^m..CkapsX eÀ¯mkmt\m?” tWSmknsâ tImUyw kmhpkntWmXm]n.
“”””AÔ kmhp Njn¡p¶SnWnsX b_ªp.
“”””bns¶? B^mXn Ck³ Wnsâ? B§at]m?”
“”””A_nªn«p WnWs¡´v tk\w? tbm]n hz´w b\n tWm¡Xm” tZm\ Io_n.
“”””CsSms¡]m tfmsa M§apsX b\n..Wos]ms¡ Nm^\w Cu WmXnsâ hwh-vNm^fm\v Wln¡p¶Sv..CWn Wot]m CktWm CknXp¶p tbmN\sf¦n Wnsâs]ms¡ ko«pNm^nknsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv