മൃഗം 14 [Master] 432

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbmNpsf¶v fm{SfÃ, Npt_¡m`w K]n`n Njn]mWpÅ t]mPw NqXn]m]n^n¡pw Nn«pN..F´v tk\sf¶v SWn¡v Ct¸mÄ So^pfmWn¡mw..”
sbut`mhv tPmÄ A]mapsX tNmÀ«nt`¡v kn«psNm*v b_ªp. ^ko{µ³ N^pSt`msX]m\v sbut`mhnsâ fp³bn C^p¶n^p¶Sv. SWns¡Sns^ A]mÄ Fhv bn¡v _nt¸mÀ«v WÂNn¡m\³ hmVyS]p*v F¶]mÄ¡v A_n]mfm]n^p¶p. F¦n`pw D¶S§an bnXnbmXpÅ fphvSc]n`qsX SWn¡v hhvsb³g³ eog\n Hjnkm]n¡n«pw F¶v A]mÄ N\¡pNq«n. bs£ Ct¸mÄ fphvSc t`m¡¸n B\v. AksWSns^ Ft´m sSankv C]mÄ¡v Nn«n]n«p*v. SmWpw NqXn tIÀ¶m\v At_dy³ sZknÄhnWv l¦^sâ ko«n N]_m³ hmiI^yw H^p¡n]Sv. sbut`mhnWv ASv A_n]mw; bs£ sSanskm¶pw A]mapsX b¡`nÃ. Ct¸mÄ St¶mXv Nm\n¡p¶ Cu f^ymU]psX emg]pw H^p Iq*]mNmw. hSyw Ssâ Wmkn Wn¶pw bnXns¨Xp¡mWpÅ S{´w. fphvSc F´m\v b_ªSv F¶v SWn¡v A_nknÃm¯nXt¯maw F´m\v b_t]*Sv F¶pw A_n]nÃ. B sfm]vSo³ sI_p¡³ fphvScs] sbut`mhv A_Ìv sI]vSp F¶v tcm¬ sI]vSv b_ªt¸mįs¶ Sm³ AbNXw f\¯Sm\v. Gs_ sskNmsS Ss¶ tbm`ohv ko«ns`¯pN]pw sI]vSp. CktWmXv AknsX]pw CknsX]pw sSmXmsS hwhm^n¡p¶Sm\v dp²n F¶]mÄ AkhmWw So^pfmWn¨p.
“”””hm_v b_]p¶Sv FWn¡v fWhn`mNp¶nÔ ^ko{µ³ sbm«³ Nan¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”””^ko{µm…CSv Ssâ `mÌv Im³hm\v. SmWpw kmXN Pp*]m] fphvSc]pw S½n`pÅ dÔw Cu Wm«n FÃmkÀ¡pw A_n]mw. AkWp Sm³ sI]vSpsNmXp¯ thkW§Ä f^ymU]v¡v Gäp b_ªmÂ, SWns¡Sns^ WXbXn D*mNmSn^n¡m³ Mm³ {lfn¡mw..ASà S^nNnX Nan¡mWm\v b^nbmXn F¦nÂ, Sm³ bÝm¯bn¡pw..b_..A¶v At_dy³ sZknÄhv CknsX F¯p¶ knk^w Sm³ fp³Nq«n A_nªn^p¶ntÃ?” sbut`mhv tImUn¨p.
^ko{µ³ Bl]¡pj¸¯n`m]n. fphvScs] CXn¨v C]mÄ hSyw b_]n¨v Njnªn«p*v F¦nÂ, Cu tImUyw H^p b^o£\w B]n^n¡pw. NÅw b_ªm Wm]nsâ tfm³ ]msSm^p U]pfnÃmsS sb^pfm_n¡a]pw. F¶m hSyw b_ªmÂ, fphvSc H¶pw kn«p b_ªn«nà F¦n SmWpw AkWpw Ht^tbms` NpXp§pw. F´m]m`pw hSyw b_ªm NpXp§pw; b_ªnsæn Sm³ NÅw b_ªp F¶nk³ N^pSpw; A{St] DÅp. ASpsNm*v D^papN Ss¶; A]mÄ fWhn So^pfmWn¨p.
“”””At_dy³ sZknÄshm..AsS´m\v hms_..” A]mÄ H¶pw A_n]m¯ksWt¸ms` tImUn¨p.
“”””SWn¡v A_n]nÃ?”
“”””Mm³ F´nWp NÅw b_]\w hmt_.. A¶v ^m{Sn l¦^sâ ko«o¶v knan¨t¸mÄ M§av tbmNªSv k*n ÌmÀ«v BNmªSv sNm*m\v..bs£ hm_v N¼nNp«³.sWäv