മൃഗം 14 [Master] 431

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wo«ns¡m*v bSnª hz^¯n fm`n¡v b_ªp. sbut`mhnsâ N®n sM«t`m bpSpft]m H¶pw D*m]nÃ. A]mÄ AkWp ssN WÂNn]SpfnÃ.
“”””Dw C^n¡v..” A`hfm]n A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”””ihvSUmWw sI¿mWpÅ f^ymU tbm`pw Sm¦Ä¡v CÔ sI_p In^nt]msX fm`n¡v tImUn¨p.
“”””k¶ Nm^yw b_]Xm hf]w sfWs¡Xp¯msS..” sbut`mhnsâ lÐw D]À¶p.
fm`n¡v N®X Du^n tbm¡än k¨ tlgw sbut`mhnWv AenfpOfm]n C^p¶p.
“”””fnÌÀ sbut`mhv..Fs¶ Nps_ tbm`ohpNmÀ Ct§m«v sNm*pk^p¶Spw Nm¯n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p Wn§Ä AsÃ? Aks^ dp²nfp«n¡* F¶v N^pSn]m\v Mm³ Ss¶ C§p tbm¶Sv..F´m Wn§apsX {blvWw?”
bn¶nt`¡v Im^n¡nX¶p fm`n¡v tImUn¨p.
“”””Fjpt¶Â¡Xm” Wnfngw sNm*v fpOt¯¡v tNmbw C^¨pN]_n] sbut`mhv Fjpt¶äv PÀÖn¨p. fm`n¡v AksW H¶v tWm¡n] tlgw In^n¨psNm*v Nm`nt·Â Nm N]än k¨p.
“”””FsXm sbut`mth..Wo Cu C«mk«¯n NnX¶p bmkw {Pmf¡mt^mXv Nm\n¡p¶ Du¨man tbm`ohnwPv Ct§m«v FXp¡tÃ..Wnsâ tfman`pÅ G½m·mÀ tbm`pw lÐw D]À¯n hwhm^n¡nà Ft¶mXv..A_n]mtfmXm WnW¡v?” fm`n¡nsâ lÐw tÌgWn D]À¶p.
AXp¯ Wnfngw tfl¸p_¯v k`SpssN Np¯n ImXn D]À¶ sbut`mhv Aksâ sW©n¯s¶ Bªp Ikn«n. fm`n¡v f`À¶Xn¨p Wn`¯v ko\p. bs£ Hä sh¡âv sNm*v Ak³ Fjpt¶äv Njnªn^p¶p. Aksâ gÀ«n sbut`mhnsâ gqhnsâ bmXv AtStbms` bSnªp NnX¸p*m]n^p¶p.
“”””Wo Fsâ tfman`pÅ G½m·ms^ sk`]v¡v tfXn¡m³ tbm¶k³ Bs\¶v FWn¡_n]mw..bs£ CSv sbut`mhv B\v..fWhn`mt]mXm” b_ªSpw A]mapsX CXSp ssN Aksâ N^\w `m¡m¡n bmªSpw H^pfn¨m]n^p¶p. bs£ fn¶Â tbms` fm`n¡v B AXn]n Wn¶pw Hjnªpfm_n. Aksâ Ip*pNan knNrSfm] H^p In^n kn^nªp.
“”””Wnsâ AXskWn¡v bXn¨p. bs£ WX¡nÃXm……Wns¶ Mm³ CknsX ks¨m¶pw sI¿nÃ. Wns¶ tÌgWn N]_n B{Nfn¨p F¶ tb^v b_ªp WnW¡v tNhv ImÀÖv sI¿mWtÃ..Wo Ct¸mÄ sI]vSSnsâ f_pbXn bp_¯pÅ Fsâ bntÅÀ S^pw..Nm^\w Fsâ ssN]v¡v Wo H^p C^]Ã….” fm`n¡v DXp¸n S«n] sbmXnS«n]n«v b_ªp.
“”””Wm]nsâ tfmsW..sI_n] km]n k`n] kÀ¯fmWw b_]pt¶mXm?” sbut`mhv Aksâ Njp¯n Np¯n¸nXn¨p tImUn¨p.
“”””hÀ..C]msa knt«¡mtWm?”
fphvScs] t`m¡¸n Wn¶pw C_¡n sNm*pk¶v H^p tbm`ohpNm^³ sbut`mhntWmXv– tImUn¨p. sbut`mhv fm`n¡nsâ Njp¯n Wn¶pw ssNs]Xp¯v AksW tWm¡n. fphvSc]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv