മൃഗം 14 [Master] 432

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bs£ Cu fq¶ptb^pw {NnfnWÂ dm¡v s{Pu*v DÅk^m\v F¶Nm^yw D_¸m\v.’
CSm]n^p¶p htµl¯ns` {bVmW DÅX¡w. sbut`mhv ASv km]n¨ tlgw Nth^]n bnt¶m¡w Im^n]n^p¶p In´]n fpjpNn.
At_dy³ sZknÄhv. ASns` AwPfm\v fpi½Uv– fm`n¡v. l¦^sâ ko«n {blvWfp*m] Unkhw Ak³ CknsX D*m]n^p¶p. fq¶ptb^m\v S§apsX ko«n N]_n]Sv F¶v l¦^³ sfmjn S¶n^p¶Spw CkÀ fq¶p tb^m\v F¶Spw sbut`mhv {btSyNw {l²n¨p. At_dy³ sZknÄhv l¦^sW F´nWv B{Nfn¡\w F¶Sm\v D¯^w Nnt«* AXp¯ tImUyw. ASnWp fSn]m] H^p Nm^\w Ds*¦nÂ, Ak·ms^ A_Ìv sI¿pN Ss¶ tk\w. ASnWp sNm¨n tbm`ohnsâ him]w SWn¡v tk*nk^pw. Ssâ AVnNm^b^nVn]n B^p Npäw sI]vSm`pw Aks^ bnXnNqsX*Sv Ssâ NXf]m\v. l¦^sW H¶pNqXn N*p tImUyw sI¿m³ sbut`mhv So^pfmWn¨p.
A]mÄ bp_¯n_§n k*ns]Xp¯v tWs^ l¦^sâ ko«ns`¯n. B{Nf\w D*m] tlgw l¦^³ Np_¨p Unkht¯¡v dnhnWhv WnÀ¯n k¨n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. sbut`mhnsâ kmiWw koXnsâ fp³bns`¯n]t¸mÄ sI_n] Bl¦t]msX A]mÄ C_§ns¨¶p.
“”””F´m hÀ..Fs´¦n`pw {blvWw?” l¦^³ A¦`mt¸msX tImUn¨p. tbm`ohv Ko¸v N*t¸mÄ ^pNvfn\n]pw Unky]pw C_§n k¶p.
“”””C^n¡v” hz]w H^p Nth^ k`n¨n«v C^p¶ tlgw sbut`mhv l¦^tWmXv b_ªp.
“”””MmWnknsX Wnt¶mamtf” A]mÄ ekySt]msX fm_n Wn¶p.
“”””l¦^m..H^p knk^f_n]m³ B\v Mm³ k¶Sv. A¶nknsX N]_n B{Nf\w WX¯n]Sv fq¶ptb^m\v F¶v Wn§Ä b_ªn^p¶tÃm. Wn§apsX fNÄ WÂNn] tcmt«mhpw ASv l^n k]v¡p¶p*v. AkÀ B^m\v F¶v Wn§Ä¡v kà Duikpw Dt*m?”
“”””At¸mÄ A_n]nÃm]n^p¶p hms_..bs£ C¶s` kmhp k¶t¸mÄ In`Sv A_nªp..(^pNvfn\nt]mXv) FXo hm_nWv Im] FXp¡v..”
“”””G]v– Im] tk*..MmWpX³ tbmNpw..Hmt¡..F´m\v kmhp k¶t¸mÄ `en¨ knk^w?’
“”””hms_..Cu AXp¯nsX Xnkn]n Hs¡ IÀ¨]m] H^p {blvWfntÃ..H^p sb®nsW t_mZn k¨v kmhp SÃn]SnsWs¨mÃn? B sb®v sNm¨n]ns` GtSm H^p hwQ¯ns` BapsX sb§Ä Bs\¶pw A]mapw A]mapsX hpir¯p¡apw tIÀ¶v kmhpkntWmXpÅ bN SoÀ¡m³ CknsX k¶Sm\v– F¶pfm\v Ak³ b_ªSv..bs£ hms_ Fsâ hwl]w CSv fphvSc]psX CXbmXn WX¶ hwekw Bs\¶m\v. A¶v Mm³ AkÀs¡Sns^ hm_nWp b^mSn S¶Sn AksWt¶mXv sIm^p¡p*v…AkWp fm{Sfà B ^ko{µWpw Ft¶mXv bN]p*v” l¦^³ b_ªp.
“”””kmhp b_ªSv l^n]m\v…At_dy³ sZknÄhv F¶ tb^n A_n]s¸Xp¶ sNm¨n]ns` H^p {NnfnW hwQ¯ns` {bVmW N¼nNp«³.sWäv