hpsp®_p¡ ANpD_p¡ cpN hp„Qhp Al] [¼gL$ L$fp¡

"s_¡ W$uL$ gpN¡ Ðep„.' fpÅ bp¡ëep.

A_¡ f\ h__u qv$ipdp„ v$p¡X$hp gpÁep¡. h_dp„ ApNm h^sp„ AQp_L$ ip„s_y_p L$p_¡ _p_p„ bpmL$p¡_p fX$hp_p¡ AhpS> k„cmpep¡.

ip„s_yA¡ f\ \p¡cpìep¡. A_¡ fX$hp_p AhpS>_u qv$ipdp„ ApNm hÝep. kpfr\ `Z Ly$s|lghi fpÅ_u `pR>m Qpgu füp¡ lsp¡.

A¡L$ h©n_u R>pepdp„ d©NQd® `f A¡L$ bpmL$ A_¡ A¡L$ bpmL$u fX$u füp„ lsp„. bpSy>dp„ L$d„X$m `X$éy„ lsy„.

fpÅA¡ L$üy„, "kpfr\! Ap sp¡ L$p¡C F>rjdyr__p A„Ly$f gpN¡ R>¡.' fpÅA¡ bpmL$_¡ KQL$u gu^y„ A_¡ kpfr\A¡ bpmL$u_¡ KQL$u gu^u.

kpfr\A¡ `|R¹>ey„ : `Z dlpfpS>! s¡Ap¡ Al] L¡$d R>p¡X$u Nep li¡?

"A¡ sp¡ âcy ÅZ¡, `f„sy Ap F>rj_u L©$`p R>¡. dpV¡$ Ap bpmL$_¡ lz„ L©$`p L$lu_¡ bp¡gphui.'

"sp¡... sp¡ fpS>_! L©$`p_u bl¡__¡ L©$`u S> L$luiy„.'

ip„s_yA¡ bÞ_¡ bpmL$p¡ fpÄeNyfy_¡ bsphu s¡Ap¡ L¡$hu fus¡ dþep s¡_u rhNs L$lu k„cmphu, fpÄeNyfyA¡ kgpl Ap`u, "fpS>_! Ap` Ap bpmL$p¡_¡ v$ÑL$ gC gp¡.'

`f„sy fpÅA¡ _p `pX$sp„ L$üy„, "ly„ dpfp ApW$dp `yÓ_p¡ l½$ L$p¡C_¡ _ Ap`u iLy„$. Ap bpmL$p¡_y„ `pg_`p¡jZ sd¡ S> L$fÅ¡.' L$lu_¡ fpÅA¡ bÞ_¡ bpmL$p¡ fpÄeNyfy_¡ Ap`u v$u^p„.

Apd _¡ Apd kp¡m hj® husu Nep„.

A¡L$ qv$hk ip„s_y ìepLy$msp\u N„Np_p âhpl_¡ _ufMu füp lsp. Ðep„ A¡L$ rhrQÓ ×íe MXy„$ \C Ney„.

huS>muh¡N¡ Ak„¿e sufp¡ Aphu N„Np_p âhpl ApX$¡ b„^_u S>¡d M|„`u Nep A_¡ N„Np_p h¡Nugp âhpl_¡ fp¡L$u v$u^p¡.

ip„s_y Apòe®\u Å¡C füp. s¡dZ¡ sfs S> `p¡sp_p„ ^_yóebpZ gu^p A_¡ N„Np sV¡$ v$p¡X$ép.

ip„s_yA¡ ^_yóe `f bpZ QY$pìey„ Ðep„ S> S>mdp„\u N„Np âNV$ \C blpf Aphu. ip„s_y_p Ql¡fp `f lj®_p¡ kpNf gl¡fpC EW$ép¡. "N„Np! ApMf¡ s_¡ dpfp `f v$ep Aphu S> NC !'

"hl¡sy„ `pZu L$v$u `pRy>„ Aphu iL¡$? lz„ sdpfp¡ c|sL$pm Ry>„. lp, c|sL$pm_u Ly$Mdp„\u crhóe S>Þd¡ R>¡. lz„ sd_¡ sdpfy„ crhóe Ap`hp Aphu Ry>„.' L$lu_¡ N„NpA¡ Ap„Nmu Q]^u kpd¡ Ec¡gp v¡$hh°s_¡ bspìep¡ S>¡Z¡ N„Np_p âhpl_¡ fp¡L$u v$u^p¡ lsp¡.

Ðep„ S> v¡$hh°s Apìep¡ A_¡ bp¡ëep¡ : "dp! ApS>¡ d¢ `|fp S>mâhpl_¡ fp¡L$u v$u^p¡ lsp¡.'

"lp, `yÓ! d¢ `Z Å¡ey„ A_¡ spfp r`spdlpfpS>¡ `Z.'

"r`spdlpfpS>?'

"lp, b¡V$p! r`spdlpfpS>_¡ âZpd L$fp¡. dlpfpS>! sd¡ sdpfp ApW$dp `yÓ_¡ k„cpmp¡.'

v¡$hh°s¡ ip„s_y_¡ âZpd L$ep®.

ip„s_yA¡ `|R¹>ey„ : v$¡hh°s, b¡V$p! ^_yrh®^p L$p¡_u `pk¡ iuMu?

v¡$hh°s¡ L$üy„, "cpN®hF>rj `pk¡\u.'

N„NpA¡ L$üy„, "dlpfpS>! d_¡ cfsh„iuAp¡_u `f„`fp_p¡ ¿epg R>¡. s¡Ap¡ L$d®_¡ dp_¡ R>¡. Ap\u d¢ v¡$hh°s_¡ hri›$F>rj `pk¡\u h¡v$-h¡v$p„s, Nyfy b©lõ`rs `pk¡\u fpS>_urs A_¡ dyr_hf cpN®h `pk¡\u i÷rhÛp iuMhpX$u R>¡. rÓgp¡L$dp„ L$p¡C dpfp `yÓ_p„ bpZp¡_p¡ kpd_p¡ L$fhp kd\® _\u. lz„ l[õs_p`yf_¡ A¡_p¡ eyhfpS> kp¢`hp Aphu Ry>„.'

"N„Np! Aphp NyZu, rhÜp_ A_¡ `fp¾$du eyhfpS>_¡ d¡mhu lz„ A_¡ l[õs_p`yf ^Þe b_u Nep R>uA¡.'

"l¡ `yÓ! lh¡ r`spdlpfpS> kp\¡ l[õs_p`yf ÅAp¡. Ðep„ Brslpk spfu fpl Å¡C füp¡ R>¡.' L$lu_¡ N„Np S>mâhpldp„ A×íe \C NC.

N„Np_u rhv$pe\u v¡$hh°s Dv$pk b_u Nep¡.

dlpfpÅ ip„s_y_u v$ip rhrQÓ lsu. N„Np kv$p dpV¡$ Qpgu NC s¡_y„ vy$:M lsy„ sp¡ NyZhp_, i|fhuf A_¡ ky„v$f `yÓ dþep¡ s¡_p¡ A`pf Ap_„v$ lsp¡. s¡dZ¡ v¡$hh°s_u Dv$pku_sp Å¡C L$üy„ : `yÓ! Dv$pk _ \p.

v¡$hh°s¡ rh_e\u L$üy„, "r`spdlpfpS>! lz„ dpfp A^|fp kyM\u Dv$pk b_u Nep¡ Ry>„. dpsp A_¡ r`sp_p¡ õ_¡l d_¡ A¡L$kp\¡ _ dþep¡.'

"lz„ s_¡ dpsp A_¡ r`sp bÞ_¡_p¡ õ_¡l Ap`ui, b¡V$p, Qpg S>CA¡.'

(hp„Qsp fl¡Å¡)

Ap hpsp® sd_¡ Ndu?