ആ മഴയിൽ ഇത്തിരി നേരം 2 811

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ tbmt]¡mw.bs£ fmapknsâ Nm^yw f_¡*.””ASpw b_ªp ^mip ko\¡v H^p `nbv–hv Nnhv sNmXp¯p.
“”HsN Mm³ ss{X sI¿mw””ko\ h½Sn¨p.
^mip Smtj¡v C_§n.tWs^ Nn¨Wnt`¡v tbm]n.At¸mta¡pw e£\w GNtUlw B]n k^p¶p*m]n^p¶p.^mip Nn¨Wns` Ìmân N]_n C^p¶p.^mip`nsâ {l² fmapkn`m]n^p¶p.N_n D*m¡ns¡m*n^n¡p¶ hpK CX¡v ASp {l²n¡p¶p*v.At¸mta¡pw ko\]pw AXp¡a]nt`¡v F¯n.
“”G«¯n FÃmw B]ntà Mm³ H¶v Npan¨n«p k^mw.”” AWnS b_ªp.
“”F¶m Wn tkPw Npan¨n«p km.Npan¨p C_§pt¼mtj¡pw Mm³ kna¼n sk¡mw.””
“”l^n”” F¶pw b_ªp AWnS AXp¡a]n Wn¶pw tbm]n.
“”fmaq..Wo]pw H¶v tfÂNjpNn¡t«m.H^p Dt·gw Nn«pw”” hpK fmapkntWmXv b_ªp.
“”l^n Bân””
fmapkpw AXp¡a]n Wn¶p imant`¡v tbm]n.
“”F´mXm fmapknsW tWm¡n H^p tIm^ NpXn¡Â”” Ìm³Zn C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ ^mip`nsâ SpX]n WpÅn lÐw Smjv¯n tImUn¨p.
“” Aksam^p sNm¨p I^¡m At½”” ^mip`pw lÐw Np_¨p b_ªp..
“”AkÀ k¶t¸mÄ fpSÂ Ck³ AkapsX tIm^ NpXn¡pkm”” ko\]pw b_ªp..
“”ASp fm{SfÃt½ Aksa F§ntW`pw H¶p l^n]m¡n Sm F¶pw b_ªp Fsâ bn_sN NqXn]n^n¡pkm””.ko\ ASp NqXn Nq«n tIÀ¯p.
“”FXm AkÄ sI_n] sNm¨m Wnsâ tk` AkapsX AXps¯Xp¡tÃ.AkÄ b_ªp AWnS A_nªm bns¶ k`y {blvWfmNptf b_tª¡mw””
“”CÃt½! MmWmjn«v H¶pw sI¿nà .tI¨n H¶p fp«n tWm¡s« ko\m ko\p. Csæn bns¶ Mm³ B B{Piw knXpw””
“”FXm CSntWmXpÅ Wnsâ BÀ¯n Ft¸mjm\Xm So^pN””
ssNs]¯pw Uq^¯pÅ hpKs] bnXn¨v AXp¯v WnÀ¯n ^mip hpK]psX sIkn]n`m]n b_ªp. “”Fsâ A½]psX BÀ¯n So^pt¼mÄ Fsâ]pw So^pw””.
“”tbmXm “”F¶pw b_ªp hpK ^mip`nsâ sIkn¡v H^p WpÅv sNmXp¯p.
B hf]w Npan Njnªv AWnS H^p ssWän V^n¨v dmSv_qfn Wn¶p C_§n.AWnS C_§n] DXsW fmap Npan¡m³ N]_n.
dmSv_qfn Wn¶p C_§n] AWnS tSmÀ¯v fpXn]n Ipän AXp¡a]nt`¡v k¶p.Cu_Wpfm]n k¶ AWnSs] ^mip H¶p l^n¡pw tWm¡n.At¸mam\v ^mip AWnS]psX huµ^yw l^n¡pw {l²n¨Sv.skÅw H`n¨n_§p¶ Njp¯v. NqÀ¯p Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ.Wà k`p¸fpÅ WnS¼w.
“”At½! B tSmÀ¯v– H¶v– St¶””.
^mip AWnS]psX huµ^yw BhzUn¨p sNm*n^n¡pt¼mjm\v fmap tSmÀ¯nWm]n dmSv_qfn Wn¶v AWnSs] knan¨Sv.fpXn]n Ipän sN«n] tSmÀ¯v– Ajn¨p sNm*v ASv sNmXp¡mWm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv