അച്ചുവും അമ്മയും [smitha] 1096

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A§sW]mt\m. tWm¡nt¡ Ft´s^ NqXn?””
Mm³ f½n]psX tWs^ sI¶v- km]v– sbman¨p Wmkp Wo«n Nm\n¨p.
f½n fq¡v knXÀ¯n lzhn¨p.
Ak^psX fpO¯v Ft´m hwl]w Wn_]p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. AkÀ ko*pw ko*pw lzhn¡pN]m\v.
bns¶ F³s_ tUit¯¡v AkÀ Ipjnªp tWm¡n.
“”F´m f½o? C§sW b«ns]t¸ms` f\w bnXn¡ps¶?””
“”Wo]m ssN]n§v Ss¶,””
f½n F³s_ k`Sv ssN]n bnXn¨p. ASv D]À¯n. bns¶ kn^`pNÄ fq¡ntWmXXp¸n¨p. kn^`pNÄ làn]m]n f\¯p.
“”¨o…””
AkÀ sbs«¶v F³s_ ssN Smtj¡n«p.
Ak^psX fpO¯v k`n] AhzmØyS Mm³ N*p.
bs£ F´psNmt*m FWn¡v H^p S^w {SnÃm\v– AWpeks¸«Sv.
ssNkn^`pNan Wn¶v- F³s_ bq_nt` skÅw tKmdn tI«³s_ skÅkpfm]n N`À¶Sn³s_ f\w f½n¡v Nn«n¡m\\w.
“”Bs^]mXo Wo kjo sk¨v N*Sv,””
“”kjo sks¨§pw MmWmt^w N*nÃ,””
“”bns¶ FknsX sk¨m Ns*,””
“”A§sW tImUn¨mÂ? f½n F¶m C§sW thSp^mf¿À hn dn sF tImUn¡p¶ tbms`s]ms¡?””
“”tImUnt¨Wv hfmVmWw b_ A¨p. NtX sk¨p Bs^t]`pw Nt*m?””
“”bns¶ NtX sk¨v BÄ¡ms^ Nm\ptNs` f½o?””
“”Bs^?””
“”B..MmtWmÀ¡p¶nÃ,””
“”Ht¶mÀ¯p tWm¡nt¡? sWW¡v AfvsWgy H¶pknÃtÃm,””
“”tKmdn tI«sW N*p,””
tKmdn tI«sW F¶ emP¯v l^n¡pw fVp^w N`À¯n, sNm©n, Mm³ b_ªp.
f½n]psX fpOw {Np²fm]n.
“”At¿! B kgasWt]m?””
“”kgaWmt\m NpgaWmt\m Fs¶m¶pw FWn¡_o¯nÃ. Nm\m³ Wà Ip´^³ Ipų Bs\¶_n]mw. bns¶ Wà hq¸À fhns`ms¡]pÅ…””
“”A¨q Wo tfXn¡ptk,””
F³s_ knk^\¯n Ahiy]m]n f½n b_ªp.
“”Ak³ Wnt¶mXv Nn¶^n¡m³ kt¶m?’
“”bns¶ k^ntÃ? MmWm^m tfmÄ? dyq«n]tÃ? Fs¶ N*m tKmdn tI«Wv Nn¶^n¡mSn^n¡m³ Njnt]zm?””
“”F¶m Nn¶^n¨p?””
f½n b^nimht¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”Nn¶^n¨tSm? b_]mtÃm. W½psX ko«n³s_ fp¼n ^*p ¹mkp*v. H¶v- k`n] ¹mkv. bn¶s¯ H^p Npªv ¹mkv. ASn Wà fq¯v skaª, Wà sk_v skt_s¶mÅ I¡NÄ H*v. B I¡ tKmdn tI«Wv b_n¨m sNmÅm¶p*v….””
Mm³ In^n¨p.
f½n ASv tNÄ¡m¯ emk¯n Wn¶p.
“”f½o b*v b_ªnÃm^pt¶m fpjp¯ ¹mkv Ftâw k`n] ¹mkv f½osXw B¶v? Mm³ F³s_ ¹mtks` I¡ tKmdn tI«Wv sNmXpt¯ms«? f½n¡nãkntÃÂ f½osX I¡ sNmXp¡*,””
H^Xn {bSo£n¨v Mm³ f½ns] bman tWm¡n.
ASm\v– N¼nNp«³.sWäv