അച്ചുവും അമ്മയും [smitha] 1096

N¼nNp«³.sWäv skt¨m….sWm´v sb_mtSw A½]mNmw. …””
MmWpw Aks^ C_psN¸p\À¶p.
f½n]n Blzmhw kaÀ¶p Wn_]p¶Sv MmW_nªp.
F{S Wmam]n f½n C§sW Kokn¡p¶p!
Kokn¡mWpÅ hN` IpäpbmXpNapfp*m]n«pw A¨³ Updm]nÂt¸m]n C§sW b\w h¼mUn¡p¶Sn³s_ AsWuInSyw Mm³ b`t¸mjpw Bt`mIn¨n«p*v.
S_km«ns` hz¯v– emPw sk¨n«nÃ.
BsN fq¶kNmlnNÄ fm{Sw.
ASns`m¶v {bm]fm] Aѽ.
sNm¨¨Wms\¦n A¨³ F¶v sk¨m f^n¡p¶{S Cãkpw hvtWikpfpÅ]mÄ.
Ct¸mjpÅ b_¼pw ASns` _º_pw Np^pfpaNpw sS§pfX¡fpÅ Nrgn tWm¡n WX¯m³ f½n sbXm¸mXv sbXp¶p.
b\n¡m^p*v–.

him]n¡m³ A½mk³fmÀ CX]v¡nsX k^m_pfp*v.
sNm¨¨Wpw k¶p him]n¡p¶p.
F¶m`pw A¨³ AXp¯pÅSn³s_ H^p hp^£nSSz¯nWp bN^fmkptfm fsä´pw?
fmSrtUtkm ek!
Mm³ fWÊn b_ªp.
“”hf]sfm^pbmXm]n. NnX¡mw tfmsa?””
f½n tImUn¨p.
“”C¶v- Mm³ f½osX NqsX NnX¡s«?””
B`nwPW¯n Wn¶N`msS Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”F´m F¶v- f½nt]mXp C{S bp¶m^w?””
“”F§sW bp¶m^w tSm¶mSn^n¡pw?””
B`nwPW¯n Wn¶v- tkÀsb«v, Ak^psX tSmapNan ssN sk¨v N®pNan tWm¡n, Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”Wà sdÌv {c*ntWt¸ms` ^hfpÅ Nů^§Ä Fs¶ knlzhn¨v f½n¡j¸n Ft¶mXv b_ªntà C¶v-? At¸mÄ Np_s¨ms¡ ..Np_¨Ã Wà bp¶m^w Hs¡ sSm¶pw…””
“”Wn³s_ {bm]w ASm. FÃm¯n`pw ^hw Nm\pw. km Mm³ C^p¶p fXp¯p. Mm³ sNX¡m³ tbmNpkm. F³s_ NqsX sNX¡p¶sSms¡ sNmÅmw. bs£ H_¡w k^p¼w Gäpsbmt¡m\w. Wo F³s_ tf¯v H_¡¯n N¿pw Nm`pw Hs¡ FXp¯nXpw,””
“”Hm sbmt¡mamtf, MmsW§pw f½osX tf¯v Np*ow sSmtXw H¶pw FXp¯nXp¶nÃ,””
f½n Fjpt¶äp.
At¸mÄ f½n ^ihyfm]n bp©n^n¡p¶Sv Mm³ {l²n¨p.
WÃ Nj¸m\v N£n¡v.
Np*ow sSmtXw F¶v- b_ªt¸mÄ Ss¶ f½n¡v CaNn.
ASm hpOn¨v B^pw N*nà F¶ emk¯n In^n¡ps¶.
A§sW Bs\¦n f½osX fp` N®pNapw Ct¸mÄ Wà NÃptbms` B]n¡m\ntÃ?
bq_p Ip^¯m³ SpX§n¡m\ntÃ?
F³s_ SpX]nXp¡v B Wnfngw Ss¶ skÅw ko\v NpSn^p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp.
f½n]psX fp`NÄ H¶v- Nm\pkm³ FWn¡v ASn]m] sNmSn]m]n.
B fmwha l^o^w Sp\n]nÃmsS Nm\m³ Mm³ sNmSn¨p.
At¸mjm\v– shN-vhn³s_ GSv ^qbkpw FWn¡nãfm\v F¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv