അച്ചുവും അമ്മയും [smitha] 1096

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sma{Nfw hmkVmWfm]n.

tKmdn tI«³ k¶t¸mÄ Mm³ ko«n`nÃm]n^p¶p.
hpf tI¨n]psX ko«n tbm]Sm]n^p¶p.
Sn^n¨pk^pt¼mÄ tKmdn tI«³ k^m´]n`n^n¡p¶p.
f½n tKmdn tI«tWmXv kÀ¯mWw b_ªp kmSn¸Xn]n Wn¡p¶p.
“”FksX tbm]Sm^ps¶Xo?””
hzmS{´yt¯msX FXo F¶v- knan¨Sv FWn¡v kÃmsS Cãs¸s«¦n`pw Mm³ f½ns] tWm¡n.
C¶s` ^m{Sn]ns` “”fUtWmÕkw”” Fs¶t¸ms` f½n]pw l^n¡v BhzUns¨¦n`pw tKmdntI«tWmXpÅ CãfnÃm]vf Ct¸mjpw fpO¯p*v F¶v- FWn¡v Nm\m³ Njnªp.
“”MmW¸p_¯v sS¡pwbmXs¯ hpf tI¨osX ko«n ks^ tbm]Sm tKmdn tI«m. tKmdn tI«sW¸jm kt¶?””
“”Mm³ k¶n«v H^p f\n¡q_m]n. tbmNm³ SpX§pkm^p¶p. I¡ b_n¡m³ k¶Sm. It¡sX Nm^yw f½nt]mXp b_ªn«p*v. Mm³ b_ª skt` Sm¸^yw Dt* Fs¶ knan¡v. F³s_ W¼À Ctà F³s_ N¿nÂ?””
tKmdn Fjpt¶äpsNm*v tImUn¨p.
“”bns¶ H^pf\n¡qÀ!””
Mm³ In^n¨p.
“”Ip½m tbm¨m AXn¡msS tKmdn tI«m. A^f\n¡qÀ tbm`pfm]nà Mm³ hpf tI¨osX ko«n tbm]n«v. F¶n«m. W¼À Hs¡ F³s_ N¿n H*v,””
“”Wn³s_ N¿n sfm¯w W¼À Bs\s¶Wn¡_n]mw,””
ASv b_ªv tKmdn tI«³ f½n Nm\msS F³s_ I´n]n bn¨n.
“”Wns¶ F¶m hpOn¸ns¨¶v- b_ªm`pw FWn¡ksW A{S Cãkà tfmsa,””
tKmdntI«³ tbmNp¶Sv tWm¡n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶ Fs¶ tWm¡n tWm¡n f½n b_ªp.
“”e]¦^ kgav hzemkfm. Nm^yw shN-vhnWmt\`pw WÃ AX¡kpw HSp¡kpw Hs¡ tk\w,””
“”f½osX sK]nwhv fmgnsWt¸ms` AtÃ?””
Mm³ In^n¨psNm*p tImUn¨p.
F¶n«v f½n]psX bÀkS¡p*n]n sM¡n.
“”l^n, f½n¡nãkntàtk*. Biv, sK]nwhv fmgv– C¶v- sskNpt¶^w k^q¶tà b_sª?””
“”Dw, C¶v- sskNpt¶^w,””
“”F¶m CWn AVnNw hf]fnÃ. tkPw tbm]n Npan¨v s_Zn]mNv. Wà hm^ns]ms¡ DXp¡v. tf¡¸v Hs¡ sI¿v–. IpÅsW ka¡t*?””
“”H¶v- tbmXo,””
Ft¶msXm¸w tSman ssN¿n«v ANt¯¡v WX¶psNm*v f½n b_ªp.
“”CsS¶m hnWnfm kÃSpfmt\m? BUy Unkhw Ss¶ H^p sI¡sW ka¡m³? A]mav k`n] {bmÀ°W¡m^³. bÅn eà³. Ft¸mjpw Culz^ knIm^kpfm]n WX¡p¶]mÄ. Wn³s_ HanªptWm«¡m^³ tKmdn tI«sWt¸ms`]Ã,””
AN¯n^p¶v Mm³ hm^n¡v fpNan`qsX f½n]psX fp`Nan bnXn¨p fm_n fm_n sM¡n.
f½n A¸w NqXn Ft¶mXv sIÀ¶fÀ¶n^p¶p.
“”Wo FWn¡v CSv tbms` B{Pin¡p¶ hpOw N¼nNp«³.sWäv