അച്ചുവും അമ്മയും [smitha] 1131

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bnXn¨ `£\skm*tÃm,””
“”tbm tI¨o,””
Mm³ `Öt]msX In^n¨p.
“”tI¨osX kÀ¯mWw tN«n«v tI¨osX sfmt` sNmt_ tb^v bnXn¨ns«m*tÃm,””
“”F³s_ A¨q,””
thms¸Xp¯v tSmÀ¯nWp fpNan`qsX SpX]nXp¡n hpf thm¸v bS¸n¨p AfÀ¯n tS¨p.
skÅw ko\p NpSnÀ¶n^p¶SnWm tSmÀ¯nWv bp_¯v NqXn hpf]psX A¸w koÀ¯pN*p.
Mm³ At§m«p tWm¡p¶Sv N*v– hpf AknsX¯s¶ AfÀ¯n]fÀ¯n tS¨p.
“”Culz^³ Wfp¡v sb®p§Ä¡v Ct{Sw sfm` S¶sS´nWm? Wà Ipų tI«·ms^s¡m*v bnXn¸n¡mWm. Atøns¶ F´nWm Wn³s_]pw Ftâw tbms` sW_¨pw C§sW F_¨n? F³s_Sv– Mm³ bnXn¡m³ sNmXp¯nt«m*v. AÃmsS F§sW]m Ct{Sw k`pSmNps¶? Wn³s_Sv– Wo]pw bnXn¡m³ sNmXp¯ns«m*v. H_¸tÃ? Atàbns¶ F§sW]m Cu bSntWjmw k]Ên Ct{Sw sS_n¸pw fpjp¸pw?””
“”bSntWjÃ, bSnsW«v,””
Mm³ sbs«¶v- Sn^p¯n.
“”l^n l^n,””
hpf tI¨n In^n¨p.
“”F{S tb^v bnXns¨Xo?””
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”At¿m,””
Mm³ In^n¨p.
“”AsSm¶pw Mm³ F®ntWm¡o«nà tI¨n,””
“”Fiv?””
hpf tI¨n AXvenSs¸«p.
bns¶ F³s_ fp¼nt`¡v Sn^nªp Wn¶v- tSmÀ¯v– C^pklt¯¡pw fmän bq_v Sp_¶psNm*v kn^`pNaN¯n«v Ca¡n l^n¡pw thm¸v tS¨p.
“”At¸m F®m³ bäm¯{S BapNÄ bnXn¨n«pt*m? Wo Bap sNmÅmtÃm,””
FWn¡v hpf tI¨n]psX bq_nt`¡v tWm¡mSn^n¡m³ NjnªnÃ.
W¶m]n SXn¨p koÀ¯v.
hpf tI¨n Ko³thm bm³_vthm C«m B\p§aptXSv tbms` fp³emPw fpj¨n^n¡pw F¶v- FWn¡v tSm¶n.
hpf tI¨n F´v knIm^n¡pw F¶v- N^pSn Mm³ tWm«w fmäm³ SpX§n.
“”tWm¡nt¡m,””
tI¨n Fs¶ kn`¡n.
“”FWn¡v Npj¸fnÃ,””
bns¶ tI¨n Ipäpw H¶v- tWm¡n]n«v {dm]psX ip¡pNÄ AN¯n. Fs¶ ASnl]n¸n¨psNm*v ASn Sn§n koÀ¯n^p¶ fpjp¯ fp`NÄ bp_t¯¡v NpSn¨p.
tI¨n Fs¶ tWm¡ns¡m*v bp©n^n¨p.
bns¶ C^p ssNNapw sNm*v BUyw Ak]psX kl§an SjpNn. bns¶ Smsj Wn¶v- fpNant`¡pw.
At¸mÄ f¯§tbms` koÀ¯p´n Wn¶ fp`NÄ Sma¯n CaNn.
N®pNÄ S\p¸n`pw SjpN`n`pw H¶v- NqXn NqÀ¯v Sp_n¨p.
“”WÃSmt\m tfmsa F³s_ sfm`?””
tI¨n tImUn¨p.
F³s_ Wmkv k^ap¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp.
irU]w kÃmsS fnXn¡m³ SpX§n.
bpj]ns` skůn bq_n Wn¶v- HjpNp¶ fUK`w N`^p¶Sv FWn¡v A_n]mw.
tI¨n]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv