അമ്മ ഗ്രാമം 4 [Anandu] 162

N¼nNp«³.sWäv km sbmanªp. “”sskUyÀ b_ª tbms`¯s¶ WfpNv C¶p NnX¡mw “”. CSpw b_ªp A½]psX k]_nWp Ipäpw ssN bnXn¨p Mm³ A½s]]pw Nq«n fpNans` fp_n]nt`¡p WX¶p. WX¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ A½]psX Iµn]n DjnªpsNmt* C^p¶p. Nm^\w `o`m½]pw In¶pkpw ASv Nm\\w F¶p FWn¡p*m]n^p¶p. MmWpw A½]pw Wq dÔw CÃmsS bXnNÄ tN_n tbmkp¶Sv AkÀ tWm¡n Wn¶p.
fp_n]n N]_n]Spw Mm³ A½s] bnXn¨p NnX¯n. F¶n«p Mm³ A½t]mXv b_ªp “” CWn FWn¡v sskUyÀ b_ª tbms` Nn«msS tbm] hvtWiw Sm. Ct¸m Bs\¦n Wfp¡p 2tbÀ¡pw Sp\n]pw CÃ. tkPw Sm “”. A½ DXsW NnX¡]n Wn¶pw FjptWäp. “” WnW¡v F´nsâ tNXm\v Wµp. Wo F´nWm `o`m½]psX]pw In¶pkntâw fp³bn sk¨p Sp\n Ajn¨Sv? “”. “”Mm³ Aà A½]m\v Fsâ ]ox`r k`n¨p No_n]Sv””. “” ASv A§sW sk_psS No_n]SÃt`m. Wnt¶mXm^m Fsâ ssN FXp¯v AksX sk¡m³ b_ªSv?”” “”FWn¡v A§sW tSm¶n. A½ Sp\n CÃmsS WX¡p¶Sm\v WÃSv F¶p FWn¡v tSm¶n. A{S Ss¶. CWn A½ Sp\n DXp¡*. MmWpw DXp¡p¶nÃ. W½Ä bn_¶ bXn Cu ko«n WX¡pw. ASnWp FWn¡v A½]psX h½Sw tk*. “” A½ CsS`mw tN«v km] sbman¨p Wn¶p.
“”Wµp ASv Fs´ms¡ b_ªm`pw W½Ä A½]pw fNWpw AsÃ. BapNÄ F´v knIm^n¡pw? “” “” GSp BapNÄ `o`m½]pw In¶pkpw Bt\m A½]psX BapNÄ? “”. A½ fn*msS B]n. F¶m k¶p NnX¡m³ tWm¡p. A½ k¶p Ft¶mXv tIÀ¶p NnX¶p. Mm³ B fp`]n fpOw tIÀ¯v sk¨p Iµn]n bnXn¨p A½s] Ft¶mXv tIÀ¯v NnX¯n. A½ H¶p sM^§n. Mm³ A½s] Fsâ k^pSn]n sNm*v k¶Sn ht´mgn¨p. “”Wmsa WfpNv Nm`¯p A¼`¯n tbmk\w tkPw D_§m³ tWm¡p “” Mm³ A½t]mXv N`vbn¨p.
Mm³ bp`Às¨ Ss¶ D_¡¯n Wn¶pw D\À¶p. A½ £o\w Nm^\w F\oän«nÃ. Mm³ B Iµn]n ssN b^¯n H^p AXn sNmXp¯p. A½ sM«n FjptWäp. Mm³ In^n¨p. “”Wµp A½¡v tkUWn¨p””. Mm³ S\pbv Nm^\w Sp_n¨p Wn¡p¶ fp` sM«nt`Nv tWm¡n. A½]pw CSv N*p Wm\w Nm^\w fpOw Sn^n¨p.
At¸mÄ B\v kmSn`n fp«v tN«Sv. “”tfmsW In¶p B\v. ANt¯¡p k^s«? “”. “”B kt¶maq””. Mm³ AN¯p Wn¶pw knan¨p b_ªp. CSv tN« A½ bpSs¸Xp¯p tUiw f_¡m³ tWm¡n]Spw Mm³ A½s] bnXn¨p k`n¨p AXpt¯Nv NnX¯n B fpjp¯ fp`NÄ FXp¯v km]n skIv k`n¨p I¸m³ SpX§n. In¶p ANt¯¡p NX¶Spw Nm\p¶Sv Mm³ A½]psX fp`NÄ NpXn¡p¶Sm\v. “” Bim D¼m]n NpXn¨p NnX¡m³ bän] {bm]w. F´m]m`pw tI¨n N`¡n. Asæn C§sW sI¿ptfm. N¼nNp«³.sWäv