അമ്മ ഗ്രാമം 4 [Anandu] 162

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¦n A½ Wm«ns` sf]n³ bm hss¹ sI¿p¶ Bamkpw F¶p Bt`mIn¨p In^n¨Sm “” Mm³ b_ªp. “”WnWt¡m tk*. Wm«pNms^¦n`pw NpXn¨p W¶mks« “”. CSv tN«Spw Mm³ A½]psX AXp¯v tbm]n tIÀ¶p Wn¶p fp`]n sM¡nsNm*v b_ªp “” hf]w Bkps¼m MmWpw NpXn¡pw tk\sf¦n Cu Wm«pNms^s¡m*v sfm¯w NpXn¸n¡pw Cu bm Np¸n”” CSpw b_ªp fp` sM«n sM¡n. A½ Wn¶p bpaªp. Mm³ Iµn]n Bªp H^p AXn sNmXp¯p. “”A½ CWn Fsâ AXnf]m\v. Mm³ b_]p¶Sv ASvtbms` tN«m fSn “” Mm³ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp. A½ Fs¶ tWm¡n NÅ In^n¨n^n¨p.
M§Ä tWs^ A¼` Npa¯n C_§n Npan¨p. skÅw Wà S\pbv. Fsâ A*n Ip^p§n. A½]psX fp`sM«v sS_n¨p Wn¶p. M§Ä Npan¨p tN_n sSmjm³ tbm]n. A¼`¯n B^pw CÃ. Sn^ptfWn bqK Njnªp WX Sp_¶Spw Nm\p¶Sv Np®]pw Nm\n¨p Wn¡p¶ Fs¶]m\v. {bm]mVnNyw fq`w N®v bnXn¡msS Sn^ptfWn N®v Sn^p½n fnjn¨p tWm¡n. “”F´m Npt«y CSv. Cu S\p¸Sv Npan¨p Cu_Wm]n k¶p sSmtj* Nm^yw F´m? “” At¸mam\v A½ sSmjpSv At§mXv F¯n]Sv. A½s] N*Spw Sn^ptfWn km] sbman¨p Wn¶p. Mm³ A½s] bnXn¨p {bhmUw km§m³ fpWvbnt`Nv WnÀ¯n. A½]psX N¿nt`Nv {bhmUw sNmXp¡pt¼mapw Sn^ptfWn]psX tWm«w A½]psX sNmjp¯ fp`]nt`¡v Iµn]nt`¡pw B]n^p¶p. M§Ä {bhmUw km§n sSmjpSp A¼`¯nWp bp_¯p C_§n. Sn^ptfWn]psX fpOemkw HmÀ¯p MmWpw A½]pw In^n¨p. At¸mÄ B\v A¼`w N½nän HmcohÀ B] Wm]À As§mXv k^p¶Sv. Wm]À¡p Np«nNÄ CÃ. BÄ¡v hmVWw sbm´m¯Sv Wm«n sfm¯w bm«ms\¶p `o`m½ A½t]mXv b_]p¶Sv Mm³ tN«n«p*v. M§sa N*Spw Wm]^pw km sbman¨p. sb«Wv Ss¶ tdmVw k¶ Wm]À A½s] Wà ^oSn]n Djnªp tWm¡n. As¸m Mm³ A½s] tIÀ¯v bnXn¨p. “”fN³ Bkpw AsÃ. `o`m½ b_ªn^p¶p A½]pw tfmWpw WmXv Nm\m³ F¯n]n«p*v F¶p “” A½]pw MmWpw In^n¨p. “”H^p Unkhw ko«nt`Nv C_§p “” Wm]À b_ªp. MmWpw A½]pw l^n F¶tbms` S`]m«n.
MmWpw A½]pw ko«ns`¯n b*v A½ bYn¨ h-vNqan tbmkm³ B\v C¶s¯ M§apsX ¹m³. ko«n Sp\n CÃmsS WX¡p¶Sv MmWpw A½]pw BhzUn¨ SpX§n. M§Ä cpZv Njn¡m³ C^p¶p. sb«¶v A½ Fs¶ bnXn¨p fXn]nt`¡p NnX¯n fp`s]Xp¯ Fsâ km]nt`¡p sk¨p S¶p. CSv `o`m½s] Nm\n¡m³ tk*n Bs\Wv FWn¡v fWhn`m]n. `o`m½]pw In^n¨psNm*v Wn¶p. Mm³ A½]psX fp` I¸n k`n¨p NpXn¨p. FWn¡v sb«Wv fqZv tN_n. Mm³ A½s] FXp¯v Wn`t¯Nv NnX¯n Fsâ Np`¨p Wn¡p¶ Np® N¼nNp«³.sWäv