അമ്മ ഗ്രാമം 5 [Anandu] 1862

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N* Nnak·ms^¡mÄ Nãw B\t`m Wnsâ tWm«w. “” A½ H^p NphrSn tImUyw. Mm³ H¶pw b_]msS F\oäv tbm]n. A½]psX bp_Nn Wn¶p. “” F´mXm sI¡m tk*Sv. A½s] Sp\n CÃmsS NnX¯m³ k¶Smt\m? . b_]Xm WnW¡p »uhv Du^n hz´w A½]psX fp` dhn DÅ Wm«pNms^ fpjpk³ Nm\n¡t*? AtSm A½]psX fp`]psX Aakv FXp¯Smt\m? F´m Wnsâ Wmkp C_§n tbmt]m? “” A½ tImUyw SpXÀ¶p. “”thm_n A½ “” Mm³ AsSm¶pw Dt±ln¨p sI]vSSÃ. H^p ^h¯nWp “” Mm³ AsN fqZv Hmcv B]n. A½ CSv N*p Fs¶ bnXn¨p sNm*ptbm]n NnX¡]n C^p¯n. “”CksX C^n¡v. A½ Cs¸m k^mw “”. A½ tbm]n ss`äv Hmcv sI]vSp.

fp_n]n Ct¸mapw Bkly¯nWv skan¨w D*v. A½ k¶p Fsâ AXp¯p C^n¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. A½ bSps¡ Fs¶ tIÀ¯v bnXn¨p. F¶n«p Fs¶ tWm¡n b_ªp “”sâ Wµp D_§nt¡m A½ AXp¯p Ss¶]p*v “”. “”A½]pw NnX¡p “” Mm³ b_ªp. A½ C_§n Ft¶mXv tIÀ¶p NnX¶p. Mm³ A½s] sN«nbnXn¨p. “”Wn¡X Sn^¡p bnXn¡tà “” CSpw b_ªp A½ C«n^p¶ tSmÀ¯pw fmän sk¨p. Ct¸mÄ A½]psX fpjp¯ fp`Napw sS_n¨p Wn¡p¶ fp`sM«pNapw Fsâ N×p³bnÂ. A½ DXsW Fsâ sIkn]n tImUn¨p “” D¼m]n NpXn¡t\m Fsâ tfmWv. At½sX fp` Fsâ kmkNv Ss¶]m\v “” CSv tN«tSmsX Fsâ hmVWw tS³ H`n¸n¨p SpX§n. Fsâ km] AÛpSw sNm*v Sp_¶p. “”I¸n NpXnt¨mXm I¡t^. A½]psX fp` W¶m]n NpXnt¨m. CSv tN«Spw Fsâ cpÄ Nt{*mÄ tbm]n. “” As½ Mm³ H¶pw CXmsS NnXt¶ms«? FWn¡v Ct¸m Cu ]ox`r ks^ H^p SXhw “”. “”A½ Du^n S^mw I¡s^ “” b_ªp A½ Fsâ ]ox`r Du^n fmän. Ct¸m Mm³ bn_¶ bXn A½]psX NqsX NnX¡p¶p. A½ sb«¶p F\oäp F¶n«p DXp¯n^p¶ NÅnfp*p Du^n Naªp.

Mm³ tbm]n ss`äv C«p. A½]pw MmWpw Wq dÔw CÃmsS Wn¡p¶p. Fsâ Np® Np`¨p kXn tbms` B]n. “” km k¶p A½nª NpXnt¨m “” A½ 2 N¿pw Wo«n Fs¶ knan¨p. Mm³ A½]psX AXp¯p tbm]n Wn¶p H^p fp` FXp¯v km]n sk¨v ftäSv ssN skIv Djnªp. CtSmsX A½ fqamWpw sM^§mWpw SpX§n. CSv N*tSmsX Fsâ hN` Wn]{´\kpw tbm]n. Mm³ Np® FXp¯v A½]psX bq_nt`Nv SÅn N]än. A½ “”Biv Biv tfmsW “” F¶p knan¨sNm*v C^p¶p. Mm³ A½s] Wn`¯p NnX¯n AXn¡m³ SpX§n. Mm³ Du¡n AXn SpX§n. A½]psX fp`NÄ CaNn Nan¨p. Mm³ fp`NÄ Nl¡n DX¨p. A½ sl^n¡pw BhzUn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. “”A½s] WnW¡p H¶pw CXmsS b_¼n`qsX WX¯t\m? A½ fp`]pw Np`p¡n t_mZn`qsX Wm«pNms^ N¼nNp«³.sWäv