അമ്മ ഗ്രാമം 5 [Anandu] 1863

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H^p SpÅn Wo dm¡n sk¡nÃt`m.”” A½ NphrSnt]msX b_ªp. “”F¦n A½s] Mm³ bt* Sp\n CÃmsS WX¯nt]sW “” MmWpw In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp. A§sW NnX¶p Mm³ D_§nt¸m]n.

sk]n k¶p fpO¯Xn¨t¸m B\v F\oäSv. bs£ At¸mapw A½ NqsX Ss¶]p*v. A½]pw £o\n¨p Wà D_¡¯n B\v. Mm³ bSpsN A½]psX tUi¯p Djnªp. F\näp tIÀ¶p NnX¶p. C¶s¯ Unkhw F´v sI¿\w F¶p Bt`mIn¨p Wn¡pt¼m B\v `o`m½]psX sNm«v kmSn`nÂ. A½]pw F\oäv DXsW bpSt¸msN FXp¯v sl^n]m¡n. Mm³ H¶pw sI¿m³ tbm]nÃ. A§sW bn_¶bXn tbms` tbm]n kmSn Sp_¶p.

“”FXm Wnsâ A½m]n Ct§mXv k^p¶p*v.ASpw bntÅ^pw NqsX D*v. Wo]pw A½]pw tkPw Sp\ns]Ãmw tl^nNv FXp¯v DXp¡v. “” `o`m½ AN¯p fp`]psX fpNan bpS¸p fm{Sw Ipän] A½s] tWm¡n b_ªp. A½ sb«p F¶pÅ tbms` S`]n ssN sk¨v Fs¶]pw `o`m½s]]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n.

“”AkÀ 2 f\n¡q_n CksX F¯pw. ASnWp fp³tb Han¡m³ DÅsSms¡ Han¸n¨nXv Fs´¦n`pw Sp\n FXp¯v DXp¡v.”” `o`m½ ko*pw b_ªp. “”Cs`¦n A½]psX]pw tfmtâw Nmf Nan Ak^pw A_n]pw. “”A½]psX]pw tfmtâw fm{Sw AÃ. `o`m½]psX]pw tk`¡m^n In¶pkntâw Nmf NTNÄ NqsX Mm³ A§v b_]pw “” Mm³ `o`m½s] tWm¡n b_ªp. A½ ASpw tN«v In^n¨psNm*v Wn¶p.

`o`m½ tUgy¯n Sn^nªp WX¶p. “”im A§sW A§v tbm]mt`m. bn\§tÃ. M§avNv tk* Sp\n FÃmw tkPw k^p¯n¨p Sm `o`mt½. Cs`¦n sfm¯¯n b\n bmapw “” Mm³ `o`m½]psX k]_nWp Ipäpw bnXn¨ b_ªp. “”Fs¶ knXXm. Mm³ F´v Np´w tk\sf¦n¡pw H¸n¨p S^mw. Csæn ^mV k^pt¼mÄ `o`m½ A½]psX]pw tfmtâw Nmf Nq¯nWv Nq«ms\¶p AkÄ knIm^n¡pw. “” `o`m½ CSpw b_ªp Fsâ bnXp¯w knXpkn¨p ANt¯¡p WX¶p. Mm³ A½s] tWm¡n A½ Ct¸m bpSbv fm{Sw fp*p tbms` DXp¯p fp`]pw Djnªp C^n¸m\v. Mm³ A½]psX AXp¯v tbm]n^p¶p MmWpw A½]psX fp`]n bnXn¨p. “”CWn Wfp¡p ko*pw bj] Sp\n DXp¯pÅ Nm`t¯Nv tbmk\fsà “” Mm³ fp`NÄ sM¡nsNm*v A½s] tWm¡n b_ªp. A½]pw Ft´m Bt`mIn¨p C^p¶p. Mm³ F\oäv KW`nWp A^nNnt`¡p tbm]n bp_t¯Nv tWm¡n. `o`m½ M§avNv DÅ s{ZÊpNÄ km§m³ bp_t¯Nv tbmkp¶pWSpw tWm¡n Mm³ Wn¶p.

fp_n kr¯n]mNm³ In¶p ANt¯¡p tN_n k¶p Mm³ Sp\n CÃmsS Wn`vNp¶Sv Nm^\w AkapsX N®pNÄ Fsâ tfs` NnX¶p Djn]p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp. Mm³ AsSm¶pw Nm^yfm¡msS bp_t¯Nv Ss¶ tWm¡n Wn¶p. A½]pw Ft´m Bt`mIW]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv