അമ്മ ഗ്രാമം 5 [Anandu] 1852

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B]Sv Nm^\w In¶p fp_n]nt`¡v k¶Spw AkÄ Fsâ B\¯w tWm¡n BhzUn¡p¶Spw A½ N*nà F¶p WXn¨p C^p¶p. ASn`pw k`n] In´]n B\v A½. Nm^\w ^mV A½m]n]pw Ct§ms«ms¡ k¶n«p Nm`w Np_¨m]n. ^mV A½m]n]psX sNt«ym³ tbm`ohv B\v. hÀ¡nÄ C³hv–sbÎÀ Bs\¶m\v Fsâ A_nkv. A½m]n¡v 2 f¡Ä B\v. H^p tfmWpw fNapw. fq¯ sb®v Ft¶¡mÄ 2 k]ÊnWp Ca]Sm\v. Ct¸m Zn{Pn¡p FknsXt]m tIÀ¶p F¶p A_nªn^p¶p. Smsj DÅk³ 10C bYn¡p¶p. AksW]pw Mm³ Nps_ Nm`fm]n N*n«v Ss¶.

“”Cu ^mV tI¨n]pw bntÅ^pw NqsX Ct¸m F´nWm\mtkm Ct§mXv H^p hµÀlWw. Wn§Ä k¶t¸m MmWpw ASv Bt`mIn¨Sm. bs£ k¶p Njnªt¸m sl^n¡pw W¶m]n F¶p tSm¶pN]pw sI]vSp. bs£ ^mtV¨n]psX k^kv A{S b´n]Ã. “” In¶p b\n¡nsX b_ªpsNm*n^p¶p. FWn¡pw ASv sl^n]ms\¶p tSm¶n. AkÀ sN«n]kWpfm]n A{S hpO¯n Aà F¶p Mm³ tN«n«p*v. bs£ H^pfn¨p Nm\pt¼mÄ FÃmw AkÀ S½n {blWw DÅSm]n FWn¡v tSm¶n]n«nÃ. In¶p k¶p Iµn]n ssN sk¨t¸mam\v Mm³ In´Nan Wn¶pw D\À¶Sv. “”tfmsW NnX¡]n tbm]n C^n¡v. In¶p Wn`w SpX¡s« “” CSpw b_ªp Fsâ Iµn]n W¶m]n H¶p Djnªp kn«p. Mm³ Nm^yfm¡n]nÃ. Mm³ sI¶v A½]psX AXp¯v NnX¶p. A½]pw N«n`n Im^n C^n¸m\v.

In¶p b\nNÄ SpXÀ¶p. `o`m½ DXsW fp_n]nt`¡p tN_n k¶p M§avNv ASymklyw tk* khv{S§Ä S¶p. A½¡v hm^n »uhv FWn¡v NÅnfp*pw dWn]Wpw. “”tU AkÀ F¯m_m]n. tkPw CsS`mw FXp¯v DXp¡m³ tWm¡v. Fs´ms¡]m\mtkm CksX WX¡m³ tbmkp¶Sv “” `o`m½ tkk`mSnt]msX C_§n tbm]n. In¶p `o`m½]psX tbm¡v tWm¡n In^n¨p. “”Cu ^mV tI¨n b*v bYn¡p¶ Nm`¯p fim hmVWw B]n^p¶p. “” In¶p Wn`w SpX¡p¶Sv SpXÀ¶psNm*v NT SpX§n. Mm³ AkapsX Im`pw tWm¡n C^p¶p. CSv N* A½ In¶pknsW tWm¡n b_ªp “”FXn Njnsª¦n fp_n¡p bp_¯p tbm. Wnsâ NTs]m¶pw CknsX BÀ¡pw tNÄ¡* “”A½ tUgy¯n b_ªp. A½ Ct¸m F´nWm C{S tUgys¸«Sp F¶p FWn¡v fWhn`m]nÃ.

In¶p bns¶ H¶pw b_]msS FÃmw FXp¯v bp_¯p tbm]n. tPäv Sp_¡p¶ lÐw tN«v Mm³ KW`nsâ AXpt¯¡v tbm]n. “”AkÀ k¶p “” Mm³ A½t]mXv b_ªp. “”tkPw CsS`mw FXp¯v CXv “”A½ b_ªp. A½]pw hm^n]pw »uhpw FXp¯v CXm³ SpX§n. FÃmw C«SnWp tlgw M§Ä fpOt¯mXp fpOw tWm¡n In^n¨p. F\näp Smtj¡v C_§n sI¶v. A½m]n imant`Nv tN_n C^n¸m]n«p*v. H¸w bntÅ^pw.

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