അമ്മ ഗ്രാമം 5 [Anandu] 1863

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wnsâ Ct§mXv DÅ k^kv tN«t¸m sSm«p ^mtK«Wpw b_ªp Wn§apw C¯k\ S_km«n Ss¶ skt¡gWv BtQmgnt¨mam³. tN«t¸m bntÅÀ¡pw Btklfm]n. M§Ä tkPw Ct§mXv sk¨v bnXn¨p. Cksâ b^o£ So^m³ Np_¨p Smfhn¨p ASm. Csæn Njnª BjvI SmsW M§apw F¯nt]sW. AtÃXm h¨p tfmsW. “” A½m]n Nm^yNm^\w AkS^n¸n¨p. MmWpw A½]pw CÃm¯ In^n k^p¯n Aks^ hzoN^n¨p. h¨n³ hm{µ CSm\v bntÅ^psX tb^v. h¨p hW F¶p knan¡pw. sb®v A½m]ns] tbms` C^p* Wn_w B\v–. F¶m`pw Np*n]pw fp`]pw tg¸v B]n«p*v. {btSyNn¨v Np*n. sI¡³ H^p bYn¸nhv_v `p¡v B\v N®X Hs¡ sk¨v.

A½m]n¡v k`y fmäw H¶pw CÃ. AhmVy fp` B\v. l^o^¯nWpw k`pSm]n kl§ant`¡v SÅn Wn¡p¶ k`n¸w. Mm³ FÃmks^]pw sfm¯¯n bYn¡p¶ hf]¯m\v sI¡sâ tWm«w A½]psX fp`]nt`¡v Bs\Wv FWn¡v fWhn`m]Sv. Mm³ AksW s{l²n¡p¶Sv N*t¸m Ak³ ssWhv B]n S` Sn^n¨p. Ck³ FWn¡v b\n]mNpw. Mm³ fWÊn N^pSn.

“”AWµp Ct¸m F´v sI]p¶p? “” hW]psX tImUyw. “”Mm³ F©nWo]_nwPv “”Mm³ In^n¨psNm*v D¯^w sNmXp¯p. “”AkÄNv FÃmw A_n]msfXm Ip½m KmXNv tImUn¡p¶Sm\v “” A½m]n CX]v¡p tN_n Aksa Nan]m¡nsNm*v b_ªp. hW A½m]ns] ssN]n bnXn¨p sM¡n. Ssâ KmZ Np_¨Sn DÅ Wo^h¯n B\v. CSv Mm³ N*p F¶_nªtbm AkÄNv NqXpS I½n] AkØ B]n. “”CknsX F¯p¶ ks^ sb®v tI«sW Nm\\w F¶pw sI¡³ ftilz^n Bâns] Nm\\w F¶pw b_ªm]n^p¶p “” A½m]n bntÅs^ H¶pNqsX Wm\w sNXp¯m³ N`vbn¨p NqXn b_ªp.

“”At¸m ^mtV¨n Bs^ Nm\mWm Ct§m«p k¶Sv “”In¶p Sfml tbms` tImUn¨p. “”Wµp tI«sW Nm\m³ tk*n “” h¨p CX¡v tN_n b_ªp. “”A½ F¶pw b_]pw Wµptk«³ k`pSm]n Np_Iv Nm^y§Ä tI«sW bYn¸n¡m³ Ds*¶p “” CSv tN«Spw A½m]n AkWp WsÃm^p WpÅp sNmXp¯p. “”sI¡³ Wp\ fms{S b_]p. sk_psS b_]m `o`mt½. Mm³ FÃmt^w Nm\mWpw hwhm^n¡mWpw HsN NqsX k^mw F¶p CktWmXv sk_psS b_ªptbm]n ASm sI¡³ C§sW b_]t\.”” BsN H^p b^p§`n A½m]n b_sªm¸n¨p. A½ sb«¶p AN¯p Wn¶pw k^p¶Sv N*p. A½ Ft¸mam\v F\oäv AN¯p tbm]Sv F¶p Mm³ A_nªnÃ. “”Wµp Wnsâ Aѳ Fs¶ knan¨n^p¶p. Mm³ H^mjvIt¯¡v koXv ks^ tbm]n«v k^mw. Wo CknsX Ss¶ Wnt¶m. skt¡gWv So^m³ CWn]pw hf]w D*t`m. ASv fm{Sà MmWpw NqXn tbm] b¯p Unkh¯n Sn^ns¨¯pw.”” A½ b_ªp. “”AsSs´m^p tbm¡m\v ftilz^n. Wns¶ Nm\m³ Asà M§Ä k¶Sv. F¶n«nt¸m Wo tbmkpN]mt\m? N¼nNp«³.sWäv