അമ്മ ഗ്രാമം 5 [Anandu] 1862

N¼nNp«³.sWäv “” A½m]n Wo^hw WXn¨psNm*v tImUn¨p. “”10Unkh¯n MmWn§p Sn^n¨p k^pw. ASpks^ CkWpw CksX D*t`m. ^mV At¸mta¡pw FÃmw N*p BhzUn¨p C^n¡v. “” A½ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp. “”Wµp k¶p Fsâ sb«n HSp¡m³ him]ns¡Xm.C¶p ^m{Sn]n DÅ k*n¡p Ss¶ tbmk\w. tI«³ Wmsa Nm`¯p F¯pw “” A½ b_ªp.

MmWpw A½]pw fp_n]n F¯n. “”Aѳ F§sW A½s] knan¨p. F´m sb«¶p C§sW H^p k^kv “”? Mm³ A½t]mXv tImUn¨p. A½ H^p bj] sfmssd tcm¬ FXp¯p Nm\n¨p. “”CSpkjn. Wnsâ AÑWv Ft´m tNm¬c_³hv D*v. ASv Njnªp Np_¨p Unkhw fpX¡pw. At¸m Ft¶mXv sIÃm³ b_ªp. “” A½ sb«n FXp¯v HSp¡m³ SpX§nsNm*v b_ªp. “”ASnWp FXp¡m³ H¶pw CÃt`m. BsN DÅSv Ct¸m Sn^n¨p tbmkm³ hf]¯p CXm³ sk¨n^p¶ Cu {ZÊv AsÃ. A½ Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p. “”tbm]n«v tkPw Sn^n¨p kt¶¡t\. AÑsâ NqsX NqXpS Unkhw Nan¡m³ Wn¡* “” Mm³ Sfml tbms` b_ªp. “”tbmXm sI¡m. Aksâ H^p DbtUlw. Wo CknsX f^ymUNv WX¶m fm{Sw fSn “” A½ Sn^n¨pw b_ªp. Smsj Wn¶pw `o`m½ Fs¶ knan¨p. Mm³ Smtj¡v C_§n sI¶p. `o`m½ A½¡v sNm*ptbmkm³ Np_¨p hmVW§Ä sbmSn]pN]m\v. “”Wnsâ Aѳ k^p¶SsÃ. ASm CsS`mw sbmSnªp sNmXpNmw F¶p sk¨Sv. “” `o`m½ Fs¶ tWm¡n b_ªp. `o`m½ sbmSnªp sN«n hmVW§Ä Fsâ N¿n S¶p. Mm³ ASpwsNm*v Sn^n¨p fp_n]psX bp_¯p F¯n]t¸m Nm\p¶Sv h¨p fp_n]nt`¡v Hanªp tWm¡p¶Sm\v.

Mm³ lÐw D*mNmsS Aksâ bn¶nt`¡v sIÃpt¼mÄ Nm\p¶Sv Fsâ A½ {ZÊv fm_p¶Sv Hanªp tWm¡p¶Sm\v. Ak³ bSns] Np® FXp¯v Np`p¡p¶p*v. sI_n] b¿Wm\v. Np® Fs¶m¶pw b_]m³ bänÃ. Mm³ ANt¯¡v tWm¡n A½ »uhv Du^n {dm]n B\v Wn`vNp¶Sv. AkWv At¸mta¡pw skÅw tbm]n. FWn¡v In^n]m\v k¶sS¦n`pw tUgyw DÅn Nm\n¨psNm*v Mm³ AksW bnXn¨p k`n¨p. FWn¡*Spw Ak³ BsN tbXn¨p kn_¨p. “”knan¡s« Wnsâ A½s]]pw tI¨ns]]pw. Wnsâ hzmemkw F´ms\¶p Ak^pw NqsX A_n]s« “” Mm³ Aksâ tNma_n bnXn¨psNm*v b_ªp. Ak³ tbXn¨p kn_¨p F´v sI¿\w F¶_n]msS N^¨n`nsâ k¡s¯¯n. “”tI«m Bt^mXpw b_]tÃ. bvaohv Mm³ Nm`p bnXn¡mw. “” Ak³ sN©n b_ªp. “”FXm Wnsâ km\fXn Mm³ koZnt]m BNn]n«p*v. ASpw Wo Fsâ A½s] tWm¡n km\fXn¡pw AtÃXm NÅm. Wnsâ Cu koZnt]m ASv F´v sI¿\w F¶p Mm³ Bt`mIn¨p So^pfmWn¨n«p b_]mw. Ct¸m Wo sbm]vt¡m “” Mm³ sk_psS H^p W¼À C_¡n. “”tI«m tk* tI«m. N¼nNp«³.sWäv