അമ്മ ഗ്രാമം 5 [Anandu] 1852

N¼nNp«³.sWäv koZnt]m H¶pw Bs^]pw Nm\n¡^pSv Mm³ F´v tk\sf¦n`pw sI]vSp S^mw. CWn BkÀ¯n¡nÃ. hSyw “” sI¡³ bmSn N^¨n`n b_ªp. “”½v Ct¸m sbm]vt¡m. CWn D*m]m Cu koZnt]m F´v sI¿\w F¶p FWn¡_n]mw “” Mm³ eog\n hz^¯n b_ªp sI¡sW tbXn¸n¨p kn«p. Nq«¯n bp_¯p NnX¡p¶ Aksâ Np®¡v bnXn¨p Wà H^p C_p¡vNpw sk¨v sNmXp¯p. sI¡³ Np®]pw sbm¯nbnXn¨psNm*v HmXn. Mm³ Aksâ Hm«w tWm¡nsNm*v Wn¶v In^n¨p.

A½ At¸mam\v bp_t¯¡p k¶Sv. “”F´mXm CksX H^p diaw. B^m]n^p¶p? “” A½ tImUn¨p.””NqXpS AtWzg\w H¶pw tk*. tN«t`m. “”Mm³ Sfml ^qb¯n A½t]mXv b_ªp. “”CSn§sW Sp_¶n«m FÃm^pw tN_n Djn]pw tNt«mXn A½ tfmsa “” C§sW b_ªp Mm³ hm^n DXp¯n«pw W¶m]n bp_¯p Nm\p¶ k]_n DjnªpsNm*v b_ªp.ASpw tbm^mªp Mm³ hm^n NqXpS Wo¡nsNm*v k]_n AfÀ¯n sM¡n. A½ Fsâ ssN S«n fmän. At¸m Mm³ bp_Nn tbm]n bn¶n Wn¶pw »uhnWv fpNan ssN sk¨v fp`NÄ Nl¡n DX¨p. F¶n«p ip¡pNÄ Du^n A½]psX fp`NÄ FXp¯v bp_¯n«p. Mm³ A½s] fp_n]nt`¡p k`n¨p N]än hm^n]pw »uhpw Du^n Naªp. F¶n«p SÅn Wn¡p¶ B fpjp¯ fp`NÄ FXp¯v k`n¨p I¸n. 10 Unkhw Njntª CWn k^q Ft¶mÀ¯t¸mÄ FWn¡v NqXpS Btkl¯n fp`NÄ I¸nNpXn¡m³ tSm¶n. Mm³ tkPw A½s] NpWn¨p WnÀ¯n. F¶n«p bmkmX k`n¨p fpNant`¡p N]än sk¨p. Mm³ {bSo£n¨ tbms` Ss¶ AXn]n H¶pw C«n«nÃ. Mm³ Np`¨p Wn¶n^p¶ Np® FXp¯v A½]psX bqänt`Nv SÅn N]än. A½ NnX¶p Biv Biv ABiv F¶p lÐw fm{Sw D*m¡n. Mm³ Wà tbms` Du¡n AXn¨p. Mm³ bm A½]psX bq_nt`¡v Ss¶ Ioän¨p. F¶n«p MmWpw A½]pw NnX¡]nt`¡v ko\p. Mm³ A½]psX sIkn]n b_ªp “”tbm]n«v tkPw km A½ tfmsa. Fsâ Np®]pw Ip*pw S^n¡p¶p A½]psX Cu b^¶p NnX¡p¶ l^o^¯n tN_n tf]m³ “” A½ Fsâ ssNk`]¯n NnX¶p M^§n. Mm³ bnXp¯w kn«p sNm*v k]_n`pw fp`]n`pw AkhmWfm]n Wà sM¡p sNmXp¯p. Mm³ {ZÊv FÃmw FXp¯v C«p. A½]pw tkPw F\oäv {ZÊv FÃmw sl^nNv FXp¯v DXp¯p H¶pw hwekn¡m¯ tbms` tbmkm³ S]m_m]n. Mm³ bm¡v sI]vSp sk¨ sb«n]pw FXp¯p Smtj¡p C_§n. bn¶ms` A½]pw bXn]n_§n k¶p.

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