അമ്മക്കളിത്തോഴി [തുടക്കം] smitha 1248

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tImUn¨p,
“”””ASv Mm³ N*n«nÃtÃm?”
“”””D*v tfmsW,”
hqh³ b_ªp.
“””” Mm³ Nm\n¨p S^mw.”
hnPs^äv– Ip*Sv sk¨v bpNkn«psNm*v AkÄ hm^n]p]À¯n. hm^n hmkVmWw fpNant`¡vD]^tk AkapsX Nm`pNapsX lzmhw Wn`¸n¡p¶ klyS]pw tIm^¡p So bnXn¸n¡p¶ SpXNapsX fmUNewPn]pw Ak³ N*p. fpWvbv N*n«pÅSm\v. bs£ At¸mÄ AsSm^p kÃm¯ NmjvI B]n^p¶p. AkhmWw hm^n A_]psX fpNÄ ks^ D]À¯n AkÄ SpXNÄ tI^p¶]nXw, Ipk¶, hpSm^yfm] bmânhv AkWp Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯p. AkapsX t]mWn CSapNÄ Nãn¨v f_]v¡msW ASnWp NjnªpÅp. hpSm^yfm]SnWm AkapsX SpXn¨, D]À¶,Wo* t]mWn CSapNÄ bp_¯p Nm\mfm]n^p¶p.
“”””Cs¸m tfmWv knlzmhw]ntÃ?”
Ip*pNÄ¡nXm]n`n^p¶ hnPs^äv– k`nIqSn kn«psNm*v ^*p ssN sNm*pw hm^n D]À¯nbnXn¨v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
Xm¡ohnt`¡pÅ ]m{S¡nX]n hqhWpw tZknhpw km tSm^msS hwhm^n¨p. Aksâ ssd¡n³s_ bn³bn Nk¨n^p¶p, Aksâ A^s¡«n ssN IpänbnXn¨p AkÄ C^p¶p.
“”””Ct¸mÄ F´v ht´mgfsWt¶m”
Aksâ tSman fpOfp^hn AkÄ b_ªp.,
“”””Wnsâ NqsX kÀ¯fmWw b_]p¶Spw ]m{S sI¿p¶Spw tks_ H^p hpO¯nsâ A{S]pw k^n` tfmsW”
“”””ASnsW´m f½n Mm³ CWn F¶pw f½osX Gäkpw AXp¯ {c*v AsÃ?”
“”””Sm¦v ]q tfmWp”
AkÄ AksW AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨p, Ak³s_ Nknan Ssâ NknÄ D^hn.
XmNohnsâ b^nh^w AVnNfnsæn`pw BapNsa sNm*v Wn_ªn^p¶p. fp³–NqÀ Xn¡äv– dp¡v sI]vSSnWm Sn^¡v Nqt«*SnÃm]n^p¶p.
“”””FXm tZknth,”
ASytklw Wn_ª H^p knan tN«p AkÀ tWm¡n. fp³bn tZknhn³s_ hf{bm]¡m^mWm] H^p sI_p¸¡m^³. Ak³ HmXn k¶p Aksâ ssN bnXn¨p.
“”””Biv, hpWnt`, Ft´m Ds*Xm kntlg§Ä?”
AksW Sn^n¨_nªpv tZknhv tImUn¨p. ASnWp D¯^w b_]p¶¯nWp fp¼v Ak³ hqhsâ fpOt¯¡pw, tUifmhN`kpw tWm¡n.
“”””FXm, Wo b\ns]m¸nItÃm. GSmX Cu hpµ^n¨vI^¡v? CSptbms` H^p eqt`mN hpµ^ns] WnW¡v FknXp¶p Nn«ns]Xm? Wà shm]¼³ I^s¡¶p b_ªm CSm. WnW¡v kat¡* Bklyw CÃtÃm. Wo ESnNv t_mgsW tbms` Asà C^n¡ps¶.”
hqh³ hpWn`nsW bp©n^nt]msX tWm¡n.
“”sb§sa Mm³ b_]p¶Sv tN«v H¶pw tSm¶^pSv tNt«m.””
Ak³ hqhtWmXv b_ªp. Ak³s_ N®pNÄ AkapsX fp`Nan S^ªn^n¡p¶Sv AkÀ ^*ptb^pw N*p.
“”M§av A{S t¢mhm. M§av S½n F´pw b_]pw,””
“”ASnWp Npj¸fnÃ. Nq«pNm^mkpt¼m A§sW N¼nNp«³.sWäv