അമ്മയുടെ രതിമേളവും ഷെമിനയുടെ രതിതാളവും 397

‘fn*^pSv. b_]p¶Sv AWph^nt¨m\w CtÃÂ sNm¶pNa]pw C]msa Mm³””
fp«pNm sNm*v sI_n]¨sâ Wmen¡n«v H^p sSmjnNqsX sNmXp¯p.
“”tk*Xm tfmsW CWn Db{Ukn¡^pSv.. Asæn Fs¶ sNmt¶¡v””
“”tk* MmWms^]pw sNmÃp¶nÃ.”” H^p b^mKnSsW tbms` Mm³ Wn`¯n^p¶p. A½ Fsâ AXp¯v k¶n^p¶p.

“”Wnsâ A¨³ H^p {Nq^Wm]n^p¶p. Fs¶ H^pbmXv Db{Ukn¨n^p¶p. sI_n]Isâ hvtWiw sNm*m C{SNm`kp¼nXn¨p Wn¶Sv”” A½ NTNÄ

b_]pkm³ SpX§n. HXpkn Fsâ N`n H^pknVw AX§n. Fsâ fWÊv A`nªp.
“”sI_n]¨Wpw A½]pw Ft¶mXv £fn¡\w. MmWnsSm¶pw A_n]msS AkninSfms\¶v N^pSn]m\v sI]vSSv. Wn§Ä ht´mgt¯msX

Njn]\w Mm³ F´p him]kpw sI]vSp S^mw”” ASp b_ªv Mm³ C^pkt^]pw tIÀ¯p WnÀ¯n. AkÀ¡v ht´mgfm]n.
At¸mjm\v ^*mapw b^nbqÀ® WPvW^ms\¶ Nm^yw {l²n¨Sv. Mm³ ^*msa]pw Nan]m¡n In^n¨p. In^n]n Ak^pw NqXn.
A½tkPw {ZÊv FXp¯n«p. sI_n]¨³ At¸mjpw Akl³ B]n^p¶p. Mm³ {bt]mPn¨Sp k¨p tWm¡n]m fq{Sw tbmNmsWms¡

dp²nfp«mNpw F¶v FWn¡_n]mw.
sI_n]¨sW bnvXn¨v N«n`n NnX¯n F¶n«v ssd¡nsâ Imkns]Xp¯p.
“”At½ Im] D*m¡n sNmXp¡q Mm³ C¸w k^mw””
D®n^mf³ sskUy^psX NX]n tbm]n ssS`kpw Ngm]kpw fäpw km§nk¶p. bp_Nns` bpan]n N]_n C` b_n¨p F¶n«v A½t]mXv bpan]n`

skÅw Sna¸n¡m³ b_ªp.
sI_n]½s] knan¨v ^*ohw Njntª sI_n]¨³ k^q M§Ä¡v Np_¨v b^nbmXn D*v F¶v b_ªp.
sskUyÀ S¶ f^p¶pNÄ FXp¯p. sI_n]¨sW H^p bm]]n NnX¯nl^o^w WÃtbms` Sn^p½n. F¶n«v Nnjnk¨p. In` tbm]âpNan Nnjn

fp«pt¼mÄ Wà tkUW]ps*¶v b_ªp. GSm*v H^pf\n¡qÀ Njnª¸w.
A½s] sNmâv sI_n]¨sW Npan¸n¨p. Npan¡nX]n sI_n]¨³ CX¡v tkUW]ps*¶v b_]p¶p*v.

“”Dw tf`m ^*mapw Nů^¯n H¶pw H¸n¡*. MmWp*m]m`pw Csæn`pw ^*mÄ¡pw NmfpNo NmfpN·m^m]n Nan¡mw tNt«m””
“”Wo sb^pfm_n]Spk¨v CWn Cu SXnk¨v Nan¡Â WX¡psf¶v tSm¶p¶nà tfmsW”” sI_n]¨³ b_ªp.
“”AsSms¡ Mm³l^n]m¡n FXp«vsSm*v sN«m”” A½ sbs«¶v b_ªp. M§Ä¡nX]ns` HubIm^nNS fm_n {c*vhnsW tbms` B]n.
“”A¼Xn NÅo At¸mÄ Nan¡m³ fq¯v WX¡m AsÃ?””
“”bns¶ FWns¡´m Nan¨m`v. Wnsâ A¨³ N`ym\w Njn¨n«pw Ct¸mjpw Nan]psX Nm^y¯n Sos^ tfmlfm””
“”A¨³ tfmlfm]n^nNmw N¼nNp«³.sWäv