അമ്മു സുകുമാരപിള്ളയുടെ അറബി ഷേക്ക് 298

”WÃ f\w CtÃ?”

Mm³ A^en]psX S` Fsâ AXnk]än bnXn¨fÀ¯n. A_dn AknsX fpOw D^¨v D½ k¨p. Mm³ C¡nansNm*v bpaªp. Fsâ ssN A]mapsX {Xuh_nt`¡v A^n¨pN]_n. AknsX fUw sbm«nWn¡pN]m\v A_dn]psX BW¡p«³. MmWksW N]_n¸nXn¨p.

A_dn FWn¡v {XuhÀ Ajn¨v S^msWm^p§n. Mm³ SXªp.

”Wn¡v, Mm³ Ajn¡mw.”

Mm³ A_dns] f`À¯n NnX¯n. tfs` N]_n gÀ«v k`n¨q^n. sW©n SXkn, fp`sM«pNÄ H¶v bnXn¨v Nl¡n. bns¶ tWs^ Smtj¡v sI¶v {Xuh_nsâ SXn¸n D½k¨p. bns¶ bSps¡ SjpNn¯pX§n, F¶n«v ASv Smjv¯n.

K«n]n A_dn]psX hmVWw Np`¨p Wn¡p¶p. Mm³ ^*p ssNsNm*pw AksW AfÀ¯n SjpNn. Smsj D_¨pWn¶ Np`]n Sp^pSps^ D½k¨p. K«n¡nX]n`qsX ssN]n«v krg\§an SjpNn.

bjwsbm^n]nÂWn¶v F® Na]p¶Sptbms` MmWksW K«n]n`n«v sM¡n. S`¸v N*pbnXn¨v NXn¨pk`n¨p. A_dn¡v F§sWs]¦n`pw hmVWw bp_s¯Xp¯m fSns]¶m]n.

”C§sW sNmSn¸n¡msS sbmt¶!”

A_dn Fsâ Nknan bnXn¨v Fs¶ AkntX¡v AXp¸n¨p. At¸mjpw K«n¡pÅn`m]n^p¶ hmVW¯n Mm³ sfsà Ipwdn¨p. ASv b^ÂfoWnsWtbms` DÅn ImXn¡an¡p¶p. CWn]pw ASnsW DÅn`n«v Nãs¸Xp¯m³ tSm¶n]nÃ.

Mm³ bSns] K«n Du^ns]Xp¯p. A_dn]psX hmVWw ImXnk¶v Fsâ fp¶n N¼n]Xn¨v Wn¶p. MmWSn fpOw tIÀ¯pk¨p. Wà IqXv. AksW ssN¡qXn`m¡n S` fpS NX ks^ D½k¨p. CX]v¡v sI_n] NXn]pw sNmXp¯p. Du¼p¶SnWp fp³bv C¡msW Mm³ C§sW H¶v sNmSn¸n¡pw.

A_dn¡v Fsâ Du¼Â k`n] i^fm\v. IqXpw D¸p^hkpw DÅ A]mapsX k`n] hmVWw km]n`n«p Wp\]m³ FWn¡pw Cãfm\v. Nan ^m{Sn]n Bs\¦n`pw Fsâ km]n S^m³ A_dn¡v A§sW tW^kpw Nm`kpw H¶pfnÃ. In` Unkhw ^mkns` {dgnWp bN^w CkWm]n^n¡pw Fsâ km]n BUyw N]_p¶Sv.

B^pw CÃm¯t¸mÄ AXp¡a]nÂWn¶v, Npanfp_n]nÂ, Nm_n F¶ptk* H^pUnkhw Im]¡v NXn H¶pw Csöp b_ªtbmÄ ”Wo SÂNm`w CSv Snt¶m” F¶v b_ªv ssZWn§v tXdnan C^p¶pks^ A]mÄ Fs¶s¡m*v km]n FXp¸n¨n«p*v. b¯v Im] NpXn¨m`pw B BW¡p® Sn¶v SoÀ¡m³ bänÃ.

CSnsWms¡ bN^w Mm³ Ft¸mÄ tImUn¨m`pw t]mWn]pw I´n¯pa]pw A`n]n¨pNa]p¶ ^oSn]n`pÅ D{P³ W¡Â Nn«pw. D½]pw NXn]pw I¸nk`n¡`pw kn^`nX`pw FÃmw H¸fp*mNpw. Fsâ t]mWn¡v bpan¸pw I´n¡v fVp^kpw B\t{S.

A_dn¡vv Fsâ I´n]m\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv