അനന്തുവും പാലാക്കാരനും പിന്നെ ചിറ്റയും [സഞ്ജു സേന] 230

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¶pw tWm¡n]nà ,AkapsX D]À¶ tKm`n fm{Sfm]n^p¶p fp¶nÂ…ASv sNm*v F³s_ tI¨nfmÀ¡v CXbmXpNm^psX fp¶n Sp\n]jnt¡*n k¶nà ,A½]pw B b\n WnÀ¯n ,Wn³s_ Inä H^p bmXv him]n¨qt«m ,,N\¡v b_ªp Fs¶ k^¨ k^]n WnÀ¯mWms\¦n tbm`pw…. ”

”Inä¸sâ A½ Ft¸msj¦n`pw A¶s¯ Nm^ys¯ Np_n¨v tImUnIn^pt¶m ,,,”

”Dw…B hwekw Njnªp fq¶m`p Unkhw Njnªp ,Sm¡m`nN tKm`n Nn«n]Snsâ ht´mg¯n C^n¡pt¼mÄ A½ AXpt¯¡v k¶p sWän]ns`m^p½ S¶p , bns¶ Fs´ tfm³ A¶v sI¿msS HmXn tbms]¶p tImUn¨p…H¶pw fn*msS C^p¶ F³s_ SmXn bnXn¨p]À¯n , tfmWp tk\sf¦n Im]v¸nt`¡v tbms^ ,C¶nWn B^pw D*mNnsöv tSm¶p¶p F¶v b_ªp WX¶t¸mÄ ,B I´nNapsX Ca¡w N*p A_n]msS bn¶ms` sI¶v tbm]n ,,Im]v¸n NpWnªp Wn¶p bm kn^n¡p¶ A½s] bn¶n Wn¶p sN«n¸nXn¡m³ NpSn¨Sm\v ,bs£ AXp¯v sI¶t¸mÄ A¶s¯ B H^p kn]À¸pNÄ NqXn N`À¶ ^q£PÔw ko*pw fq¡nt`¡Xn¨p N]_p¶ tbms`….km sbm¯n¸nXn¨p bp_t¯t¡mXn….Cs¸m A½¡Ts]¶p tNÄ¡p¼ Ss¶ fWÊnt`¡v B H^p f\fm\v SnN«n k^nN……Cu k]Ên`pw shäp hm^ns]ms¡ DXp¯p A½s] Nm\pt¼mÄ A_n]msS DÅns`m^p tfmifp\^pw ,,B B{Piw AX¡n k]v¡m³ BNmsS AXpt¯¡v sIÃpt¼mÄ bs£ …..ImNpw fpt¶ H^n¡s`¦n`pw B hpOsfm¶p A_n]\sf¶p*v …B H^p CSv SoÀ¡mWtà FÃmksW]pw tN_n fmSrtemPns]s¶ms¡ Io¯ b_]p¶Sv….AÃmsS Mm³ k`y bp\ykma³ B]ns«m¶pfÃ…..F³s_ DÅp FWn¡tà A_n]q ,,ASv NqsX NqXm³ Nps_ ssf^·m^pw…ASns`m^p¯sW N*n«ntà H^p Wq_p sF Zn Nm\pw B Smt]man¡v…A½¡T km]nt¡w sI¿pw tks_ sF Zn `p k¶p ASnsW sS_n b_]ptNw sI¿pw…”

”FWn¡_n]mw Ak·ms^m¶pw A½s] temPn¨p k¶p FjpSp¶Sà F¶v ,bs£ F³s_ DÅn SnN«n k^p¶Sv FknsXs]¦n`pw SoÀt¡*.ASnWp tk*n Nps_ sS_n FjpSn tbmÌv sI¿p¶Sm\v…NÅt¸^n Han¨p k^p¶k·m^v S½n tfWn b_ªp Wnj ]p²w WX¯n Mm³ ASm¡pw H`¯pw Fs¶ms¡ b_]p¶Snsâ sbmů^w Bt`mIn¨p tWm¡nt]……i i i…F¶m`pw H^p fWhpOw…CknsX Wn³s_ Inä]psX AXnbmkmX]pw gZn]pw ks^ Sn^p¼n sNmXp¯p C^n¡pt¼mÄ B H^p…..F´m b_]pN….B ASv Ss¶ ,AS§p SoÀ¡m³ Wnj ^qb¯ns`¦n A§sW fäp Wnj ^qb§sa fmSrtemPnFt¶m ,Aà tks_ bU{bt]mP§tam WX¯n bp`eyw b_]pt¼mÄ Nn«p¶ H^p ht´mgfp*p ,,,fWÊn gÞSzw dmVn¨ksâ H^p kntWmUw A{S Ss¶…..”

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