അൻപതിന്റെ നിറവിൽ 1 1209

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hq¸À. fp«pks^ fm{Sw C_¡fpÅ bmkmX. ssXäv Xo gÀ«v. ^mKnt¨¨n]psX At{Sw Ss¶ {bm]w D*mNpw. F¶m Aks^¡mÄ sbm¡w Np_km\v, Wn_kpw At{Sw CÃ. A¶½ tI¨n]psX kn^`pNÄ¡nX]n H^p hnP^äv bpN]p¶p*v. ^mKnt¨¨nt]¡mÄ NqXn] kn¯m\v A¶½t¨¨ns]¶v fWÊn`m]n. CWn Npant¨m*n^n¡p¶ fm]tI¨ns]¶ sfmS`v F§sW]pÅSm]n^n¡ptfm NÀ¯mtk… Cu ^*p tI¨nfm^pw Aks^ tI¨ns]¶m\v knan¡p¶Sv. At¸mÄ Ckt^¡mÄ {bm]w D*mt]¡mw F¶v tSm¶p¶p. Kn³hn]ms\¦n Ck^psX Zosä]nÂthm {bm]tfm bUknt]m H¶pw b_ªn«pfnÃ. AsSms¡ tbm^p¶ kjn¡p tImUn¨_nt]*Sm]n^p¶p. sX³gsâ]nX]v¡p AsSms¡ tImUn¡mWpw f_¶p. “”H^p Unkhw sNm*v A³bSnWm]n^w ^qb Nn«pN]pw sI¿pw WnW¡v Btkmaw NpXn¡pN]pw hpOn¡pN]pw sI¿msfXm”” F¶v Kn³hn b_ªt¸m fWÊnÃmfWtÊmsX h½Sn¨Sm\v. Cs¶s¶ Ck^v b¨]v¡p N¯n¡psf¶m\v tSm¶p¶Sv. N*nt«tSm k`y hm_·m^psX em^yfm^ms\¶Sv kyàw. HXp¡s¯ Nj¸v fpän] CW§am\v. CSnWp tk*n¯s¶ FXp¯nt«¡p¶ cv–amäm]n^n¡pw CSv. Ip^p¡w b_ªm C¶v Mm³ Cu fq¶p bq_nNsa]pw hpOn¸n¡\w F¶v Ip^p¡w. FWn¡ms\¦n Cu Nm^y¯n FN-vhvbo^n]³hpfnÃtÃm. ASpsNm*p hwekw sbman]ptfm. G]v H^n¡`pfnÃ. FN-vhvbo^n]³hv CÃm¯ks^]m\v CkÀ¡nãw F¶v Kn³hn b_ªm]n^p¶tÃm. k^p¶Sv tbms` tWm¡mw. GSm]m`pw b¯n©pÅ H^p hmVWw Nm`nsâ CX]n Sq§n¡nX¡p¶p*tÃm. NÀ¯mkv Nm¡pw. MmWn§sW In´n¨p sNm*n^n¡p¶Snsâ]nX]n Ak^psX hwhm^w WX¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

A¶½: “”FXo ^mKo ssft^ Wo]m sNm¨sW Ct¸mtj kas¨Xps¯mXo… MmWm In¡³ k_p¯p tNm^pkm]n^p¶p. fmt]¨n]psX Npan]nSpks^ NjnªntÃ. CsSt´m¶v Npan””

^mKn: “”H¶psÃXo Mm³ sk_psS Cu sNm¨sW b^nI]s¸Xpkm]n^p¶p””

Kn³hn]pw A¶½]pw M§apsX AXp¯p k¶n^p¶p. A¶½ tI¨n Fs¶¯s¶ tWm¡n]n^n¡pkm\v. Np_¨p tW^w tWm¡n¡jnªn«v Kn³hnt]mXm]n

A¶½: “”FXo Kn³ho CksW WnWs¡¶p Sn^n¨p tk\sf¶m b_tª””

Kn³hn: “”Wmsa ^mkns` Mm³ knan¡m³ k^pt¼m Ck³ Fsâ NqsX tbm^pw. Aksâ Nm_n¶v Mm³ sNm*ptbmNpw. A§sW]tà W½Ä b_tª¡p¶Sv “”

A¶½: “”ssf^m\v. MmWpw ^mKow CksW kn«m`pw fmt]¨n CksW Wmsa kn«pS^psf¶p tSm¶\nÃt«m. A{S]v¡pw shN-vhn]tà Ck³. AsÃXo ^mKo”” Ak^v ASv b_]p¶SnWnX]v¡p SpX]psX CX]ns`m¶p sIm_nªp

^mKn: “”AsS]sS.. fmt]¨n]psX N¿n Wns¶¡n«n]m N¼nNp«³.sWäv