അൻഷിദ 6 [ നസീമ ] 1354

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ‘

‘ bnt¶]v Nqkpw! AksW Nqkm³ bns¶ dm¡n sk¡nÃ. ‘

‘B Wà Nm^ym]n, A§sW Nqkp¶ks^ Hs¡ AXn¡m³ tbm]m In`t¸m tNmtaKns` sfNv AÃm¯ FÃmks^]pw AXnt¡*n k^pw ‘

‘ B A§sW Ss¶ tk\w, tNmtaKns` FÃmk^pfm]n AXn D*m¡n WX¶t¸mÄ tI«³fmÀ F´m knIm^nt¨? ‘

A§sW GSv M§apsX IÀ¨NÄ b` Wn`¡v Wo*p. b` bm«pw IÀI¡v ks¶¦n`pw AsSm¶pw l^n]m]nÃ. ASnWnsX Bt^m ImW fmän sk¨v sNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ B\v GtSm ImW`n _nfn tXmfn bmXp¶Sv Nm\p¶Sv… ssf sW]nw Cuhv go`.. go`m Nn KkmWo….

‘ Xm CSm]mt`m?’

‘B CSv sbman¡pw…’

‘tl- CsSm¶pw tk*..’

‘AsS´mXn, NnXn`³ thmRv AsÃ, WnW¡v Wn_ªmXmw’

‘A¿m.. FWn¡v Wn_ªmXpNs]m¶pw tk*, Np_¨v kr¯n]pÅ thmRv fSn’

kr¯n DÅ thmt§m- CSnsW´m kr¯n Np_kv, tÌKn Bt^`pw Sq_n skt¨m?’

‘ sJ…’

‘CSv fSn… CSnsWm^p Npj¸kpw CÃ, Wo N{SoW ssNcv sW tbms` {Zhv H¶pw CtX*, B bm«nWv Zm³hv sI¿mWtà b_ªpÅq’

‘AsSs¶… tk\sf¦n H¶v kX Nm\nt¨m ‘

‘ Bim… B bqSn fWÊn skt¨m ‘

‘ CWn F´v bqSn, M§Ä Hs¡ N*ntà Wnsâ sW]v kX, dm¡n DÅ bmk§Ä NqsX Nt*ms« F¶v N^pSn, F´v sI¿mWm H^p Wà fWÊp*m]n tbm]n ‘

‘ WnÀ¯ns¡, thmRv F´m]m`pw CSv fSn, tNmÌyqw Hs¡ bn¶s¯ Nm^yw AtÃ, F´m]m`pw A³gnU]v¡v NwtcÀ«v B]Sv fm{Stf tk*SpÅq’

t_mg³ tI«³s_ km¡m]n^p¶p F¶t¯]pw tbms` Ak^psX AkhmW So^pfmWw.

‘ bns¶ Wr¯s¯ Np_n¨v A`vbw F¦n`pw knk^w DÅSv WnW¡m]Sv sNm*v– M§sa bYn¸nt¡* IpfS`]pw WnW¡m\v’

A§sW Ak^psX sNm_nt]m{Pmc_m]n Mm³ GNN\vYfm]n Sn^sªXp¡s¸«p.

‘B..Wfp¡v B koZnt]m Ss¶ tWm¡n, ASns` s̸v Ss¶ tcmtam sI¿mw… B… bns¶… FÃmw AÃt«m..In`Sv fmämw ‘

Mm³ b_ªSn H¶v WnÀ¯n b_ªp. AÃmsS tÌKn N]_n H^p sFäw W¼_ns` FÃmw Nan¡m³ bäptfm…

‘AsS´mXo FÃmw AÃms¯? ‘

^Knt¯«³ B\v. tImUyw tN«m A_n]mw Fs¶ sIm_n] B\v DtUlw.

‘ B.. ASv bns¶ hnWnf AsÃ, ASv tbms` KoknS¯n bäptfm, ASn t_m¸n NnXs¶ms¡ BXp¶p*v, ^Knt¯«³ tkt\ BXnt¡m, Fs¶ sNms*m¶pw bäq`’

‘Dw…’

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