ബാധ 1 [MANGO] 829

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H^p sNm¨p Np«ns] tbms` kn§n… “”Mm³ f*n! H¶pw A_nªnÃ. A]mÄ CÃm¯ ^m{SnNan Mm³ koÀ¸p fp«n Njn]pt¼mÄ B b«n Aksâ hz´w SÅ]psX Nm`nWnX]n B]n^p¶p. Mm³ ZÂin¡p tbm]n H^p Unkhw tW^s¯ Sn^nsN ko«n F¯n]t¸mÄ Fsâ N®v sNm*v Mm³ ASp Nmt\*n k¶p.” AkÄ tfl¸p_¯p S` Nfnjv¯n N^]pkm³ SpX§n. MmWms\¦n F´p b_]\w F¶_n]m¯ AkØ]n`pw. Mm³ Fsâ ssN¸¯n AkapsX ssN¯*]n sk¨p. sk®]n sSm«Sv tbms`]m\v FWn¡v tSm¶n]Sv. AkÄ fpOw D]À¯n Fs¶ tWm¡n tImUn¨p. “”””Fsâ DÅn H^p dmV]ps*¦n ASv B]mapw A]mapsX A½]pw B\v. Hjn¸n¡m³ WnW¡p bäptfm?”
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“”””A¶v B Unkhw B ko«n Wn¶n_§n]Sm\v Mm³. bs£ FWn¡v CknsX H¶pw b_]m³ Njn]nÃ. Fsâ KoknSw C§sW SNÀ¶Sv Fsâ AÑWpw A½]pw Sm§nÃ. Fsâ eÀ¯mkntWmXv Mm³ Ss¶]m\v b_ªSv FWn¡v fmWhnN {blvWw Ds*¶v b_ªp CknsX sNm*m¡m³. hmkNmlw AÑsW Nm^y§Ä b_ªp fWÊn`m¡n]n«v– Asæn fmWhnN {blvWw Ss¶ F¶p k^p¯n, B Nm^\¯m A]mÄ Zntkmjvhv k§s« Fs¶ms¡]m\v Mm³ N^pSn]Sv. bt£ FWn¡v fXp¯p. Zntkmjvhv FWn¡v tk\w. B SÅs]w tfmtWw f^ymU]v¡v Kokn¡m³ Mm³ knXnÃ. ASnWv Fs¶ him]n¡m³ WnW¡v bäpw. Wo ASp sI¿ptfm?”
“”””Mm³ Cs¸m k^mw” F¶p b_ªp Mm³ bp_t¯¡n_§n Smtj¡v WX¶p. Mm³ In`Sv So^pfmWn¨n^p¶p. Mm³ Smsj iman F¯pt¼mÄ fpS`man]pw `£vfn A½]pw Np«Wpw AknsX D*v. Mm³ Np«tWmXv Nm_pw FXp¯p ko«n sbm]vtNmam³ b_ªp. Aksâ tImUy§Ä¡v f_pbXn sNmXp¡msS Mm³ AksW b_ª]¨p. fpS`mans] N*p, “”””C¶v bqK sI¿m³ Njn]nÃ. dmV D*v fmaknN]nÂ. Mm³ Np_¨p NqXn hwhm^n¡s«. B^pw fpNant`¡v k^^pSv. F´p hwekn¨m`pw k^^pSv. lÐw Fs´¦n`pw tN«m tbm`pw”
NqXpS H¶pw b_]msS Mm³ fpNant`¡v HmXn ko*pw fmaknN]psX fp_n]n N]_n NSNX¨p. AkÄ¡v FSns^ Nth^]n C^p¶p Mm³ tImUn¨p, “”””Mm³ F´v sI¿\w?”
“”””{bSnNm^w” AkÄ b_ªp, “”””FWn¡p tk*n”.
AkÄ Fjpt¶äv Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶v tfl¡v fpNant`¡v AkapsX D^p*p sNmjp¯ I´n Im^n Wn¶p. kÃms¯m^p f¯p bnXn¸n¡p¶ f\w…. sfsà NpWnªv Fsâ Kqd]psX tNma_n bnXn¨p AkÄ b_ªp. “”””FWn¡v tk*n CSp sI]vSmÂ, bns¶ Mm³ WnW¡pÅSm\v. Wo BUyw tImUn¨ntÃ? ASp Ss¶. Wnsâ NqsX tbm^pw Mm³”
kn_]v¡p¶ Ip*pNÄ Fsâ NmtSmXv tIÀ¯v AkÄ f{´n¨p… “”tkt*… WnWs¡s¶?” H¶pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv