ഭവാനിയമ്മയുടെ കളിവീട്‌ [LeKsHmi] 517

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bs£ CWn AsSms¡ F¶m? Aksâ tKm`n]psX Nm^yw A§sW]tÃ?”, Wo`nf b_ªp.

”AsSms¡ km§mtÃm, Bân” A³kÀ b_ªp. ”AÃ, Wo CSv `¨qWvv sNmXp¯m`pw AkÄ km§pw. kngv\pknsWtbms`]m Wo]pw.”

Wo`nf b_ªt¸mÄ B Nm^y¯n`pw H^p So^pfmWw Bs]¶p bnXnNn«n. At¸mÄ ZdnÄ t`m«_n Ss¶. `¨p {cgv B]n^n¡pw. At¸mÄ bns¶ ^*v bk³ F´v? tbm«v bpÃv.

”B bmâv”, Wo`nf b_ªt¸mÄ A³kÀ H^p fXn]pw NqXmsS Du^ns¡mXp¯p. sgZn¡pÅn Np`¨v Wn¶ Np®]pw NqsX Wo`nf Nm\pftÃm. Aksâ Np®]psX fpjp¸v N*v Wo`nf In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp,

”WnW¡v knl¶m bns¶ Wfp¡v ktÃmw Nm^yfm]n«v sskNn«v Njn¡mw”.

”ASv tk*n k^pw, Bân”, A³kÀ b_ªp.

”CSm `p¦n”, Wo`nf H^p `p¦n sNmXp¯n«v C_§nt¸m]n. tim.. ^*v bqÀ C¶v Nn«pw. N* cn¸oWnNsa]pw Du¼n] KmZ fÃqhnsW]pw Hs¡ Nan¨v fXp¯p. sbm§n] Np® H¶v Smjv¯n]mt`m? A³kÀ HmÀ¯p. Asæn tk*. B `¨pknsâ Caw I¡]n Hjn¡mw. Wà I^¡tÃ. Asæn fpän] Wo`nf I^¡nsâ I¡]n Hjn¡mw. A³kÀ A§sW Hmt^m¶v HmÀ¯v D_§nt¸m]n.

A³kÀ N®v Sp_¶t¸mÄ tW^w sskNn]n^p¶p. Ak³ Fjpt¶äp Smtj¡v sI¶p. AknsX ssZWnRv tXdnan C^p¶p `¨p Im] NpXn¡p¶p.

”B C¡ Fjpt¶täm? As½ C¡ k¶p”, `¨p AXp¡a]nt`¡v tWm¡n NqNn. ”Bimm tfm³ Fjpt¶täm?”, Wo`nf k¶p tImUn¨p. ”W¶m]n«v D_§nt]m? £o\w Hs¡ fm_nt]m?” Wo`nf tImUn¨p.

”fm_n, Bân”, A³kÀ b_ªp.

”H¶v W¶m]n Npan¨m dm¡n £o\w NqXn sbmt¡mapw. tfmWv Im] Bt\m Nm¸n Bt\m?”, Wo`nf tImUn¨p.

”Im] B]nt¡ms«, Bân”, A³kÀ b_ªp. Wo`nf AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n.

”C¡.. Fs´ms¡]m AknsX kntlg§Ä? tI«³ F´v b_]p¶p”. Sp^p Sps^ Nps_ tImUy§Ä. A³kÀ ASnsWms¡ f_pbXn b_]p¶Snsâ CX]n `¨pknsW WÃtbms` Ipjnªv tWm¡n.

sb®v bohv Ss¶. k^n¡, Caw k^n¡. Bân Np_¨v NqsX fpän]Sm. Wà fp`NÄ tXm¸n sS_n¨v Wn¡p¶p. C^n¡p¶Sv sNm*v Smtj¡v Nm\¯nÃ. F¦n`pw tfmlw k^ptfm?

”F´m C¡m.. C§sW tWm¡ps¶?”, `¨p tImUn¨p. fp`]nt`¡pÅ tWm«w AkÄ N*p. A³kÀ b_ªp. ”ti, H¶pfnÔ.

”DÆv.. Mm³ N*p Nų C¡msX tWm«w”, `¨p In^n¨p. ”H¶v tbmXo”, A³kÀ b_ªp. At¸mjm\v `¨p A³k_nsâ N¿ns` s{dÉäv N*Sv.

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