ചെറുകഥകള്‍ VOL-2 [REDSPIDER – KAMADEVAN – VIPIN] 1139

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbm]n dmSv–_qfn N]_n H^p km\w AXn¨p. KoknS¯n A{S]pw hpPfm]n«p km\w AXn¡p¶Sv A¶m]n^p¶p. km\w AXn¨ tlgw FWn¡v Ft´m kÃm¯ H^p NpätdmVw D*m]n. bs£ bns¶]pw b`Sk\ tI¨n]psX fp`¡pjn Nm\m³ bän Mm³ b`Sk\ km\w AXn¨p. AtSmXp NqsX FWn¡v Fsâ tI¨nt]mXpÅ NmjvI¸mXv Ss¶ fm_n. Ct¸mÄ AkÄ Fsâ shN-vhn B] thm\n] B\v.

sskNpt¶^w tKm`n Njnªp tXm\n k¶p. ^m{Sn Zn¶À hf]¯p Mm³ thm\n]]psX fp`]n tWm¡pt¼mÄ tXm\n]psX tWm«kpw AknsX¯s¶ Bs\¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n .^m{Sn F¶t¯]pw tbms` M§Ä NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. tXm\n H¶pw hwhm^n¨nÃ. Np_¨pNjnªt¸mÄ Mm³ AktWmXp tImUn¨p C¶s` F´m A§sW b_ªsS¶v. Ak³ b_ªp H¶pfnà sk_psS b_ªSms\¶v. Mm³ b_ªp sk_psS H¶pw Aà Zn¶_nsâ hf]¯p Wo AkapsX fp`]n {l²n¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*m]n^p¶p.

At¸mÄ Ak³ b_ªp Mm³ fm{Sfà Wo]pw Aksa {l²n¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*p. ASpw b_ªp Ak³ Fsâ AXpt¯¡v NnX¶p F¶n«v b_ªp Wo {l²n¨n«pt*m F¶v A_n]nà W½psX NpXpwd¡m^n DÅ hv{SoNan FÃmw k¨p Gäkpw hpµ^n thm\n] AsÃ. Mm³ C¶s` b_ª Nm^yw Wo {l²n¨m]n^pt¶m ? At¸mÄ Mm³ b_ªp Wo b_ªSv l^n]m\v AkÄ hpµ^n]m\v . At¸mÄ Ak³ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p WnW¡v thm\n]]psX F´m\v Gäkpw Cãs¸«Sv ? Mm³ sb«¶v b_ªp AkapsX fp`NÄ. ASv b_ªt¸mÄ Ak³ Fsâ N¼n]m]n Wn¶ Np®]n bnXn¨p. bSns] ASnsW bmân Wn¶pw bp_s¯Xp¯p F¶n«v AXn¡m³ SpX§n Mm³ l^n¡pw hzÀPw N*p. thm\n]]psX tb^pw b_ªm]n^p¶p Ak³ ASv sI]vSSv thm\n]]psX fp`]n bnXn¡p¶Sm]n«p Hs¡ h¦`vbn¨t¸mÄ Mm³ Wà fqZn B]n^p¶p. Np_¨p AXn¨t¸mÄ FWn¡v skÅw tbm]n. A¶v BUyfm]n M§Ä b^hvb^w km\w AXn¨p sNmXp¯p. M§Ä ASnWptlgw thm\n]s] Np_n¨v Nps_ hwhm^n¨p. tI¨ns] F§sWs]¦n`pw Nan¡\w F¶v M§Ä ¹m³ sI]vSp. tI¨ns] WPvW]m]n Nm\m³ DÅ H^p sFZn] At¸mÄ tXm\n b_ªpS¶p. tI¨n]pw MmWpw Dbt]mPn¡p¶Sv tNmf¬ dm{Sqw B\v. tXm\n dmSv_qfnsâ tZm_n B\n sNm*v H^p sI_n] Spa D*m¡n. ASpw BÀ¡pw sb«¶v N*pbnXn¡m³ bäm¯ ^oSn]nÂ.