കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 12 [Smitha] 298

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B ht½aWw B^wen¨p. eànemkw Wn_ª h¦oÀ¯W§Ä¡v tlgw WnSm´WnlÐfm]n imÄ. FÃmk^pw fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\sW tWm¡n. “”A¶v Wn§Ä Fs¶ k¶pN*SnWv tlgw fimfrSypWvK] ]mP¯nWp tk*n Mm³ fmWhnNfm]n H^p§pN]m]n^p¶p,”” ^mKtlO^kÀ½s] tWm¡n At²iw b_ªp. “”bs£ A kng]w VymWn¡pt¼mjpw In´n¡pt¼mjpw UÀlW¯n N*sSms¡ UpÀWnfn¯§am\v. ^m£h Bhp^ lànNÄ b` tkg¯n`pw emk¯n`pw Cu sNm«m^s¯]pw {btUls¯]pw NojX¡n]n^n¡p¶p. Ak^psX `£yw ^mKNpfm^n]psX KokWm\v,”” hUÊv b^n{em´fmNp¶Sv At²iw N*p. Pm]{SntUkn e]kniz`]m]n ^mKtlO^kÀ½s] tWm¡n. AkÀ AXp¯n^p¶ Unky]psX N¿n AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨p. “”fim_m\n b^n{efnt¡*,”” fiÀgn Ak^psX emkkySymhw {l²n¨psNm*v b_ªp. “”^mKNpfm^n]psX KokWv eog\n]ps*¦n`pw hp^£nS]m\v. Npfm^n]n`pÅ Culz^mwlw hz]w H^p NkIfm]n ^£]v¡p*v. F¦n`pw DÅns` ssUknNmwl¯nWp A¸w Ca¡w S«n]n«pt*m F¶v- hwl]fp*v,”” At±iw H^p Wnfngw WnÀ¯n Unkys] hq£n¨p tWm¡n. Unky `Öt]msX At²is¯]pw. “”fsäm^p skanbmXv FWn¡v Nn«n]Sv Npfm^n DXtW Ss¶ eÀSrfSn]mNm³ hmVyS]p*v F¶m\v,”” “”G]v–, sWkÀ!”” b^nh^¯n³s_ Nm^ySo{kS knhvf^n¨psNm*v AkÄ D_s¡¸_ªp. FÃmk^pw knhvf]t¯msX Unkys] tWm¡n. “”Cäv– Nym³ sWkÀ do {Xq!”” ^mKtlO^kÀ½]pw Pm]{SntUkn]pw sPu^k¯n Unkys] tWm¡n. AkÄ Ad²w bän]Sptbms` tUkWm^m]\tW]pw. “”thm_n, Pp^pKo, sFw _n]`n thm_n,”” AkÄ £fm]mIWw sI]vSp.At±iw bp©n^n¨p. “”UÀlW¯n A§sWNm\p¶p Npfm^n,”” At±iw b_ªp. “”D¯f Pp\h¼¶Wm] H^p bp^pg³ Npfm^n]psX eÀSrbUf`¦^n¡m³ tbmNp¶p,”” AkapsX S^afnjnNÄ ^mip`nWv tWs^ Wo*p. AkapsX AV^¯n `Ö]psX Ipk¸v bXÀ¶p. Bb^mfÀlw ^mKtlO^kÀ½]psX]pw Pm]{SntUkn]psX]pw fpO§an {bNmlw b^¯n. fäpÅk^pw {bh¶^m]n. “”WmP¯m³ f`]ns` ^mKsk¼m` WnVntbXN¯nWp bp_¯v NX¶v AhzØWm]n A`]m³ SpX§n]n^n¡p¶p,”” fiÀgn SpXÀ¶p. tNÄ¡p¶k^psX fpO§an eoSn Wn_]m³ SpX§n. “”WnVn tSXn bpSpSm]n Bt^ms¡]m]n WmP¯m³ f`]n NX¶n«p*v. Ak^psX {bkÀ¯W§Ä sNm«m^s¯]pw sNm«m^kmhnNsa]pw dmVn¡m³ hmVyS]p*v. CsSms¡ UÀlW§an Wfp¡v AWpeks¸«Sm\v. {bSn{Nn] AWpãvXn¡mWpÅ hf]fm]n F¶_n]n¡mWm\v Wmw Sn^¡n«v bp_s¸«Sv!”” ^mKb^nkm^§Ä N¼nNp«³.sWäv