കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 12 [Smitha] 298

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fiÀgn]psX km¡pNÄ¡v {l²t]msX NmtSmÀ¯p. “”H^p§n¸p_s¸Xpt¼mÄ Bl¦]p*m]n^p¶p,”” AtUiw SpXÀ¶p. “”sskUnN knVn WnÝ]fp*v. sskUnN hmf{PnNÄ Btkmakpw. fpiqÀ¯w WnÝ]n¡mWpw {b]mhfnÃ. bs£ H^p k`n] {blvWw fp¼n NnX¡p¶p. NÀ½w WXt¯* sskUnNsWknsX? fWÊv Wn_s] Bl¦]m]n^p¶p. bs£ Culz^ WnÝ]w, Cu Sbhzns] Ct§m«v Ss¶ F¯n¨p. At²i¯n³s_ k`SpN^w ^mip`nsâ tSman`fÀ¶p. “”AknXps¯ N`v¸Wtbms` F´pw sI¿mw,”” knNm^w Wn]{´n¡mWmkmsS NWpWo^nWnX]v Pm]{SntUkn]psX km¡pNÄ InS_n ko\p. AkÀ ^mip`n³s_ fpO¯v tWm¡n ]mIWmhz^¯n b_ªp. “”AknXp¶v- F³s_ tfmÄ¡v Bb¯pNÄ k^p¯msS tWm¡\w,”” “”S¼p^m«n kngfn¡msS]n^n¡q,”” ^mip ssNNÄ D]À¯n b_ªp. “”FÃmw S¼p^m«n]psX {bmÀ°W tbms` WX¶p k^p¶p. ]mP¯nsâ fpiqÀ¯w WnÝ]n¡m³ tbmNp¶p. Culz^³ Bbs¯m¶pw k^p¯nÃ,”” sSmjpssNNtamsX ln^Êv NpWn¨v AkÀ A]mapsX km¡pNÄ hzoN^n¨p. fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\³ fimfrSypMvK] ]mPs¯¡p_n¨v H^p {bemg\fm^wen¨p. B sI_n] hUÊv ASyVnNw Sm`v¸^yt¯msX]pw sNuSpNt¯msX]pw ASv tNÄ¡m³ SpX§n. F¦n`pw Unky AsSm¶pw {l²n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ. F{S {lfn¨n«pw ^mip`n³s_ fpO¯v Wn¶pw S³s_ fnjnNÄ tkÀsbXp¯m³ AkÄ¡v NjnªnÃ. F´v Sm¸^yfm\v, F´v Cãfm\v CWn]pw Sm³ bqÀ®fm]pw fWÊn`m¡n]n«nÃm¯ Cu fWpgytWmXv SWn¡v tSm¶p¶Sv? F´nWm\v Cu fWpgy³ tNm{dminÂhn Ipän¡_§p¶Sv? ASpw ^m{Sn hf]§anÂ? F´nWm\v C]mÄ K]Nrgv\sW B{Nfn¨Sv? S³s_ Bßo] Pp^pWmTtWmXptbm`pw b_]msS F´nWm\v CknsX Cu tNmtaKn AVymbNWm]n tIÀ¶Sv?F{S Bt`mIn¨n«pw AkÄ¡v D¯^sfm¶pw Nn«n]nÃ. C]msa¡p_n¨pÅ WnPqZSNÄ A§sWSs¶ Aktlgn¡p¶p. bs£ H^p PÔÀk³s_ fWpgymkSm^w tbms`]pÅ F ^qbkpw shuµ^ykpw S³s_ tImUy§sa A{bVmWfm¡p¶p. knlm`fm] sWän¯Xw. ewPn]m]n bnt¼m«p IoNnsk¨n^n¡p¶ Wo* fpXn. Wo*pewPn]pÅ WmhnN. VymWh¦oÀ¯W¯n fpjpNn]n^n¡p¶Sptbms` tIÀ¶n^n¡p¶ ftWmi^fm] Ip*pNÄ. A]mapsX AV^ewPn]ns`¡v AkÄ Gs_ tW^w tWm¡n. B N®pNÄ¡v Fs´m^p klyS]m\v! Ak]n`n^¼p¶Sv Bßo] So{kS]mt\m? AtSm {b\]tfm? H^p Sm^Sfy¯nWpw S³s_ fp¼n`n^n¡p¶ ASnhpePWm] ]pkSbhzn]psX ^qbw kj§p¶nÃ. GSv SbÊn`qsX tWXns]Xp¯Sm\v B N¼nNp«³.sWäv