കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 12 [Smitha] 298

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N®pNans` Nm´làn? GSv Sm{´nN knUy]m\v Cu Sbhzn¡v C{S]pw tSKhv WÂNn]Sv? tWm¡ns¡m*n^n¡tk S³s_ ANSm^ns`knsXt]m Dgv\w Wn_]p¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp. tUiw fpjpk³ bq¯p`]p¶p. IqXpw WWkpw H^pfn¨p tUis¯ fqXp¶p. “”Hm…F³s_…”” S³s_ N®pNÄ AX]p¶ptkm? sbs«¶v- ^mip`n³s_ N®pNÄ S¶nt`¡v Sn^n]p¶Sv AkÄ N*p. B tWm«¯n H^p D{PlmhW AkÄ Sn^n¨_nªp. AkÄ WXp§nt¸m]n. S³s_ A´^mßmknt`¡v S_¨n_§p¶, AknsX WX¡p¶ In´m kymbm^§sa kntkIn¨_nª tWm«w! S³s_ fWÊv At±iw km]n¨ptkm? Culz^m…- AkÄ¡v KmayS tSm¶n. Unky NpätdmVt¯msX ^mip`nsW tWm¡n. ASnWnsX fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\³ {bemg\w Dbhwi^n¨n^p¶p. “”Wmsa ]mP¯nsâ fpiqÀ¯w WnÝ]n¡s¸XpN]m\v,”” At±iw hUÊnsW tWm¡n. “”]mP fÞb¯n³s_]pw ]mPhmfm{PnNapsX]pw knlUmwl§Ä Wmsa WnÝ]n¡s¸Xpw. ]Úw SpX§m³ CWn SmfhfnÃ. H^p fmh¯nWpÅn Ss¶ SpX§\w. ASpks^]pÅ hf]w S¿ms_Xp¡`nWp tk*n]m\v. Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ ^m£Ê lànNÄ Ak^psX H^p¡w GSm*v bqÀ¯n]¡n¡jnªp,”” hUÊn³s_]pÅn Bl¦NÄ bns¶]pw Aktlgn¨p. ]mPs¯¡p_n¨pÅ A_n]n¸v, Ak^psX fWÊns` eoSnNÄ bqÀ®fm]pw ANän]nÃ. “”^mKb^nkm^§Ä¡pw bpt^minS·mÀ¡pw tbmNmw,”” At±iw b_ªp. “”Nm^y§Ä M§Ä kjns] A_n]n¡mw,”” FÃmk^pw Fjpt¶äp. AkÀ fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\tW]pw ^mip`ntW]pw kµn¨SnWp tlgw imanWv bp_¯v NX¶p. knlm`fm] iman ^mip`pw fim^vgn]pw SWn¨m]n. At±iw AenfpOfm]n Wn¶v A]mapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n. “”fWÊns` fp_nkv CWn]pw D\§n]nÃ, AtÃ?”” At±iw tImUn¨p. A]mÄ D¯^sfm¶pw b_]msS Km`N¯n`qsX tNm{dminÂhn³s_ f`fpXnNans`¡v tWm¡n. “”AÑm,”” UoÀQ sfuW¯nWp tlgw A]mÄ b_ªp. “”CWn H^p sskXnNWmkm³ FWn¡v Njn]nÃ. ASpw fim frSypMvK] ]mPw tbms` NYnWfm] H^p ]Ú¯n³s_,”” fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\³ bp©n^n¨p. “”k^q,”” At±iw b_ªp. “”Wfp¡v bp_t¯¡v WX¡mw,”” UoÀQfm] N¯q\pNÄ Wn_ª knlm`fm] iman`qsX AkÀ WX¶p. “”bmY§Ä H¶pw f_¶ptbm]n«nÃ. t]mPWngvYNÄ H¶pw sSän¨n«nÃ. s`uNnN KoknS¯nt`¡v BN^vgn¡s¸«n«pfnÃ. AsSms¡ Mm³ A§]psX bmUboY¯n Wn¶m\v bYn¨Sv. bYn¨Spw A_nªSpsfÃmw ASpsNm*v WnÝ]kpfm\v. bs£…”” “”FWn¡_n]mw,”” iman N¼nNp«³.sWäv