കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 12 [Smitha] 298

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\³s_ lÐw tN«p. ^mip bp©n^nsNm*v f_pbXn b_ªp. “”B Sfmltbm`pw CWn tk*,”” CXWmjn]n`qsX ko*pw Wo§m³ SpX§ns¡m*v At±iw SpXÀ¶p. “”CknsX Wo sskUnNWm\v. fimfrSypWvK] ]mP¯n³s_ sskUnN³. H^p lmb¯n³s_ Wnj`n`m\v ^mKtlO^kÀ½]psX NpXpwdw. t{lgvYfm] Pp\§apÅ H^p fWpgy^qbfm\t²iw. B]n^N\¡nWv NpXpwd§Ä At²is¯ tW^n«v fm{Sw B{l]n¨p Kokn¡p¶p*v. k{NSNtam¶pw At²iw S³s_ kymbm^¯n tbm`pw {bt]mPn¨n«nÃ. ASn`pb^n]m\v Unkym^mKNpfm^n]psX Nm^yw. ^mKys¯ b`WP^§ans`]pw KokNm^p\y{bkÀ¯W§apsX hm¼¯nNmXn¯_]v¡v ^mKNpfm^n k`n] hwemkWNÄ WÂNp¶p*v. F{St]m AWmT B{lf§apw kr²fµn^§apw. CknsXs¯ IÀ¨n³s_ tfÂtWm«¯n`pÅ AWmT B{lf¯n³s_ fpOy hm¼¯nN D_knXw tbm`pw Unkym^mKNpfm^n]m\v–. Cu {btUl¯nt` ^m£h lànNÄ ^mKNpfm^n]psX KoksW SNÀ¡pkm³ {lfn¨psNm*n^n¡p¶p. tfmWpw ASv tSm¶n]n«p*mkpftÃm,”” ^mip PmZsfuW¯nt`¡v kojp¶Sv At±iw N*p. “”CknsX Cu sNm«m^¯n tbm`pw Mm³ A_n]p¶Sv tIm^]psX f\fm\v…Ct¸mÄ …”” sfuW¯n Wn¶p\À¶v- ^mip b_ªp. “”CknsXt]m?”” At²i¯n³s_ hz^w kniz`S]m kn_§`n¨n^p¶p. “”AtS!”” Ipäpw tWm¡n ^mip b_ªp. At²ikpw IpäpbmXpw tWm¡n. CXWmjn knKWfm]n^p¶p. CXWmjn]psX C^pklkpw Wo*p]À¶ N¯q\pNÄ. “”AbfrSypk^n¡s¸«k^psX]pw CWn]pw tIm^¡ptk*n Umin¨p WX¡p¶k^psX]pw-“” fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\³s_ N®pNÄ hweoSfmNp¶Sv A]mÄ N*p. “”Culz^m-“” At±iw f{´n¨p. At±iw sW©n ssNNÄ tIÀ¯p. bns¶ hw{eft¯msX IpäpbmXpw tWm¡n. I^n{S bphvSN§an t^Os¸Xp¯m¯ WrlwhySNÄ At±iw Sn^n¨_nªp. Wn`knanNÄ! NnS¸pNÄ- kman·pW]n bnX]p¶ {bm\³s_ t^mUWw-! “”CknsX? Cu sNm«m^¯nWN¯v? CWn]pw? A§sW B^m\mtkm?”” CXWmjn]psX At§]ä¯pWn¶v-, S§apsX bn¼n Bt^m k^p¶Sv At±iw N*p. Wo` khv{S§Ä V^n¨ H^p ^qbw. A]mÄ WX¶Xp¯t¸mÄ sb«¶p*m] H^ÚmS HmÀ½]n fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\³ ^mip`n³s_ N¿n bnXn¨v k`n¨v S³s_ bn¼n WnÀ¯n. “”tfmtW…A]mÄ…A]mÄ …Wns¶…-!”” S§apsX tWs^ WX¶Xp¡p¶ BsatWm¡n At±iw hweoSnt]msX b_ªp. ^mip AUvepSs¸«p. sbs«¶p*m] At²i¯n³s_ {bkÀ¯n A]mÄ¡v knIn{Sfm]n tSm¶n. “”AÑm, ASv W½psX H^p hpir¯m\v,”” A]mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv