കോബ്രാ ഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 14 [Smitha] 845

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B hwhm^¯n bs¦Xp¡msS tNm{dminÂhnt`¡v Ss¶ tWm¡n]n^n]v¡pN]m\v.
kn³sh³äv Ahvbãfm]n Fs´ms¡t]m bn_pbn_p¯p.
bns¶ Ak³ Unky]psX]Xps¯¯n.
Aksa tWm¡n.
Ak³s_ ssNNÄ AkapsX tSman`fÀ¶p.
“”Wo C§sW N^]p¼w M§sX I¦m Untky sbm«pt¶,””
kn³sh³än³s_ N®pNapw Cu_W\nªp.
“”sFw thm_n,””
kn³th³än³s_ ssN¯`w S³s_ N\vtbmaNsa SjpNn]t¸mÄ Unky b_ªp.
AkÄ bp©n^n¨p.
AkWpw.
“”CWn N®oÀ ho^n]`pNÄ tk*!””
kn³sh³äv Nq«pNms^ tWm¡n.
“”CWn B£³ bm]v¡vZv {SnÃ_pNam\v. FXo h¶ymhn]m] ^mip hmÀ N_Nväv Cu lm´nbp^¯v Ss¶ k^\sf¦n ASn³s_ Nm^\sf´m¶m Wn³s_ knIm^w? Wns¶t¯Xn k¶Sm\v At²iw. lm´ntUkn³s_ A¨³ b_ªSv sWW¡v bSnsW«v k]Êmkpt¼m S³s_ bp¶m^tfm³ bpWÀÖWn¨v– k^q¶m. F§sW k^q¶m lm´ntUkn³s_ ZmZn b_sª? bm¼pbnXp¯¡m^Wm]nt«m f^¸«n]m]nt«m NaNvä_m]nt«m N¨kX¡m^Wm]nt«m NÅpsI¯pNm^Wm]nt«m ftäsS¦n`psfm^p CuWmwtb¨n]m]nt«m AÃ. h¶ymhn]m]n«v. k¶p. ]pkh¶ymhn. lm´ntUknsWt¸ms`. hpµ^³. ESznNv t_mg³ tbm`pw Wm\n¨v fq¡psNm*v «, *, ® k^¡p¶{S hq¸À shN-vhn. F³s_ Untky, B EgnNpfm^³ Ct¸mÄ Ct§m«v k¶Sv fm^mf¬ N¬sk³g³ NqXmWÃ. bns¶ F´nWv k¶p?””
Ak³ Unky]psX N®pNant`¡v Iqjv¶v- tWm¡n.
“”Wns¶¡m\m³. {b\]n¡m³. b^n\]n¡m³,””
kn³sh³_v³s_ km¡pNÄ Unkys] D\À¯n.
Nq«pNm^n`pw B D\ÀÆv bXÀ¶p.
`¯ocv fm{Sw tNm{dm inÂhnt`¡pÅ tWm«w SpXÀ¶p.
“”CsSm¶pw Xt¸¶v- WX¡nÃ,””
Ak³ SpXÀ¶p.
“”Cäv– tX]vN-vhv ssXw. Wo At²it¯msXm¸w Hä¡v hf]w sI`kjn¡\w. At²iw Wns¶ N×p¼n N*psNm*n^n¡\w. Wn³s_ fpXn]njNapsX, l^o^¯n³s_, lzmh¯n³s_ PÔw At±iw lzhn¡\w. Wn³s_ N®pNans` {b\]¯n³s_ H`nkv bq¡Ä, Wn³s_ Wr¯hfmWfm] IpkXpNÄ, Wn³s_ tUiNm´nNS]psX fmhvf^nNS At²i¯n³s_ N®pNÄ¡v fp¼n Wn_]\w. Wn³s_ {b\]w Spap¼p¶ sfmjnfp¯pNÄ At±iw tNÄ¡\w. hv{Sos] A_n]m¯, f^peqfntbms` D\§n k^* At²i¯n³s_ tUi¯v H^p fjWoÀ¯pÅn]psX hvbÀlfm]n Wo fm_\w. At²i¯n³s_ C{µn]§Ä Wn_s] Wo bq¯v SanÀ¯v knX^\w….””
“”CkWm^v! KyqWn]À kÕym]WtWm?””
sg_n³ S`]n ssNsk¨p.
“”Wo Bap sNmav`mtÃmXm kn³sh³sä,””
BdnUnWpw S³s_ BÝ^yw Wn]{´n¡mWm]nÃ.
“”F¶m hminSyw! N¼nNp«³.sWäv