കോബ്രാ ഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 14 [Smitha] 845

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶m f`]maw-“”
“”AkWp XmtPm_n³s_ t{bSw NqXo¶m tSm¶pt¶,””
t_mhv–`n³ b_ªp.
AkÀ bns¶ Unkys] tWm¡n.
kn³sh³än³s_ km¡pNÄ hrãvXn¨ knNm^S^wP¯n Hmaw sk«pN]m]n^p¶p Unky.
fnjnNan Wn_s] hzbvW§apw Umikpw Wn_¨v.
“”g«v Abv!””
kn³sh³äv H¨]n«p.
“”{b\]w bpgv¸n¡p¶ kjnNam\v Mm³ b_ªp k^p¶Sv. hm_n³s_]Xp¯v, sSm«Xp¯v, sSmXmkp¶ AN`¯nÂ, Unkhkpw H¶v- ^*p f\n¡qÀ sI`knXm³ Fs´¦n`pw fmÀ¤fpt*m Unky¡v?””
“”sFZn]m….-“”
^mtKgv knan¨pNqkn.
FÃmk^pw AksW tWm¡n.
“”Xyqg³! XyqgWv tIÀ¶m fSn, Unky,””
“”f*¯^w b_]msS,””
kn³shâv_v B Bl]w Wn^mN^n¨p.
“”¢mÊn f\nf\n tbms` B³hÀ b_]p¶ Unky XyqgWv At{bmIv sI]v–Sm AsS´nWm¶v H^p h¶ymhn]psX ASn{µo] ÚmWw NqXmsS Ss¶ ^mip hmÀ N*pbnXn¡pw. Fs´¦n`pw hvbn^nIz Nm^\w tk\w,””
“”H^p fmÀ¤fp*v,””
hSogv– b_ªp.
Nq«pNmÀ AksW Sm¸^yt¯msX tWm¡n.
“”hm_n³s_]Xp¯v ^mfm]\¯nt`t]m PoS]nt`t]m hwl]§apfm]n sI¶m fSn.,””
AhzoNm^yfm] emkt¯msX kn³sh³äv AksW tWm¡n.
“”tbm^m, tbm^m,””
kn³sh³äv S` sIm_nªp.
“”A¸w NqXn FcNväokv B] H^p _oh¬. Np_¨p NqXn Pp½pÅ H^p Nm^\w…]m …]m..sF tPm«v Cäv– ..sF ..tPm«v Cäv–..]qt_¡m..]qt_¡m…””
kn³sh³än³s_ D¨¯n`pÅ lÐw tN«v At`mh^w Wn_ª lЯn `¯ocv knan¨p tImUn¨p.
“”t]mPVyWw…! t]mPmeymhw…!
kn³sh³äv b_ªp.
“”Unky ^mip hm_nsW Nm\p¶p. t]mPVymWw bYn¸n¡m³ Atb£n¡p¶p. NfnSm¡Ä¡v C{S]pw CjpNnt¨À¶v-, f\fXn¨v, sSm«pbnXn¨v, D^p½ntIÀ¶v-, {b\]¯n fpjpNm³ CSÃmsS tks_ H^p tNmjvhv CÃ. B…bns¶ tks_ H^p tNmjvhv NqXn]p*v. AsSWn¡v b_]m³ bänÃtÃm CknsX…””
“”b¶o…Wns¶ Mm³…’
Unky kn³sh³än³s_ tWs^ ssNt¿m§n.
Ak³ HmXn fm_n.
AkÄ Ak³s_ bn¶ms` HmXn.
“”AsS´v tNmjvhm?””
ftWmKv– hwl]t¯msX BdnUnsW tWm¡n.
“”Wo]sSm¶pw A_n]*. Wo sNm¨tÃ,””
“”i! F¶m`pw H¶v- b_!””
ftWmKv– A£f Nm\n¨p.
“”AS{S WnÊm^ tNmjvhmt\Â Unkys]´nWm knWqsW C§sW HmXn¡ps¶?””
“”l^n!””
BdnUv sPu^kt¯msX b_ªp.
“”Wo tdmVw sNXnsæn b_]mw. CâÀtNmjvhv!””
“”t¨-“”
“”ASm b_sª, CSv bntÅ^v tNÄ¡mWpÅSsöv-,””
ASnWnX]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv