കോബ്രാ ഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 15 [Smitha] 649

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wo*p.
ASnsW kas^ bn¶n`m¡n NmÀ Wo§n¡jnªn^p¶p At¸mÄ.
“”§vim, Mm³ tN«n«p*v,””
^mip b_ªp.
“”B s`K³Zv. A¶s¯ S¼p^m³s_ {dÒiSy, ESpbÀ® F¶ S¼p^m«ns] hvtWin¨ H^p lm´ntUkv. H^p ]pkEgn….AtÃ?””
“”AsS hmÀ,””
AkÄ `Ö]n NpSnÀ¶ bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.
“”B s`K³Zv AWph^n¨v lm´ntUkn³s_ A¨³ A¶s¯ S¼p^msW lbn¨p…””
hpPÔkmin]m] Nmän AfÀ¶p`]p¶ kr£lnO^§Ä tWm¡n ss{Zkv sI¿tk Unky b_ªp.
“”kas^ Stbmlàn]pÅ H^p fiÀgn]m^p¶p At±iw. M§sX cmfn`o H^p sb¬Np«n CWn D*mkpNt] Cà F¶v- At±iw lbn¨p. ATkm CWn D*m]m At²i¯n³s_ fN³ bpWÀÖWn¡q¶pw B sb¬Np«ns] knkmiw Njn¡q¶pw…””
sfm\mÀ¡v In{Sl`e§Ä fp¼n bm_n¡an¡p¶Sv ^mip tWm¡n]n^p¶p.
“”lmb¯nWv tlgfp*m] BUyt¯ sb¬Np«n…AkÄ..Unky…Unky]m\v AtÃ?””
A]mÄ Aksa tWm¡msS tImUn¨p.
Unky bs£ A]msa tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”im, hmÀ…FWn¡v fp¼v fsäm^p sb¬Np«n KWn¨n«nÃ, ESpbÀ®]v¡v tlgw,””
^mip PmZfm] In´]n BfPvWWmkp¶Sv Unky N*p. F´m]n^n¡mw At±iw In´n¡p¶Sv?
AkÄ DtUzPt¯msX hz]w tImUn¨p.
WUoSo^w bn¶n«v NmÀ Nm«pbmS]n`qsX h©^n¡m³ SpX§n.
NÃpNtam fäp SXʧtam CÃm]n^ps¶¦n`pw Wà koSn]p*m]n^p¶ bmS bs£ N^n]n`Nam Wn_ªn^p¶p.
C^p klkpw WndnZ kWfm]n^p¶p.
W«p¨]v¡v tlgw sbs«¶v- ^m{Sn k¶Sv tbms` tSm¶n ^mip`nWv.
C^pkl¯pw Wn¶v- f^§apsX bXÀ¶v- b´`n¨ lnO^§Ä bmS]v¡v tf¡q^ SoÀ¯p.
“”F´m]nSv?””
¹mÌnNv dmPnt`¡v tWm¡n ^mip tImUn¨p.
Unky bp©n^n¨p.
“”f½n D*m¡n]Sm\v, hm_nWv tk*n,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
bns¶ CSv »ms¦ävhv B\v. N¼nan,””
AXp¯n^p¶ fsäm^p tbman¯o³ dmPv Iq*n¡m«n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”Sn^n¨n_§pt¼mÄ WÃ S\p¸v SpX§pw,””
“”Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ S\p¸p*v,””
km¨v tWm¡n ^mip b_ªp.
WndnZ kW¯nWp WXpkn`qsX NmÀ N]äw N]_ns¡m*n^p¶p.
ss{Zkv sI¿p¶SnWnX]n Unky kmtSm^msS hwhm^n¨psNm*n^p¶p.
lm´nbp^¯n³s_ eqfnlmhv{Skpw I^n{Skpw kyàn Ø` knk^\§apw AkÄ ewPn]m]n, tNÄ¡p¶k^n Sm¸^yfp\À¯pw knVw ^hN^fm]n AkS^n¸n¨p.
“”H^p ssPZv BNmWpÅ hÀÆ Nzmancnt¡gWpw Unky¡p*v,””
AkÄ b_ªsSms¡ Sm¸^yt¯msX tN«pNjnªv ^mip b_ªp.
“”Hm..hmÀ,””
AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv