കോബ്രാ ഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 15 [Smitha] 649

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ]m{S sI¿p¶ Unkhw.
Ct¸mÄ CSm H^pfn¨v, Ht^ b{S¯n Wn¶v- e£\w Njn¡p¶ Unkhw.
B hpOmWpeqSn]n AkÄ A]mtamsXm¸w Njn¨p.
ASnWnX]n A]mÄ skÅw NpXn¨p Njnª ¥mhv AkÄ Sn^nsN km§n.
ASn³s_ AXn]n A¸w skÅw Aktlgn¡p¶p.
A]mapsX {l² f_n] hf]w AkÄ ASv NpXn¨n_¡n.
F¶n«v bp©n^nt]msX A]msa tWm¡n.
“”k^q, hÀ,””
cv`mhv¡pw ¥mÊpw Sn^nsN hoän³tf sk¨v AkÄ b_ªp.
AkÀ bmS]psX Smtj¡v f`s©^nkn`qsX C_§n.
Smsj tUkUm^p¡Ä¡nX]n bj]sS¦n`pw ftWmi^fm] H^p koXv A]mÄ N*p.
ASnWpw Np_¨v Smsj bpjs]mjpNp¶p.
A]mÄ¡v kjnNm\n¨v sNmXp¯v Unky B koXn³s_ fp¼nt`¡v WX¶p.
B koXnWp Ipäpw f^§apw Nm«pkÅnNapw kaÀ¶v- Wn¶p.
Ipäpw I¸pIk_pNapw bj] NX`mhpNapw Wn_ªp NnX¶p.
fmh§tamaw Smfh¡m^Wm B koXv AWmTfm¡s¸«p NnX¡pN]ms\¶v ^mip AWpfmWn¨p.
“”H^p tbmÌvNmZv hoW_n tbms`…ftWmi^w!””
^mip f{´n¨p.
At¸mÄ bSns] H^p NmänaNn Aks^ SjpNn.
Wn`¯v B^psXt]m Nm¸mXpNÄ A]mÄ N*p.
A¸w fp¼v AkntX¡v k¶ B^psXt]m B\v Aks]¶v- A]mÄ¡v tSm¶n.
^mip hwl]t¯msX B koXnsW tWm¡n.
“”CSnWpÅn Bt^m D*v F¶v- tSm¶p¶p,””
Unky Ft´m b_]m³ emkn¡p¶SnWp fp¼v A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”tWm¡q, fp¼ns` NSNv Sp_¶p NnX¡p¶p!””
Unky kniz`]m]n ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
sb«¶kÄ Ft´m HmÀ½n¨v Blzhn¡p¶Spw ^mip N*p.
“”Unky F³s_ bn¼n Wn¡q,””
AkapsX fp¼nt`¡v N]_n k^m´]nt`¡v WX¶psNm*v ^mip b_ªp.
A]mÄ Km{PSt]msX IpäpbmXpNÄ Wn^o£n¨p.
bns¶ bNpSn Sp_¶p NnX¶ NSNv bqÀ®fm]pw Sp_¶p.
Ak^n^pk^pw A¼^¶ptbm]n.
NSNv Sp_¶v- ANt¯¡v N]_n] S§sa¡*v, AN¯v Wn¶v- H^p hv{So hw{eft¯msX S` Sn^n¨v tWm¡p¶Sv AkÀ N*p.
H^p Wnfngw SmWpw b^n{efn¨Sv ^mip A_nªp.
GNm´kpw knKWkpfm] H^nX¯v, sNmXpw NmXnWXp¯v, BįmfhfnÃm¯, Dtb£n¡s¸« H^p ko«n hpµ^n]m] H^p ]pkSn SWn¨v…!
“”gmÀ½n`n tI¨o…!””
^mip`n³s_ bn¼n Wn¶v-, B hv{So]psX]Xpt¯¡v HmXnk¶psNm*v Unky BËmUt¯msX knan¨p.
“”Hm, fmZw…””
^mip`pw Aks^ Sn^n¨_nªp.
sh]v³_v tf^ohv tNmtaKns` Cw¥ogv knemP¯ns` `NvI_À gmÀ½n`n A`N-vhv.
Ipk¶ hm^n]nÂ, Ipk¶ s»uÊnÂ, Nmän`naNp¶ K`WnÀÖ^ntbms`]pÅ N¼nNp«³.sWäv