കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 21 [Smitha] 584

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bp©n^nt]msX tImUn¨p.
“”t{bfn¨psNm*n^n¡\w,””
ssN]p]À¯n A]mapsX Nknan St`mXns¡m*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”Nt®mXp N®v…NmtSmXv NmSv– …Ipt*mXv Ip*v…sft¿mXp sf]v….””
ko*pw A´^ma¯n C^¼`p]^p¶p.
“”AÃmsS Bs^]m knjpt§s*¶v- S¡w tWm¡n]n^n¡p¶ Wn_s] NmaNqXkngfpÅ NnwPv– sNmt{dsX f`]psX tKym{Pcn bYn¡`Ã….””
“”^mKNpfm^n¡v erSyt^mXv H«pw N^p\]nÃtÃm,””
bp©n^nt]msX ^mip b_ªp.
“”^mskt¶m bNs`t¶m kyShfnÃmsS]m\v N®ns`®]psfmjn¨v bmkw WnVn Nm¡p¶Sv. F¶n«m\v ASnsW C§sW Wnµn¡p¶Sv!””
“”EgnNpfm^WtÃ? Nm^p\yw NqXpw!””
AkapsX ssN ko*pw A]mapsX NknansW tSXns]¯n.
“”FWn¡m NnwPv– tNm{dt]mXv A{S Nm^p\ysfm¶pw tSm¶p¶nÃ. Bsam^p hv{So kntUzgn]m,””
“”hv{So kntUzgnt]m? bmt¼m? WÃ NT!””
“”bn¶ÃmsS!””
AkÄ sImXnt¸msX b_ªp.
“”{PmWow ss`{dn_ot` A¶s¯ {PÙ§apsfms¡¸_]p¶Sv N£n Bsam^p hv{So kntUzgn]ms\¶m\v–. FÃm hv{SoNtamXpfnÃ. NWyNm kntUzgw fmt{S]pÅq. bs£ H^p _nZ£³ D*v. NWyN eÀ¯mkmNm³ tbmNp¶]mapsX NqsX]mt\ N£n Db{Ukn¡nöp fm{Sà BloÀkUn¡pNNqXn sI¿pw,””
AkÄ B bp^mkr¯w b_ªp.
Ul`£¡\¡nWv– kÀg§Ä¡v fp¼m\v. hzÀ¤¯n`m\v hwekw. H^p PÔÀk Npfm^Wpw Abvh^ NWyN]pw {b\]¯n`m]n. F¶m Abvh^ NWyN]psX A¨³ Aksa H^p tUkNpfm^Wv knkmiw sI]vSv sNmXp¡m³ WnÝv¨]n¨p. AS_nª PÔÀk Npfm^Wpw Abvh^ NWyN]pw BNml PwP]ns` H^p knUq^ tPma¯nt`¡v Hant¨mXpkm³ So^pfmWn¨p. WnÝ]{bNm^w A]mÄ AkapsX f\n fµn^¯n³s_ DUymW¯nWv fp¼n Nm¯n^p¶p. F¶m A¶v ^m{Sn tUkNpfm^sW Nm\m³ CX]m] AkÄ PÔÀk Npfm^sW f_¶p. Nm¯n^p¶v £f Wln¨ PÔÀk Npfm^³ AkhmWw AkapsX NnX¸pfp_n]nt`¡v N]_ns¨¶p. A]man Wn¶v- A¯^w H^p hmihw {bSo£n¨n^p¶ AkÄ AÑsW]pw dÔp¡ta]pw tW^s¯Ss¶ knk^f_n]n¨n^p¶p. AkÀ A]msa dÔn¨p. Ak^psX fp¼n sk¨v AkÄ A]msa SÅn¸_ªp. dÔnSWm] A]mapsX fp¼n sk¨pSs¶ tUkNpfm^³s_]pw AbvÊ^ NWyN]psX]pw knkmiw WX¶p. fWÊv SNÀ¶ PÔÀk Npfm^sW Abvh^ NWyN]psX A¨³ fm{´nN knUy]n`qsX H^p ^mKsk¼m`]m¡n eqfn]nt`¡]¨p. WmPfm]n fm_n] PÔÀÆWv AktamXpÅ bN]X§n]nÃ.
NWyNm kÀ¤s¯ fpjpk³ Ak³ sk_p¡p¶p.
^mip fpjpk³ bp^mkr¯kpw bp©n^nt]msX tN«p.
“”WnW¡v WmP^mKmknsW tbXn]pt*m?””
“”F´nWv?””
“”W½sa N¼nNp«³.sWäv