കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 22 [Smitha] 573

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sfmssd lÐn¨p.
ASv Aä³Zv sI¿pkm³ At±iw Unky]psX tWs^ N®pNÄ sNm*v Bklys¸«p.
“”Hm…! ZmZo…””
sfmssd`n Wn¶v- htµlw hzoN^n¨ Unky, BNmw£]pw AUvepSkpw Wn_ª hz^¯n At²is¯]pw ^mip`ntW]pw fm_nfm_n tWm¡n.
^mKtlO^ kÀ½]pw ^mip`pw AkapsX hz^¯ns` {btSyNS Sn^n¨_nªv C^n¸nX§an Wn¶v- ImXns]jpt¶äp.
“”F´m tfmsa? B^m?””
At±iw AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p.
“”ZmZn tfKÀ A¦nÄ! tfKÀ fmSyp kÀ¤ohv!””
AkÄ hw{efw Wn_ª hz^¯n b_ªp .
^mip`pw ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]pw b^hv¸^w tWm¡n.
At±iw Unky]psX N¿n Wn¶pw tcm¬ km§n.
“”it`m..””
At±iw hwhm^n¡m³ SpX§n.
“”fm¯¨tWm? …FknsX?….sbmtjsX AXpt¯m? t^minSv Smfhn¨n^p¶ ko«nÂ? …^m{Sn bSnsWm¶p f\n¡v tlgw? s]hv…gpkÀ…Mm³ k^pw,””
tcm¬ tfltf sk¨v At±iw ^mip`nsW]pw Unkyt]]pw Btklt¯msX tWm¡n.
“”F´m ZmZo?””
BNmw£]X¡msS Unky tImUn¨p.
“”F´m S¼p^m³?””
^mip`pw Sn^¡n.
“”W^nfäw fm¯¨³ b*v t^minSv Smfhn¨n^p¶ ko«n`p*v,””
At±iw DÕmit¯msX b_ªp.
“”A]mÄ Fs¶¡m\m³ B{Pin¡p¶p. Ft¶msXm¸w A§s]¡qsX Nq«\w F¶pw b_ªn^n¡p¶p,””
Unky knhvf]t¯msX Aks^ C^pks^]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n.
“”ASnsW´m Wfp¡v tbm]v¡a]mw,””
^mip b_ªp.
“”bs£…””
Unky knt]mKnt¸msX b_ªp.
“”bmSn^m{SoÂ….^*mapw SWn¨v …FWn¡v tbXn]mNp¶p…””
At±iw AkapsX ln^Ên ssN tIÀ¯p.
“”H¶pw k^nà tfmsa,””
At±iw bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.
“”A]mÄ b_ªn^n^n¡p¶Sv fäms^]pw Nq«n k^nNt]m Bs^]pw A_n]n¡pNt]m sI¿^pSv F¶m\v,””
“”d«v …ZmZn..Cäv– Nym³ dn F {Xmbv…””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ tfl¡Xn]nt` H^p tdmN-vhv Sp_¶p.
ASnÂWn¶v- Ipk¶ Wn_¯n H^p timÄÌÀ FXp¯p.
ASn³s_ hnºv k`n¨p Sp_¶p.
fp_n]nt` {bNml¯n im³Zv P®n³s_ N_p¯ {bS`w Sna§n.
“”Pp^pKn £fn¡\w,””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
“”inwhn¡mWÃ. e]s¸Xp¯m³. bns¶ tfmapsX e]w fmämWpw,””
^mip In^n¨p.
“”W^nfäw NpXpwd¯ns` H^msa inwhn¡^pSv F¶v- b_]mWpÅ t]mPyS FWn¡nÃ, S¼p^m³,””
Unky]n`pw ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]n`pw B km¡pNÄ In^n]p\À¯n.
“”CSv tbms^?””
tSm¡v fpNant`¡v D]À¯n At±iw Unkyt]mXv tImUn¨p.
F¶n«pw AkapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv