കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 22 [Smitha] 573

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¡q,””
kÀ½ b_ªp.
kntWmUv tImUyemk¯n Sn^nªpWn¶p.
“”F´m hmÀ?””
“”fäp At¸m]n³ävsf³äpNÄ H¶pfnsæn DX³ Sn^ns¨¯\w. H^p FfÀK³hn]p*v,””
“”s]hv, hmÀ,””
A]mÄ km¨v tWm¡n¸_ªp.
“”Ct¸mÄ shk³ tSÀ«n. sF dn dm¡v dntcmÀ shk³ tcmÀ«n ssckv,””
A]mÄ hztS]pÅ {bh^nt¸msX bp_¯v NX¶p.
ASnWnX]n Unky]pw ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]pw Pm]{Sn tUkns] W^nfäw fm¯¨Wn Wn¶v- `en¨ AbNXN^fm] htµlw A_n]n¨p.
e]t¯msX]m\v AkÀ A knk^w hzoN^n¨Sv.
“”F´m]m`pw B hf]¯v At§m«v– tbmN^pSv,””
AkÀ làn]m]n knh½Sn¨p.
“”Nm^yw F{S sPu^kfpÅSms\¦n`pw,””
“”S¼p^m«n b^n{efn¡mSn^n¡q,””
^mip Bßknlzmht¯msX b_ªp.
“”S¼p^mtWmsXm¸w MmWpfp*v. Bb¯pNsam¶pw k^nÃ,””
A]mapsX km¡pNÄ Ak^n Wn¶pw e]w Wo¡n.
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ C^n¸nX¯n Wn¶psfjpt¶äp.
Km`N¯nW^nNn tbm]n, Uqs^ Wn`mknÂ, tNm{dminÂhn³s_ lnO^§an Nmäv f^§sa D`]v¡p¶Sv tWm¡n Wn¶p.
B Wn¸v Wnfng§tamaw SpXÀ¶p.
“”F´m ZmZn?””
Unky tImUn¨p.AkÄ Fjpt¶äv At²i¯n³s_]Xpt¯¡v sI¶p.At±iw AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
bn¶oXv B tWm«w Pm]{Sn tUkn]n`pw AkhmWw ^mip`n³s_ tf`psf¯n.
“”b_]m³ tbmNp¶ kng]w F§sW]m\v AkS^n¸n¡pN F¶ Bt`mIW]n`m\v Mm³,””
At±iw b_ªp.
AkÀ b^hv¸^w tWm¡n.
“”Hm…! ZmZo..km«v ims¸³Zv äp ]q?””
Unky At²i¯n³s_ N¿n bnXn¨p.
“”Cu ^m{SnH^p tX\nwPv tbm]n³_v B\v F³s_ ss`cns`…””
At±iw hmkVmWw SpXÀ¶p.
“”F³s_ em^y…fNÄ..F³s_ NqsX]pÅkÀ …C¶pfpSÂ Ft¶mXv F§sW sb^pfm_pw…Ft¶mXpÅ Ak^psX BänäyqZv F´m]n^n¡pw…CsSms¡ Fs¶ kngfn¸n¡p¶p….MmWnSv Sp_¶v- b_ªmÂ…””
Unky e]t¯msX Pm]{Sn tUkns] tWm¡n.
Ak^psX fpO¯pw e]w Wnj`n¡p¶Sv ^mip`pw Unky]pw N*p.
“”Cu ZmZn]v¡v CsS´v bän f½n?””
CuÀgy]pw hw{efkpw N`À¶ hz^t¯msX Unky Pm]{Sn tUknt]mXv tImUn¨p.
“”H¶v- Mm³ So^pfmWn¨p,””
hmkVmWsf¦n`pw UrZhz^¯n At±iw b_ªp.
“”F´m C§sWs]ms¡ hwhm^n¡ps¶?””
DSv¡\vYt]msX Pm]{SntUkn At²is¯ tWm¡n.
“”ASpw Pp^pKn CknsX DÅt¸mÄ…””
AkÀ ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
A]mapsX fpO¯v bs£ ]msSm^p emkteUkpw AkÀ N*nÃ.
“”A§nknsX DbØnSWm]SvsNm*m\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv