കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 23 [Smitha] 67

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpO¯v N®pWo^nÃ.
£{Sn] hiKfm] H^p So{kko^yw AkapsX fpO¯v Sna§p¶Sv AkÀ N*p.
“”H^p I^n{Sfp*v,””
Ss¶ BNmw£t]msX tWm¡p¶ Nq«pNms^ tWm¡n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”{bmSmb kÀ½³ F¶ hq^ykwl¯nt` ^mKmkn³s_ VWNm^yf{´n hz´w AWpKWm]n^p¶p. ^mKy¯n³s_ OKWmkv tlmgn¡p¶Sn³s_ Nm^\w AtWzgn¨ fim^mKmkv sM«n¯^n¨p. tfmãvXmkv hz´w AWpK³! bnsä Unkhw KW§apsX fp¼n H^p knIm^\ WX¶p. {bSn]m¡s¸« AWpKsW, H^kh^w NqXnsNmXp¡m³ KW§Ä Bklys¸«n«pw {bSmb kÀ½³ Sq¡nt`än. KW§apsX kn]À¸pw Ak^psX knl¸pw Sn^n¨_nªv e^\w WX¯n] fim^mKmkv KW§apsX b\w tfmãn¨ AWpKsW¯s¶ sNm¶p!””
AkÄ WnÀ¯n Nq«pNms^ tWm¡n.
bns¶ `SocnsW]pw ^mip`nsW]pw.
WnlÐS]pw DUznPvWS]pw NW¡pN]m\v!
“”hmÀ!””
AkÄ ^mip`n³s_ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.
“”fimWm] {bSmb kÀ½ fim^mKmkn³s_ kwl¯n KWn¨kÄ B\v Mm³! AsS ^àfm\v F³s_ M^¼pNan`qsX]ptfmXp¶Sv!””
AkapsX lÐw £m{S tSKÊn NpSnÀ¶p.
“”`¯ocv UmUm!””
knNm^ So{kS Wãs¸XmsS AkÄ SpXÀ¶p.
“”h¼¯n³s_]pw AVnNm^¯n³s_]pw bpSn] AkNmln H^p en£¡m^Wms\¦n¡qXn ^*mfsSm¶mt`mIn¡msS kn«psNmXp¡pw A]mÄ¡v Unky! bs£ tKygvYWm]m`pw AWpKWm]m`pw ØmWw NpäkmanNapsX `nÌn Bs\¦n A]msa hw^£n¡m³ Nq«pWn¡nà Unky! S`]^nªp sNm`f^¯n sN«n¯q¡pw! ASnWp Unky¡v {bSmbkÀ½ fim^mKmkn³s_ AWp{Piw fSn! hnwimhWw tk*!””
S§apsX tUiw S^n¨p N]_p¶Sv tbms` Nq«pNmÀ¡v tSm¶n.
AkÀ N¿Xn¨v Fjpt¶äv Aksa hfobn¨p.
“”sFw s{buZv Hmcv ]q, Unky,””
`¯ocv AkapsX N^w NkÀ¶p.
Ss¶ hfobn¡p¶ Nq«pNms^ tWm¡n, Ak^psX N®pNans` AenfmWw N*v– Unky ssNNÄ Nq¸n.
“”hmÀ,””
bns¶]kÄ ^mip`n³s_]pw `¯ocn³s_]pw tWs^ Sn^nªp.
“”Cu NT]psX ^ihy§saÃmw Wn§Ä¡v ^*ptbÀ¡pf_n]mw. CWns]¦n`pw Wfp¡v CSv AkhmWn¸n¨pNqsX? ZmZn]psX]pw f½n]psX]pw KokWv GSv tW^kpw eog\n]p*mkntÃ?””
B hwl]w S§apw b¦psk¡p¶p F¶v Nq«pNm^psX fpO§Ä b_ªp.
AkÀ `¯ocn³s_]pw ^mip`n³s_]pw km¡pNÄ¡v NmtSmÀ¯p.
“”kntWmUv Ak³s_ sP]nfn³s_ AkhmW Q«¯nt`¡v NX¶n^n¡pN]m\v,””
^mip b_ªp.
“”S¼p^m³s_ C¶s¯ skans¸Xp¯Â Nm^\w CWn B Bb¯nsW e]t¡*SnÃ. F¶m`pw S¼p^msW]pw fim_m\nt]]pw Ct¸mÄ CS_n]n¡m³ hmVyfÃ. A§sW hwekn¨m GSv Wnfngkpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv