കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 23 [Smitha] 67

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kntWmUnsW]pw ^mip`ntW]pw bn¼n WnÀ¯n.
“”B³Zv Nobv– ]pkÀ sFhv Hm¸¬!””
koXnWpbp_¯v, fpä¯v, Wo* H^pWnj {bSy£s¸«p.
^mKtlO^kÀ½]psX kn^ {SnP_n AfÀ¶p.
Wnj k^m´]nt`¡v N]_n.
“”C³hvsbNXÀ A{dmiw!””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ f{´n¨p.
At²i¯nsâ N¿n hÀÆohv _ntkmÄkÀ AkÀ N*p.
“”B^m AN¯v?””
CWvhvsbÎÀ knan¨p tImUn¨p.
“”CSv M§am\v C³hvsbNXÀ,””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ knan¨p b_ªp.
At¸mtj¡pw C³hvsbNXÀ A{dmiw ANt¯¡v N]_n.
“”FknsX?””
At±iw DtUzPt¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”FknsX W^nfäw fm¯¨³?””
b_ªp fpjpfn¡p¶SnWp fp¼v At²i¯n³s_ N®pNÄ fpNant`¡v tbm]n.
tXmÀ¨n³s_ {bNml¯n Sq§n¡nX¡p¶ KZw At²iw N*p.
“”NÀ¯mtk-“”
At±iw S³s_ Nym¸v S`]n Wns¶Xp¯v INnSfm] emkt¯msX f{´n¨p .
“”F´m C³hvsbÎÀ?””
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ B^mªp.
“”A^f\n¡qÀ fp¼v fm¯¨³ knan¨n^p¶p, tÌgWnt`¡v,””
A]mapsX KZ¯nt`¡pw koXn³s_ b^nh^§ant`¡pw hhq£vfw {l²n¨psNm*v At±iw b_ªp.
“”Ft¶mXv sbs«¶v k^\sf¶pw K]Nrgv\³ NqsX]ps*¶pw. H^p kÅns¡«p tNh-vNm^\w tÌgWo¶p sbs«¶v- k^m³ bäoÃ. fm{Skà Hä tNm¬ÌdnÄhpw tÌgWn D*m^p¶nà At¸mÄ,””
“”K]Nrgv\³?””
eoSn]pw BÝ^ykpw Wn_ª hz^¯n kntWmUv tImUn¨p.
“”Ak³ CknsX…CknsX D*m^ps¶t¶m?””
“”bn¶ÃmsS!””
C³hvsbNXÀ b_ªp.
“”Ak³ CknsX¯s¶]p*v. dn`m¯o`pw Ak³s_t½sX tNmSfwP`¯pw H¶pkÃ. S¼p^m³ b_ª tbms` H^p fpss_ k´v bmÀ¯m]m F¶ bm«pwbmXn H^p fp_]§p {bt]mPn¨t¸mÄ S¯ b_]p¶ tbms` b_ªp, Ak·mÀ. K]Nrgv\³s_ ssiZv Hu«v–! C¶v- ^m{Sn AksW sbm¡msS H_§ptN`¶p So^pfmWnt¨¡pkm!””
WnÝ]UmÀ[yw Wn_ª hz^¯n C³hvsbNXÀ b_ªp.
“”ASn^n¡s«,””
C³hvsbNXÀ fqks^]pw hwl]t¯msX tWm¡n.
“”Wn§Ä..Wn§sa´m Ct¸mÄ CknsX?””
At±iw tImUn¨p.
^mKtlO^ kÀ½ W^nfäw fm¯¨Wn Wn¶v- SWn¡v `en¨ sX`ntcm¬ htµls¯¡p_n¨v C³hvsbNvt_mXv b_ªp.
“”fmäÀ sh³thg\ B\v. Bs^]pw A_n]n¡^pSv F¶v- {btSyNw b_ªp. bs£ A^f\n¡qÀ fp¼v fm¯¨³ hm_nsW knan¡pN]pw sI]vSp!””
At±iw AUvepSt¯msX b_ªp.
“”A^f\n¡qÀ fp¼v ks^ C]mtamsXm¸w K]Nrgv\³ D*m]n^p¶p,””
C³hvsbÎÀ SpXÀ¶p.
“”ASnWÀ°w hmiI^ys¯ankpNÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv