കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 23 [Smitha] 61

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AWph^n¨v K]Nrgv\tWm A]mapsX hm¶nVy¯n fämt^m B\v C]msa sNm`s¸Xp¯n sN«n¯q¡n]Smk\w. Asæn Wn]fw Ss¶ tSXns]¯p¶SnWv fp¼v C]mÄ BßiSy sI]vSSm]n^n¡\w. ASv tbmÌv–tfmÀ«w _nt¸mÀ«v N*SnWv tlgw WnÝ]n¡mw,””
“”A¸w NqXn tW^s¯ k¶n^ps¶¦n H^p Kok³ ^£n¡mfm]n^p¶p. Nãw!””
^mKtlO^kÀ½ b^nSbn¨p.
làn]m] NmäXn¡m³ SpX§n.
bp_¯v Wn¶v- Nmäv ANt¯¡v AXn¨pN]_n.
Sq§n¡nX¶ KZw bSns] AW§n.
At¸mÄ en¯n]ns`, Wn_w f§n] tcmt«m AkÀ N*p.
“”Hm..””
A¸w e]¶v- kntWmUv lÐfn«p.
“”GSm]m`pw t^minSn³s_ t{bS¯nWv H^p Nq«m]n,””
At±iw b_ªp.
kr¯mNrSn]n s{c]nw sI¿s¸«n^p¶p ASv.
Wn_w f§n]n^ps¶¦n`pw A]mapsX fpOw Aks^ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”AtÃÂ BÀ¡_n]mw, t^minSn³s_ Aßmkm^n¡pw C]msa Ct§m«v HmXn¨v tNäoSv…!””
C³hvsbNXÀ hz]w bn_pbn_p¯p.
“”CWn K]Nrgv\sW sbm¡\w!””
At±iw Akt^mXv b_ªp.
“”Ak³s_ ssN¿n`m\v Cu tNhn³s_ dm¡n Sp¼pNsams¡! AksWs¸m¡\w! KoktWmsX-“”

^mKtlO^ kÀ½]pw ^mip`pw kntWmUpw W^nfäw fm¯¨sW¡m\pkm³ t^minSv Smfhn¨n^p¶ bpj¡^]ns` ko«nt`¡v tbm]SnWptlgw knk^n¡mWmkm¯ BËmU¯nfÀ¸n`m]n^p¶p Unky.
Sm³ H^p AWpK¯nNqXn]ms\¶pÅ bpSn] A_nkv Aksa sI_pSms]m¶pfà ht´mgn¸n¨Sv.
At¸mįs¶ AkÄ `¯ocnsW tcm\n`qsX dÔs¸«p.
FÃmk^pw DX³ Ss¶ S³s_ ko«n F¯nt¨^m³ AkÄ Bklys¸«p.
tW^n Nm\pt¼mÄ Nm^\w b_]mw F¶v AkÄ A_n]n¨p.
ASWph^n¨v `¯ocpw hwQkpw bSnW©p fnWnäpNÄ¡pÅn F¯nt¨À¶p.
Unky]psX fp_n]n AkÀ H¯pNqXn.
“”F´m Untky?””
BdnUv tImUn¨p.
“”^*v fnWnäv..H¶v ^*mapNÄ NqXns]m¶v kt¶ms«,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”B^m Cu fäv H¶p^*mapNÄ?””
{bn]¦ tImUn¨p.
Unky Fs´¦n`pw b_]p¶SnWv fp¼v bp_¯v H^p skap¯ hvtNmÀ¸nt]m k¶pWn¶p.
“”Aks^¯n!””
Unky BËmUt¯msX b_ªp.
AkÄ tbmÀ¨nt`¡v NpSn¨p.
Pm]{Sn tUkn]pw C_§n k¶p.
Unky]psX bn¶ms` `¯ocpw hwQkpw Wo§n.
“”F´v bän ZmZn?””
Ko¸n Wn¶v- bp_t¯¡n_§p¶ ^mKtlO^ kÀ½t]mXv AkÄ BNmw£t]msX Sn^¡n.
bn¶ms` ^mip`pw C_§n.
“”FknsX kntWmUv A¦nÄ? AÃ kntWmUv G«…””
Unky sbs«¶v- WnÀ¯n.
“”kntWmUnsW Mm³ NzmÀt«jvhn`n_¡n N¼nNp«³.sWäv