കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 23 [Smitha] 61

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tfmsa,””
AkÀ ANt¯¡v N]_n.
“”fm¯¨sW Nt*m?””
Pm]{Sn tUkn Sn^¡n.
“”W^nfätkm?
sc`nN-vhv H¨]n«p.
“”FknsX A]mÄ?””
^mip`pw ^mKtlO^kÀ½]pw A{bSo£nSkpw e]mWNkpfm] B hwekw knk^n¨p.
t^minSnsâ ko«ns` W^nfäw fm¯¨³s_ BßiSy]pw ASv BßiSy]à K]Nrgv\³ WX¯n] sNm`bmSNfm]n^n¡mw F¶ C³hvsbNXÀ A{dimfn³s_ WnPfWkpw tNÄkn¡m^n eoSn]pw A¼^¸pw knS¨p.
“”ZmZn, kntWmU¦nÄ SWn¨tÃ? Fs´¦n`pw AbNXw?””
“”Ak³ h½Sn¨nà tfmsa. S`tkUWs]Xp¡p¶p D_§\w F¶v- b_ªt¸mÄ Mm³ h½Sn¨p,””
“”`¯ocv UmUm, Wfp¡v Bs^t]`pw kntWmUv A¦nan³s_]Xpt¯¡v knX\w,””
Unky `¯ocntWmXv b_ªp.
“”Unky tbXn¡*. ASnWpÅ GÀ¸mXpNsams¡ sI]vSn«p*v,””
`¯ocv sPu^kw knXmsS b_ªp.
“”W½psX ftWmKntWw hSogntWw kn³sh³äntWw Mm³ Wn³s_ kntWmU¦nan³s_ bn¶ms` kn«n«p*v,””
AkÄ `¯ocnsW CãvXt¯msX tWm¡n.
“”`¯ocv UmUm, FÃm^pw F³s_ _qfnt`¡v sbmt¡m. Mm³ hm_ntWw Nq«n Um C¸¯s¶ k^mw…””
AkÄ Aks^ kn«v Pm]{Sn tUknt]mXpw ^mKtlO^ kÀ½t]mXpw hwhm^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ ^mip`n³s_]Xpt¯¡v tbm]n.
“”£fn¡t\,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
^mip Sn^nªp tWm¡n.
“”hwhm^n¨v Njnªv F³s_ fp_n]nt`¡v k^\w. `¯ocv UmUs]ms¡ k¶n«p*v. hm_pw NqXn k¶nt«z\w FWn¡v Akt^mXv H^p Nm^yw b_]m³,””
“”Unky sbmt¡maq. Mm³ F¯nt]¡mw,””
^mip b_ªp.
Unky S³s_ fp_n]n Nm¯n^n¡p¶ Nq«pNm^psX]Xpt¯¡v tbm]n.
“”F´m Untky Nm^yw?””
BdnUv ko*pw Sn^¡n.
“”b_]mXm. hm_pw NqXn H¶v- k^s«,””
AkÄ b_ªp So^p¶SnWv fp¼v ^mip ANt¯¡v k¶p.
FÃmk^pw Fjpt¶äp.
^mip N¿p]À¯n Akt^mXv C^n¡pkm³ BwPyw Nm\n¨p.
bns¶ `¯ocn³s_]Xp¯v C^p¶p.
AkÀ Unkys] tWm¡n.
AkapsX fpO¯v BËmUkpw knhvf]kpw Wn_]p¶Sv AkÄ N*p.
AkÄ FÃmks^]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n.
“”hmÀ…`¯ocv UmUm..F³s_ {bn]s¸« Nq«pNms^…””
AkÄ b_ªp SpX§n.
“”Ft´m….””
Nq«pNmÀ H¶X¦w knan¨pNqkn.
“”W½Ä CknsX¡qXn]n^n¡p¶Sv ^mKyw tW^nXp¶ kas^ {bVmWs¸« H^p kng]w IÀ¨ sI¿mWm\v,””
sc`nN-vhv fpãnIp^p«n ssf¡v tbms` Ip*n tIÀ¯psNm*v b_ªp.
“”CWn tft^ bymt^ tUlv kmhnt]m F¶v NqXn¸_,””
{bn]¦ b_ªp.
In^n]`NÄ fp_n]n Wn_ªp.
“”H^p N¼nNp«³.sWäv