കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 23 [Smitha] 67

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fWÊn`m]nÃ.
AkÀ b^hv¸^w tWm¡n.
bns¶ ssNf`À¯n]pw tSmapNÄ Np`p¡n]pw Nm\n¨p.
“”§vim, `¯ocv UmUm,””
BdnUv sb«¶v b_ªp.
Nq«pNmÀ FÃmk^pw AksW tWm¡n.
“”kn¯v hmÀhv sbÀfng³,””
Ak³ ^mip`nsW tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
‘b_]q’ F¶ AÀ°¯n ^mip N®pNÄ sNm*v BdnUnWp tWs^ BwPyw Nm\n¨p.
“”^mip hm_n³s_ Aan]³,””
Ak³ b_ªp.
Unky `Öt]msX ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
^mip fµihn¨p.
“”fsäs´¦n`pw kntlg\w?””
`¯ocv sPu^kw knXmsS B^mªp.
“”F fnÌn^n]hv…tgm¡nwPv…B³Zv …Fdkv BÄ…””
“”Fdkv BÄ…?””
Ak³s_ hz^¯ns` WnPqZS Sn^n¨_nªv Unky CX]v¡v N]_n tImUn¨p.
“”Fdkv BÄ U tfmÌv– FWnÜmänNv Nzmanän Hmcv kntWmUv tftWm³?””
SWn¡v Ipäpw AhpON^fm], AUrlyfm], H^p e]w k`sW¿p¶Sv Unky A_nªp.
`¯ocv UmU]psX km¡pNan AbNXfp*v.
`¯ocv UmU]psX km¡pNsa bqÀ®fm]pw AwPoN^n¨m\v hm_pfn^n¡p¶Sv.
bs£ F´m\Sv?
“”`¯ocv UmUm…hmÀ…””
C^pk^psX]pw fpO§ant`¡v fm_n fm_n tWm¡n Unky knan¨p.
“”F´m…F´m ASv?””
e]fp*m]n^p¶p AkapsX tImUy¯nÂ.
`¯ocv ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
“”hmÀ b_]q,””
`¯ocv ^mip`ntWmXv b_ªp.
“”Untky,””
^mip C^n¸nX¯n Wn¶v- Fjpt¶äp.
bSns] Aksa AenfpOoN^n¨p.
AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
“”H^p tKygvYsW¡n«n] dnPv– FNvsshävsf³än`m\v Wo. Wn³s_ BËmUw FWn¡v, M§Ä¡v Duin¡mw. bs£…””
“”bs£…?””
Unky sb«¶v tImUn¨p.
CSanSapNam]n sSan]pkm³ WnPqZSNÄ Nm¯n^n¡p¶p.
Unky]v¡v ASn³s_ PÔw Nn«n.
“”bs£ F´m? F´m hmÀ? F´m hm_pw `¯ocv UmU]psfms¡ Ft¶msXman¡ps¶? F´mt\`pw b_ Ft¶mXv. sFw {X]nwPv Xp dn tdmÄZv…tdmÄZv CWcv– Xp tchv FWn SnwPv-“”
Nq«pNm^pw H¶pw fWÊn`mNmsS `¯ocnsW]pw ^mip`nsW]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n.
“”]q BÀ tdmÄZv!””
`¯ocpw Fjpt¶äp.
AkapsX tSman bnXn¨p.
“”tdmÄZv Cucv Xp sc]vhv FWnSnwPv! ASm\v– M§apsX emPykpw,””
Ak³ AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
“”Untky ,””
Ak³ knan¨p.
“”kntWmUv tftWm³ Wn³s_ tKygvYWm\v. BdnUv b_ªSv tbms` ^mip hm_nsâ Aan]WmtN* Bapfm\v. AsS hf]w Wn³s_ ZmZn]psX hz¯n³s_ bpSn] H^kNmln]pfm\v,””
`¯ocn³s_ km¡pNÄ Unky]n {btSyNn¨v H^p fmäkpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv