കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 23 [Smitha] 61

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k^p¯n]nÃ.
“”Wn³s_ ZmZn]psX dnhnWhv hm{fmKy¯n³s_ bpSnt]m^kNmln,””
`¯ocv SpXÀ¶p.
“”B]n^¡\¡nWv siÎt_maw k^p¶ FtÌän³s_, sNm«m^¯nWNs¯ kn`fSn¡mWmkm¯ h¼¯n³s_, CSn³s_s]ms¡ bpSnt]m^kNmln,””
Ak³ Unkys] tWm¡n.
“”CWn b_””
`¯ocv lÐfp]À¯n tImUn¨p.
“”Wo skXnt]äv– sNmÃs¸«m BÀ¡m\v Pp\w? F´m\v A Pp\w?””
DtUzPw Wn_ª H^m^kw Nq«pNmÀ¡nX]n`p]À¶p.
B tImUy§Ä fm{Sfà Ak]psX D¯^§apw Ak^psX fWÊnsW kn_§`n¸n¨p.
S³s_ DÅn H^p fn¶Â¸n\À bm]p¶Sv Unky A_nªp.
“”WnW¡v tWs^ WX¶ kV{lf§Ä F´nWp tk*n]m\v? b\¯nWp tk*n. kjns] tbmNp¶kÀ Wns¶ sNm¶Sv sNm*v Wn³s_ hz¯v– F§sW AkÀ¡v Nn«pw? Wns¶ Wn³s_ hz¯v– Nn«m³tk*n H^mÄ sNmÃm³ {lfn¨m A]mÄ B^m]n^n¡\w? dÔp. AXp¯ dÔp,””
t{bSdmVt]äSptbms` AkapsX fpOw kna_n.
“”Untky, Wo HmÀ¡pt¶m, `¯ocv UmUm CtS Nm^yw fp¼pw b_ªn^p¶p,””
t_mhv–`n³ HmÀ½s¸Xp¯n.
Unky WnÝ`]m]n Wn¡pN]m\v.
B^pw A_n]msS ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]v¡v Unkys]¡qXmsS fsäm^p AkNmln]pwNqXn]p*mkmw F¶ hmVyS `¯ocv fp³Nq«n N*n^p¶p.
ASk³ Nq«pNm^psX hm¶nVy¯n Unkyt]mXv tW^n«v tImUn¨Spfm\v.
Unky]psX fnjnNÄ Wn_sªmjpNp¶Sv AkÀ N*p.
^mip AkapsX tSman bnXn¨p.
knSp¼n¡^ªpsNm*v AkÄ A]mapsX tSman fpOffÀ¯n.
“”Untky, Wn³s_ AkØ]nt¸mÄ FWn¡v ..M§Ä¡v FÃmw Duin¡m³ Njn]pw…””
`¯ocv b_ªp.
“”Wn³s_ tKygvY³ fnÌÀ kntWmUv tftWmWm\v NT]ns` knó!””
S³s_ l^o^w Wp_p§n¨nS_p¶ tkUW AkÄ¡v AWpeks¸«p.
skXnt]äv– ko\t¸mÄ tkUWn¨SntW¡mtas_….
“”Wns¶ b`Sk\ Abm]s¸Xp¯m³ {lfn¨ K]Nrgv\³s_ tdmÊv kntWmUv tftWmWm\v…””
`¯ocn³s_ lÐw ko*pw AkÄ tN«p.
“”^mip hm_nsW Abm]s¸Xp¯m³ knghÀ¸s¯ A]¨Sv A]mam\v! bmSn^m{Sn]n tNm{dminÂhn Wns¶ skXn sk¨v kojv¯n]Sv A]mam\v. AkhmWw Wns¶]pw ^mip hm_nsW]pw Wn³s_ Nm_n tdmwdv– sk¨v sNm`s¸Xp¯m³ {lfn¨Spw A]mam\v!””
Hmt^m km¡pw Akan Ahv{Sw tbms` S_ªpN]_n.
“”FWn¡v Wn³s_ fmWhnNmkØ Duin¡m³ Njn]pw,””
`¯ocv SpXÀ¶p.
“”hz´w tKygvY³ Ss¶ {bSnØmWSv k^pt¼mjp*mNp¶ AkØ!””
`¯ocv b_ªp fpjpfn¡p¶SnWp fp¼v Unky ^mip`n³s_ tSman Wn¶v- fpOfp]À¯n.
Ct¸mÄ AkapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv