കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 27 [Smitha] 592

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AZvfnWnhvs{XäÀ-“”
t^minSv A]mapsX N®pNant`¡v S_n¨v tWm¡n.
“”Cu tPmÄZ³ kntlg\§Ä DÅ tfKÀ fmSyp kÀ¤ohv F¶ eqSkpw fN³ kntWmUv tftWm³ F¶ knf fmSyp Np«neqSkpw Cu AÀ²^m{Sn]n GSv WnVn tSXn]m\v A`]p¶Sv?””
B km¡pNÄ tN«v AkÀ sM«n¯^n¨p.
S§Ä Sn^n¨_n]s¸«p Njnªn^n¡p¶p!
S§Ä AÑWpw fNWpw Bs\¶pÅ ^ihyw t^minSv fWÊn`m¡n]n^n¡p¶p-
F§sW?
“”t^minSv hmÀ…!””
knf`nsâ lÐw ko*pw sSm*]n Np^p§n.
“”sZu¬ kn¯v tUmhv »Zn P¬hv- Dw-“”
t^minSv Bt{Nmln¨p. W^nfäw fm¯¨Wpw t^minSpw S§apsX B]pV§Ä Wn`¯v sk¨p.
“”Wn§Ä S´]pw fNWpw Cu lm´nbp^¯v C§sW Ikn«v WmXNw Nan¡p¶ ^ihyw Mm³ F§sW fWÊn`m¡ns]¶v- AUvepSs¸Xp¶p*mkpw,””
b^nimhyfm] bp©n^n Wn`WnÀ¯n t^minSv SpXÀ¶p.
Znc³hv A¡mZfn]ns` Sn]_n ¢mÊpNtam k`n] b«ma dp²nt]m H¶vWpw Bklyfnà tfKÀ! A¸w S`f*]pw H¯n^n Culz^mWp{Pikpw fm{Sw fSn! bns¶ hz´w tUlt¯mXv kn«pkojvI]nÃm¯ hvtWikpw! sFw A{Phokv `n bm{Xnt]m«nNv! Cu sNm«m^t¯mXv! Unky {Pq¸v C³Zhv{Xohv F¶ hm{fmKyt¯mXv! Sn¶p¶ tIm_ntWmXv!””
Iq*n¸nXn¨ tSm¡nWv bn¼n t^minSnsâ fpOw Kz`n¡p¶Sv AkÀ N*p.
“”bt¯m b{´t*m tcm¬ tNmÄ!””
t^minSv SpX˦p.
“”BÀfn]n FWn¡pfp*v N\£Wvhpw hpir¯pNapw. bns¶ A_nª Nm^y§sams¡ ¢m^nssc sI¿m³ sZ_mZq\nt`¡v H^p ]m{S]pw. Wn³s_ cmfn`n BÂdfX¡w f¡Ä kntWmUn³s_]pw knf`nsâ]pw sdÀ¯v–tZ h^v«ncn¡äpNapw A¡mUfnNv tZmNypsf³_vhpw FÃmw FWn¡v Nn«n. B c] tNmXSn]n F¯n]mÂ, Wo Ct¸mÄ WnVn]psX ^ihyw Ns*¯n C_§nk¶ B fp_n]psX k`n¸fpÅ fsäm^p fp_n WnW¡v hz´fm¡mw. K]nÂ-“”
S§Ä BjfpÅ H^p PÀ¯¯nt`¡v bSn¡p¶Sv tbms` tSm¶n W^nfäw fm¯¨Wpw knf`nWpw.
“”H^p Nm^yw NqXn A_nªm fSn FWn¡v!””
t^minSv Ak^psX tWs^ A¸w NqXn AXp¯p.
“”S¼p^m³s_ fN³ kntWmUv FknsX? AksW F´v sI]vSp Wn§Ä?””
sbs«¶v W^nfäw fm¯¨sâ ssNNÄ ASpUrSw {bkÀ¯n¨p.
t^minSn³s_ ssN]n Wn¶v- _ntkmÄkÀ sS_n¨ptbm]n. B Wnfngw knf A]mapsX tf ImXn ko\p.
F¶m t^minSn³s_ ssN¡^p¯nWp fp¼n knf`nsâ AXn sSän.
Wn`¯v ko\ knf`nsW kn«v t^minSv fm¯¨Wp tWs^ Sn^nªp.
“”]q tZÀ«n sZknÄ!””t^minSv A]msa¸nXn¨v Fjpt¶Â¸n¨v Ip^p«n] fpãn A]mÄ¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv