കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 9 [Smitha] 497

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX b^mfÀlw {l²n¨p. “”^mip Wm^m]\³ B\v K]Nrgv\sâ {blvWw,”” BdnUv S³s_ Aen{bm]w b_ªp. “”CSv ks^ Ak³s_ S«n¸pNÄ H¶pw Ss¶ tbm`ohn³s_ bnXn]n k¶n«nÃ. ^mip Wm^m]\Wv H^p C³tcmÀtfg³ sWäzÀ¡p*v F¶v- Ak³ hwl]n¡p¶p*mk\w. Asæn ^mip Wm^m]\³ F§sW C{S NrSyfm]n A_nªp K]Nrgv\sâ ko«n f]¡v f^p¶ps*¶v? A]msa HSp¡m³ AkWp W½psX him]w tk\w,”” `¯ocv B Aen{bm]kpw {l²t]msX tN«p. “”Cu Aen{bm]§sam¶pw Mm³ SÅn¡a]p¶nÃ,””`¯ocv A¸w Njnªv b_ªp. “”F¶m CsSm¶pfà K]Nrgv\sâ BSy´nN `Nv–gyw. ASv fsät´m Bs\¶m\v– FWn¡v tSm¶p¶Sv.”” Ak³s_ N®pNÄ tNm{dm inÂhn³s_ APmVWo`nfs] hvbÀln¨p. “”hwSnwPv tZ]n©_hv!”” tNm{dm in`vhn Wn¶v- UrãvXnNÄ fmämsS Ak³ SpXÀ¶p. “”MmWmUyw N^pSn]Sv Cu ^mip Wm^m]\sW lm´nbp^¯v AkS^n¸n¨Sv K]Nrgv\Wpw Ak³s_ tdmÊv W^nfäw kÀ¡n]pfms\¶m]n^p¶p. W½psX]pw Wm«pNm^psX]pw fp¼n l{Sp¡am]n WXn¨psNm*pÅ WmXNw. bs£ tNmXnNÄ H^p WmXN¯nWp tk*n sI`km¡m³ fm{Sw f*¯^sfm¶pw K]Nrgv\tWm W^nfätfm Nm\n¡m³ hmVyS]nÃ,”” `¯ocv SpXÀ¶p. “”K]Nrgv\Wv fsät´m WnPqZfm] Dt±l§ap*v. AksWt¸ms` H^p tdm¬ {NnfnW Wt½mXv shuirU¯nWv {lfn¡p¶ps*¦n sF sX ]q Cäv– Cuhv hwSnwPv sZ]n©_hv! “” At¸mtj¡pw f`s©^nkn`qsX tfmt«mÀ ssd¡pNapsX lÐw tN«pSpX§n. “”k^p¶p*v, Ak½m^v!”” ^q£fm] AWnãvXtSmsX hSogv– b_ªp. “”`¯ocv UmUm, W½sX BänäyqZv F´m? Ak½m^v Nm^yw Nm\m³ tk*n {c*vgns¸¶pw tNm¸t_gsW¶pw b_ªp k^pw.,”” ftWmKv– tImUn¨p. “”BUyw AkÀs¡´m b_]mWptŶv- tN¡s«,”” `¯ocv b_ªp. At¸mtj¡pw K]Nrgv\Wpw hwQkpw Ak^psX]Xps¯¯n. AktWmsXm¸w GNtUlw bt¯maw AWpI^³fm^pw D*m]n^p¶p. `¯ocpw hwQkpw Fjpt¶äp. ssd¡pNÄ WnÀ¯n K]Nrgv\Wpw hwQkpw Ak^psX tWÀ¡v WX¶Xp¯p.Ak³s_ fpO¯v bp©n^n]p*m]n^p¶p. K]Nrgv\³ `¯ocn³s_ fp¼n k¶pWn¶p. “”it`m, `¯ocv,”” bp©n^nt]msX Ak³ k`Sp N^w `¯ocn³s_ tWs^ Wo«n. `¯ocv sPu^kw Wn`WnÀ¯n S³s_ k`SpN^w Ak³s_ tWs^ Wo«n. C^p hwQkpw b^hvb^w bp©n^n ssNfm_n. ihvSUmWw sI]vSp. bns¶ t£{S b^nh^¯v, bp¸p_¯v, WUn¡enfpOfm]n C^p¶p. K]Nrgv\³ Km¡än³s_ hnºv Smjv¯n tbm¡än Wn¶v- N¼nNp«³.sWäv