കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 9 [Smitha] 497

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶ S´]nÃm¯ksW HSp¡m³ Wm]n³s_ tfm³ `¯ocn³s_ him]w Nn«nÃm¶v- H_¸m]n,”” K]Nrgv\³ b_ªp. sbs«¶v- Ak³s_ sfmssd tcm¬ lÐn¨p. “”s]hv…K]Nrgv\³…”” Ak³ tcm\n`qsX hwhm^n¨p. “”F´v Unky Wmsa F¯nsI^psft¶m?……c³XmÌn¡v…- gq«nwPv….? …tkt*?….bns¶? tNm{dm? NnwPv– tNm{dm? ….s]hv …s]hv….tNm{dminÂhv–? D{P³ sFZn]m…Z¬-“” tcm¬ Sn^nsN Wn`¯v sk¨v K]Nrgv\³ hwSrbvSnt]msX bp©n^n¨p. “”B^m knant¨?”” gmKim³ tImUn¨p. “”B^m C¸w knant¨?”” {NnÌc_pw Sn^¡n. K]Nrgv\³ H^p {btSyNemk¯n Aks^ tWm¡n. “”FWn¡pw sWW¡psfms¡ sI`knWv S^p¶ fmcn] fnlni!”” K]Nrgv\³ In^n¨p. “”A]mÄ¡v tb^p*v, A{ZÊv D*v, W¼^p*v, sf]n sF Zn]p*v. bs£ AsSm¶pw FWn¡v Wn§sX fp¼n ska¼m³ bä¯nÃ,”” “”Unkys]¡p_n¨v B\tÃm b_ªSv..”” ^mfNrgv\³ tImUn¨p. “”AsS Unkys]¡p_n¨v Ss¶. K]Nrgv\³ hnPs^äv– bpN]qSn¸_¯n. “”Unkym kÀ½s]¡p_n¨v…B hÀ¸hpµ^ns]¡p_n¨v…GSv PÔÀÆWpw F{S B]n^¯m*pNÄ SbÊn^p¶pw tWXmWm{Pin¡p¶ B fmUN¯nX¼nsWNp_n¨v..s]hv …DÀÆln]pw ^we]pw si`Wpw koWhpw ¢nt]mbm{X]pw F´nWv W½psX N{SoW ssNcptbm`pw hpÃn«v– Wm\n¨v S`Smjv¯p¶ B dyq«n Hmcv hq¸Àt`äokvhv..Aksa¡p_n¨v Ss¶]m f¡sa M§ant¸m hwhm^nt¨…”” A^s¡«n koÀ¯pk^p¶ fpjs] AfÀ¯nsM^n¨psNm*v K]Nrgv\³ b_ªp. “”ssf^v…Aksa¸än HmÀ¯Spw N¼n]m]n…”” Ak³ b_ªp. “”gq«nt§m tNm{dminÂsht¶m Hs¡ tN«tÃm…F´m cn`nw gq«n§mt\m?”” {NnÌcÀ tImUn¨p. “”AsS …AsS ..”” K]Nrgv\³ S³s_ ¥mhv Nm`n]m¡n. “”H^p in¨vtNm¡v cn`nw! cpÄ Hmcv sim_À! cpÄ Hmcv tNm¬hvbn^hn! »Zv sgZv!….B³Zv …”” Ak³ Nq«pNm^psX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n. “”…..B³Zv– fÀZÀ…! ^hN^fm] H^p Urlyw fp¼n N*Sv– tbms` K]Nrgv\³ D¨¯n In^n¨p. “”cn`nfn³s_ sfm¯w WnÀ½m\sI`kv A³bSv `£w ^qb. hwknVm]NmWm] FWn¡v C^pb¯m_p `£w ^qb. NqsX Wn¡p¶ Wn§¡v B_p `£w koSkpw…”” Nq«pNmÀ b^hvb^w fm_nfm_n tWm¡n. “”K]Nrgv\sW´m C¸_]ps¶?”” ¥mÊpNan ko*pw fUyw bN^p¶SnWnX]n hn²mÀ°³ tImUn¨p. “”b_]mXm b«s^,”” bpN¨p^papNÄ DuSn¸_¯n K]Nrgv\³ ko*pw In^n¨p. “”Unky {Pq¸v C³Zhv{äohn³s_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv