ഡെന്നിസിന്‍റെ അവധിക്കാലം [smitha] 591

N¼nNp«³.sWäv SpX§p¶nXs¯ fmwhafm] emPw bp_t¯¡v CaNn¯pap¼n.
“”HXsWt]m?””
Xo kn hv{NoWn Wn¶v- N®pNÄ fmämsS tUkÊym tImUn¨p.
“”AsSs¶¯nWm? sWW¡v GSm*v ^*v fmhkntÃym AkVn? bns¶ HmXns¨¶ns«¶m Nm\n¡mWm?””
“”Hm..AkWp tI«¯n H*m¡ns¡mXp¡p¶sSm¶pw k]än bnXn¡p¶nÃm^n¡pw,””
sZ¶nhv At¸mÄ tUgyt¯msX Aksa tWm¡n.
“”H¶v- ^*mjvI Njn]s«,””
tUkhym]psX lÐw AkÀ tN«p.
“”ASv Njnªv Mm³ b_]mw F¸jm tbmNt*¶v-,””
sfmssd`n Wn¶v- {l²fmän sZ¶nhv AkapsX sIkn]n bnXn¨p Nnjp¡n.
“”t¿m…CSv Nt*m Npªqtª…FXm knXXm..sZ¶oth F³s_ sIkn tkUWn¡pkm tNt«m,””
tUkÊy H^p Wnfngw ASv tWm¡n In^n¨SnWp tlgw ko*pw kmÀ¯Nant`¡v tbm]n.
“”Ip½m tk*mSoWw b_ªm sIknt] fm{Skà Wn³s_ I´nks^ Mm³ bnXn¨p Sn^p½pw,””
tUkhym tNÄ¡msS sZ¶ohv AkapsX NmSn b_ªp.
bns¶ bnXnkn«p.
“”Bim sNmÅmtÃm. Wo Fs¶ Wo Fs¶ms¡ knan¡m³ sSmX§nt]m? sI_p¡m Wn³s_ tI«¯n]m Mm³ tNt«m?””
kmÀ¯NÄ tN«psNm*n^n¡p¶ tUkÊyms] tWm¡n]SnWv tlgw sZ¶nhv fm{Sw tNÄs¡ AkÄ b_ªp.
“”bns¶ F¶m {bm]¡qXpSÃm sWW¡v? B_p k]Êtà NqXpS`pÅq? AÃmsS A_pbSv H¶pknÃtÃm?””
tfjvhn AksW tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”CWn CãkntÃÂ b_ªm fSn. bns¶ knan¡nÃ.””
Ak³ b_ªp.
tfjvhn H¶pw b_ªnÃ.
sfgo³ Hm¬ sI]vSSnWp tlgw AkÄ AXp¡a]nt`¡v Wo§n.
AXp¡a kmSn¡ F¯n Sn^nªp Wn¶v- sZ¶nhnsW tWm¡n.
AksW tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
bns¶ bSns] b_ªp.
“”Cãkm,””
ASv b_ªp Njnªv AkÄ Ak³s_ tWs^ NphrSnt]msX tWm¡n N®n_p¡n.

WÃ Wn`mkpÅ ^m{Sn]m]n^p¶p.
KWm`]n`qsX tWm¡n]t¸mÄ bp_t¯ PmÀZ³ ASnftWmi^fm] H^p In{Sw tbms` tSm¶n¨p.
PmÀZW¸p_w _ºÀ¡mXpNÄ SpX§p¶p.
_ºÀ f^§apsX Wn^NÄ¡nX]ns` hvtbhv Wn_s] CXSqÀ¶ sFfp¡mXpNam\v.
Caw Nmäv kolp¶pfp*v–.
Ak³ lÐw tNĸn¡msS NSNv Sp_¶v- bp_¯v NX¶p.
k^m´]n NnX¶ H^p Nth^s]Xp¯v PmÀZWn`n«p.
“”sku-“”
Nth^]n C^p¶v fpNant`¡v C^pssNNapfp]À¯ns¡m*v Ak³ b_ªp.
kÃm¯ H^p hpOw CknsX]n§sW]n^n¡m³.
bq¡apsX f\w.
CawNmäv.
fp¼n _ºÀ¡mXpNan bn\ªpNnX¡p¶ Wn`mkn³s_ klyshuµ^yw.
BNmlw Wn_s] hzÀ® W£{S§Ä.
Ak³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv