ഡോഗ്ഗി [അശ്വതി അച്ചു] 741

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bqÀ\ D²m^\¯n F¯ns]¶p tSm¶n]t¸mÄ Mm³ Du¼Â WnÀ¯n. km]v FXp¯p Aksâ Np®]n H¶v Sp¸n. F¶n«p WmkpsNm*v ASv Aksâ Np®]n tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p. Mm³ km]v FXp¯p AksW tWm¡n. Ak³ DXsW Fjpt¶äp Fsâ A^s¡«nt`¡v fpOw tIÀ¯p. ASv FWn¡v kÃm¯ tfmiw D*m¡n. Mm³ f`À¶p NnX¶p Ko³hpw bmâohpw Du^n. Kn½n¡v fp³bn Fsâ SpXNÄ Mm³ kn^n¨psk¨p. Ak³Fsâ SpX]nXp¡nt`]v¡v fpOw tIÀ¯p. F¶n«p Fsâ bq_n fq¡v fp«n¨p f\¯p. AÂb hf]w sNm*v Mm³ bpaªptbm]n. Kn½n]psX Wm¡v sNm*pÅ {bt]mPw F¶ns` hÀk M^¼pNsa]pw k`n¨p fp_p¡n. ‘imiv… Òv½v… Biv? Mm³ hzÀ¤ t`mN¯m]n^p¶p. fmSyqhv hm_pw b¸]psX H^p Nq«pNm^³ A`N-vhpw b`t¸mjpw Fsâ bq_v Sn¶n«p*v–. At¸msjm¶pw C{S hpOw A_nªn«nÃ. Mm³ A^s¡«p sdZn Wn¶pw sbm¡nt¸m]n. Kn½n At¸mtj]v¡pw Fsâ Np*n]nt`]v¡pw Wms¡¯n¨p. Biv… FWn¡v H«pw k¿mSm]n. FWn¡v AksW SX]m³ tSm¶n]nsæn`pw, Ct¸mÄ Mm³ Aksâ km]nt`]v¡v Hjp¡n kn«m Kn½n]v¡p In`t¸mÄ Fsâ DÅ_]psX hpOw WãfmNpsf¶v fWÊn`m¡n] Mm³ Ns¿¯n¨p AksW St`mXn. Ak³ bq_p Soä WnÀ¯n Fs¶ tWm¡n. Mm³ AXpt¯]v¡p k^m³ N®v Nm\n¨p. Ak³ f`À¶p NnX¡p¶ Fsâ tft`¡v tN_n k¶p. Fsâ fp`]nt`¡v tWm¡pkm³ Mm³ AksW N®psNm*p Nm\n¨p. gÀ«nWp fpNan`qsX fpj¨p Wn¡p¶fp`]nt`¡v Ak³ tWm¡n. bns¶ sfsà Fsâ k`Sp fp`]nt`¡v fpOw tIÀ¯p. Fsâ fp`]psX IqX_nª Ak³ sfsà Fsâ gnÀ«nsâ d«³hv bÃpNÄ sNm*v NXn¨p Du^m³ SpX§n. Nų. F{S {l²t]msX]m\v ASv sI¿p¶Sv. FÃmw bYn¨p sk¨n^n¡pN]m\v. F¶n«p Fs¶ ‘Du¡m³’ H^p Im³hv tWm¡n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. d«³hv Du^n Ak³ fpOw sNm*v Ss¶ Fsâ gÀXv ^*p klt¯¡pw fmän. Fsâ bn¦v {dm]n fp`NÄ ^*pw AksW tWm¡n fpj¨p Wn¡p¶p. Ak³ ASnWXpt¯]v¡v fpOw AXp¸n¨p. Aksâ km]n Wn¶pw DfnWoÀ Fsâ CXSpfp`]n Cäp ko\p. ‘sNmSn]³’ Mm³ b_ªp. ‘CSvMm³ Ss¶ Du^n¯t^t*?’ AktWmXp tImUn¨psNm*v Mm³ D]^m³ {lfn¨p.
sbs«¶v Ak³ Fsâ fp`]nXp¡nt`]v¡v fpOw tIÀ¯p F¶n«p bÃv Fsâ tUi¯p sNmÅm¯ ^oSn]n {dm bÃn sNmap¯n k`n¨p sbm«n¨p. Mm³ sM«nt¸m]n. Ak³ H^p Nqh`pfnÃmsS Fsâ {dm fpOw sNm*v C^p klt¯¡pw fmän sk¨p F¶n«p Fsâ fp`¡®pNÄ fm_n fm_n W¡m³ SpX§n. bns¶ H^p fp` bÃpNÄ sNmÅmsS km]n`m¡m³ {lfn¨p. Aksâ DfnWo^n ASv fpjpk³ WWsª¦n`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv