ഗ്രാമ ദൃശ്യങ്ങൾ [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്] 623

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kna¼n. Bim^w Njn¡p¶SnWnX]n M§sam¶pw fn*n]nÃ. Bim^w Njn¨p Mm³ fpNans` Fsâ fp_n]nt`¡ptbm]n. hSywb_ªm tW^t¯ Mm³ hm£ywkin¨ NmjvINÄ Fs¶ H^p hz]wtemP¯nWv WnÀdÔn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. MmWN¯pNX¶p NSNv Npän]n«p. bm{S§Ä NjpNnk]vt¡*p¶ hf]w fm{Stf AksaXp¯pÅp. AkÄ tWt^ Fsâfp_n]nt`¡m\v k¶Sv. bSnkm]n ASv Npän]nXm_nÃ. SÅntWm¡n]tlgw AkÄ NSNn¯«n.
“”””MmsWm¶v D_§m³ SpX§pN]m]n^p¶p” Mm³ b_ªp.
“”””D_§msW´nWm Npän]nXp¶Sv?” AkapsXfp³bn FWn¡v NÅw bänÃ.
“”””B Bä^nNns` b¿³ Wns¶ k«m¡nt]m?” Aka§sW]m\v. Nŧtam f_Ntam AkÄ¡nÃ. F¦n`pw MmsWmä¡v sI¿m³ tbmkpN]ms\¶v AkÄ N*pbnXn¨t¸mÄ FWns¡m^p I½Â. Mm³ S`NpWn¨p. Bä^nNn M§Ä WnÀ¯n]nX¯pWn¶pSs¶ SpX§m³ Mm³ So^pfmWn¨p. AkapsXfp³bn FWn¡v f_NapsX BklyfnÃ.
“”””CsSÃmw Nm\pt¼mÄ WnWs¡m¶pw tSm¶m_ntà tfQm?”
“”””Mm³ b_ªntÃ, Fsâ H¼Smwk]ÊnÂ, f\nhm_nsâ AXp¯pWn¶v k¶t¸mÄ fpS SpX§n]Sm\v CsSÃmw. WnW¡¶p B_pk]ÊtÃ]pÅp! A¶v WnW¡nsSÃmw F§sW fWÊn`mkmWm\v– ! Wo k`pSmkm³ tWm¡n]n^n¡]m]n^p¶p Mm³. SWns] sI¿pt¼mÄ bpSn] A_nkpNÄ¡v tk*n]m\v MmWnsSÃmw tSXn Ns*¯n]Sv. bns¶, CsSÃmw Nm\pt¼mÄ FWns¡´v tSm¶ns]¶_n]t*? tWm¡nt¡m”.
Aksasâ fp³bn F\oäpWn¶p. AkapsX Woa³bmkmX D]À¯n. AXn¸mkmX¡v fp«nsWm¸tf C_¡fpÅp. AkÄ AXn¸mkmX]psX fp³emPw Ip^p«n SpXNapsX DÄemPkpw bq_pw AfÀ¯n SpX¨p. bns¶]Sv WnkÀ¯n]n«p. ASpfpjpk³ WWªpNpSnÀ¶n^p¶p.
“”””Nt*m, WnW¡v sbm§pt¼msjms¡ sb®p§Ä¡v WW]pw. F´psNms*t¶m, WWªmt` Wnsâ N¼n]m] Np® ASnWN¯pN]_q. Wo SWnt] sI¿m³tk*n]tà Ct¸mÄ NSNv Np«n]n«Sv? ASptbms` sb®p§Ä f\nhmÀ sI]vSpsNmXp¯Sptbms` SWnt] kn^`n«psI¿pw”. FWn¡sSÃmw bpSn]A_nkpNam]n^p¶p.

“”””sb¬Np«nNÄ F§sW]m\v SWnt] sI¿p¶sS¶v b_ªp S^mtfm?”

Aksasâ fp¶ns` Nth^]n Nm`pknXÀ¯n]n^p¶p. bns¶ N\¦m`nÂWn¶v Woa³bmkmX k`n¨p]À¯n A^]v¡ptf`m¡n. AÂbwfp³bv Mm³ N* sbm¶½t¨¨n]psX A^s¡«ptbms` tfQ]ptX]pw bq_n CXSqÀ¶ Ip^p* fpXn]m]n^p¶p. AkÄ CXSpssN]psX sb^pkn^`pw Iq*pkn^`pw Wo«n bq_ns` fpXn ^*pklt¯¡pw kNªpfmän. bns¶ AtS kn^`pNÄsNm*v bq_nsâ Ip*pNaNän. AknsX H^p Smf^ .knXÀ¶p. k`SpssN]psX Iq*pkn^ÂsNm*v Akam N¼nNp«³.sWäv