ഗ്രാമ ദൃശ്യങ്ങൾ [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്] 622

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AXpt¯¡v tk*. AknXps¯ Nm^y§saÃmw Wnsâ km¡pNan tNÄ¡mWm\v FWn¡nãw””, Mm³ b_ªp. Aksasâ ssNbnXn¨v b_¼pNÄ fp_n¨p WX¶pSpX§n. CX]vs¡t¸mtjm AkapsX A^s¡«nt`¡v Wo* Fsâ ssN S«nfmän AkÄ b_ªp, “”AsSÃmw W½psX ko«nWN¯pfm{Sw. Wm«pNmÀ¡v ss`kvtgm Nm\mWpÅSÔ”. AXp¯ Hs¶m¶^ f\n¡qÀ M§Ä bSnkv kjnNan`qsX A`ªpWX¶p.

tkW¨qXn kn]À¯pWX¡pt¼mÄ, AkapsX Sp\nWWªp tf`ns`m«n. At¸mjm\v Mm³ {l²n¡p¶Sv, Ct¸mjpw AkÄ¡v AXnkhv{S§anÃ. MmWkapsX sIkn]n tImUn¨p, “”Wnsâ AXn¸mkmX]pw s{d]v–hns]_pw FknsX?”” AkapsX NŨn^n, “”Wo]pÅt¸mÄ H¶pw CXp¶Sv FWn¡nãfÃ. bns¶, Wm«pNmÀ¡ptk*n]m\v C{Ss]¦n`pw V^n¨Sv””. M§Ä koXnsâ S\p¸nt`¡v N]_n. cpÄhvboZn`n« cmWnsâ tIm«nÂWn¶v kn]À¸mäp¶SnWnX]n AkÄ tImUn¨p,
“”Wfps¡m^n¡Â¡qXn Npan¨mt`m? Asæn kn]À¸pWm_pw””.
“”Hmt¡, bt£, W½sam^pfn¨p Npan¡pw. h½Sfms\¦n b_. H¶pNqXn, C¶v Mm³ Wns¶ Npan¸n¡pw””, Fsâ tfmiw Mm³ b_ªp.
“”Fsâ hzbvW§an Wos]s¶ H^m]n^w k«sf¦n`pw Npan¸n¨n«p*mkpw. Fsâ hzbvW§sam¶ptbm`pw kyÀ°fsöv C¶s`fpS Mm³ A_nªpsNm*n^n¡]tÃ?”” fp³kmSn AN¯pWn¶p bq«n, Aksas¶ bn¶nÂWn¶v Ipän¸nXn¨psNm*v fpNans` AkapsX fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. AN¯pNX¶v, fp_nIm^n, Aksasâ dÀfqZ]pw XogÀ«pw Du^nfmän. kn]À¸nÂWWª Fsâ K«n]n ssNk¨kÄ tImUn¨p,
“”F´nWm CSnsW]n§sW Ft¸mjpw sN«n]nXp¶Sv?””
“”CSnsæn Wnsâ fp` Fsâtf`n fp«p¶ Hmt^m Akh^¯n`pw Wm«pNmÀ fpjpk³ Fsâ Np®]psX k`n¸w fWÊn`m¡pw”” Mm³ In^n¨p. fp¶n fp«pNp¯n]n^p¶v Aksasâ K«n Nm`n`qsX Du^ns]Xp¯p. A§n§p S`Wo«nWn¶ fpXn]n AkÄ sb^pkn^`pw Iq*pkn^`pwsNm*v WpÅnk`n¨p. bmSnsbm§nWn¶ Fsâ Np®]n AkÄ A^pft]msX Ipän¸nXn¨p. Np®]psX AäwsNm*v AkapsX fpOs¯ Hmt^memP¯pw Np¯n. AkapsX ssN¡pÅn ko*pfSv kaÀ¶pk`pSm]n. MmWksa N£¯pNqXn ssN]n«v sbm¡nWnÀ¯n. Km¡änsâ iq¡n ssNk¨ AkapsX ssNbnXn¨pfmän Mm³ b_ªp,
“”Fsâ b\n Mm³ sI]vtSmamw””. ssNSmjv¯nWn¶ AkapsX ^*pfp`Nan`pw ssN¸¯nNafÀ¯n Mm³ AkapsX Km¡änsâ iq¡pNÄ Hs¶m¶m]n Du^n. AkapsX ssNNÄ D]À¯n¸nXn¨p MmWm Km¡äv Du^ns]Xp¯p. ssNsbm¡nWn¶ AkapsX N£¯ns` Ip^p* fpXn Mm³ bnXn¨pk`n¨p. bns¶ Hmt^m N£¯pw fpOffÀ¯n AkapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv