ഇടയനും ആടുകളും 1 [സേതു] 872

N¼nNp«³.sWäv D]À¶ sWän]pw, ….FÃmsfÃmw B lÎfm] hzemkw knant¨mSn.
tlmlm½ sfsà Fjpt¶äv A¨sâ AXp¯n^p¶p.
CknXs¯ Ø`kpw Smfhkpw F§nsW]p*p tlmlmt½..
WÃ Ø`fm\t¨m…
þ CknXw F§nsW sS^sªXp¯p?
ASt¨m.. M§Ä fh-vNän`m]n^p¶tÃm. tfmapX¸³ f^n¨n«m_pkÀgfm]n. At±iw f^n¨Sn¸ns¶ M§Ä dmw¥q^n`m]n^p¶p… B§a]psX NqsX.. Ct¸mÄ Wm«nt`¡p k^\sf¶p tSm¶n. tfmap timhvf`n`m… AkVn¡p k^pw. CSms\¦n tfmapsX b¸m]psX bj] koXm]n^p¶p. CsSm¶p bpSp¡n CknXmNmw Smfhsf¶p tSm¶n.
þ W¶m]n tlmlmt½…Smfhsfms¡ hpOw Ss¶t]m?
WÃ Ø`fm\t¨m
tlmlm½]psX tfmapXJ³_ tb^p fmSyp F¶Ãm]n^pt¶m?…A¨Wm^mªp.
AsS]t¨m…
fmSypknsW FWn¡p b*_n]mw. bt£ NÃym\w Cu CXkN]n AÃm]n^p¶p..
ASt¨m… A¶p In` dÔp¡Äs¡SnÀ¸p*m]n^p¶p….
B..Nm`sfÃmw fm_n..A¨sWm¶p sWXpkoÀ¸n«p.. tlmlmt½..fmSyp CÃmsS Cu sI_p¸w knXm¯ Wo F§nsW Nm`w Njn¡p¶p?…
þ A¨³ tImUyw tN«v tlmlm½ l^n¡pw sM«n.
tlmlm½]v¡v Mm³ b_ªSpfWÊn`m]nà F¶pt*m?..
F´pb_]\sf¶p bmkw tlmlm½]vs¡ms^¯pw bnXn]pw Nn«n]nÃ. SnN¨pw ]mTmØnSnNfm] H^p IpäpbmXn`m\p tlmlm½ A¶pks^]pw Kokn¨Sv. KWn¨p kaÀ¶ ko«n f¡ap*mNp¶Sv GtSm ssUk¯n³_ AÂepSsf¶m]n^p¶p tlmlm½ kas^¡m`w V^n¨ptbm¶Sv.
NÃym\w NjnªSnWptlgkpw H^p fNap*mNp¶Spks^ fm{Stf C¨m]Wpfm]n dÔs¸«n«pÅp. e¢Wm] C¨m]³ {bmÀTWm {Pq¸pw VymWkpsfms¡]m]n KoknSw þ Njn¨pNq«n. tlmlm½]v¡pw ASns`m¶pw H^bmNS]pw tSm¶n]n«nÃm]n^p¶p. fsäm^p KoknSkpw AkÀ¡_n]nÃm]n^p¶p. hpivUv k`]¯n`pÅk^mNs« bÅn¡m^pw, e¢^pw Hs¡.
A¨³ IpjnªpÅ tWm«¯nWpfp³bn tlmlm½ Ipan.
Np_p¡³ tNmjns] tWm¡p¶Sptbms` A¨³ tlmlm½s] tWm¡n. koªn³_ `i^n]pw, CafmWn³_ C_¨n]psX hzmUpw B sI_p¸¡m^n]m] knVk]v¡ps*¶v A¨Wp tSm¶n.
þ F{S hfp{U {ivU´w ImÀ¯n C{S]pw Wo`nf Wn³ N®nÂ…A¨sWm^p bj] PmWtfmÀ¯p.
thmc]ns` B C^n¸n B CXp§n] A^s¡«pw, kXntk_n] bp_kpw A¨³ Aas¶Xp¯p. fp`NÄ k`pSms\¶p N*m`_n]mw. Sq\ptbms`]pÅ SpXNÄ ^*pw AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨m\n^ns¸¦n`pw Ak]psX sNmjp¸v thmc]n b^¶n«p*v.
tlmlm½]vs¡m^p
Blzmhfm]n.
þ sbs«¶p f_n]m½ Im]]pfm]n k¶p. Im]NpXn¡t¨m..tlmlm½ Ns«Xp¯p Wo«n.
A¨³ thmc]n Im^n]n^p¶n«v N¼nNp«³.sWäv