ഇടയനും ആടുകളും 4 [സേതു] 569

N¼nNp«³.sWäv timhvS`n Nm\m³ bäm¯ FÃm f`]maw IW`pNapw Nm\msf¶ ht´mgw sNm*v ln¸ tkPw ko«nt`t¡mXn. Aksa NqsX Wn_p¯\sf¶p tlmlm½]v¡mUyw tSm¶n. Asæn tk*..A¨³ AXp¯pWn¶pw A¸w fm_n WnÀ¯p¶Sm]n^n¡pw WÃSv F¶pw tSm¶n.
tlmlm½t]]pw sNm*v A¨³ tfX]nt`¡p WX¶p. Nbyms^ Np_¨p hmVW§Ä km§pkm³ Xu\nt`¡]¨n^p¶p.
tfX]psX Np¯sW]pÅ bXnNÄ N]_pt¼mÄ A¨³ lmlm½s] fp³bn WX¯n. BWWX]m¯ B I´nNapsX I`Ww BhzUn¨p. A¨³ N®pNÄ Ssâ bn¶n SpaªpN]_p¶Sv tlmlm½]v¡Wpeks¸«p. BsN tf`pfpjpk³ Hs^^nbn^n h©m^w tbms` tSm¶n.
fpNan F¯n]t¸mÄ A¨³ Nol]n Wn¶pw H^p `nsÌXp¯p. B tlmlmt½.W½psX bÅnkN H^p sh]n`pWX¯\w. ASn Sp\n¯^§apsX hvfmÄ tlmlm½ NNm^yw sI¿\w. F´m?
l^n]m.tlmlm½ b_ªp.
km..Npt_ Sp\nNapw CXkN¡m^psX sb®p§Ä S]n¨ Np¸m]§apw Hs¡ CknXp*v. tlmlm½ Ss¶ AsSms¡ H¶p tWm¡n S^w Sn^n¡\w.
A¨³ tlmlm½s] tfX]psX tdhvsf³_nt`¡p sNm*ptbm]n.
tlmlm½ Np¶pNq«n]n«n^p¶ Sp\nNÄ S^w Sn^n¨p SpX§n. A¨Wpw him]n¨p. GSm*v A^f\n¡q_nWNw b\n bqÀ¯n]m]n. H^p tKmZn tÌm¡nRvhv dm¡nk¶p. Cu IqXn B^m tÌm¡nRvhnXpN? tlmlm½ tImUn¨p.
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CSpsNm*v tks_ {bt]mKW§apfp*tÃm…A¨³ b_ªp.
tWm¡q…tlmlm½ ssNNÄ Wo«nt¡.
bmkw tlmlm½ AbNXw f\¯_n]msS ^*pssNNapw A¨sâ tWÀ¡p Wo«n A¨³ sbs«¶m ssNNÄ ^*pw hn¡p tÌm¡nRvhv sk¨p dÔn¨p. F¶n«v täm¡nRvhnsâ Aäw tdhvsf³_n³_ KWm`]n sN«n.
F´m\nSv? F´pfmkmsft¶m? Fs¶ knsXXm…
Asæn Mm³ knan¨pNqkn Wm«pNms^ Nq«pw. tlmlm½ diaw sk¨p.
A¨³ AkapsX N^\¯mªm^Xn sNmXp¯p. fn*^psSXo.Wo F´p knIm^n¨p.Wo CknsX¡nX¶p sSmÅ]n«m B^pw tNÄ¡m³ tbmNp¶nÃ. Wo F³_]m..fWÊn`mt]mXo.
tlmlm½ A¨sW Sp_n¨p tWm¡n.
Fs´Xo..tWm¡n tbXn¸n¡pt¶m..Wns¶ Mm³ Nm\n¨p S^mw.
A¨³ tlmlm½]psX »uhjn¨p. {dm Häk`n¡p No_nfmän
fpjp¯p fpt¶m«p SÅn Wn¡p¶ fp`Nan A¨³ sfsà SjpNn. F¶n«v sbs«¶p bnXn¨p sM^n¨p. tlmlm½ bnXªp. B skap¯ fp`Nan A¨sâ ssNkn^`pNapsX bmXp sSanªp. ssNNÄ sN«n]n« tlmlm½ knc`fm]n sN«pNan NnX¶p sManbn^nsNm*p.
WnW¡p sWm´p AtÃ..At¸mÄ CWn Wns¶ Mm³ F´m sI¿m³ tbm\sS¶_n]mtfm? A¨³ fp^*p.
tlmlm½ eoSnt]msX A¨sW tWm¡n.
A¨³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv