ഇടയനും ആടുകളും 5 [സേതു] 610

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tdmVt¡Xpk^p¯pw tbm`pw..C¨m]sâ Hmt^m NanSfmlNÄ. bmkw
tW^t¯ A§ptbm]n. F¶m A¶n¨m]³ Nan]m¡n] Ssâ l^o^emP§Ä AWn]Wm] Npªpk_oSv BhzUn¨p Nm\p¶p. SWn¡ktWmsX¶pw H^p
fNtWt¸ms`]pÅ kmÕÃyfm]n^p¶p. kaÀ¶pk^p¶ {bm]¯n A½t]mXpw sb§½mt^mXpw tSm¶p¶ H^p NuSpNw fm{Sfm\p k_oSnWp Ssâ l^o^t¯mXp*m]n^p¶Sv F¶m\p N^pSn]n^p¶Sv. bt£ Ct¸mÄ Aksâ tWm«kpw In`t¸msjÃmw bpS¸nWnÅn D]À¶pk^p¶ knNm^kpw S¶n`pw Fs´ms¡t]m S{´nNÄ fo«p¶ntÃ?

A¨³ hq¸pNpXn¨p Nm`n]m¡nsk¨n^p¶ bm{SsfXp¡m³ hqhn NnX¡]psX A¸q_¯pÅ hväqant`¡p ssNWo«n. NpWnªv bm{SsfXp¯v WnkÀ¶t¸mÄ Ak^psX k`n] fp` A¨sâ fpO¯p^hn. H^p tgm¡p Nn«n]Sptbms` hqhn kn_¨p. A¨³
ko*pw knNm^fX¡mWmkmsS WnÊim]Wm]n NnX¶p.

A¶p tk`¡m^³ k¶n^p¶nÃ. AksWknsXt]m tbm\sf¶v tcm¬ sI]vS_n]n¨n^p¶p. ^*p Unkhfm]n A¨sâ l^o^w skÅw sNm*v hvb©p sI¿p¶Sv AkWm]n^p¶p. IqXpÅ hf]fm]SpNm^\w l^o^w In`t¸mÄ kn]À¡pw. hvb©nRv Wmsa fSns]¶¨³ sb§tamXp b_ªp. ASp bänÃ. Mm³ sI]vSp S^mw. AkÀ S_¸n¨p b_ªp.

Ct¨]n¡sSÃmw dp²nfp«mkpw. H^p UnkhftÃ..hm^fnÃ, Wmsa]mkmw. A¨³ b_ªp. Npªpk_otS..Wns¶ MmsW{S{bmklyw Npan¸n¨n«pÅSm? bns¶]mt\m Cu hvb©nRv? AkÀ In^n¨psNm*p b_ªp. Wo Fjpt¶äv B k^m´]ns` hväqan`n^p¶ms«. Mm³
IqXpskÅw sNm*pk^mw. AkÀ Sn^nªp WX¶p. B Ipjnkn^nª I´nNÄ Spap¼p¶Spw tWm¡n A¨³ NnX¶p.

A¨³ H^p Xuk`pfpXp¯v k^m´]n Caw sk]n`n hväqan sI¶n^p¶p. tUifmsN SaÀ¨]ps*¦n`pw tW^t¯Sptbm`pÅ AklS tSm¶p¶nÃ. ^mkn`s¯ sk]nÂ, bWwS«nNan`qsX fp_nªp fp_nªp l^o^¯n k¶p kojpt¼mÄ H^p hpOsfms¡ tSm¶p¶p*v.

tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Ct¨]n H^p tdhnWn IqXpskÅkpw bns¶ ssN¯*]n H^p Xuk`pw sNm*v WX¶p k^p¶p. hm^n FXp¯p Np¯n]n^n¡p¶p. k]À fpjpkWpw Nm\mw. sbm¡nansWs´m^mjw. k]À A¸w SÅnWn¡p¶p. k`t¯ SpX bNpSnt]maw
skan]nÂ..Fs´m^p fnWphfm]n^n¡pw..b*s¯t¸ms` Ss¶ hzÀ®Wn_w. hm^n¯`¸v fp`NÄ¡p WXpkn`m]n k`n¨v A^]n Np¯n]n^n¡p¶p.

F´m Npªpk_osS..Wos]s¶ fp³bp N*n«nÃm¯ tbms` tWm¡pt¶? AkÀ fVp^fm] ldvU¯n tImUn¨p.

H¶pfnÃnt¨]n..Ct¨]ns¡m^p N¼nNp«³.sWäv