മായാനന്ദനം 3 [ne-na] 1727

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fm] b_ªp.
“”””G]v AÃ.. CSv F³s_ H^p _nt`äokn³s_ cv`mäv B\v, AkÀ `*WnshänÂZm\v.. Mm³ CknsX]m\v tKm`n sI¿p¶sS¶v A_nªv Ft¶mXv CknsX Smfhn¨psNmÅm³ b_ªp.”
AkÀ Hmt^m¶v hwhm^n¨v _qfns`¯n. H^p imÄ, 2 _qw, Nn¨¬, H^p dm¡\n.. H^p ko«nt`¡pÅ FÃm huN^y§apw B cv`män D*m]n^p¶p.
H^p _qw Iq*n¡m\n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”””CSm\v F³s_ _qw..”
dm¡n DÅ H^p _qfnt`¡v AksW Nq«ns¡m*ptbm]n fm] b_ªp.
“”””CSm\v CWn Wµ³s_ _qw.”
Ak³ _qfn ANt¯¡v tWm¡n. hmfmWyw k`n¸fpÅ WsÃm^p _qw.
“”””Wµ³ _Ìv FXpt¯m.. Mm³ At¸mtj¡pw Im] C«p sNm*p k^mw.”
fm] Nn¨\nt`¡v tbm]t¸mÄ Wµ³ dmPv N«n`n sk¨v dm¡\n]nt`¡v WX¶p.
dm¡\n]n Wn¡pt¼mÄ Wà S\p¯ Nmäv kolp¶p*v. AknsX Wn¶pw GNtUlw H^p Nnt`mfoäÀ Uq^tf]pÅq NX`nt`¡v.
Ak³ H^p hnP^äv N¯n¨v k`n¨v ANt`¡v tWm¡nWn¶p.
sbs«¶m\v bn¶n Wn¶pw fm]]psX lÐw.
“”””Wo CknsX k¶v Wn¡pN]m]n^pt¶m.. Mm³ Im]]pfm]n tWs^ _qfnt`¡v tbm]n..”
Ak³ In^n¨psNm*v AkapsX N¿n Wn¶pw Im] ¥mhv km§n]t¸mÄ fm] b_ªp.
“”””Cu hnP^äv k`n¡p¶ lo`w CSpks^ NaªntÃ?”
hnP^äv Npän Smtj¡v C_§n sNm*k³ b_ªp.
“”””CÃ… NqXn]tS]pÅq..”
ANt`¡v tWm¡ns¡m*v Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””Wn]{´n¡m³ B^pw CÃm¯SpsNm*v CSn³s_ Dbt]mPw NqXn¡qXnk¶p..”
fm] H¶pw fn*msS Wn¡p¶Sv N*v Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”””F{SWmam]n Wo CknsX F¯n]n«v?”
“”””H^p B_pfmht¯mafm]n Nm\pw..”
“”””B_pfmht¯maw Cu cv`män Hä]v¡v C§sW… fXp¯nsà WnW¡v?”
AkÄ sWänt`¡v ko\pNnX¶ fpXn bn¶nt`¡v HSp¡n k¨p sNm*p b_ªp.
“”””sSm«pSmjs¯ cvtam_n Ss¶]m\v `nhn]psX cv`mäv.. tdm_Xn¡pt¼mÄ AknsX tbm]n C^n¡pfm]n^p¶p.”
“”””`nhn]psX N`ym\w NjnªSmt\m?”
“”””NjnªSm\v.. ihvd³ZnWv PÄcn B\v tKm`n.. AXp¯ fmhw Wm«n k^pw..At¸mÄ `nhn]pw ^*pfmhs¯ `oknWv Wm«n tbmNpw.”
Wµ³ In^n¨psNm*p tImUn¨p.
“”””Nq«pNm^n Wm«nt`¡v tbm]n Hä]v¡v BNm³ C^p¶ hf]¯v Ss¶ Mm³ k¶pktÃ.”
Akapw H^p sI_pbp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.
“”””ASp b*pw A§sW]m\tÃm.. Mm³ FknsXs]¦n`pw Häs¸Xpt¼mjm\tÃm Wo F³s_ fp¶n k^p¶Sv.”
Wµ³ bp©n^n¨psNm*v dm¡\n]n Wn¶pw cv`mänWv ANt¯¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv