മായാനന്ദനം 3 [ne-na] 1735

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NqXn WX¶pk^p¶ fm]s]]pw `nhns]]pw N*p.
cv`mänt`¡v k¶ Unkhw fpSÂ Ak³ fm]s] {l²n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
^*pkÀgw fp¼v ko«n`p*m]n^p¶ fm] AÃ Ct¸mÄ. AVnNw hwhm^fnÃ, In^n]nÃ.. AkapsX ko«nÂWn¶pw ihvd³tZm A½t]m B^pw Ss¶ Aksa tcm¬ knan¡p¶Spw Ak³ N*n«nÃ.
Ak³ Np_¨p tW^w NqXn AknsX Wn¶t¸mÄ tZmÀ Sp_¡p¶ lÐw tN«p.
Wµ³ imant`¡v sI¶t¸mtj¡pw fm] tZmÀ Sp_¶v AN¯p N]_n]n^p¶p.
Wµ³ AktamXv tImUn¨p.
“”””C¶v t`äv B]ntÃ?”
ssN]n`n^p¶ dmPv Nth^]n C«v kmgvtdhnWv AXpt¯¡v WX¡p¶SnWnX]n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””Np_¨VnNw tKm`n D*m]n^p¶p C¶v.”
AkÄ fpOw NjpNn H^p Xk FXp¯p fpOw SpX¨p.
Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”””CknsX Njn¡msWm¶pw C^n¸nÃ.. C¶nWn Np¡v sI¿p¶pt*m?”
AkÄ U]Wo] emk¯n b_ªp.
“”””C¶v CWn k¿Xm.. Wfp¡v bp_¯ptbm]n Njn¡mw.”
AkapsX £o\w N*t¸mÄ ASm\v WÃsS¶v AkWpw tSm¶n.
AkÄ {ZÊv fm_m³ H¶pw Wn¶nÃ.. C«n^p¶ {ZÊn Ss¶ tZmÀ bq«n AktWmsXm¸w bp_t¯¡n_§n.
AkÄ Øn^w tbmNm_pÅ tim«`nt`¡v WX¶t¸mÄ Wµ³ b_ªp.
“”””AknXs¯ cpZv Wà tXÌv H¶pfnÃ.. Wn³s_ tckss_äv Wà fhm`tUml Nn«p¶ H^p tim«ÂNp_¨¸p_¯p*v.. AkntX¡v tbmNmw Wfp¡v..”
AkÄ H^p bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.
“”””FWn¡v Ct¸mÄ A§sW {btSyNn¨v Cã§Ä H¶pfnÃ.. F´m]m`pw Wo b_ªStà Wfp¡v AknsX tbm]n Njn¡mw.”
AkntX¡v WX¡p¶SnWnX]n fm] AktWmXv tImUn¨p.
“”””Wo F´m CSpks^ N`ym\w Njn¡msW?”
“”””N`ym\¯nWv hf]fms]¶p tSm¶n]nÃ..”
“”””CWn F¶m hf]w BNp¶Sv?”
“”””WnW¡v tUkpknsW HmÀ½]pt*m?”
AkÄ H¶v Bt`mIn¨p sNm*v b_ªp.
“”””Wn³s_ A½mk³s_ tfmatÃ?”
“”””ASpSs¶… Akapfm]pÅ F³s_ N`ym\w ko«pNmÀ S½n b_ªpsk¨n«p*v.”
“””” Hmiv..”
bns¶ tim«Â F¯p¶ks^ AkÀ S½n H¶pw hwhm^n¨nÃ.
tim«`ns`¯n] AkÀ H^p Nth^]nt`¡v C^pWt¸mtj¡pw H^p b¿³ Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v k¶p.
Wµ³ AktWmXv b_ªp.
“””” Np«q.. ^*v fhm`tUml FXpt¯m.. bns¶ skÅ I½´n Np_¨p NqXpS kt¨¡v.”
“”””Hmt¡ tI«m..”
Ak³ Sn^n¨v WX¶t¸mtj¡pw fm] tImUn¨p.
“”””CknsX H^pbmXv Sk\ k¶n«p*v F¶v tSm¶p¶tÃm?”
“”””tbm*nt¨^n k¶ hf]¯v Øn^w cp«v CknsX Wn¶m]n^p¶p.. A§sW b^nI]s¸«Sm\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv