മായാനന്ദനം 4 1443

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^*p Unl]nt`¡v WX¶p.
tKm`nØ`¯v F¯n]n«pw WµWv H^p fWÊfmVmWkpw CÃm]n^p¶p. fm]s] AknsX si¸v sI¿m³ Bs^¦n`pw Nm\ptfm F¶pÅ sX³gWm]n^p¶p AkWv.
CX]v¡nX]v¡v Ak³ Aksa tcm¬ knan¨p sNm*n^p¶p. At¸msjÃmw H^p Npj¸kpfnà F¶v b_ªv AkÄ AksW Blzhn¸n¨p.
Np_¨p tKm`n¯n^¡v Nm^\w sskNpt¶^w Np_¨p sskNn]m\v Wµ³ cv`mäns`¯n]Sv. At¸mtj¡pw fm] cvamän F¯n]n^p¶p.
fm]s] N* DX³ Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”””C¶v F§sW]p*m]n^p¶p?”
“”””Npj¸sfm¶pfnÃm]n^ps¶Xm… bns¶ D¨]v¡v hvbq¬sNm*v cpZv Njn¡m³ Np_¨v dp²nfp«n.. A{St] DÅq.”
“”””CknsX Mm³ km^n¯¶v AsSm^p lo`fm]n AtÃ?”
AkÄ H¶p In^n¡pN fm{Sw sI]vSp.
Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””FWn¡v C¶nsWn cpZv D*m¡msWm¶pw k¿.. Wfp¡v bp_¯ptbm]n Njn¨mt`m?”
AkÄ sbs«¶v b_ªp.
“”””fhm` tUml Njn¡m³ tbmNmw.”
AksWm¶p In^n¨p.
ASpsNm*v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”””F´nWm Wo Ct¸mÄ In^ns¨?”
“”””fp³sbm^n¡Â fhm` tUml Njn¡m³ tbmNmsf¶p b_ªt¸mÄ Ct¸mÄ A§sW]pÅ Cã§Ä H¶pfnà F¶v b_ªkÄ B]n^p¶p Wo.”
AkÄ ASnWp f_pbXn H¶pwb_ªnÃ. bt£ fWÊnt`mÀ¯p.
“”H^p hf]¯v fWÊn Wn¶pw f_ªp tbm]n^p¶ Cã§sams¡ Ct¸mÄ ko*pw Sn^n¨p k¶p SpX§n]n^n¡p¶p.’
_qw bq«n AkÀ tim«`nt`¡v WX¶p. tim«Â F¯p¶Spks^ AkÄ A¶v tKm`n Ø`s¯ H^p kntlg§Ä b_ªpsNm*n^p¶p.
tim«`ns`¯n] AkÀ Nth^]n C^p¶t¸mtj¡pw Np«p Ak^psX fp¶n k¶p.
Wµ³ AktWmXv b_ªp.
“”””Np«q BUyw H^p t¹än fhm`tUml sNm*pkm.. ASv M§Ä Njn¨p So^pt¼mtj¡pw AXp¯v sNm*pk^\w.”
Np«p Np_¨p hf]§Ä¡Nw Ss¶ fhm`tUml]pw B]n Ak^psX fp¶ns`¯n.
Wµ³ Nth^ fm]]psX AXpt¯¡v Wo¡n]n«v AkÀ¡vtUmgl bn¨n sNmXp¡p¶SntWmsXm¸w AkWpw ASnÂWn¶v Njn¨p.
Ak³ AkÄ¡v tUml bn¨n sNmXp¡p¶Sv N*p AknsX C^p¶ In`s^ms¡ Aks^ {l²n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
ASpN*v fm] lÐw Smjv¯n AktWmXv b_ªp.
“”””In`s^ms¡ W½sa {l²n¡p¶p*v..”
ASv Nm^yfm¡m¯ ^oSn]n Wµ³ b_ªp.
“”””MmWpw N*p.. Mm³ WnW¡v tUml bn¨n S^p¶SnWv AkÀs¡´m..Wo AsSm¶pw {l²nt¡*.”
Ak³ km]nt`¡p sk¨p sNmXp¯ tUml Njn¡p¶SnWnX]n AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“””” Zm… Wo F´nWm Fs¶ C{S]pw sN]À sI¿p¶S?”
AkapsX Ip*n bän]n^p¶ N_n SpX¨psNm*v N¼nNp«³.sWäv