മായാനന്ദനം 4 1443

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Np_¨pUnkht¯¡v Nm`nWv hvs{X]n³ sNmXp¡* F¶v Ss¶]m\v tZmÎÀ b_ªSv.”
AsSms¡ Ip½m b_ªSm\v F¶pÅ ^oSn]n AkÄ fpOw Nm\n¨p.
thmc]nt`¡v S` Im^n sNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””sikn cpZv B]n^p¶p.. WÃ £o\w. D_¡w k^p¶p.”
Aksa sfm¯¯n H¶v tWm¡ns¡m*v Wµ³ b_ªp.
“”””Np_¨pUnkhfm]n Soä]pw D_¡kpw B]n^p¶p H¶v SXn¨n«p*v Wo..”
k]_nt`¡v SXkns¡m*v AkÀ b_ªp.
“”””l^n]m.. k]_pw ImXn SpX§n.”
Sfml]m]n Wµ³ b_ªp.
“”””Hmiv.. b_]p¶ tN«m tSm¶pw b*v sbÀscNväv tdmZn tg¸v B]n^ps¶¶v.”
“”””tfmsW Wµm.. b*v tNmtaKn F³s_ bn_sN F{S tb^p*m]n^p¶psk¶v WnW¡v Ss¶ A_n]mftÃm?”
“”””Hmiv.. F¶n«v AkhmWw sN«n]Sv Bs^]m?”
b_ªp Njnªt¸mjm\v ASv Aksa tkUWn¸n¡p¶ Nm^yw B]n^p¶p F¶v Ak³ HmÀ¯Sv.
Ak³ AkapsX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A{S]pw tW^w ht´mgt¯msX C^p¶n^p¶ AkapsX fpOw kmXn]n^n¡p¶p.
AkapsX S`fpXn]n NqXn ssN HmXn¨p sNm*k³ b_ªp.
“”””thm_n.. A_n]msS b_ªptbm]Sm\v.”
AkapsX fpXn]n NqXn ssN HmXn¨t¸mÄ Ak³s_ kn^`pNÄ fpXnNÄ¡nX]n NpXp§n.
Ak³s_ ssN¿n N]_n¸nXn¨p sNm*kÄ b_ªp.
“”””Zm.. tkUWn¡p¶p fpXn H¶pw Np_¨pUnkh§am]n WÃtbms` Io¸msS FÃmw sN«p ko\p NnX¡pN]m\v..”
AkapsX fpOt¯¡v Np_¨ptW^w tWm¡n] tlgw Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”””Mm³ Io¸n S^s« fpXn?”
Aksam¶pw fqapNfm{Sw sI]vSp.
Wµ³ b_ªp.
“”””Wo Io¸pw FXp¯p dm¡\n]n km”
Ak³ ^*p Nth^]pw FXp¯v dm¡\n]nt`¡v WX¶p.
Io¸v FXp¡pkmWm]n _qfnt`¡v WX¡p¶SnWnX]n fm] In´n¨p.
“”Mm³ Ak³s_ fp¶n H^p sNm¨pNp«n]m]n fm_pN]mt\m? ^mip`pw B]pÅ dÔw tkÀsbXp¯n]t¸mÄ fWÊn D_¸n¨Sm\v CWn B^psX]pw hvtWiw FWn¡v tk* F¶v… bt£ Wµ³s_ hmfoby¯n Ak³s_ hvtWi¯nWm]n F³s_ fWÊv SpXn¡pN]mt\m?”
D¯^§Ä Nn«m¯ H^p bnXn tImUy§apfm]n AkÄ dm¡\n]nt`¡v sIÃpt¼mÄ Wµ³ Aksa]pw Nm¯v AknsX Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
AkapsX ssN]nÂWn¶pw Io¸v km§ns¡m*v Ak³ fm]s] Nth^]nt`¡v C^p¯n. F¶n«v AkapsX sSm«pbn_Nn Nth^]n C^p¶psNm*v AkapsX fpXn Ak³ hmkVmWw Io¸n SpX§n.
fpXn IoNp¶SnWnX]n Ak³ AktamXv b_ªp.
“”””F´p ewPn]pÅ WoafpÅ fpXn]m]n^p¶p.. F´nWmXn Wo CSv sk«nWln¸ns¨?”
“””” CknsX tKm`n¡v N]_n] N¼nNp«³.sWäv