മായാനന്ദനം 1 [ne-na] 1111

N¼nNp«³.sWäv . . .
^*p ^m{SnNÄ¡v tlgfpÅ bN s{X]n³ tN^a ASnÀ¯n NX¶p Njnªn^p¶p. Nm¸n NpXn¨p sNm*n^n¡p¶SnWnX]n Wµ³ tImUn¨p.
“””” tN^a¯n F´m Wn³s_ ¹m³?”
“””” Np_¨v ssbh N¿n D*v. GsS¦n`pw tim«`n _qw FXp¯v Np_¨pUnkhw Wn¡\w.. At¸mtj¡pw N`ym\ Nm^y¯n H^p So^pfmWw BNpw”
“””” CknsX Bs^s]¦n`pw b^nI]fpt*m?”
“””” A§sW B^pw CÃ. ]qXyqdn`v dÔp¡apw B]ns«m¶pw AÑWv k`n] AXp¸fnÃ. Mm³ KWn¨Spw kaÀ¶SpsfÃmw tNm¡¯]n Ss¶]m]n^p¶p. Mm³ tN^a¯n k^p¶SpSs¶ CSmUyfmm\v.”
Nm¸n NpXn¨p Njnªv ^*ptb^pw hoän Wn¶v Fjpt¶äv ssN NjpNpkmB]nt¸m]n.
ssNNjpNp¶ SnWnX]n Wµ³ tImUn¨p.
“””” fm] F³s_ ko«n k¶p Wn¡pt¶m?”
ASv tN«t¸mÄ AkapsX fO¯v H^p ht´mgw knXÀ¶p. bns¶ sbs«¶v Ss¶ AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“””” ASv l^n]mNptfm? Wn³s_ AÑWpw A½]pw F´p knIm^n¡pw?”
“”””AtSmÀ¯v Wo sX³gWXnt¡*.. AsSms¡ Mm³ tWm¡ns¡mÅmw, F³s_ ko«n k¶v Wn¡pkm³ WnW¡v h½Sfmt\m F¶v fm{Sw A_nªm fSn.”
AkÄ ht´mgt¯msX b_ªp.
“””” FWnvNv H^p Npj¸kpw CÃ.. tim«`n Hä]v¡v Wn¡p¶S sX³g³ tk*tÃm?”
Wµ³ At¸mÄSs¶ tcms\Xp¯v AWn]¯n `£vfns] knan¨p.
“””” it`m… tI«m ‘
“”`¨p.. Mm³ tNmjnt¡mXv Njnªp.”
“””” tI«³ FknsX F¯n F¶_n]m³ Mm³ knan¡m³ C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.”
“”””`¨p… FWn¡v Wns¶ H^p si¸v tk\w”
“”””F³s_ siÂtbm?”
“”””B..F³s_ NqsX fm] Fs¶m^p {c*v Np_¨pUnkht¯¡v W½psX k«n Wn¡m³ k^p¶p*v… fm] ³s_ sdÌv {c*v B\v WnW¡v A_n]mw F¶pÅ ^oSn]n Wo ko«n C¶v AkS^n¸nt¨¡\w”
“”””AsSms¡ Mm³ Gäp… bt£ B^m\v Cu fm]?.. C§sW H^msa bän Mm³ BUyfm]n tNÄ¡pN]m\tÃm.”
“”””AsSms¡ Mm³ ko«n k¶n«v knlUfm]n b_ªpS^mw. Ct¸mÄ Mm³b_ªsS¶vsI¿v”
“”””Hmt¡..”
tcm¬ sk¨v Njnª Wµ³ fm]t]mXv b_ªp.
“”””ko«ns`Nm^ywbns¶ CWn `¨p tWm¡ns¡mÅpw.”
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D¨]v¡v tlgfpÅ ¡¯nWn¶pwWµ³ sM«n D\À¶p. dÀ¯n³ sshZn B]n^p¶p D_§pN]m]n^p¶p Ak³ Wµ³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ S³s_ tUi¯v Nm`p sNmÅmSn^n¡m³ NmÂfp«pNÄ fX¡n sk¨v dÀ¯n NnX¶p D_§p¶ fm]s] B\v N*Sv. Ak³ Fjpt¶äv tbm]n fpOkpw NjpNn H^p Im]]pfm]n Sn^n¨p k¶t¸mÄ sdZn WnkÀ¶p NnX¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv