പാമ്പു പിടുത്തക്കാര്‍ [Smitha] 734

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AW¡nÃ, Nm\m³. ¶m`pw HmÄZt{Sw sfmt`*v, Np*ow. bns¶ Hmta¡mapw sb^p¯ bq_q*v. A³s_ b¡n¡v N\¡mtXm,””
A½]psX {bm]fpÅkÀ Fs¶ms¡]pÅ k¼³ BUÀl§Ä sWmXn]nXsNm*v A{bS£yfm]n. k`n] fp`]pw ASnsW¡mÄ k`n] I´nNapw ASn`pw k`n] Nj¸pfpÅ sk_psfm^p skXn¡m^n hv{So]m]n AkÀ fm_n.
AXp¯ Wnfngw F³s_ C^pssNNapw s»uhnWv fpNan`qsX Ak^psX fp`Nan AfÀ¶p.
“”Biv…F´m H^v….””
AkÀ ho¡m^fn«p.
“”A³s_ B sb^p¯ b¡n N*¸tj ³s_ bqän`v f`skÅw bmªnWv F³s_ N®m…””
“”N®WÃ, D®n…””
“”^*pw AW¡v H¶s¶,””
FWn¡v l^n¡v bnXn¡m³ s»uhv tkP¯n Ajn¨psNm*v AkÀ b_ªp.
s»uhv Ajn¨t¸mjm\v B fp`NapsX fpjp¸n³s_ ]mTmÀ°yw Mm³ A_n]p¶Sv. tI¨n]ptXSntW¡mÄ k`n] fp`NÄ. tI¨n]ptXSntW¡mÄ k`n] fp`NÄ tks_ BÀ¡pw Nm\nà F¶v- At¸mÄ AWpfmWn¨Sv sk_psS]m]n.
“”ªn F´v¶m¶v A§sW fnjn¨v tWm¡v¶v-? ªns]´m sfm` BUym]v Nm\zm¶v?””
fp`Nant`¡v F³s_ C^pssNNapsfXp¯v sk¨v sM^n¨psNm*v AkÀ tImUn¨p.
“”sfm`s]ms¡ N*v¡v\v, ¶m`pw C{S k`n] H¶v- BUym,””
“”Ss¶?””
“”B,””
“”¶m A§v H^v bnXn]§Xv bnXn]v¡n ³s_ N®m,””
“”D®n,””
“”At¶mXtà b_ªnWn AW¡v AVv ^*pw H¶m¶v?””
Mm³ AfÀ¯n]fÀ¯n C^pfp`Napw sM¡n¡pj¨p. AkÀ hpOw sNm*v sManbn^nsNm*p. hpO¯n³s_ fqÀ¨]n AkÀ ssN Smtj¡v sNm*v tbm]n . koÀ¯v kaÀ¶v- F³s_ sbm¡nan sbm§nWn¶ Np®]n Ak^psX ssN AfÀ¶p.
“”Biv…””
AkÀ ho¡m^fn«p.
“”sU´mSv N®m? CSnt{Sw …””
AkÀ AV^w NXn¨fÀ¯ns¡m*v tImUn¨p.
“”Wn§ fpt¼ N*n^p¶tÃm. Mm bnXnt¨m*v ^v¶¸w,””
“”fp]vfWpw N*nWm? Gsi, CtÃ]vWp,””
dÀfpZ Smjv¯n Np®]psX k`n¸kpw Woakpw UrZS]pw tWm¡n AkÀ b_ªp. Ak^psX b^pb^p¯ ssNkn^`pNan ASv ko*pw koÀ¯p. ko*pw UrZfm]n.
“”Wn§ BUyw Nm\zm¶v?””
“”N*n^n¡v\, N®m, tSmsW…¶m`pw W³_{S CÃ N®m,””
NXnN]_n] FÃm sb®p§apw Nan¡m^sW {bhmUn¸n¡m³ b_]p¶ ¢otg. Ak³ DÅn In^n¨p.
Cu {bm]¯n`pw C{S NXnt]m? sb®p§sa¸än]pÅ F³s_ FÃm Vm^\Napw SNnXw f_nªp. Cu {bm]¯n FÃm sb®p§apw C§sW]mkptfm? A§sW]ms\¦n F³s_ A½]pw ASptbms` BNpftÃm. A¨³ Wà Bt^mPykmWm\v. Ct¸mjpw AkÀ ^Sn^hf_n]p¶m*mk\w. ASm\v– In` Unkh§an A½]psX fpO¯v Bkly¯nt`s_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv