പാമ്പു പിടുത്തക്കാര്‍ [Smitha] 734

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tImUy¯n BNmw£]pw e]kpw Wnj`n«Sv Mm³ N*p. SSv¡m`w B tImUy¯nWv D¯^w WÂtN*Snà F¶v- Mm³ N^pSn.
“”tKmhosX k¶nWn,””
tI¨ns] HanN®n«p tWm¡n Mm³ b_ªp.
“”B\m? Ft¸m? F´nWn?””
iq BÀ ]q, Spw tNm³ tim, Wo B^m\v, km«v Zq ]q km¬äv F¶v- Ss¶ Nm\m³ tW¸mans` ko«ns`¯n] ssS¸_¼n AtlmNtWmXv Np«nfmf³ tImUn¡p¶Sv tbms` tI¨n tImUn¨p.
Mm³ In^n¨p.
“”Wo F´nWm¶v- In^n¡v¶v-?””
“”tKmhv– H^p bm¡äv sNm*z¶nWn,””
F³s_ In^n]psX AÀTw fWÊn`m¡n tI¨n b^n{eft¯msX fpOw NpWn¨p.
“”AW¡v {dm, gZv[n Hs¡ HmWm¶v- km§v¶v-?””
So]n ko\Sv tbms` tI¨n]psX fpOw fm_n.
“”A³s_ sfmt`tâw Np*otâw Aaskms¡ HmWv A_n¿m?””
tI¨n]psX fpOw AbfmWem^¯m Ipk¶p, kna_n.
“”¶n«v ªn ASv C«v tWm¡oWm?””
tUgyw sNm*v Ipk¶v- knXÀ¶p AkapsX fpOw. F¦n`pw b\ns¸«v AkÄ ASv Wn]{´n¨p.
“”{dm A³s_ sfm`¡v `qhv H¶pw AÃmtÃm, tÃ?””
“”D®o, ªn Bt^mXm F´v¶m b_]t\¶v- AW¡v WnÝ¿v*m?””
“”WnÝ¿v*v…A³s_ G«nt]mXv,””
“”shm´w G«otWmXv– CÖmSn kÀ¯mWw B^m D®n b_¿yy?””
At¸mtj¡pw _ºÀ goäv t_maÀ sI¿m³ tKmhv– k^p¶Sv Mm³ N*p.
“”BÄ¡v £o\w H¶pw CÃmtÃm G«o?””
tKmhn³s_ tWs^ N®pNÄ Nm\n¨v Mm³ b_ªp.
Ct¸mÄ lm`nWn G«n]psX fpO¯v l^n¡v e]w k¶p.
“”ªn tbXn¡* G«n,””
Mm³ bp©n^n¨p.
“”AW¡v t¶ A_nªqsX. tKmhnWpw. WX¡s«. B^pw A_n]Ãv tN«m,””
tI¨n AknlzhWo]St]msX Fs¶ tWm¡n. AUvepSw {Ntf\ `Ö]m]n. ftWmi^fm] `Ö. B fpOt¯msX Ss¶ AkÄ tKmhnsW tWm¡n.
“”lm`nWo!””
bn¼n Wn¶v- b^n{efw N`À¶ H^p knan tN«p.
sbs«¶v- tPäv NX¶v- hpµ^n]m] H^p fVyk]hv¡ {btkln¨p. _ºÀ goäv t_maÀ sI¿pN]m]n^p¶ tKmhpw ASv tN«p. lm`nWn G«n tImUy^qb¯n Aks^ tWm¡n.
“”tKmhv– HmXv¯q? HmsW knan…””
“”Wn§ Nm^yw b_ lm´t½? F´v¶m¶v dnl]w?””
“”bm¼v–! bm¼v– ! sbm^¡pÅn ….HmsW knan…tKmth,””
ASv tN«v tKmhv– sbs«¶v- Ak^psX]Xpt¯¡v k^m³ SpX§n.
lm`nWnt]«n bs£ tKmhnsW kn`¡n. tKmhv– ]{´w N\s¡ Wn¶p.
“”tKmth, ªn tbm*m,””
lm´½ kngft¯msX G«ns] tWm¡n. G«n bs£ F³s_ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.
“”D®n, ªn tbm. lm´t½sX H¸^wªntbm,””
bns¶AkÀlm´½s]tWm¡n.
“”Hm³bnXn¡pwbm¼nsW.HmWvbm¼nsWtbXn]nÃm¶v-,””
Mm³lm´½]psXH¸wWX¶p.
“”Ak³sI¡WtÃG«n.fpjp¯bm¼v–B^n¡pw.tbXn]v¡ntÃ?””
tPäpNX¡m³SpX§pt¼mÄMm³tKmhn³s_DSv¡¬YWn_ªlÐwtN«p.
“”HmWpwbnXn¡s«tKmth,ªnfm{SwbnXn¨mfSn]m?””
VAkhmWn¨pb