പാമ്പു പിടുത്തക്കാര്‍ [Smitha] 720

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbmNq¶v-…A]v–Wv fpt¶ s¶ sNX¯n sI¿v–¶v-,””
tKmhv– AkapsX fp`NÄ¡nX]n Wn¶v- Np® Du^ns]Xp¯p. bns¶ A]mÄ Aksa bnt¼m«p Im]v¨v NnX¯n. tI¨n hm^n A^ks^ sbm¡n S³s_ SXn¨ sNmjp¯ SpXNÄ AN¯n sk¨v A]msa tWm¡n. AN¯nsk¨ SpXNÄ¡nX]n`qsX tI¨n]psX bq_nt`¡v Mm³ tWm¡n. WWªv Npjªv BsN Cu_Wm]n ASv fm_n]n^p¶p. b` fX¡pNÄ N*t¸mtj FWn¡p_¸m]n. F¶pw fm{SfÃ, Unkhkpw b`{bmklykpw CkÀ l^n¡v Nan¡p¶p*v. fm{Sfà N´pw hmfmWyw SXn¨n«m\v–. CknsX Wn¶v- FWn¡Sv Nm\msf¦n sSm«m S^n¨psbm«p¶ b^pk¯n B]n^n¡pw ASv.
knXÀ¯n sk¨ bq_nt`¡v tKmhv– Np®]pfm]n Imªp. A¸Wnfng§Ä¡pÅn tI¨n]psX bq_p tKmhn³s_ Np®s] knjp§n. knjp§n] bq_p Ss¶ ASnsW ko*pw skan]ns`¡n«p. tI¨n]psX skapskap¯ SpXNÄ¡pw NkNÄ¡pw CX]n N_p¯ tKmhn³s_ l^o^w A]mapsX D_¨ I´nNÄ ASnWpfpb^n A]mapsX SXn¨ Np® Hs¡ F³s_ Np®]psX d`w Nq«n. Du^n Du^n A]mÄ tI¨n]psX bq_nsW AXn¨q¡n]q¡n hpOn¸n¡pN]m\v. AXn]psX lÐw, k`n¨q^n bns¶]pw Du¡pt¼mjp*mkp¶ lÐw, lp¢kpw fUK`kpw NqXnt¨À¶v- H«n¸nXn¨v tNĸn¡p¶ lÐw….
FWn¡v skXntbm«m_m]t¸mjm\v bn¼n Wn¶v- `N-vhv thm¸n³s_ f\w AWpeks¸«Sv. tWm¡n]t¸mÄ sM«nkn_¨ptbm]n.
sSm«pfp¼n fVyk]hv¡]m] H^p hv{So Wn¡p¶p.
Mm³ Np® bnXn¨p AXn¨phpOn¡p¶Sv AkÀ tWm¡n Wn¡pN]m\v.
Mm³ KnknS¯n CSpks^ AWpekn¡m¯ I½t`msX Np® dÀfpZ]v¡N¯v C_¡nsk¨p. sbs«¶v- Ak^psX]Xps¯¡v sI¶p. Asæn tI¨nt]]pw tKmhnsW]pw AkÀ Nm\pw. Ct¸mÄ Ak^psX emP¯v Wn¶v- tWm¡n]m tI¨n]pw tKmhpw Du¡ns¡m*n^n¡p¶Sv Nm\m³ Njn]nÃ. Ak^psX tWs^ sI¶t¸mÄ AkÀ A¸w HSp§n Wn¶p. AkÀ fq¡v knXÀ¯n f\¡p¶pt*m? AtSm FWn¡v tSm¶n]Smt\m?
“”lm`nWn GXym¶v?””
AkÀ tImUn¨p.
“”G«n H_§v¶v-,””
“”H_§v¶m? Hmavs¡´m hpOknsÃyWp?””
“”B¶v…S`tkUW,””
AkÀ hwl]n¨v Fs¶ tWm¡n.
“”ªn D®n]töp?””
Mm³ S`Np`p¡n.
“”C§¡v ´v¶m¶v tds*y?””
“”ªn A³s_ H¸^w H^n¡ km. BX sbm^¡pÅn H^p bm¼v–,””
“”bm¼m?””
“”B¶v…F´m H^p k`n¸w..! fqÀ¡Wm¶v¶v- tSm¶\v,””
“”sbmt^sX FsX B¶v?””
“”ªn km. Nm«n¯^mw “”
AkÀ Fs¶]pw sNm*v WX¶p. Ak^psX bn¶ms` WX¡pt¼mÄ F³s_ N®pNÄ Ak^psX bn³emP¯v N¼nNp«³.sWäv