പാര്‍വ്വതിയും മകളും [smitha] 1164

N¼nNp«³.sWäv SpÅn.
“”At½sX N´v sM¡n sNmXp¯v Ak¡v Nj¸v tNän sNmXps¡Xo,””
A]mÄ hpO`i^n]n knan¨p b_ªp.
hmkn{Sn]psX ssN bmÀÆSn]psX A^s¡«n AfÀ¶p.
“”^*n³s_]pw sfm`NÄ l^n¡v sbm§n¯pap¼p¶pt*mXo? FWn¡v Nm\¯nÃ,””
A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
“”D*v tI«m…tI«Wv WÃ hpOw Nn«p¶pt*m?””
“”bn¶ntÃ…””
sbs«¶v- A]mapsX S`¨pk«n`n^p¶ sfmssd lÐn¨p.
“”tim..l`yw…””
A]mÄ fp^*p.
“”GtSm H^p S¦¸Wm tI«m? Ct¼mÀ«³äv kÃSpfmt\m?””
hv{NoWnt`¡v tWm¡n hmkn{Sn tImUn¨p.
“”§vti? S¦¸tWm?””
A]mÄ sbs«¶v- ImXns]jpt¶äp.
fp¶_n]n¸nÃmS B {bkÀ¯n]n bmÀÆSn]pw hmkn{Sn]pw A]mapsX tUi¯pWn¶v- Wn`t¯¡v D^p*pko\p.
“”F¶Sm tI«m? F¶m bän?””
A]mÄ Wn`¯v Wn¶v- tcm¬ FXp¡p¶Sv N*v– hmkn{Sn tImUn¨p.
WnlÐ^m]n^n¡m³ A]mÄ Ak^psX tWs^ BwPyw Nm\n¨p.
“”tbm`ohv AknsX F¯nt]m?””
A]mÄ tcm\n`qsX hwhm^n¡p¶Sv tN«v hmkn{Sn]pw bmÀÆSn]pw b^hvb^w tWm¡n.
“”CÃ…ti]v B tbXn tk*..Fs¶¸nXn¡mWpÅ Njnkv H^p ssUkw S¼p^mWv tbm`pknÃ…tk*…B Nm^yw HmÀ¯v Wn§av skgfn¡*….N¯nsfmtW¯oÀ¡p¶Sv FWns¡¶m BUyt¯ hwekw Bt\m…? F¶Sm…ssbht]m…? D*v ..bn¶ntÃ….H^p b¯pwsNmsX tk\km^n¡pw…AsS bSnWm]n^w…AtSm? ….F§sW Bt¶m? AsSms¡ Mm³ hwQXn¸n¡pw….ASnsW¶m kjot¶m…? ASv….””
sbs«¶v A]mÄ bmÀÆSn]psX]pw hmkn{Sn]psX]pw tWs^ tWm¡n.
“”AsSms¡ hwQXn¸n¡mw…kjn]p*v…kjn fp¼n¯s¶]p*v…””
A]mÄ tcm¬ Smsj sk¨p.
hmkn{Sn]pw bmÀÆSn]pw e]s¸«psNm*v A]msa tWm¡n.
“”Wn§am^m?””
ssV^yw hwe^n¨v hmkn{Sn tImUn¨p.
“”Ft¶¯nWm F³s_ tb^pw Wmapw A_nªn«v Nq¯n¨nNÄ¡v?””
A]mÄ e]s¸Xp¯p¶ ^oSn]n In^n¨psNm*v tImUn¨p.
Aks^ kn_¡m³ SpX§n.
“”l^n b_tª¡mw..W¶m]n hpOn¸n¨StÃ..tb^v tfmi³ {bSmbv,””
“”tfmi³ {bSmbv?””
hmkn{Sn bSns] f{´n¨p.
F¶n«v bmÀÆSns] tWm¡n.
AsS, hpPp\³ b_ª tb^v!
hpPp\³s_ AÑsW s{X]n³s_ tWs^ SÅn]n«v sNm`s¸Xp¯n] BÄ!
“”Mm³ C¶s` H^p¯sW A§v SoÀ¯p. N¯n¡v. ASnWp sNmt«g³ S¶ S¦¸sâ NtXsX f¨n Han¨p Smfhn¡p¼jm Wn§sa Nm\ps¶..””
hmkn{Sn AXp¯v Wn¶ bmÀÆSn]psX ssN]n bnXn¨p.
“”AsSms¡ tbms«,””
A]mÄ eog\fm] N¼nNp«³.sWäv