പാര്‍വ്വതിയും മകളും [smitha] 1192

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbm]tSm? M§av k¶ dhv?””
“”AsSm¶pw FWn¡v A_n]mt½`. W½sX fp_p¡m³ NX¡m^³ tKmhv– tI«sW sbm_¯v¶v- k¶ H^p¯³ Np¯ns¡m¶p. ASnWv Nt¨mX¡mt^ms¡ iÀ¯m`v {bOymbnt¨¡pkm,””
ASv b_ªv ssh¡ntamXn¨v Ak³ tbm]n.
“”ssf^v…””
bmÀÆSn bn_pbn_p¯p.
“”H^p N«³ Im] NpXn¡m¶p sk¨¸w Ak½m^psX bqäns` H^p iÀ¯mÂ! FXo H^p¯sW tks_m^p¯³ Np¯ns¡m¶m ASnWo sNm\¨ iÀ¯m`v WX¯o«p F¶m H*m¡mWm? sIm\s]mtÅm½m^v tbm]n AksW Np¯n f`¯\w. ASnWo B\p§¡v W½sX bqän sNm\¡m³ fm{Sktà A_os¯mÅq? ASpw f^ymU¡v sI¿pt¶m½m^nÃ…tim!””
AkÀ D_s¡ tNm«pkm]n«p.
“”Wn³s_ N¿n doZns]mt*m?””
hmkn{Sn dmPv Sp_¶p.
“”doZn]p*v. C¶`s¯ bntÅ^v S¶ hnPs^äpw D*v. F¶Sm tkt*?””
“”Hm..hnPs^äv– H¶pw tk* sbt®. Cu skap¸mw Nm`¯v doZnSs¶]m FWn¡nãw. km Wfp¡m NsXt`¡v tbmNmw. ASnWp H^p Im]v¸v H*v,””
bmÀÆSn]pw hmkn{Sn]pw fp¼n N* Hjnª NX]psX Im]v¸nt`¡v Wo§n.
AknsX N* H^p sd©n AkÀ C^p¶p.
hmkn{Sn dmPn Wn¶v- doZns]Xp¯v bmÀÆSn¡v sNmXp¯p.
“”Wo k`n¡p¶ntÃ?””
“”H*v,””
“”tf¯v sfm¯w H^p e]¦^ sbmN¨n`pw Woä`pw,””
doZn N¯n¨v bpN]qSn b_¯n bmÀÆSn b_ªp.
“”F¶sSms¡ sI]v¯m B bntÅ^v sI]vSSv!””
“”FWn¡nWn fWÊ_nªp Sq_ WX¡¯nà At½,””
bpN k`n¨qSn hmkn{Sn b_ªp.
“”B N_¼³s_ b¯`v tbm`s¯ Np® Hä¯ÅnWp F³s_ sNmS¯n tNäm³ tWm¡otÃ? N®ns¡msX sbm¶o¨ b_¶p!””
“”Mm³ N*m^p¶p tfmsa.””
bmÀÆSn b_ªp.
“”Wo tkUWsNm*v sbma]p¶ N*¸w I¦v sbm«n. At¶^w Ss¶ B sbm¡skmÅk³ Wn³s_ bqän`pw tNäotÃ…B sfm«¯`]³ ssf^³ At¶^w F³s_ bqäo¶v- Np®s]Xp¯v Wn³s_ AXp¯v k¶v- sbm¡¡m^sâ NqsX Wn³s_ bqän tNäm³ tWm¡n …Wo At¶^w N^ªv sWt^man¨ tN«¸w ssf^v FÃmw WnÀ¯n tbm^m³ tbm`pw tSm¶n…””
hmkn{Sn doZn k`n¨qSn kn«psNm*v bmÀÆSn]psX km¡pNÄ tN«p.
“”tfmssdt`s`ms¡ Hmt^m¶v- Nm\p¶ bntÅ^m At½,””
hmkn{Sn b_ªp.
“”Ak½mÀ¡v ASv tbms` Hs¡ sI¿\w. bns¶ Nmlv S^p¶p F¶ knImt^mw,””
“”CSv tbms` H^p Wm`©p {bmlw NqXn WX¶m F³s_ sbm¶ptfmsa MmWo b\n WnÀ¯pw. Kokn¨n^p¶m`tà bq_N¯nsNmXp¡m³ bäs¯mÅq,””
At¸mjm\v– fpNan`s¯ f¨n Wn¶v- H^W¡w hmkn{Sn tN«Sv.
AkÄ fpNant`¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv