പെണ്ണൊരുമ്പെട്ടാല്‍ 2 [Smitha] 1174

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Smsj ssNs]¯n¨v Ko³hnWv bp_¯vNqXn `nwP¯n bnXn¨v sM^n¡p¶Sv AkÄ N*p.
“”””ASv tk*,”
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””ASn³s_ BklyfnÃ. ASv F³s_]tÃ? ASnsW F´v sI¿\¶v- MmWtà So^pfmWn¡ps¶?’
AkÄ bp`v¸p_¯v Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äp. AksW f`À¯n¡nX¯n. Ak³ V^n¨n^p¶ Ko³hn³s_ d«WpNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n Ajn¨p. bns¶ Ko³hv k`n¨v Smjv¯n. gZv[n]pw. eoN^^qbw {bmbn¨v Ak³s_ `nwPw BNmlw tWm¡nWn¶p.
“”””l^n¡v AXn¨v S^s«; BUyw?’
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”””F´mXn?”
“”””Wn³s_…AÃ F³s_ hz´w Cu Np®,”
Ak³ S`Np`p¡n.
BUyw AkÄ ASnsW ssNs]¯n¨p SjpNn. {boNw HjpNn ASv fpjpk³ WWªn^p¶p. AkÄ ASn bnXn¨t¸mÄ ssN H«n¸nXn¨p. AXn¨pSpX§n]t¸mÄ l^n¡v Sma¯n lÐw tNÄ¡m³ SpX§n.
“”””C¶s` ^mkns` Wo FWn¡v Wà hpOw S¶p…Mm³ Upã Sn^ns¨m¶pw S¶nÃ. tfmWt¸mÄ D_¡¯o¶v D\^q¶v Mm³ N^pSoÃ…”
At¸mÄ Smjkm^¯v, Wn¶v- AlzSn]psX ko«n Wn¶v-, A©pk]ÊpNm^³ BUnSy D_¡¯n tbXnhzbvWw N*v– N^]p¶lÐw Np¶n³bp_t¯¡v Nmäv sNm*pks¶¦n`pw Uob¡n³s_ {b\]sfmjnNÄ¡v N^apw fWÊpwsNmXp¯n^p¶AlzSn ASv tN«nÃ.
“”””Cu Np®]v¡v MmsW´m tfmtW S^s*?”
AXn]psX tkPw Nq«n AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”””Wo km]n FXp¯n«pt*m?”
“”””CÃXm. bs£ CSptbms` H^p¯³ C§sW sbm§n¨oÀ¯v Wn¡p¼w BUyfm]n«mt\`pw Mm³ km]ns`Xp¡mw. A{S]v¡p*v CWn¡o hpµ^³ Np®t]mXpÅ Cãw,”
AkapsX Wo* skap¯ kn^`pNÄ¡nX]n SXn¨v Wo* `nwPw ko*pw sNmjp¯ skÅw Ip^¯n.
“”””km]nt`¡v Ip½m sk¨m fSnt]m?”
“”””sFhv{Nofms\¶v N^pSpN. F´v sI¿pw At¸mÄ? ASv tbms` sI¿pN,’

“”F³s_ bq_n C¶s` ^mkns` W¡o¸w Wo ASv F´v sI¿pkm¶m N^pSns]?”
“”””Nn®¯n Nm¨n] bm C^n¡p¶p F¶v- N^pSn. Mm³ H^p bq¨]m\v F¶pw N^pSn. F´pw sI¿pw bq¨ At¸mÄ? ASv Ss¶ sI]vSp,”
AkÄ Wà tkP¯n AXn¨p.
“”””AÃmsS F´v sI¿pw, H^p sb®n³s_ bqÀ BUyfm]n W¡pt¼mÄ?”
AlzSn fpOw Smjv¯n. km] Sp_¶p. AkapsX IqXpÅ AV^¯n N«n]pÅ, sk«nkn_]v¡p¶ `nwPw sSm«p.
“”””F´v Nm«n]m! NÃv– tbms` C^n¡p¶p! F¶n«pw Ipt*Â fp«o¸w sk®tbms` thmcväv–!”
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””sk®Sn¶p¶tbms` Snt¶m,”
“”””sk®]pw Np®]pw sb®nWv Sn¶mWpÅSm\v AtÃ?”
ASnWp¯^fm]n UobNv A^s¡«p]À¯n N¼nNp«³.sWäv