പെണ്ണുകാണൽ [ manGo ] 1362

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWs^ Sn^n¨p. bN¨n^p¶ AkapsX sIs´m*n Ip*pNÄ A^ sh¡³Zv sNm*v Fsâ Ip*pNÄ sbmSnªp. Mm³ AkapsX B tIm^ Ip*pNÄ k`n¨o¼n. CXSp ssN sNm*v AkapsX S`¡p bn¶n Mm³ fpXn Np¯n bnXn¨psNm*v AkapsX Ip*n Wn¶pw km]v¡pÅnt`¡v Fsâ Wmkp N]än. hÀÆ làn]pw FXp¯v AkÄ Fs¶ bnXn¨p SÅn. Mm³ thmc¡v fp¶n DÅ Xot¸m]nt`¡v f_nªp ko\v AknsX C^p¶ cv–akÀ kmhpw S«n S_]n C«p sbm«n¨v AknsX]pw Wn¡msS Xot¸m]psX fpNan Wn¶pw f`À¶Xn¨p S_]n sS¡pkX¡m ko\p. Fsâ Ipäpw Fs´ms¡t]m ko\p sbm«n sS_n¡p¶p*v. BsN diaw.
“”””F´m AknsX?” Smsj C^p¶ A½ sb§·mÀ sNm_hv B]n tImUn¡p¶p. Fsâ fp¶n Sna]v¡p¶ tNmbkpw Uin¸n¡p¶ N®pNapw B]n foWp Wn¡p¶p.
“”””H¶pfnà f½o… cv`kÀ kmhv sbm«n]Sm.” AkÄ Smtj¡v tWm¡n b_ªp. Mm³ At¸mapw S_]n B\v. CSn`pw k`n] tSmÂknNÄ hzbvW§an fm{Sw. Du¼n] b^nbmXn B]nt¸m]n. H^p sNm¨p fVp^ IpwdWw sNmXp¯n^ps¶¦n ASn ftWmi^fm] H^p {b\]w Cs¸m bqknt«sW. CSv B{Nm´w fq¯v SWns¡m\w AkapsX fp¶n skan]n k¶p. Mm³ Fjpt¶äv thmc]n C^p¶p. AkapsX A½ b_ªp kn« tKm`n¡m^n AknsX k¶p sbm«n] cv`kÀkmhv sb_p¡n FXp¯p sNm*v tbm]n Njnªt¸mÄ AkÄ Ft¶mXv b_ªp , “”””Wn§Ä C{S Iobv Bt\m? Cs¸m CknXp¶p tbm] B tKm`n¡m^n¡p tbm`pw Cãs¸Xnà Wn§Ä CknsX Nm\n¨ tNm{bm]w…”” H¶p WnÀ¯n]n«v AkÄ SpXÀ¶p “”””tNm{bm]w AÃ. Nmf{em´v”
“”””Wns¶ tbms`m^p¯sâ NqsX Mm³ F§sW Kokn¡pw? CsSm^p sb®p Nm\Â IX§tÃ? CSnWp fp³bpw Fs¶ ^*p tbÀ sb®p Nm\m³ k¶n«p*v. Aks^m¶pw C§sW IobvsWhv Nm\n¨n«nÃ.”
“”””fnÌÀ fMvKpWmTv–, Cu dÔw WX¡nÔ
“”””foWq, thm_n… Mm³ fW¸qÀÆw sI]vSSÃ. bänt¸m]n.” AbfmWkpw NpätdmVkpw WãtdmVkpw Wn^ml]pw Hs¡ NqXn Fsâ lÐw CX_n. N®p Wn_ªp.
foWp SpXÀ¶p, “”””f©q, FWn¡p Wn§tamXp knt^mVw H¶pw CÃ. bs£ Fsâ fWÊn h¦Â¸¯n DÅ bp^pg³ C§sW H^mÄ AÃ. ]q BÀ tk Xq hzoäv B³Zv s_mfmânNv. Mm³ Nm¯n^n¡p¶Sv bNzS]pÅ H^p fmWyWm] bp^pgsW]m\v”
Mm³ H^p sNm¨p Np«ns] t¸ms` knSp¼nt¸m]n. H^p Wnfngs¯ d`ioWS FWn¡v Wãs¸Xp¯n]Sv Fsâ Np«n¡m`w fpS fWÊn h¦`vbn¨n^p¶ H^p em^ys] B\v. AkÄ Fsâ ^*p tSmapNan`pw ssN sk¨p b_ªp. “”””N®p SpX¡p. Wfp¡v Smtj¡v tbmNmw.”
Mm³ Aksa sN«n¸nXn¨v AkapsX tSman fpOw N¼nNp«³.sWäv