പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David] 597

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nps_Wnfng§Ä NpWnªn^p¶p. N®pSp_¶v, Xot¸m]v¡Xn]n`qsX Wo«n]n^p¶ Fsâ bmU§Ä Ak³ AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨p N®nÂk¨p. Aksâ N®pNÄ Wn_ªn^p¶p.
“”””A½]v¡v Ft¶mXpÅ kmÕ`ykpw {l²]pw N^pS`psfÃmw fWÊn`m¡m³ FWn¡n{S]pw Nm`w tk*nk¶t½, £fn¡\w”.
“”””Wnsâ AÑsâ NmjvI¸mXpNÄ kas^ knlm`fm]n^p¶p. Npt_tW^w FXps¯¦n`pw MmWpfSm\v Ct¸mjpw tcmtam sI¿p¶Sv. C¶nt¸mÄ Wo sP]nfnsâ Wn]f§Ä b_ªt¸mÄ fXnNqXmsS Mm³ AwPoN^n¨Sv F´psNm*ms\¶v A_n]ntÃ? Ct¸mÄ Wnsâfp³bn WPvW]m]m`pw WnW¡v bpSpSms]m¶pw Nm\mWp*mknà F¶_n]mkp¶SpsNm*pSs¶. Wnsâ fmWhnNkaÀ¨]nÂ, Wo]_n]msS]ms\¦n`pw MmWpw Wnsâ AÑWpw CXsb«n^p¶Sv C§sW]m\v. Mm³ Npan¨n_§pt¼mÄ Wo Wnsâ AX¨n« fp_n¡pÅn F´m]n^n¡pw sI¿pNs]¶pw FWn¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p. hSyw b_ªm Mm³ b`t¸mjpw knIm^n¨n«p*v, Wnsâ]Xp¯pk¶n^p¶v Wns¶ him]n¡\sf¶v. bt£ Wnsâ hzNm^yS]n CXsbXm³ FWn¡nãfÃm]n^p¶p. ASn^n¡t«, Wnsâ hzNm^yWnfng§an Wos]s¶ Fs´ms¡ sI]vSn^p¶p?” ASv SnN¨pw AksW dp²nfp«n¡p¶ tImUyfms\s¶Wn¡_n]mw. Ct¸mjk³ Fsâ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v tWm¡p¶nÃ. ASpsNm*mkpw sk«n kn_¨pWn¶ Aksâ Np® bSps¡ Smjv¶n^p¶p.
“”””A½t]msXWn¡v NÅw b_]m³ Njn]nsöv A_n]mftÃm? hSy¯n MmW½s] H¶pw sI]vSn«nÃ; FWn¡SnWpÅ ssV^yfnÃm]n^p¶p”.
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“”””bns¶, FÃmw A½ sI¿p¶Sm]m\v Mm³ h¦Â¸n¡pN” Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””F§sW?” FWn¡_n]m³ VrSn]m]n.
“”””H^p hnäyptkg³ b_]mw. MmW½]psX fXn]nÂ, fp`Nan Im^n]n^n¡p¶p. A½s]s¶ sW©n S«n]p_¡p¶p. MmWp_§n¡jnªtlgw A½]psX ssNNÄ bSps¡ Smtjm«p Smtjm«p St`mXp¶p. sbm¡nanWpSmsj A½]psX kn^`pNÄ Fsâ dÀfqZ]psX ANt¯m«v NX¯p¶p. dÀfqZ sfsà Smjv¯n A½s]sâ fq¶pw tIÀ¯v frUpkm]n sM¡p¶p. A½]psX ssN¡pÅn Fsâ Np® k`pSmkp¶p. A½ ASnsW Ipän¸nXn¨p BUyw hmkVmW¯n`pw bns¶ tkP¯n`pw Sp_¶X]v¡p¶p. MmW_n]msS Fsâ tSmapNÄ A½]psX fp`Nsa sM^n¡pN]pw A^s¡«p]À¯pN]pw sI¿p¶p. A½]psX ssN]nsâ tkPw So{kfmNp¶p. Npt_¡jnªp FWn¡v hvO`Wfp*mkp¶p. AkhmWs¯ SpÅn]pw sM¡n¸njnªtlgw A½]psX fpãn]n`qsX H`n¨n_§n] lp¢w A½ gmapsNm*v SpX¨pkr¯n]m¡p¶p. B gmapsNm*p Fsâ A^s¡«ns` fpXn¡nX]n`pw Np®]n`pfpÅ lp¢w SpX¨pkr¯n]m¡n, dÀfqZ]p]À¯n Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p A½]pfp_§p¶p”. N¼nNp«³.sWäv