പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David] 597

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ak³ b_ªpWnÀ¯n.
“”””bns¶?” Fsâ D¡\vY.
“”””H^pbmXp*t½. shN-vhn SmÂb^yw NqXpS`pÅSpsNm*mkpw Mm³ FÃm Unkhkpw hz]wtemPw sI¿m_p*m]n^p¶p. Np_¨pUnkhw Njn]pt¼mÄ H^pIn{Sw Wn_wf§pw. At¸mÄ bpSns]m^p In{Sw k^]v¡pw. ASns`Ãmw Mm³ D_§pN]m]n^n¡pw. D\À¶n^n¡pt¼mÄ A½]psX l^o^¯n sSmXm³ FWn¡v e]fm]n^p¶p. i]À sh¡³Z_n]n fpSnÀ¶, SXn¨ sb¬Np«nNÄ, Wm\fnÃmsS, fWxbqÀkfmt\ms]¶_n]nÃ, bphvSN§Ä Smsj]nXpN]pw Wfp¡v bp_wSn^nªp, fnWnhv–tNÀ«n`qsX I´nfpjpk³ Nm\¯¡k®w NpWnªp FXp¡pN]pw bSnkm]n^p¶p. AsSÃmw ^m{Sn]n Mm³ A½]psX ssN]n sNm*nXpw. B ^wP§Ä Mm³ A½]n`qsX _obvta sI¿pw. H^pIn{Sw b_]mw. ^mkn`s¯ GtSm hzbvWw fq`fmkpw, N¼n]m] Np®t]msX MmWp_§n¡nX¡p¶p. A½ Fs¶ knan¨p\À¯m³ fp_n]ns`¯p¶p. bpS¸nWXn]n Fsâ N¼n]m] Np®N*v– A½ H^pWnfngw tWm¡nWn¡p¶p. bns¶ NnX¡]n Fsâ]^nNn`n^p¶v A½s]sâ bpS¸pfmäp¶p. N¼n]m] Np®]n A½ ssNIpän]Xn¡p¶p. H^pssNsNm*v A½ ssWän A^]v¡p fpNant`¡v D]À¯p¶p. ssWän¡Xn]n A½¡v AXnkhv{SfnÃ. bns¶ Fsâ A^s¡«nWn^pklkpw Nm`pNÄk¨p, Fsâ Np®bnXn¨p bq_nWpÅnt`¡v k¨v A^s¡«pSmjv¯n AXn¡p¶p. A½]psX fp`NÄ Fsâ sW©n sM^p§n]n^n¡p¶p. A½]psX A^s¡«v FtâSn k¶Xn¡p¶ lÐwtbm`pw D_¡¯n FWn¡v tNÄ¡mw. Fsâ hvO`Wtlgw A½ Fsâ sW©n AfÀ¶pNnX¡p¶p. Npt_¡jnªp A½ ssNNp¯n F\o¡pt¼mÄ A½]psX bq_nÂWn¶v Fsâ skÅw Fsâ A^s¡«n SpÅn SpÅn]m]n H`n¨n_§p¶p. A½ ssWän]p]À¯n A½]psX SpXNapw Fsâ Np®]pw SpX¨n«v Fs¶ knan¨p\À¯p¶p”. Ak³ b_ªpWnÀ¯n.

Aksâ hz]wtemPw Han¨pNm\p¶ Unkh§an FWn¡v k^p¯m³ dmt`«³ H^pbmXv dp²nfp«pfm]n^p¶p. A¶v Fsâbp_¯pÅ dmt`«Wn Mm³ hpVognsâ fpOkpw Fsâ A^s¡«n Aksâ Np®]pw Mm³ h¦Â¸n¨n«p*v. H^n¡`pw FWn¡v k¶psk¶_n]msS dmt`«³ WnÀ¯m_nÃ. Fsâ Nm^y¯n At±i¯nWv A{Sfm{Sw {l²]p*m]n^p¶p. At±i¯nWv hvO`Wfp*m]mÂt¸m`pw kn^`pNÄ sNmt*m, Ip*pNÄsNmt*m FWn¡t±iw k^p¯n¯^pfm]n^p¶p. Aksâ hzbvWknk^\§Ä tN«v FWn¡v WW]m³ SpX§n]n^p¶p. Mm³ Nm`pNÄ NqXpSÂknXÀ¯nk¨p AktWmXp b_ªp, “”””Wfp¡nWn Nan SpX^mw”. NqXpS ssV^yw k¶f«n AksWsâ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v tWm¡ns¡m*v Io«pNl¡n. Im^n]n^p¶v knXÀ¯n] Io«pNÄ¡nX]n`qsX MmWksW tWm¡n. Aksâ Np®]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv