പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David] 597

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Aäw Ipk¶pSpXp¯p, ko*pfSv 90 Zn{Pn]n`m]n. At¸mjpw Io«pNÄ FWn¡WpNq`fm]n^p¶p. Ak³ Nan]n tSmäp. Ak³ tSmÂkn h½Sn¨p.
“”””A½s] C§sW tWm¡n]n^ns¡ FWn¡v NanK]n¡m³ Njn]nÃt½”
“”””Nan¡v Nan]psX Wn]f§am\v. MmWm\v K]n¨Sv. CWn Mm³ b_]p¶Sv Wo AWph^n¡\w” H^p _c_n]psX f«n Mm³ b_ªp.
“”””‘A½ F´pb_ªm`pw Mm³ AWph^n¡mw” Ak³ b_ªp. MmWt¸mjpw Nan]n Ak³ K]n¨n^ps¶¦n F´mkpw Bklys¸XpN F¶m\v In´n¨Sv. AksWm^p Akh^w sNmXp¡\sfs¶Wn¡v tSm¶n.
“”””Fsâ tIm]v–hv WnW¡pS^p¶p. WnW¡v tk*Sv Bklys¸Xmw”. AksWm^pWnfngw In´m¡pj¸¯n`ms\¶v tSm¶n. bt£ ^*mfs¯ sbPv AkWp ssV^yw WÂNpsf¶v FWn¡_n]mw. Npt_Wnfng§Ä¡ptlgw Ak³ S`]p]À¯n Fsâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n b_ªp,
“”””Cãs¸«nsæn WntgVn¡mWpÅ AVnNm^w K]n¨]msa¶Wn`]n A½¡p*v. MmtWäkpw NqXpS hzbvWwN*n«pÅSv A½ D_§n¡nX¡pt¼mÄ h¡v sI¿p¶Sm\v. Ct¸mÄ MmW§sW sI¿t«?”. MmWmsN tNm^n¯^n¨p. bm_p¡p«n F{S {lfn¨n«pw dmt`«sâ AXps¯§pw F¯m³ Njnªn«nÃ. Ct¸mÄ Aksâ fpO¯v Mm³ dmt`«sâ bN^wk]v¡mWnÃm¯ Ip*pNam\v Nm\p¶Sv. DÅns` BËmUsfmSp¡n, bp_¯p sskfWhyw emkn¨p Mm³ b_ªp,
“”””FWn¡SnWv H^p sbPv NqXntk*nk^pw tfmtW”.
“”””FWn¡pw tk\ft½. DÅns` C³indng³hv fm_m³ ASv WÃSm\v”. Ak³ ¥mÊpNan AXp¯ sbPv Hjn¨p. Fsâ ¥mÊv Wn_¨p AksWsâ AXp¯pk¶t¸mÄ Fsâ Ip*nW^nNn kn_¨pWn¡p¶ Aksâ Np® km]n`m¡mWpÅ tfmiw MmWfÀ¯n. dmt`«Wv H^pbmXnãs¸« tbmhm\Sv. Fsâ ¥mhv ssN]n¯¶p Aksâ PvamsÊXp¯p thmc]n Fsâ A^nNn`n^p¶p. ^*p hnPs^säXp¯p Hs^®w Fsâ]pw ftäSv Aktâ]pw Ip*nÂk¨pv Ak³ ss`äÀ N¯n¨p. ^*p hn¸nWptlgw AksWs¶ fp`NÄ¡pfpNan`qsX Ipän¸nXn¨p. “”””A½ K]n¨tÃm, CWns]´nWm Cu s{d]v–hns]À?” “”””WnW¡v tks*¦n FXp¯v Natª¡v” Mm³ In^n¨p. bn¶ns` ips¡Xp¯p AkWSq^n. AVnNw Sm\n«nÃm¯ fp`Nan Ak³ fpOffÀ¯n. bns¶, fpOfp]À¯n AksWsâ fp`Nant`¡v tWm¡n]n^p¶p.
“”””CSmUyfm]n Nm\pN]mt\m?” MmWksW Nan]m¡n.
“”””AÃt½, bs£ BUyfm]n sSmXpN]m\v” Ak³ N®n_p¡n In^n¨p. Aksâ knXÀ¯n] ssN¸¯nNÄ Fsâ fp`NÄ¡ptf`fÀ¶p. Aksâ ssN¸¯n¡v dmt`«tWmaw làn]p*v, bs£ kas^ frUpkm\v. dmt`«sâ ssN¸¯n tSm¡nsâ Sj¼psNm*v b^pb^p¯Sm\v. fp`Nan Aksâ N^I`Ww b^nlo`Ww hn²n¨ H^m\ntâSm]n^p¶p; N¼nNp«³.sWäv