പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David] 597

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B CwPvaogpNm^n sb®nsâ bmY§amkpw. Fsâ N®pNant`¡ptWm¡n Ak³ tImUn¨p, “”””Mm³ SpX§nt¡mt«”. Mm³ AtSs]¶v S`]m«n.

AksWsâ fpOt¯¡v fpOfXp¸n¨p. FtâSptbms` Aktâ]pw km]n hnP^änsâ f\fm\v. WmkpWo«n Ip*pNÄ WW¨psNm*v AksWsâ AXn¨p*v k`n¨p_n©n. Im«pantbms` Fsâ km]nt`¡v Woap¶ Aksâ WmknsW tW^nXm³ Fsâ WmkpWo*p. Ak³ Wm¡psNm*v Fsâ km]v¡N¯p Hma§ap]À¯n. C_p¡n¸nXn¨ Fsâ Ip*pNÄ¡nX]n`qsX Spa¨pN]_p¶ Aksâ Wmkv, d`mÕwPw sI_p¡m³ Nm`pNÄ C_p¡n¸nXn¨ sb®nsâ bq_nWpÅn ASn{Nfn¨pNX¡p¶ Np®tbms` FWn¡Wpeks¸«p. Aksâ km]v Fsâ sIkn]nt`¡v Wo*p. Aksâ km]v¡pÅns` làn]m] D_n©`nWnX]n Wmkv sIkn¡pÅn b®ns¡m*n^p¶p. ^*psIknNapw Du¼n¡jn]pwfp³bv– FWn¡v H^pk«w k¶p, Fsâ N®pNÄ AXªp. AkWSp fWÊn`ms]¶ptSm¶n. Aksâ Ip*pNÄ WnÝ`fm]n. Npt_¡jnªp Ak³ tImUn¨p, “”””sh¡³Zv tgm SpX§t« At½?” N®pSp_¡msSSs¶ Mm³ S`]m«n. Aksâ Ip*pNÄ Fsâ Njp¯n`pw, bn³Njp¯n`pw HmXnWX¶p. ssNNap]À¯n N£s¯ fpXn km]n`m¡n Ip*psNm*v k`n¨n¡nan]m¡n. ^*pssNsNm*pw fp`NÄ sM¡n¸nXn¨p fp`sM«pNÄ k`n¨pNpXn¨p. Fsâ ssNNm`pNÄ SaÀ¶p, AXp¯k^kv NqXpS lànt]msX]m]n^p¶p. Mm³ thmc]n Im^n¡nX¶p. Fs¶ Ipän¸nXn¨p fp`Nan sW©fÀ¯n AksWsâ tf Imªp. Gs_ tW^wNjnªp MmWp^pt¼mjpw AkW§sW NnX¡]m\v. Mm³ ssNWo«n Aksâ N¼n]m] Np®]n Ipän¸nXn¨p A^pf]m]n St`mXn. ASv Ip«pbjp¯ C^p¼ptbms` sbmÅp¶p. Ak³ fpOfp]À¯n tImUn¨p, “”””Mm³ SpX^t«”. Mm³ S`]m«n.

{c©v SmXn]ns` Npänt^mf§apsX C¡nan¡pbp_Nn Aksâ WWª Ip*pNapw Wmkpw, kl§an`qsX Fsâ sbm¡nĨpjnks^s]¯n. Aksâ Wmkv sbm¡nĨpjns] DjpSpf_n¨p. Fsâ f²yemPw Aksâ WmknWm]n D]À¶p. bns¶, sbm¡nanWpIpäpw Ip*pNÄ AfÀ¯nk¨p làn]m]n km]v–¡pÅnt`¡v k`n¨p. Mm³ A´^o£¯n sbm§nWX¡p¶ AWpekfm]n^p¶p. thmc]nÂWns¶\oäv, S_]n`n^p¶v Fsâ Nm`pNÄ knXÀ¯n ASnWnX]n Ak³ fpOffÀ¯n. Npt_Wmam]n {Xnw sI]vSn«nÃm¯ bq_ns` fpXnfpjpk³ sNmjp¯ {hk¯m WWªn^p¶p. fpOfp]À¯n]t¸mÄ Aksâ fq¡n`pw NknapNan`pw B WWkv bän]n^p¶p. ANwSpXNan Aksâ Wmkv HmXnWX¶p; bns¶, Nm`pNÄ NqXpS bnXn¨pknXÀ¯n SpX]nXp¡n`qsX PpUwks^. bqÀ¨p*pNÄ kn^`psNm*v sfsïp_¶v ASnWNs¯ WWkv fpjpk³ Ak³ W¡ns]Xp¯p. kn^`pNÄsNm*v N¼nNp«³.sWäv