പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David] 597

N¼nNp«³.sWäv D]À¯n] N´n Aksâ b^pb^p¯ Wm¡v fm`¸X¡w sbm«n¨p. Ip*pNÄ¡nX]n`m¡n ASnsW làn]m]n ANt¯m«pk`n¡pt¼mÄ Fsâ A^s¡«v A_n]msS]p]À¶p. bns¶, WWªpNpSnÀ¶p thmc]nt`¡v SaÀ¶pko\ Fsâ A^s¡«v, FWns¡m^p t{d]vNv Bklyfms\¶v AktWmXp b_]msS b_ªn^n¡mw. Fsâ D]À¶ I´n¡Xn]n Sm§n¸nXn¨n^p¶ ssNNÄ fmämsS Ak³ Fsâ bq_n fpOffÀ¯n NnX¶p. Gs_tW^¯nWptlgw Fsâ bq_n fpOffÀ¯n]n^p¶ Aksâ S`]ns` fpXn¡nX]n`qsX Mm³ kn^t`mXn¨p. Ak³ fpOfp]À¯n Fs¶tWm¡n. Fsâ I´n¡Xn]ns` Aksâ kn^`pNÄ ASnsâ fmwhaS]n bn]mtWmkm]n¡m³ SpX§n. C¡nansNm*v Fsâ A^s¡«p]À¶p. ^*pssNNapw Fsâ I´nNan`fÀ¯ns¡m*v AksWsâ knXÀ¶ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]ns` bqÀ¨p*pNÄ fq¡psNm*v knXÀ¯n. Aksâ fq¡nsâ NqÀ¯ Aäw Fsâ N´nsW C¡nan]m¡ns¡m*n^p¶p. bns¶ Aksâ Wo*Wm¡v B {bkÀ¯n GsäXp¯p. ssNNÄ I´n¡Xn]nÂWn¶q^ns]Xp¯p bqÀ¨p*pNÄ knXÀ¯n. N¯nWn¡p¶ N´v Ak³ Ip*pNÄsNm*v k`n¨p_n©n. Npt_tW^¯nWptlgw Aksâ Wmkv Smtj¡n_§n bqÀ¯pa]n DjpSpf_n¡m³ SpX§n. AÂbtW^¯nWptlgw Fsâ A^s¡«v ko*psfm^n¡ÂNqXn thmc]nt`¡v SaÀ¶pko\p. fpOfp]À¯n Fsâ N®nt`¡ptWm¡n] AktWmXv Mm³ b_ªp, “”””fSn, FWn¡nWn k¿”. MmtWmÀ¯p, dmt`«tâSntW¡mÄ kn^pSmÀ¶ kn^`pNÄ, Ip*v, Wm¡v. fWÊpsNm*v MmWm Cw¥ogpNm^n sb®nsW Wfn¨p; F{S ewPn]m]n H^p sb®nsW SrbvSns¸Xp¯m³ AkaksW bYn¸n¨n^n¡p¶p! AksW\oäv thmc]n Im^n¡nX¡p¶ Fsâ]^nNn`n^p¶p fp`Nan fpOffÀ¯n. bmSnf]¡¯nÂ, Aksâ sS_n¨pWn¡p¶ Np®]n ssNIpän¸nXn¨p Mm³ NnX¶p.

Npt_tW^¯nWptlgw Fsâ S`]ns` sN«pkn«p. Mm³ N®pSp_¶t¸mjpw AksWsâ sW©n NnX¡p¶p. Fsâ ssNNÄ Aksâ Np®]n I`n¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ Ak³ S`]p]À¯n; Ak³ D_§n]n«nÃm]n^p¶p. ]pkKtWmÕktka]n hz´w sbÀtcmf³hv l^n]mt]m F¶ SpX¡¡m^sâ D¡\vY Aksâ fpO¯p*v. AksW tWm¡n N®n_p¡ns¡m*v Mm³ b_ªp, “”Wos]\otä, CWn Fsâ]qjfm\v–“”. MmsW´m Dt±ln¨sS¶v AkWp fWÊn`m]nÃ. AksW\oäv H^p Npäkmans]t¸ms` Fsâ fp³bn Wn¶p. thmc]n fpt¶m«mªn^p¶v, fp³bn Wo*pkn_]v¡p¶ Aksâ Np® Mm³ ssN]ns`Xp¯p. AkWSv A{bSo£nSfm]n^p¶p. fq¶m`pk«w MmWSp Sp_¶X¨p. Iq*pkn^ÂsNm*v MmWm bnaÀ¸v knXÀ¯n. Fsâ Ip*pNÄ ASnWptWt^ Wo*t¸mÄ Ak³ AÂbw bp_tNm«pfm_n. Fsâ knXÀ¶ Ip*pNant`¡ptWm¡n Ak³ b_ªp,
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