പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David] 597

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Np®]nt`¡v `Öt]msX tWm¡n, Ak³ FWn¡v tWmkmsS Fsâ fXn]n`n^p¶p. Fsâ fpOw bnXn¨Xp¸n¨p N®pNan AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨p.

Fsâ fXn]nÂWn¶v F\o¡m³ SpX§n] AksW Mm³ SXªp.
“”FWn¡v WÃ em^fp*t½. A½]v¡v tWmkpw”” Ak³ b_ªp.
“”Wo]nt¸mjpw Fsâ fXn]n`n^n¡p¶ bj] Np«n Ss¶]m\v. A¶t¯¡mÄ H«pw em^¡qXpS FWn¡v tSm¶p¶nÔ” MmWksW tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p.
“”A½m]nsSÃmw F§sW]m\v bYn¨Sv?”” Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”fimem^Sw km]n¡pt¼ms`, H^p b«ma¡m^sâ NqsX]pÅ KoknS¯n bYn¡msWm¶pw dm¡n]p*mknà tfmtW. Wnsâ Aѳ H^p t`mNbu^Wm]n^p¶p. Znc³hv A¡mZfn]n tI^p¶SnWpfp³bv At±iw Wns¶t¸ms` Npt_¡m`w Cw¥*n`m\v bYn¨Sv. kas^ Sp_¶ fWÊm]n^p¶p At±i¯ntâSv. N`ym\¯nWptlgw H^p tbm¬ hoZn Fs¶ Nm\n¨t¸mÄ FWn¡_¸ptSm¶n. DXsW At±iw A`fm^]nÂWn¶v Nmflmhv{S¯nsâ H^p hIn{S bphvSNw Nm\n¨pS¶p. Wo tW^t¯ b_ªtÃm, CsSÃmw bmÝmSyfms\¶v? Nmflmhv{S¯n CÃm¯sSm¶pw WnW¡v fsäm^nX¯pw Nm\mWmknÃ. Wo KWn¡p¶SnWpfp³bpw ASnWptlgkpw M§Ä H^pbmXnX¯p N_§n]n«p*v. OKp^mtim]n`pw sNm\mÀ¡n`pw Hmt^m ln¸¯nWpfp¶n`pw M§Ä tWm¡n Wn¶n«p*v. Fsâ Wm«nsâ ssbSrNw bYns¨Xp¡\sf¶Sv Fsâ kmln]m]n^p¶p. M§Ä H^pbmXv b^o£\§Ä WX¯n]n«p*v. At±iw f^n¡p¶Spks^ NnX¡_]n H^mÄ ftä]mÄ¡ptk*n]m\v Kokn¨Sv. Wo]n¶p sI]vSsSm¶pw FWn¡v bpSn] AWpek§am]n^p¶nÃ. C¶v Wnsâ ssNNapw Ip*pNapsfÃmw At±is¯ HmÀfn¸n¡p¶Sm]n^p¶p””. Ak³ AÛpSt¯msX Fs¶ tWm¡n]n^p¶p.

“”hzbvWfmt\m AtSm hSyfmt\m Nm\p¶sS¶ hwl]w SoÀ¡mWm\v Mm³ CX]v¡nsX A½]psX Ip*pNan sSm«ptWm¡n]n^p¶Sv. A½]psX fp³bn `*Wns` B sb®v H¶pfÃ. sSäms\¦n A½ £fn¡\w, AÑsâ f^\tlgw A½]v¡v hz´w l^o^s¯ bnXn¨pWnÀ¯m³ F§sW]m\v NjnªSv?””
“”b«ma¯ns` KoknSw Wo N^pSp¶SntW¡mÄ knIn{Sfm\v. Mm³ Wnsâ AÑsW knkmiw Njn¡pt¼mÄ, At±iw H^p]À¶ _m¦n`m\v. Smjv¶ _m¦n`pÅ Ht^mcoh_psX em^y hpµ^n]ms\¦nÂ, D]À¶ _m¦n`pÅ Hmt^m Hmcoh_ptX]pw N®pw fWÊpw AkapsX H¸fp*mkpw. D¶S³ Smsj]pÅ H^mtamXv bmÀ«n WX¯\sf¶v Bklys¸«m ASv WX¶n^n¡pw. NojptUymPØsâ ko«ns` bmÀ«n]n tf`ptUymPس fm{Stf bs¦Xp¡q. AÂbw fUybn¨tlgw NojptUymPس `i^n emkn¨p bp_t¯m«ptbmNpw. tf`ptUymPس A]mapsX Bklyw Njnªp sbm]vt¡mapw. ASpsNm*v N¼nNp«³.sWäv