പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David] 597

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nn«n Ak³ `*Wnt`¡v Sn^n¨p. Wm«n hufnWn]½ SWn¨m]n. bn¶oXv H¶^kÀg¯nWptlgw H^pfmhs¯ AkVn¡m\v Ak³ ko«ns`¯p¶Sv. CWn hufnWn]½ b_]s«:þ

UoÀQUq^w ss{Zkv sI¿m³ FWn¡nt¸mÄ BßknlzmhfnÃ. ASpsNm*pSs¶ ss{ZkÀ Np«n¡rgv\sW NqsX¡q«n. fp¼m]nÂWn¶v N^n¸qÀ knfmW¯mka¯n`n_§n] Fsâ fNsW N*t¸mÄ Mm³ H^pWnfngw l¦n¨p. Ak³ NqXpS kaÀ¶n^n¡p¶p. Aksâ {c©v SmXn NqXpS {bm]w tSm¶n¸n¡p¶p. D¯t^´y³ lo`§Ä Ak³ f_¶n«nÃ, Fs¶¡*bmtX AksWsâ NmÂsSm«p kµn¨p. t{Xman]n`pÅ Aksâ hmVW§saÃmw Np«nNrgv\³ Nm_nsâ Zn¡n]n k¨p. Mm³ AksWsâs]m¸w Nm_nsâ bn³hoän`n^p¶p.
“”””Wos]s´¦n`pw Njnt¨m?” Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”””cv–ssaän AkÀ Bim^w S¶t½. CWn ko«n sI¶n«pfSn” Ak³ b_ªp. bSnkptbms` Fsâ fXn]nÂk¨ Aksâ ssN]n Fsâ ssN tNmÀ¯psNm*v MmWksâ fpO¯ptWm¡n]n^p¶p. Wo* ]m{S]psX £o\¯m`mkpw, AksWsâ tSman S`Im]v¨p_§n. ko«ns`¯m_mkpt¼mjpw AkWp_¡fm\v. MmWksW S«nknan¨p. ko«ns` tbmÀ¨n Nm_v bmÀ¡psI]vSp Np«nNrgv\³ Zn¡n]ns` hmVW§saÃmw ko«nWNt¯¡v k¨p. Smt¡m ssN]n¯¶p Sm\psSmjpSv– Ak³ tbm]n. Mm³ AXp¡a]nt`¡p tWm¡n bm_p¡p«ns] knan¨p. Njnª b¯n^pbSp kÀgfm]n Aksasâs]m¸fp*v. hpVognsâ Cã§saÃmw AkÄ¡_n]mw. AkÄ Aksâ Cã§saÃmw Du¬tfl]n kna¼nk¨p. Du\pNjnªp MmWktWmXv b_ªp, “”””Wnsâ fp_n]nÂtbm]n W¶m]n D_§nt¡m. Wmsa Wfp¡v hwhm^n¡mw”. Ak³ tbm]n.

bntäUnkhw ^mkns` Fsâ bSnkpWX¯w Njnsª¯n]t¸mjpw Ak³ D\À¶n«nÃ. kmSn Im^n]nt«]psŦn`pw Mm³ S«nknan¨p. AÂbtW^¯nWptlgw AkWp\À¶p. “”””bm_p¡p«n]½ kt¶maq” Ak³ knan¨pb_ªp. MmWN¯pNX¶p. “”””A½]m]n^pt¶m, Mm³ N^pSn]Sv bm_p¡p«n]½ Im] sNm*pks¶¶m” Ak³ In^n¨p. bpS¸pfmän, N«n`n`n^p¶ Fsâ fXn]n S`k¨p Ak³ NnX¶p. “”””F\oäpkm, Im] FXp¡mw”. MmsW\oäp AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n. hnäu«ns` thmc]n Hmt^m N¸v Im]]v¡n^pbp_fn^p¶v M§Ä Gs_ tW^w hwhm^n¨p. Wm«ns` kntlg§saÃmw Ak³ tImUn¨p fWÊn`m¡n. “”””CsSÃmw Wns¶ Mm³ Cþsf]n`n A_n]n¨Sm\tÃm?” CX]v¡v Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”””Cþsf]n`ns` knk^§sam¶pw fWÊn S§m_nÃt½, bYn¯¯nsâ sX³g³ A{S]v¡p*v. {bVmWs¸« Nm^y§Ä A½ tcm\n b_]m_p*tÃm. ASpfm{Stf fWÊn Wn¡q” FWn¡ktWmXv hiSmbw.
“”””F´m]m`pw Sn]_n Njnªp. N¼nNp«³.sWäv