പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David] 597

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ss`wPoNdÔs¯¡p_n¨p kas^ Nmgz`m]n hwhm^n¡m³ AksW lo`n¸n¨n^n¡p¶p. Sm^StfyW ]mTmØnNfm] H^p NpXpwd¯nÂWn¶v k¶ Mm³, dmt`«sâ D¶Sfm] Bl]§apfm]n sbm^p¯s¸Xm³ Npt_WmsaXp¯p. FÃm hzmS{´ykpw WÂNnkaÀ¯n] M§apsX fN³, hz]wtemPw sI¿p¶Sv BUyfm]n HanªpN*t¸mÄ FWn¡v sM«`m]n^p¶p. dmt`«sâfp³bn ASv MmWkS^n¸n¨t¸mÄ At±iw sbm«n¨n^n¨p. “”””Ak³ lm^o^nNfm]n kaÀ¶n^n¡p¶p. hufo, hz]wtemPw sI¿p¶ B¬Np«nNÄ sb¬Np«nNsa B{Nfn¡m_nÃ. WnWs¡¶pw hfmVmWfm]n^n¡mw” At±iw b_ªp. ASv l^n]pfm]n^p¶p. Nufm^¯n B¬Np«nNapsX ftWmemkw At±iw knlUfm]n FWn¡v b_ªpS¶p, hv{SoWPvWS Nm\mWpÅ Ak^psX Bhàn]pÄs¸sX. ASv SnN¨pw hmVm^\]ms\¶v knlzhn¡m³ MmtWs_ hf]sfXp¯p. bn¶oXv, bq«n]n«nsænÂtbm`pw Aksâfp_n]n NSNv–S«n AWpkmUw km§n]tlgtf Mm³ AN¯pNX¡m_pÅq. Np«nNapsXtbm`pw hzNm^yS fmWn¡\sf¶v dmt`«³ CX]v¡nsX b_]m_p*m]n^p¶p. tSm«¯nÂ, tbm]tlgfpÅ fmä§Ä Ak³ hhq£vfw tWm¡n¡*p. fmSa¯ntâ]pw tb^]ptX]pw CX]n kmj W«n^n¡p¶p. H^n©pØ`wtbm`pw Wãs¸Xp¯msS c`§apw sIXnNapw k¨pbnXn¸n¨n^n¡p¶p. Np«nNrgv\³ M§apsX ss{ZkÀ fm{SfÃ, tSm«¯nsâ fmtWK^pw NqXn]m]n^p¶p. Øn^w b\n¡m^psX]nX]n H^p Ip«nt¯mÀ¯pXp¯p Np«n¡rgv\Wpw D*m]n^p¶p. sk«n¯¶ CaWoÀ NpXn¨p M§Ä Gs_ tW^w AknsX N_§nWX¶p. D¨]m]t¸mÄ Mm³ b_ªp, “”””km, ko«nÂtbm]n Bim^w Njn¡mw, bm_p¡p«n Nm¯n^n¡pw”.

ssZWn§v tXdnan bm_p¡p«n Aksâ bj] Cã§saÃmw H^p¡n]n^n¡p¶p, I¡t¯m^Wpw ssNS¨¡ bpantÈ^n]pfpÄs¸sX. Ak³ fq¡pknXÀ¯n B PÔ§saÃmw k`ns¨Xp¡p¶Sv AkÄ WnÀkrSnt]msX tWm¡nWn¶p. “”””bm_pk½NqXn C^pt¶maq, Wfps¡m^pfn¨p Njn¡mw” Ak³ b_ªp. Fsâ AWpkmU¯nWm]n fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n] AktamXv Mm³ b_ªp, “”””Wnsâ bmIN¯ns` ssN¸p\yw fm{SfÃ, Wnsâ hm¶n²ykpw AkWnãfm\v. Wo NqXn km”. FWns¡Sns^, AkWXp¯p Akan^p¶p, Aksâ bm{S¯n AkWnãs¸«sSÃmw ko*pw ko*pw kna¼ns¡m*v. Gs_ hf]sfXp¯v M§Ä e£\w Njn¨p. C´y]ns` Hs«Ãm WP^§an`pw AkÄ M§tamsXm¸fp*m]n^p¶p. Cw¥*nsW¸än Ak³ AkÄs¡m^p ¢mhpSs¶ CSnWnX]n sNmXp¯n^p¶p. Bim^w Njnªp hnäu«ns` thmc]n`n^p¶psNm*v Ak³ tImUn¨p, “”””MmsWm^p hnP^äv k`nt¨mt« At½?”. Wn]{´nSfm] fUybmWkpw hnP^äv k`n]pw dmt`«WpÅt¸mÄ bSnkm]n^p¶p. As¶m^n¡`pw Ak³ fUytfm hnP^täm N¼nNp«³.sWäv