പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David] 597

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sSmXp¶Sv Mm³ N*n«nÃ. M§apsX hzNm^yS]n MmWpw dmt`«sWm¸w AÂbw fUykpw hnP^äpw lo`n¨n^p¶p. fmh¯ns`m^n¡Â, kWnSm¢ºnsâ foän§nWnsX, D¶SÀ¡pfm{SfpÅ hzNm^yfp_n]ns` _½n Nan¡nsX, M§Ä Wm`©ptbÀ AÂbw fp´n] fUykpw hnP^äpw Dbt]mPn¡p¶ bSnkpfp*v. hpVogv `*Wnt`¡v tbm]n¡jnª BUyUnkhw ^m{Sn]ns` fXp¸n¡p¶ GNm´S]n`m\v Mm³ bm_p¡p«nt]mXv A`fm^]ns` sbmXnbnXn¨n^p¶ knhv–¡n¡p¸n FXp¡m³ Bklys¸«Sv. tWÀ¸n¨ BUysbPv So^m_m]t¸mÄ MmWktamXv B bj] A`fm^]n H^p hnPs^änWm]n S¸ntWm¡m³ Bklys¸«p. sbmXnbnXn¨, sbm«n¡m¯ H^pNqXv hnPs^äpfm]n AkÄk¶p. WnÀkrSnt]msX hnP^äv k`n¡p¶ Fs¶tWm¡n Akapw Hs^®sfXp¯p. H^pbmXv Ipfs¨¦n`pw AkaSnsW sf^p¡n. bn¶oXpÅ FÃm ^m{SnNapw M§Ä ^*psbPv knh-vNn]pw hnP^äpw M§apsX AhwSrbv–S hzNm^ySNapfm]n NjnªpNqXn. BklyfpÅ fUykpw hnP^äpw AkapsXSs¶ WnÀt±l{bNm^w Np«nNrgv\³ F¯n¨n^p¶p. C¶nt¸mÄ Aksâ tImUyw Fs¶ AUv–epSs¸Xp¯n]nÃ. “”””Wnsâ CãmWnã§an CXsbX^psS¶Sv Wnsâ AÑsâ WnÀt±lfm]n^p¶p. SoÀ¨]m]pw WnW¡v hnP^äv k`n¡mw, bs£ Wn]{´\w Wnsâ ssN]n Ss¶]mk\w” Mm³ b_ªp. Ak³ fp_n]nt`¡ptbm]n H^pNqXv hnP^äpw ss`ä_pfm]n k¶p. H^p hnP^äv N¯n¨psNm*k³ b_ªp, “”””CSknXs¯ lo`fm\t½. b`t¸mjpw hdv–hot_m BNp¶ AknXs¯ Nm`mkØ]n CSv tk*nk^pw”. MmWksâ fp³bn Bgv–t{X Wo¡nk¨p. kas^ Nm`¯nWptlgw SrbvSnN^fm]n e£\w Njn¨ MmWpw H^p hnPs^säXp¯p N¯n¨p. ASkWv NqXpS Bßknlzmhw WÂNn]n^p¶p. hnP^äv k`n¨pNjnª tlgw MmWktWmXv b_ªp, “”””CWn Wo]¸w s_sÌXpt¯m, Asæn Np_¨p D_§nt¡m. Wfp¡v sskNpt¶^w Nm\mw”.
“”””ASv tk*t½. D¨]v¡p_§p¶ lo`w FWn¡nÃ. C¶nt¸mÄ bm_pk½ Fs¶ l^n¡pw bän¨pNaªp. k]À H^pbmXv Wn_ªptbm]n. Mm³ bp_s¯ms¡ WX¶n«pk^mw”.
“”””Cu sk]n`t¯m? ASptk*. WnW¡p_§mSn^n¡m³ Wfps¡m^p tbm¡À sP]nw Nan¨mt`m?” Mm³ Sfmlf«n tImUn¨p.
“”””ASptk*t½. ASnsâ Wn]f§Ä DÄs¡mÅm³ A½¡v H^pbmXv dp²nfp«mkpw. Nan SpX§n]m W½aSnsâ Wn]f§Ä AWph^n¡m³ dmVyØ^m\v” AksWs¶ Wn^pÕmis¸Xp¯n.
“”””Wn]f§Ä AWph^n¡m³ H^p b«ma¡m^sâ em^ys] Wo bYn¸n¡*” Fs¶]m^pw A*Àt_äv sI¿p¶Sv FWn¡nãfÃ, MmWksW skÃpknan¨p.
“”””ASÃt½, tbm¡À sP]nfn Hmt^m tSmÂkn]n`pw H^p khv{Sw Du^n fmtä*nk^pw. AkhmWw bqÀ®WPvW^m]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv