പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David] 597

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C^nt¡*nk^pw. K]n¨]mÄ F´m\v Bklys¸XpNs]¶v Wfp¡v b_]mWmknÃ. K]n¨]mÄ Bklys¸Xp¶sS´pw sI¿m³ tSmä]mÄ dmVyØ^m\v” Ak³b_ªp.
“”””Nan¡pt¼mÄ Nan]psX Wn]f§Ä. KoknS¯n hz´w Wn]f§Ä. ASpsNm*pSs¶ Nan¡mWn_§pt¼mÄ B Wn]fw AWph^n¡\w. ASnWp Mm³ S]m_ms\¦n WnWs¡´m dp²nfp«v?” MmWksâ Wm¡X¡n.

AkWmsN In´m¡pj¸¯n`ms\¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Fsâ WPvWS Nmt\*nk^psf¶ eoSn]m\v Aksâ fWÊns`¶v FWn¡_n]mw. AksWm^pbmXv C³indng³hv Ds*s¶Wn¡v fWÊn`m]n.
“”””WyqZv do¨n`qsX WX¡pt¼mÄ WnWs¡s´¦n`pw tSm¶m_pt*m?”
“”””CÃt½, AknsX CsSm^p hmVm^\ NmjvI]m\v. Sn^¡pÅ sS^pkn`qsX H^p hv{So WPvW]m]n tbm]m`pw B^pfknsX {l²n¡m_nÃ. ASptbms` WyqZv do¨n`qsX WX¡pt¼mjpw Wfps¡m¶pw tSm¶nÔ Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””bns¶´m WnW¡v? A½]psX WPvWS Nm\psf¶ tbXn]mt\m?” Fsâ tImUyw tN«v Ak³ S`Smjv¯n.
“”””MmWknXs¯ Nm^y§Ä HmÀ¯ptbm]Sm\v. AknsX b`t¸mjpw K]n¨ bmÀ«n, CknsX sbÀtkÀg³hv F¶pb_]p¶ Nm^y§am\v sI¿m³ b_]pN. AknsX]ms\¦n AsSÃmw hmVm^\]m\v” Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””sbÀtkÀg³hv F¶mÂ?” Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”””Hm_Â, BWÂ, C³shÌv SpX§n]k. DUmi^\¯nWv fn¡km_pw MmWpw B sb¬Np«n]pfm\v H^p bmÀ«n, AkapsX AÑWpw A½]pw ftä bmÀ«n]pw. At¸mÄ SoÀ¨]m]pw shN-vhv, C³shÌmkpw”.
“”””AkÀ¡Sn kngfsfm¶pfntÃ?”
“”””CÃ. FWn¡Sv Uin¡m³ Gs_ tW^sfXp¯p. {bm]bqÀ¯n]m] f¡apw tbs^âvhpw S½n ]msSm^p C³indng³hpw AknsX]nÃ. St`¶s¯ tZänwPnsW¡p_n¨p b_]m³ B sb¬Np«n¡v ]msSm^p fXn]pfnÃ. bns¶ AkÀs¡Ãmw CSpw _½n Nantbms` H^p F³tKm]vsfâv fm{Sfm\v. ko«ns`¯n]m bns¶ A½b_ªtbms` ko«ns` Wn]f§Äfm{Skpw”.
“”””bns¶´m sP]nw Nan¡m³ WnWs¡m^p ssk¢dyw? bns¶, tbm¡À Nan]ns` sdäv shNv–hmk\sf¶v WnÀdÔsfm¶pfnÃtÃm?”
”CÃt½. Np«n¡m`s¯ b` sfâ t»m¡pNapw fWÊn`pÅSpsNm*mkpw MmW§sW b_ªSv. Wfp¡v Nan¡mw” Ak³ b_ªp. Ak³ NqXpS fWÊv Sp_¡pt¼mÄ MmWksâ kaÀ¨]ns` Hmt^m Q«kpw fWÊn _ossk³Zv sI¿pN]m]n^p¶p.

M§Ä Fsâ fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. Ak³ Nan]psX Wn]f§Ä knlUoN^n¨p.
“”””^*ptb^ptX]pw s{ZÊns` W¼ÀHmcvboshhv Sp`yfm]n^n¡\w, ASmUyw Zns¢]À sI¿pN]pw tk\w. Hmt^m tSmÂkn]n`pw H^p bohv Ajns¨Xp¡\w. K]n¨m Wãs¸« Hmt^m bohm]n Sn^ns¨Xp¡mw. N¼nNp«³.sWäv