പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David] 597

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkhmWs¯ tSm–kn]n Du^ns]Xp¡m³ khv{SfnÃmSmkpt¼mÄ A]mÄ tSmäSm]n N\¡m¡pw. bns¶, MmWnt¸mÄ Cu kmSn`X¡pw, Nm^\w bm_p¡p«n]½¡v Cu Nan b^nI]fnÃtÃm!”. Mm³ h½Sn¨p.
“”””FWn¡v fq¶pbohv” Mm³ Zns¢]À sI]vSp; {dm]pw bmâohpw fp«nWpSmsjs]¯p¶ t{cm¡pfms\sâ tkgw.
“”””FWn¡pw fq¶pbohv” AkWpw b_ªp. Mm³ A`fm^]nÂWn¶v MmWpw bm_p¡p«n]pfm]n bSnkm]n Nan¡p¶ NmÀZnsâ sb«ns]Xp¯p Xot¸m]n S«n. AÂbw knh-vNn Wp\ªp hnPs^äpfm]n«m\v M§Ä Nan¡m_v–. ASpsNm*pSs¶ MmWktWmXv tImUn¨p, “”””Nan¡pt¼mÄ Wn§Ä fUybn¡m_pt*m?”.
“”””Ht¶m ^t*m sb¤t½” Ak³ In^n¨p.
“”””WnW¡v tkt\m?” Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”””CknsXs]knsX Nn«mWm\t½”.
“”””CsSm^p bj] fn`n«_n Hmcoh_psX koXms\¶_n]ntÃ?” Mm³ Np¸n]pw ^*v PvamÊpNapw S\p¯ skÅkpsfXp¯p. AkWSn Hmt^m `mÀKv Hjn¨v skÅw Wn_¨p. ¥mÊpNÄ fp«n¨p Iot]Àhv b_ªp Ak³ Io«Xp¡m³ SpX§n. Aksâ H^p hnP^äv N¯n¨p, knh-vNn Wp\ªp, Fsâfp³bn Ak³ koSn¨n« Io«pNÄ Mm³ ssN]ns`Xp¯v– WnkÀ¯ntWm¡n. bm_pkntWmsX¶Sptbms` AktWmXpw Nan]n K]n¡\sf¶ kmlns]m¶pw FWn¡nÃ. Nan]psX ^hw fm{Sw. bt£ Aksâ fpO¯v H^p sX³g³ FWn¡_n]m³ Njnªp. Mm³ sk_ptS Fsâ emkW Ajn¨pkn«p. AkWp Nan]n K]n¡\sf¶ tfmiw F´psNm*mkmw? H¶pNn AkWv Aksâ A½]psXfp³bn WPvWWmkm³ CãfÃ; Asæn AkWv Aksâ A½]psX WPvWS Nm\\w. F´m]m`pw FWns¡m^ptbms`]m\v. MmsWsâ Io«Xp¡n Aksâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. AÂbtW^¯nWptlgw AksWsâtWt^tWm¡n b_ªp, ”A½ Io«p Nm\nt¨?”. Mm³ knXÀ¯n AXp¡n] Io«v Xot¸m]n k¨p. AksWm¶v tWm¡n]tlgw Wn^mlt]msX Aksâ Io«pw k¨p. Mm³ ssN]p]À¯n b_ªp, “”””Wo tSmäp”. NpWnª fpOt¯msX Ak³ gÀ«q^n thmc]nt`¡n«p.

AXp¯ Nan]n`pw tSmÂkn AktâSm]n^p¶p. Aksâ {SotcmÀ¯pw AkWq^ns]_nªp. Ct¸mÄ AkWp K«n fm{Stf]pÅp. AXp¯ fq¶pNanNan SpXÀ¨]m]n Mm³ tSmäp. fq¶mfs¯ tSm–kn]n Mm³ bmâohv Du^nfmäp¶Sv Ak³ N®nf]v¡msS tWm¡n]n^p¶t¸mÄ MmWksâ Nufm^Nm`w HmÀ¡pN]m]n^p¶p. PvamÊns` knh-vNn k`n¨pNpXn¨p Mm³ bpSns]m^p hnP^äv N¯n¨p. Aksâ PvamÊns` knh-vNn]pw Njnªn^p¶p. Ak³ Np¸n]nÂWn¶v AXp¯ sb¤v Hjn¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ tdmVbqÀkw thmc]n WPvWfm] Nm`pNÄ knXÀ¯n Im^n]n^p¶p. AksWsâ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v tWm¡ns¡m*v skÅsfmjn¡pt¼mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv