പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David] 597

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ Uqs^tWm¡n hnP^äv bpN¨n^p¶p. Wn_¨Pvamhv– Fsâ fp¶nt`¡pWo¡m³ fpt¶m«mªt¸mÄ Aksâ knXÀ¶ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n K«nsbm«n¡m³ b\ns¸Xp¶ Aksâ Np® Mm³ Sfmlt]msX tWm¡n. “”””CWn Wfp¡v AkhmWs¯ _u*v SpX§mw” Mm³ AXp¯ _u*n AXn]_kpb_ªp Njnªpsk¶f«n Ak³ b_ªp. “”””l^n, Wo Io«nt«m” Mm³ AWpkmUw WÂNn. Aksâ N®pNapw {l²]pw Fsâ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n`ms\¶v FWn¡v tdmVyfm]n^p¶p. AkWnWn Io«n {l²n¡m³ Njn]nsöpw FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Ak³ b`t¸mjpw hz]wtemPw sI¿p¶Sv Mm³ N*n«ps*¦n`pw Ct¸mÄ Aksâ D²^n¨ Np® H^n¡Â¡qXn Nm\\sf¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n. thmc]n Nm`pknXÀ¯n]n^p¶psNm*v Mm³ Io«pNÄ WnkÀ¯n AXp¡m³ SpX§n. emPyklm Wà Io«pNams\Wn¡v Nn«n]Sv. WnkÀ¯n] Io«pNÄ¡nX]n`qsX tWm¡pt¼mÄ Aksâ kn_]mÀ¶ kn^`pNapw Fsâ SpXNÄ¡nX]n`qsX Woap¶ tWm«kpw Mm³ tWm¡n]n^p¶p. Nps_ tW^¯nWptlgw Ak³ b_ªp, ”A½ Io«p Nm\nt¨?”. Mm³ AXp¡n] Io«pNÄ Xot¸m]n k¨p. B Io«pNÄ Wn^mlt]msX tWm¡ns¡m*v Ak³ hz´w ssN]ns` Io«pNÄ tfl¸p_¯pk¨p. ASnt`¡ptWm¡n Mm³ b_ªp, “”””Wo tSmäp, CWn Du^nt¡”. AkWSv {bSo£n¨SÃ. fWx{b]mht¯msX Ak³ F\oäv K«n]q^n. bp_wSn^nªp K«n]q^n Sn^nªt¸mÄ Aksâ Np® 90 Zn{Pn]n WnkÀ¶pWn¶mXp¶p. MmWksW AXpt¯¡pknan¨p. Np®]n ssNIpän¸nXn¨p MmWSnsâ Aäw D^n¨p. “”””CSn§sW Wn¡p¶Sm\v ^hw” Mm³ b_ªp. AXp¯ Nan¡nX]n sbm§n]mXnWn¡p¶ AksâNp®tWm¡n Mm³ Io«pNaXp¡n. B Nan]pw FtâSm]n^p¶p. fWxbqÀkw Mm³ K«n¡pbN^w {dm]m\v Sn^ns¨Xp¯Sv. Fsâ SpXNÄ¡nX]n tWm¡n]n^p¶ AktWmXv Mm³ tImUn¨p,
“”””WyqZv do¨n`qsX WX¡pt¼mjpw H¶pw tSm¶nsöpb_ª WnWs¡´pbän?”. Aksâ S`NpWnªp.
“”””ASv sI_p¸¯ns` N*ngWnwPnsâ {blvWfm\t½. Fsâ fWÊn bSnª BUys¯ hv{SoWPvWS A½]ptXSm\v. A½]psX WPvWSt]mÀ¯m\v MmWnknXp¶v tbmNp¶Spks^ hz]wtemPw sI]vSn^p¶Sv. ASpsNm*pSs¶ A½]psX WPvWS N*m FWn¡v D²m^\w D*mkpw”. FWn¡sSm^p bpSn] A_nkÃ. AksW Mm³ Aksâ kaÀ¨]psX Hmt^m Q«¯n`pw bn³SpX^p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Aksâ {bm]¯ns` B¬Np«nNapsX ^Sntfmi§Ä Fs´ms¡]mkpsf¶v dmt`«³ FWn¡v b_ªpS¶n«p*m]n^p¶p.
“”””Wo WnÊwPWms\¦n F§sW]m\v B sb¬Np«nt]mXv WnW¡v dÔs¸XmWmkpN?” Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”””GsS¦n`pw kntUl tbm¬sshäv N*n«ps*Nn A½¡Spv fWÊn`mkpw. hmVm^\ hv{SoNtamXpÅ N¼nNp«³.sWäv