പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 2 [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്] 527

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ht´mg§saÃmw sNm¨½ S¶Sm\v. CknsX k^p¶Spks^ MmsWm^p fWpgyKokn]ms\¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n]n«nÃ. fäpÅk^psX hpOhuN^y§saÃmw tWm¡mWpÅ H^p tk`¡m^n. CknsX k¶tlgw Mm³ sNm¨½]psX AWn]¯n]m]n fm_pN]m]n^p¶p. fäpÅ tk`¡ms^ lmhn¡mWpw b`t¸mjpw So^pfmW§saXp¡mWpw sNm¨½ FWn¡v AVnNm^w S¶n^p¶p. dm`³hm_nsâ f^\tlgw sNm¨½ Fsâ sW©nÂNnX¶m\v– N^ªn^p¶Sv. CsSÃmw l^n]mt\m Fs¶Wn¡v A_n]nÃ. bs£, sNm¨½¡v Nn«m¯sSm¶pw FWn¡pw tk*””.

“”A½ bm_pk½s] kngfn¸n¡tÔ” NŨn^nt]msX Ak³ b_ªp. Aksâ Ip*pNÄ FtâSn tNmÀ¯p. Ak³ Ip*pw WmkpwsNm*v Fsâ km]n b®n. H^pssN Fsâ kl¯pNqXn NX¯n AksWs¶ sbm¡n Aksâtf NnX¯n. Aksa\oäv Fsâ A^s¡«p sbm¡n, Aksâ N¼n]m] Np® bqÀ¯pa]n k¨v, sfsà ^*pssN¸XkpwsNm*v A^s¡«v Smtjm«fÀ¯n. WWªpNpSnÀ¶ bq_nt`¡v Aksâ Np® N]_nt¸mNp¶SptWm¡n Aksasâ bn³emP¯n^p¶p. Ak³ fpOwNpWn¨p Fsâ fp` km]n`m¡n. Aksâ ssNNÄ Smtjm«pWo*v Fsâ I´n¸naÀ¸pNÄ sM¡n. Fsâ]pw Aksâ]pw A^NÄ knb^oSUnlNan I`n¨psNm*n^p¶p. I´n sM¡p¶SnWnX]n Aksâ H^pkn^ Fsâ PpU¯n Np¯p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AkapsX fp³bn Fsâ H¨ D]^mSn^n¡m³ Mm³ Ip*pNÄ NXn¨pbnXn¨p. sskNmsS sb]vSn_§n] Mm³ Aksâ N¼n]m] Np®]v¡ptf SaÀ¶pko\p. Nps_tlgw A^s¡«psbm¡m³ bmXpsbXp¶ Fs¶ AkÄ him]n¨p. Fs¶ AkÄ Aksâ A^nNn I^n¨pNnX¯n. AkapsX sNmSnt]msX]pÅ tWm«w At¸mjpw sS_n¨pWn¶ Aksâ Np®]n`m]n^p¶p.
“”bm_pk½ tkPw SpX§nt¡m, Asæn skXnf^p¶v tkPw N¯n¯o^pw”” Aksâ Nan]m¡Â. AkÄ Aksâ bp_¯pN]_n. Aks^s´ms¡, F{StW^w, sI]vSpsk¶v FWn¡_n]nÃ. Fsâ AÀ²hpgpbvSn]n AkapsX Wn`knan b`k«w Fsâ NmSn`Xn¨Sm]n MmtWmÀ¯p. MmWp\À¶t¸mÄ Ak^psX A^s¡«pSpX¨ AkapsX ssWän Smtj¡nX¡p¶p. f`À¶pNnX¡p¶ Aksâ tSman NknafÀ¯n, SaÀ¶pNnX¡p¶ Aksâ Np®]v¡ptf ssN¸Xwk¨p bqÀ®WPvW^m]n, Nm`pNÄ knXÀ¯nk¨p AkWpw Akapw D_§p¶p. MmWpw AksW tIÀ¶v f`À¶pNnX¶p_§n.

Nm`¯p\^pt¼mjpw AkÀ AtS Wn`]n NnX¡pN]m\v. Mm³ Sfmlt]msX HmÀ¯p, fq¶p WPvW dnwd§Ä. FWn¡_n]mw, Ht¶m ^t*m kÀg§Ä¡pÅn Ak³ bYWw Njnªp GsS¦n`pw kntUl^mKyt¯¡v tbmNpw. ASnWptlgw Aksâ k^kv AbqÀkfm]n^n¡pw. F¦n`pw Ak³ bm_p¡p«n¡v sNmXp¯ AWpek§Ä AkÄ¡v KokWpÅ Nm`t¯maw sNm*pWX¡mw. tbm¬ sshäpNÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv