പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 2 [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്] 529

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wm\t¯msX tWm¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Fsâ fpO¯ptWm¡n N®n_p¡ns¡m*v Ak³ AkapsX tWt^ Sn^nªp. Aksâ knXÀ¶ ssN¸¯n AkapsX {Shn¨pWn¡p¶ fp`]v¡ptf AfÀ¶p. AkÄ¡v tWmkmsS AknsX Ak³ Km`knUySpX§n. Aksâ ssN¸¯n]psX fÀ±¯nWWph^n¨p AkapsX Np®]ns` ssNtkPw NqXn. MmWkapsX ssNbnXn¨pWnÀ¯n b_ªp,
“”””Wos]´m AkWv bnXn¨pk^p¯pN]mt\m? AkWp k¶pNjnªm bns¶ WnWs¡m¶pw Nn«nÃ. Wos]knsX AfÀ¯n bnXn¨n^p¶m fSn”. AkÄ¡v fWÊn`m]n. Aksâ Ip*pNÄ H^p fp`¡®n`pw, ssN¸¯n ftä fp`]n`pfm\v. AkapsX SpXNÄ knX^p¶Sv Mm³ Sfmlt]msX tWm¡n.
“”””Wo]ksa N«n`nt`¡v sNm*ptbm, AknsX NqXpS hzmS{´yw Nn«pw” Mm³ b_ªp. AksW\oäv ^*pssNsNm*pw Aksa H^p NpªnsWt¸ms` sbm¡ns]Xp¯p. Aksa N«n`n NnX¯n]tlgw AksWm^p Nth^ k`n¨p N«n`nWXp¯n«p. AkÄ Nm`pknXÀ¯n AknsX NnX¶p.
“”””A½ Cu Nth^]n`n^pt¶. Mm³ sI¿¶Sv l^n]sæn At¸mÄ b_]\w” AksWs¶ bnXns¨jpt¶Â¸n¨p B Nth^]n`n^p¯n. N«n`n AkapsX AXp¯n^p¶v AkapsX fp`Nan Ak³ ssN¸¯nNafÀ¯n.
“”””At½, bm_pk½]psX fp` H^p bSnW©pNm^n]ptXSv tbm`p*v. CSn`m^pw sSm«n«pÅSm]n tSm¶p¶nÔ Aksâ Sfml.
“”””Mm³ fm{Sw” Fsâ In^n. Wm\wsNm*v AkÄ N®pNÄ C_p¡n]X¨p. Ak³ AkapsX SpXNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v kn^`pNX¯n. AkapsX Nm`pNÄ AÂbw knXÀ¶p. AkapsX fnjnNÄ Nq¼n.
“”””At½, CSns`m^p kn^`ptbm`pw NX¡p¶nÃ. FWns¡´psI¿m³bäpw?”
“”””Smsjs]¯pt¼mÄ ASnsW¡p_n¨p In´n¨m tbmt^” Mm³ b_ªp. AkapsX Ip*pNan Aksâ WmtkmXn]t¸mÄ {bSnN^n¡m³ AkÄ¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p, Fsâ s{X]nWnRv. AkapsX sIkn¡pÅn Aksâ Wm¡v Dj¶t¸mÄ AkapsX l^o^w NnX¡]n bnXªp. Aksâ Ip*pNÄ Njp¯pwNX¶p fp`]ns`¯n. DXkpS«m¯ AkapsX fp`Nan Aksâ Ip*pNapw ssN]pw HmXns¡m*n^ns¡ AkapsX bn\ªp bpa]p¶ Nm`pNÄ WnÝ`fm]n, A^s¡«p SaÀ¶pko\p. AkapsX k^kv AkWv fWÊn`m]n. AkÄ N®pNaX¨p SaÀ¶p NnX¶p. Npt_¡jnªp Ak³ b_ªp, “”””At½, sh¡³Zv tgm SpX§p¶p”. FsâtWt^ AkapsX SaÀ¶ In^n. kr¯n]m]n tgkpsI]vS AkapsX bq_v H^p sNm¨p Np«n]ptXSptbm`n^n¶p. AkapsX Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n`n^p¶v AkWSp Sp_¶p. knXÀ¶ B Smf^¸qkns` Hmt^m CSapw Aksâ Ip*pNÄ D\À¯ns]Xp¯p. AkapsX N´v Aksâ Ip*pNÄ¡nX]n hzÀPw N*p. Aksâ Wo* Wm¡v AkapsX bqÀ¯pa]n làn]m]n Npt_tW^w N]_n]n_§n]t¸mÄ AkapsX A^s¡«p ko*pw SaÀ¶pko\p.
“”””CsSÃmw N¼nNp«³.sWäv