പൊന്നോണം [തൊമ്മിച്ചൻ കമ്പി] 776

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tgm¸nwPnWp C_§n. ^mkns`Ss¶ km§mWpÅ hVW§apsX `nÌv S¿m_m¡n k¨n^p¶p. M§Ä ^*ptb^pw bns¶ Wmsa Hm\¯nWp Ìtèn]pw hvfnSn¡p«n]pw k^pw, kn«n tKm`n¡p¶n¡p¶ H¶p ^*p tk`¡m^pw, C{S]ptbÀ¡m\p H\ hUy. BUyw M§Ä B^n]pw b¨¡_n]pw km§n hm_½t¨X¯n]psX (tk`¡^n W¼À k¬) N¿n sNmXp¯p kn«p. At¸mÄ Ss¶ tW^w D¨]m]n. BWµekWn D®m³ Sn^pfmWn¨p. Du\p Njn¨n« M§Ä Sp\n¡X]nt`]p¡p N]_n,

B³_n hvssätèn¡pw hvfnS]v¡pw shäpw fp*pw km§n. FWn¡p H^p fp*pw gÀ«p. A³_n]pw H^p shäpfp*v km§n, B³_n Fs¶]pw knan¨ NX]psX fpNan`s¯ Wn`]nt`]v¡p N]_n. AknsX fpjpkWpw sb®p§apsX AXn k{S§am\pv. Mm³ bSps¡ Sn^n¨p WX¡m¶p SpX§n. DX³ B³_n Fsâ ssN¿n bnXn¨p.

“”””Wo FknsXt¸mNpkm FWn¡p Wnsâ siÂbv tk\w In` hmVW§Ä km§m³’. Mm³ fXn¨p Wn¶p. B³_n Fs¶]p k`n¨psNm*p H^p sh]n tPansâ AXpt¯]p¡p WX¶p.

B³_n bm³_nÊpNÄ tWm¡nSpX§n. b` Wn_§an`pÅ bm³_nÊpNÄ fp¶n Wn^¶p. FÃmw AN¯pÅmSp fpjpkWpw bp_¯pNm\pknVfpÅk. B³_n CsSms¡ CXptfm, Mm³ In´n¨p SpX§n. Fsâ In´ fWhn`m¡p]ns«m Ft´m, “”””C¯^w bmâoÊm\p FWn¡ngvYw, FWn¡p W¶]n fm¨v BNpw . F´m Wnsâ Aen{bm]w’ B³_n tImUn¨p.

“”CSntWms¡ Mm³ F§Wm Aen{bm]w b_]pN B³_n, kà hm^nt]m, Ip^nUmt_m Bt\Â, C«v Nm\pt¼mÄ Aen{bm]w b_]pw CSnt¸mÄ, Mm³ F´v b_]mWm? Mm³ b_ªp.

“”C«p N* WnW¡p Aen{bm]w b_]mtfm? B³_n]psX tImUyw tN« Mm³ H¶p sM«n,

“”{lfn¨p tWm¡pw’ Mm³ AsS Wm\]¯n Sn^n¨Xn¨p.

“”sNm¨p NÅm, sNmÅmtÃm Wnsâ B{Piw, k¶v Fs¶ him]n¡v C¸w’ B³_n b_ªp.

Fsâ I½s`ms¡ fm_n, Mm³ bm³_nÊpNÄ N¿n FXp¯v tWm¡n¯pX§n. kÅn tbm`s¯ H¶p ^*v FWn¡p W¶m]n Cãs¸«p. fp³bn fm{Sw C¯n^n Sp\n dm¡n H^p kÅn fmSn^n, Nm\m³ Wà I´fp*p. CSv B³_n C«m B³_n]psX FÃmw Sp_¶n^n¡pw. Mm³ hzbvSWt`mNs¯]v¡p H^p Wnfngw kjpSn ko\p.

“”F´mX gZn]pw bnXn¨v hzbvWw Nm\pN]mt\m’ B³_n]psX tImUyw tN« Mm³ sM«n D\À¶p.

“”F´m WnW¡p CSp Cãs¸s«m, F¶m CSp NqXn FXps¯]v¡w’ B³_n]psX N¿n`pÅm A^ ZhWnsâ NqsX Fsâ N¿n`pÅ ^*v gZnNqXn km§n.

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