പൊന്നോണം [തൊമ്മിച്ചൻ കമ്പി] 776

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bnsW Mm³ AXp¡a]nt`]p¡v tbm]n, B³_n]psX {l² BNÀgn¡mWm]n Mm³ H^p Ìn bm{Sw FXp¯p Ssj]n«p.

“”””sim Cu bq¨s] sNm*p tSmäp, Mm³ tbm]n tWm¡n«p k^mw F´m S«n]n«sS¶p.’ ANt¯ fp_n]n Wn¶pw hm_t¨X¯n]psX lÐw tN«p.

AXp¡a]n Fs¶ A{bSn£nSfm]n N*t¸m hm_mt¨X¯n¡v H¶pw fn*m³ k¿sS]m]n.

H^p WnfngwsNm*p fpOs¯ Kmayw f_¨pv ‘ Mm³ h^nS s¡m¨nWp bp_w tS¨psNmXp¡m³tbm]Sm]n^p¶p. Wo Ft¸mÄ k¶p’ AkÀ tImUn¨p.

“”””Mm³ k¶n«v Np_¨p tW^fm]n tI¨n¡p bp_w tS¨p sNmXp¡p¶Sp Mm³ N*p, bns¶ H^p hwl]w tIX¯n bp_fmt\m bq_mt\m tS¨p sNmXp¯Sv Mm³ A¸w b^nimht¯msX tImUn¨p.

“”””Wo F´m b_ªp”

“”””Fsâ tIX¯n CWn H¶p Han¡m³ tWm¡*, Mm³ FÃmw N*p. FWn¡p Npj¸sfm¶pfnÃ. FWn¡pw NqXn H¶p km§n S¶m fSn” Mm³ b_ªp.

“”km§n S^mtWm, Ft´m¶p ‘ “” H¶pw A_n]m¯tbms`, FWn¡pw B bqÀ H¶p km§nS¶m fSns]¶m b_ªSv, F´m h^nSt¨¨nsX bqÀ FWn¡pw H¶p W¡m³ Nn«n]mÂ’ “”””Wo N^yfm]n¸_ªSmt\m, Bs\¦n Mm³ Nm^yw l^n]m¡n¯^mw. h^nSs¡m¨nWpw ht´mgfmNpw. Wns¶ F§sWs]¦n`pw ka¡\sf¶v sNm¨p b_]m³ SpX§n]n«v Nps_Wmam]n, Wnsâ Np*n]pw fp`]pw N*m bnXn¨p sM¡m³ tSm¶psf¶v h^nSsNm¨p b_]m_p*v.” “”””tlm C¶p FWn¡p C¯n^n ASymklyfp*p. tI¨nt]mXv C¯n^n Nmlpkm§m³ k¶Sm]n^p¶p Mm³”. “”””Wo CknsX Wn¡v Mm³ tbm]n¸_ªn«p k^mw’ hm_mt¨X¯n ANt¯]v¡v tbm]n.

tI¨ns] Nm\pt¼msjms¡ FWn¡pw WÃ Nj¸v tSm¶n]n«p*v. ^*p Nq«nNapsX A½]ms\¦n`pw AXnsbman I^¡m\p tI¨n, WX¡pt¼m N_§n]n_§p¶ Np*n]pw Np`p§p¶ fp`Napw Mm³ b`t¸mjpw tI¨n A_n]msS tWm¡n skÅfn_¡m_p*m]n^p¶p. A§sW]n^n¡pt¼mam\p Cu Akh^w H¯p k^p¶Sp.

h_mt¨X¯n ANt¯]v¡¡ptbm]n, H^p b¯p bSnW©p fnWp«v Njnªnt¸mÄ h^ntS¨n bp_t¯]v¡v k¶p.

” F´m got` NmlnWmklyw, F{S tk\w”

H^p Aªp¶p fSn tI¨n.”

“”””B C¶m Aªp_p*v, bns¶ CSp Mm³ Wnsâ l¼a¯n¶v bnXn¡p¶nÃ, Wmsa Wo FWn¡v CsSm^p DbNm^fm]n Sn^nsN S¶m fSn’

“”””l^n tI¨n, F¶m Mm³ tbm]n«v k^mw’ Mm³ Sn^nªp WX¶p SpX§n

“”””WÃ kr¯n]m]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv