പൂതന [Mango] 659

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶p tSm¶p¶p. N¿n`n^p¶ H^p Sp\n bnjnªp sNm*m\v k¶Sv.
“”””bpÅ F¸ k¶v? sNmt_ Wmam]Ã N*n«v…””
“”^*p Unkhw B]n”
“”””Fs´^v Ct§m«m¡ F_§n]Sv?”
“”””Mm³… sk_psS.. CSp kjn tbm]t¸mÄ H¶p N]_ns]s¶ DÅp… hpWnSs] At§ms«m¶pw N*nÃ?”
“”””AkanknsX CÃ. bpÅ C^n¡o… Mm³ Cu Sp\n H¶v tfm_n]n«v sk¡w k^mw. Im] NpXn¨n«v tbm]m fSn” CSpw b_ªv AkÀ ko*pw Npanfp_n]nt`¡v N]_n.
b¯_pbSp k]Ên NqXpS D*mkpw bqSW]v¡v. b*v CkÀ CknXps¯ H^p ss{ZknRv h-vNqÄ B]n^p¶p F¶v tN«n«p*v. k]Êpw {bm]kpw Hs¡ B]Sp sNm*v sgZn N]_nNm\pw. Ct¸mjpw tfmlw H¶pw AÃ. sNmjp¯p fpän] l^o^w. tS§m b^pkw DÅ DXªp Spap¼p¶ fp`NÄ. ImXn] k]_n H^p D®n]¸w N]än sk]v¡m³ bmN¯nWv Npjn]pÅ sbm¡nÄ. bn¶n I^pkw Nfnjv¯n]Sv tbm`pÅ SÅn sS_n¨ sNmSw. bs£ FWn¡v Cu sW]v NnaknNan k`n] Sm¸^yw H¶pw CÃ. b®pkms\¦n C_pNn] bq_pÅ hpWnSs] tbm`pÅ N^n¡v b^pk¯n`pÅ Nj¸nNsa b®\w. Asæn bns¶ B b\n¡v tbmN^pSv F¶m\v Fsâ H^p ss`³. Mm³ tbmNmw F¶p N^pSn]Sm\v. bs£ In`t¸mÄ hpWnS DXsW k¶mt`m F¶ In´ sNm*v Mm³ AknsX Sn®]nt`¡n^p¶p. Wm`©p Sm_mkpw tNmjnNapw Hs¡ AknsX sNm¯n sb_p¡n WX¡p¶p*v.
“”””At¿… f¡av Sn®tf C^n¡pkmt\m.. AknsXms¡ Ajp¡m]n^n¡pw. Sp\n Io¯]mkpw. AXp¡sat`m«p tN_n C^n¡o” bqSW Npanfp_n]n Wn¶pw C_§n k¶p b_ªp. Aks^ tWm¡n] Mm³ sM«nt¸m]n. Np_¨p fp³bv N*t¸mÄ `p¦n]pw »uhpw fm_s¯m^p tSmÀ¯pw D*m]n^p¶p. Cs¸m BsN¸msX H^p fmäw. tkgw ASp Ss¶. bs£ fm_¯p tSmÀ¯nÃ. »uhnsâ fpNan`s¯ ^*p iqNv kn«p NnX¡p¶p…. BhmfmWyfm]n fpjp¯ fp`NÄ Sn§n sM^p§n bp_t¯¡v SÅn Wn¡p¶p… Wo*, BjfpÅ fp`¨mÂ… sbm¡nan Wn¶pw A©p kn^ Smjv¯n DXp¯n^n¡p¶ `p¦n bnaÀ¯n, N]än Np¯n, CXSv Nm`pw SpX]pw fp¡m`pw bp_¯p Nm\mw…. SÅ CsS´p emkn¨m… AkÀ AtS bXn Wn¶v A]]n Sp\n kn^n¡p¶p. ssN D]À¯n]t¸mÄ kn]À¯p WWª N£¯p »uhnsâ S¿Â A`vbw kn«n«pÅSv Nm\mw.
“”””tN_n C^n¡o… Mm³ Im]¡v skÅw sk¡mw”
ko*pw b_ªp sNm*v B sNmjp¯ bq_n Fs¶ NX¶v AXp¡a]nt`¡v N]_n. NqsX MmWpw. AknsX NnX¶ H^p Wn_w f§n] ¹mÌnNv Nth^ Iq*n¡m«n AkÀ Ft¶mXv C^n¡m³ b_ªp. Mm³ C^p¶p.
“”””hpWnS FknsX tbm]Sm?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””At¿m f¡av N¼nNp«³.sWäv