പ്രണയകാലം 4 [സാഗർ കോട്ടപ്പുറം] 303

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H^p Wnfngs¯ WnlÐS f_p S`¡Â D*m]n.
“”B..A§sW B\tà , F¶ ASnWp fp³bv b_]mWpÅ Nm^y§sams¡ b_]msS tbmk* “” i^n bSns] In^n¨p.
“”CÃ ..Mm³ knan¡mw , i^n k^mtfm “” AWpbf NuSpNt¯msX tImUn¨p .
“”bns¶´m ..b_ª fSn “” i^n h½Sw A_n]n¨p . AWpbf]v¡pw fWÊn H^p ht´mgw tSm¶n. i^nt]mXv Wµn b_ªp AWpbf tcm¬ sk¨p.
^*p fq¶p Unkh§Ä NX¶p tbm]n . AWpbf]v¡pw i^n]pw S½n CX¡pÅ tcm¬ knanNapw km«vhv B¸v ImäpNapw fm{Sfm]n , CX]v¡p tcmÀf B]n«pÅ dnhnWhv Zo`nsW Np_n¨pÅ IÀ¨Napw . Ft´m b_]m³ tk*n AWpbf fWÊpsNm*v H^p§psf¦n`pw ]mTmÀTyfm]n ASv bp_¯p k^p¶nà . Unkh§Ä NX¶p tbmNp¶Sv AWpbfs] hwdÔn¨p k`n] A¦`m¸pw D*m¡n .
A¶v H^p lWn]mjvI B]n^p¶p . i^n Wà S`tkUW Nm^\w Hmcohn Wn¶p tW^s¯ C_§n .
bp_¯p fj D*v. i^n Nm^v HmXn¨p ko«nt`s¡¯n . Nm_n Wn¶n_§n D½_s¯ Nth^]nt`¡v k¶p Imªp NnX¶p . bp_¯p sb¿p¶ fj tWm¡n A]mÄ NnX¶p .
AWpbf C¶s` sshän k^nNt]m Ss¶ dÔs¸XpNt]m sI]vSnsöv i^n sbs«¶v HmÀ¯p .i^n AWpbf]psX W¼_nt`¡v NmÄ sI]vSp . Nps_ _nRv sI]vS tlgfm\v f_p S`¡Â tcm¬ FXp¯Sv.
“”i..t`m “” f_p S`¡Â AWpbf]psX lЯnWp H^p SaÀ¨ Ds*¶p i^n¡p tSm¶n .
“”it`m . F´v bän lÐsfms¡ kÃmSn^n¡p¶p?”” i^n tImUn¨p .
“”sI_n] bWn ..hm^fnÃ..”” AWpbf]psX lЯnWp sI_n] CXÀ¨ D*v.
“”tZmÎs_ Nm\nt¨m ..?”” i^n kas^ N^pSt`msX AWpbfs] {l²n¡p¶ps*¶p AkÄ¡p tSm¶n .
“”½v ..co sdäÀ Wu , Npj¸w H¶pfnà “” AWpbf b_]p¶SnWnsX sI_pSm]n Ipf¨p .
“”Hmt¡ tX¡v sN]À , Mm³ k^t\m , FWn si`vbv “” i^n kas^ hzmemknNfm]n Ss¶ B\v hwhm^n¡p¶Sv.
“”tk* i^n , F´nWm sk_psS..”” AWpbf b_ªp..
“”hm^fnà ..Mm³ Wmsa k^mw . Hmt¡ ssd “” i^n NmÄ AkhmWn¸n¨p. AWpbf]psX SaÀ¶ hz^w A]mapsX NmSn k*v fqap¶ tbms` tcm¬ sk¨SnWp tlgkpw fpj§n .
tNmtaKns` FÃmk^v¡pw SmWpw AWpkpw S½n`pÅ dÔw A_n]mfm]n^p¶p . AWp + i^n Fs¶ms¡ NX`mhns`jpSn i^n sNmXp¡m³ b_ªSms\¶v b_ªn«v H^p¯³ AWpbf¡v sNmXp¯p. AknsX Wn¶p sI_n] bn\¡¯n SpX§n C\¡¯n`m] dÔw .
AWpknsW bn^n]\w Fs¶m^p In´ i^n]psX fWhn H^n¡`pw D*m]n^p¶nÃ. tW^n] H^p Cgyq F¶v tSm¶mkp¶Sv b_ªp b_ªp k`pSm¡n hz]w ^*p kjn¡p tbm]kÀ . dmw¥q^n tbm]n Sn^n¨p k¶p AWpbfs] Nm\m {lfn¡p¶SnWnsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv