പ്രതിഭാ സംഗമം 2 [പ്രസാദ്] 213

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F¶n Wn¶pw In` M^¡§Ä fm{Sw bp_¯v k¶p. FWn¡v, F³s_ Wm¡pw Ip*pw FÃmw D\§n k^* AkØ B]n. Mm³ Wm¡v Wo«n Ip*pNÄ WW¨p. At¸mtj¡pw, tI«³ F³s_ bqÀ fpjpk³ W¡n SpX¨n«p S` D]À¯n Fs¶ tWm¡n. Mm³ kas^ U]Wo]fm]n tI«sW tWm¡n, FWn¡v skÅw tk\w F¶v BwPyw Nm\n¨p.
tI«³ sbs«¶v Fjpt¶äp, tfl¸p_¯p C^p¶ K¤n Wn¶pw skÅw FXp¯v F³s_ km]nt`¡v Hjn¨p S¶p. H^p NknÄ skÅw km]n Wn_ªt¸mÄ, skÅw f*]n N]_pw F¶ tbXn sNm*v Mm³ S` D]À¯n]n«p ASv NpXn¨n_¡n. bns¶ tI«³s_ ssN¿n Wn¶pw K¤v km§n Mm³ Ss¶ fq¶p Wm`v NknÄ skÅw NpXn¨p.
ASv Njnªv tI«³ F³s_ ssN¿n Wn¶pw K¤v km§n tI«Wpw skÅw NpXn¨p. K¤v ko*pw tfl¸p_¯p k¨n«v tI«³ F³s_ AXp¯v k¶p NnX¶p. tI«³ Fs¶ H¶v Ipwdn¨p. Sn^n¨v tI«sW H¶v sN«n¸nXn¨p Ipwdn¡\sf¶p ASn]m] B{Piw D*m]n^ps¶¦n`pw H¶pw sI¿m³ Njn]m¯ knVw Mm³ SaÀ¶n^p¶p. F³s_ fpOs¯ ssUWyS N* tI«³ Fs¶ Blzhn¸n¨p.
“”””tfmÄ kÃmsS SaÀ¶p tbmt]m? kà AhzØS]pw tSm¶p¶pt*m?”
“”””H¶pfnà tI«m. Mm³ kÃmsS SaÀ¶p tbm]n.”
“”””tfmÄ CSv BUyfm]n«mt\m C§sW?”
“”””tI«m, F³s_ l^o^¯n sSmXp¶ BUy bp^pg³ tI«Wm\v. AÃmsS tks_ H^p B\p§apw F³s_ l^o^¯n sSm«n«nÃ.”
“”””tfmÄ SWnt]]pw C§sW hpOn¨n«ntÃ?”
“”””SWns] C§sW hpOnIn«nÃ. bns¶ F³s_ Nq«pNm^n Pm]{Sn ^*p fq¶p Sk\ FWn¡v C§sW W¡n S¶n«p*v. bt£, AsSm¶pw CSn³s_ Gj]`¯v k^nÃ.”
“”””AsSt¸mjm\v Pm]{Sn Wns¶ hpOn¸n¨Sv?”
“”””ASv AkapsX ko«n k¨m]n^p¶p. h-vNqan hf^w DÅ In` Unkh§an AkÄ Fs¶ AkapsX ko«n sNm*v tbmNpw. bN AknsX B^pw D*mNnÃ.”
“”””ASv l^n. A§sW Wo fp³b^nI]w tWXn]n«p*v AtÃ?”
“”””A§sW H¶pw CÃ tI«m.”
“”””ASn^n¡s«, Wo AkÄ¡pw C§sW Hs¡ sI]vSp sNmXp¯n«pt*m?”
“”””H¶v ^*p Sk\ Mm³ Sn^n¨p AkÄ¡pw sI]vSp sNmXp¯n«p*v.”
“”””bns¶ Aksa AkapsX tI«³ Nans¨¶v b_ªtSm?”
“”””Rm. ……… AkapsX tI«³ CknsX]m bYn¡p¶Sv. Znhwd_n skt¡gWv k¶t¸mÄ tI«³ Aksa Nan¨p.”

“”””F§sW]m]n^p¶p SpX¡w? Wns¶t¸ms` AkÄ St¶ fp³ssN FXp¯Sv–?”
“”””ASv ^*ptb^pw H^ptbms` b¦manNÄ B\v.”
“”””AsS§sW? knlUfm]n b_ tfmsa.”
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