പ്രതിഭാ സംഗമം 3 [പ്രസാദ്] 196

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Npj¼v, Ipk¸v Wn_w N`À¶v bän]n^n¡p¶Sv Nm\mfm]n^p¶p. bSps¡, B Wn_w ^*pw NqXn N`À¶v H^p bn¦v Wn_fm]n fm_n.
bns¶ FWn¡v ASv {l²n¡m³ Njn]m¯ knVw F³s_ DÅn Fs´ms¡t]m H^p fmäw WX¡p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp. H^p sNmXp¦mäp koln]Xn¡p¶Sn³s_ C^¼Â F³s_ sIknNan fpj§n. HXpkn F³s_ DÅn H^p D^pÄsbm «Â WX¡p¶Sv Mm³ A_nªp. AkhmWw, ASv F³s_ bqän`qsX bp_t¯¡p HjpNn]n_§n. F³s_ tdmVw f_]p¶Sv tbms` tSm¶n. ASnWnsX, H^p Al^o^n tbms` tI«³s_ lÐw F³s_ NmSpNan k¶p ko\p.
“”””tfmta, FWn¡v k^p¶p. AN¯p Hjn¨m Npj¸w BNptfm?”
“”””CÃ tI«m. FWn¡v sf³hÊv Njnªn«v ^*p Unkhtf B]n«pÅq. tI«³ ssV^yfm]n AN¯p Ss¶ Hjnt¨m.”
“”””W½psX ^*p tb^ptX]pw N¶n A¦w AtÃ. At¸mÄ ASnWp H^p bqÀ\S tk\sf¦n AN¯p Ss¶ Hjn¡\w.”
“”””tI«³ fpjpkWpw AN¯p Ss¶ Hjnt¨m. F¶ms` ASn³s_ bqÀ\ hpOw BNq.”
bns¶ fq¶p Wm`v AXn NqXn Njnªt¸mÄ tI«³s_ Np« ³ F³s_ DÅn skXn]p* tbms` Wm`©v tgm«pNÄ sSmXp¯p kn«p. HXpkn tI«Wpw SaÀ¶p ko\p. tI«³s_ Np® bSps¡ Ip^p§m³ SpX§n. F³s_ bqÀen¯nNÄ, ASns` fhn`pNÄ AfÀ¯n, tI«³s_ Np«sW bSps¡ bp_t¯¡v SÅn. ASv bqÀ\fm]n bp_¯v k¶ DX³, tI«³ F³s_ fpNan Wn¶pw Wo§n N«n`nt`¡v ko\p.
Np_¨p hf]w ^*ptb^pw H¶pw fn*msS NnX¶p. Np_¨p Njnªv tI«³ F³s_ AXpt¯]v¡v I^nªp NnX¶p. tI«³ F³s_ N®nt`¡p tWm¡n. MmWpw tI«³s_ tWt^ I^nªp NnX¶p. ^*ptb^psX]pw N®pNÄ S½n sNm^p¯p. Np_¨p tW^w N®pNÄ S½n NT b_ªp. tI«³s_ fpO¯v bSps¡ H^p bp©n^n kn^n]m³ SpX§n. ASv H^p bNÀ¨kymVn tbms` F³s_ fpOt¯]v¡pw bXÀ¶p. HXpkn tI«³ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p D½ k¨p. MmWpw Sn^nsN tI«sW D½ sNm*v fqXn.
“”””Wo A§sW Fs¶s¡m*v B sNmXpw bmSNw sI¿n¨p. AtÃ.”
“”””F´v bmSNw?”
“”””bmkw. H¶pw A_n]m¯ kmkm.”
“”””tI«³ Nm^yw F´ms\¶v sSan¨v b_. F¶m`tà fWÊn`mNq.”
“”””Fs¶s¡m*v Ss¶ b_]n¡\w. AtÃ? l^n Mm³ Ss¶ b_]mw. Fs¶ Wo H^p sb§sa b®n B¡n]ntÃ?”
“”””ASv l^n! F³s_ ho sbm«n¨n«v, Ct¸mÄ b_]p¶Sv tN«ntÃ. Mm³ sI¿ns¨¶p.”
“”””bn¶ÃmsS. Wo]tà Fs¶ {bt`men¸n¨v Cu b^pk¯n B¡n¨Sv. F¶n«v Ct¸mÄ Npäw FWn¡v Bt]m? CWn tf`m C§sW H^p Ad²w bämsS Mm³ tWm¡ns¡mÅmw.”
“”””tI«m, Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv