പ്രതിഭാ സംഗമം 4 [പ്രസാദ്] 141

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Njn¨p Sn^n¨p k¶p. tI«³ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨psNm*v N«n`nt`¡v f_nªp. b¯v fnWntämaw M§Ä sN«n¸nXn¨p Ipwdn¨psNm*v NnX¶p. CSnWnsX, Mm³ tI«³s_ bm³_vhn³s_ hnºv Sp_¡m³ k¶n«v tI«³ h½Sn¨nÃ.
“”””Ct¸mÄ H¶pw tk* tfmta. FWn¡v DXtW Ss¶ tbmN\w. tfmÄ¡v– tk\p¶sSÃmw tI«³ Sn^nsN k¶n«v S^mw.”
“”””fSn tI«m. FWn¡v H^p SnXp¡kpw CÃ.”
“”””Wn³s_ tkUW F§nsW D*v?”
“”””H^p Npj¸kpw CÃ tI«m. tkUW bqÀ\fm]n fm_n.”
“”””F¶m dm¡n Wfp¡v ^m{Sn BNmw.”
ASv b_ªn«p tI«³ FWn¡v H^p IpwdWw NqXn S¶n«v tbm]n. tI«³ tbm]n¡jnªn«p Mm³ NSNv AX¨p Npän C«n«v ko*pw dm¡\n]n  tbm]n^p¶p bYn¨p. Wm`^ f\n Njnªt¸m Ä tI«³ Sn^nsN k¶p.
“”””tfmta, WnW¡v Im] tkt*? tkPw _Zn BNv. Wfp¡v tbm]n Im] NpXn¨n«v bp_s¯ms¡ H¶v N_§n]n«v k^mw.”
Mm³ At¸mjpw D®m³ tbm]t¸mÄ C«n^p¶ B fnZn]pw XogÀ«pw Ss¶ B]n^p¶p V^n¨n^p¶Sv.
“”””Cu tkgw tbmt^ tI«m? AtSm tkt_ CXt\m?”
“”””Npj¸w CÃ tfmta. CSp fSn. ‘
A§sW M§Ä fp_n bq«n bp_¯v tbm]n. AknsX Wn¶pw Im] NpXn¨n«v M§Ä bp_t¯¡v tbm]n.
“”””Ft§m«m tI«m tbmNp¶Sv?”
“”””tfmÄ¡v FknsX tbmN\w?”
“”””A§sW H¶pw CÃ tI«m. Np_¨p hf]w tI«³s_ NqsX C§sW fp«n D^p½n Ipän WX¡\w. A{St] DÅq.”
“”””F¦n Wfp¡v Um CknsX AXp¯v H^p fmÄ D*v. AknsX tbm]n H¶p Ipän AXn¡mw. ‘
“”FWn¡v h½Sw.”
A§sW M§Ä Hm_nt]m¬, fman tbm]n. dipWn` sN«nX§Ä . ASn³s_ fp¶n H^p SXmNw. SXmN¯n Wn^kVn scu*³, WXpkn`qsX H^p bm`w. A§sW H^p fm]m t`mNw Ss¶. M§Ä NmjvINÄ N*p WX¶p. b`S^w NXNÄ. AknsX H^p cmg³ tdm«o¡n N]_n tI«³ FWn¡v Sp\nNÄ km§n S¶p. FÃmw tfmtZ¬ .
Nq«¯n , fp«pks^ Wn¡p¶ H^p t{cm¡v, ssN CÃm¯ XogÀ«pNÄ , GSm*v sb]nâv AXn¨ tbms` tSm¶p¶ H^pS^w tgm«vhv (`n{N þ Qy^rf ), bns¶ gn½n, AXnkhv{S§Ä Hs¡. hv{Xm¸v CÃm¯ t{dÊn]À, dn¡nWn ssX¸v bmâohv, F¶p tk* AknsX N* tfmtZ¬ tkg§Ä , FÃmw.
“”””tI«m, CsSms¡ C{S]pw kn` sNmXp¯v km§p¶Sv F´nWm? Wm«n CSv kÃSpw CXm³ bäptfm?”
“”””F³s_ tfmÄ CsSms¡ C«v FWn¡v Nm\\w.”
“”””WX¶Sv Ss¶. A½ N*m Fs¶ sk«n Wp_p¡pw.”
“”””A½ Nm\*. AkÀ CWn]pw fq¶p fmht¯maw Njn]ntà k^m³. ASpks^ N¼nNp«³.sWäv