രമേശന്റെ അദിഥികൾ കഥ 1 962

N¼nNp«³.sWäv dnh-vNäpw Njn¨p C^p¶p. kntlg§Ä A_n]mkp¶sSmsN Bs\¦n`pw tcmÀf B]n In` tImUy§Ä. CX¡v AkÄ¡v sNm¨n]n tbm]t¸mÄ D*m] fmä§sa bän]pw b_ªp. H^p tKm`n¡v tbm]Spw ASp bmSn]n C«p tbm¶Spw b_ªp.
“”fXn¨n]ms\s¶…AkÀ HmXn¨p kn«p””
“”Hm bns¶ fXn¨n. AkÀ S^p¶ l¼a¯nWpÅ tKm`nt] Mm³ sI]q. Wnsâ tbms` AÔ”
“”Dw tbm¯v tbms` b\ns]Xp¯ms` kÃSpw Nn«q F¶v F¶m bYn¡pN. ASv fm³Ên`m¡\sf¦n S`¡N¯v BapSmfhw tk\w””
“”F¶m Wo Fsâ S`¡N¯v tN_n Smfhnt¨mXm”” ASp b_ª AkÄ AksW bn¨m³ SpX§n.
“”^tftl«m CkÄsX hzemkw N*sÃm. Ft¸mjpw Fs¶ Db{Ukn¡pw. ^tftl«Wpw Cu Db{Ukw hin¨n^p¶p AsÃ. ASsà Fsâ S`]n k¨p S¶Sv””
“”tbm«Xm hvtWiw sNm*sÃ..”” Mm³ b_ªp.
“”A§nsW b_ªp sNmXp¡v ^sftl«m.. Mm³ Wnsâ AXp¯n^n¡p¶nà Fsâ ^tftl«sâ AXp¯n^n¡m³ tbmkm””
AkÄ Fsâ AXp¯v k¶n^p¶p. F¶n«v Fs¶ tIÀ¯p bnXn¨v H^p D½]pw k¨p. FWn¡v ASv A{bSo£nSfm]n^p¶p.
“”F¶mt` tbmNp¶ks^ ^tftl«Wpw Wo]pw Nq«m]ns¡m…MmsWm¶v fq{Sw Hjn¡s«”” Ak³ b_ªp.
kmgv _qfnt`¡v WX¶p.
“”^tftl«Wp Cu ko«n Häs¸X tSm¶p¶p*mNpw AsÃ?”” AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”ti]v CsÃXm””
“”F´m bns¶ sN«mªSv?””
“”ASv Wns¶ A{S]pw Cãfm]n^p¶p””
“”Ft¶mXv tUgyw CsÃ?””
“”F´nWv ‘
‘Mm³ A§nsW sI]vSSn””
“”Wo Cãs¸Xp¶ BÄs¡m¸w Kokn¡pkm³ B{Pin¨p ASn Mm³ F´nWp tUgys¸X\w?””
“”F¶m`pw..Wm\t¡Xv Hs¡ B]nsÔ”
“”ti]v AsSm¶pw Nm^yfnÃ. Bs« Wo im¸n]sà Aksâ H¸w?””
“”Dw…bs£””
“”F´mXm H^p bs£?””
“”b_]mw Ct¸m CsSms¡ H¶v fm_n]nXs«””
“”Um B _qfn sbmt¡maq””
AkÄ dmPpsfXp¯v M§apsX bj] sd{Zqfnt`¡v WX¶p. Mm³ Nn¨\n N]_n.
AKp At¸mtj¡pw dm{Sqfn Wn¶pw k¶p.
“”^tftl«m Wà docnsâ f\w k^p¶p*sÃm Nn¨\n Wn¶pw””
“”B Np_¨v k^«n.””
“”F¶m bns¶ sskNpt¶^w ks^ B¡* Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ Njn¡mw.””
“”Um Cu `p¦n FXp¯v DXp¡v”” Mm³ AkWp `p¦n WÂNn.
`p¦ns]m¶pw Däp¡m_nà sdÀfpZ]ms¶ lo`w.
“”sNm¨n]n sI¶m sNm¨n¡m^³ B]nt¡m CknsX k^pt¼mÄ fp*mNmw””
Ak³ ASp fm_n.
At¸mtj¡pw AkÄ H^p ssWäv {ZÊpw C«v k¶p.
“”^tftl«m Ct¸mjpw Fsâ {dgpw Hs¡ hq£n¨p k¨n^n¡ms\m?””
“”ASknsX¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv