രമേശന്റെ അദിഥികൾ കഥ 1 959

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fmäm³ tSm¶n]nÃm…km Wfp¡v e£\w Njn¡mw””
AkÄ t¹äpNÄ FXp¯pk¨p. M§vÄ fq¶v tb^pw C^p¶p.
AKp dmPn Wn¶pw H^p knh-vNn]psX Np¸ns]Xp¯v fq¶v ¥mhn Hmt^m sb¤v Hjn¨p. ^hvW fUybn¡pkmWpw SpX§n]n^n¡p¶p.
“”H^p {c*v PÄcn Wn¶pw k¶t¸mÄ sNm*pk¶Sm.”” Ak³ b_ªp.
“”CkÄ F¶v SpX§n CSv?””
“”At¸mÄ ^tftl«Wp A_n]nà CkÄ¡v CSv tNmtaKn bYn¡pt¼mtj D*v””
“”Ds*mXm””
“”Dw bns¶ CÃmsS..””
“”At¸mÄ CknsX Wo F§nsW?””
“”^tftl«m sI«Wp sb®p§sa bän A_n]nÃ. Mm³ ^tftl«sâ em^y]m]n^n¡pt¼mjpw Njn¡m_p*v. ho{N«m]n«m¶v fm{Sw””
“”AsS§nsW?””
“” hqhn]mân]psX dyq«n bmÀa_n sb®p§Ä¡v NÅv hss¹ D*v. Ak^psX fm{Sfà b` CX¯pw D*v. bns¶ CX¡v Ck³ sNm*p S^pfm]n^p¶p.””
“”f\w CÃm]n^p¶p””
“”AsSms¡ M§Ä sb®p§Ä¡v In` ho{N«pNÄ D*v. b_ªpS^¯nÃm””
AkÄ Häk`n¡v NÅv AN¯m¡n F¶n«v In^nSpX¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”WÃ N¸mhnän]m”” AKp In^n¨p.
“”N^apkmXpsfXm””
“”AkÄ Fsâ N^am A§nsW H¶pw kmXnÃms¶””

e£\w Njnªp M§Ä A`vb hf]w änkn N*n^p¶p. Xnkn]ns` hN` ImW`pNan`pw Hm\¯nsâ HmÀ½NÄ F¶pw b_ªv WXnfm^psX SÅpNÄ.

“”tim tdm_p Wfp¡v NnX¡msfXm””
ASp b_ªv ^hvW Fjpt¶äp. Wm`p sbPv AXn¨n«pw AkÄ¡v ]msSm^p Np`p¡kpw CÃ.
sd{Zqw Mm³ tW^s¯ s_Zn]m¡n]n^p¶p. NnRv sshhv B\v N«nÂ. knkmi¯nsâ hf]¯v {btSyNw S¿m_m¡n]Sm]n^p¶p.
AkÄ AXp¯ fp_n]n Wn¶pw ^*p S`]n\ FXp¯pk¶p. CSnWnX]n Mm³ H¶v dm{Sqfn tbm]n k¶p. AkapsX Ipk¶ bmân AknsX NnX¡p¶p. Ft´m sbs«¶v AsSXp¯v f\¡pkm³ FWn¡v sSm¶n. iu fq{S¯nsâ]pw fUK`¯nsâ]pw h½n{l PÔw. Fsâ em^y]m]n^n¡pt¼mÄ C{S]pw PÔw D*m]n^p¶nà F¶v Mm³ fWÊn b_ªp. Mm³ AkapsX bmân]n W¡n. Wà tXÌv. AKp emPykm³ Ss¶.
“”^tftl«m sbs«¶v km H^p Nm^yw Dâv”” AkÄ b_ªp.
Mm³ tkPw bmân Sn^n¨v AknsX C«p F¶n«v bp_¯v k¶p. At¸mjp*v
H^p sfjpNp Sn^n N¯n¨p k¨p. WÃ hpPÔw b^¶p IpänWpw.
AkÄ dm{Sqfn N]_n sbs«¶v bp_¯pk¶p.
“”Biv ^tftl«m Mm³ H^p Nm^yw b_ªm h½Sn¡ptfm?””
“”b_””
“”C¶v ^tftl«³ CknsX NnX¡\w M§Äs¡m¸w”” AKp Fsâ ssNbnXnIv N«n`nt`¡z`n¨p.
“”Ip½m NÅpNpXn¨n«Spw N¼nNp«³.sWäv