രമേശന്റെ അദിഥികൾ കഥ 1 961

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CSpw b_]sÃ.Mm³ A¸p^s¯ fp_n]n NnXm¡mw AKq””
“”AsS ^tftl«³ M§Äs¡m¸w NnXN\w”” ^hvW]pw b_ªp.
“”AsS§nsW l^n]mNpw?””
“”AsSms¡ l^n]mNpw ^tftl«³ CknsX NnX¡v”” ASp b_ªv ^hvW Fsâ tft`¡v AkapsXH^p Nm FXp¯pk¨p. At¸mjm\v Mm³ {l²n¨Sv H^p ssbKmf]pw {c*n d«³hpÅ H^p tXm¸pw fm{SfmÃmsS AkÄ AXn]n H¶pw C«n«nÃ.
Mm³ AknsX NnX¶p. Fsâ AenfpOfm]n ^hvW NnX¡p¶p AkapsX bn¶n`m]n AKpkpw. C^pk^pw FWn¡v AenfpOfm\v.
“”F§nsW D*v sNm¨n ss`cv?””
“”ASv tImUn¡mWpt*m Ft©m]v sI¿pN]sÃ. sskcv hzm¸nwPv Hs¡ Ct¸mÄ bpSpf]nÃmSm]n.””
“”Bim sNmÅftÃm””
“”M§Ä CX¡v ss{X sI¿m_p*v.. CkÄ¡v k`y Sm`vb^yfms\s¶””
“”F´v””
“”hzm¸nwPv ‘ AkÄb_ªp.
“”A§nsW Asà Um CsSms¡ C§sW k`pSm]Sv”” Ak³ CSnWnX]n AkapsX fp`]n bnXn¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”tim H¶v Ip½m C^n AKp. ss`cv Hä¡p®]n Nan¨v SoÀ¡mWpÅSà BtQmgn¡mWpÅSm””
AkÄ b_ªSv tN«v FWn¡v Fs´m knlzhn¡m³ B]nÃ.
“”Ct¸mÄfWhn`m]nsà ^tftl«Wv. CkÄ CSntWmXNw 9 tb^pfm]n FN-vhvtIÚvIv sI]vSn«pâv. ‘
‘AsSms¡ tdm_sÔ”
“”tdmt_m Fsâ ^tftl«m ASnsâ H^p ^hw tks_]m””Btklt¯msX ^hvW b_ªp.
“”Um tWm¡v ^tftl«m CkÄsX H`n¨p Nt*m”” AKp AkapsX bmânsâ fp³ kl¯v bXÀ¶ sI_n] WWkv Nm\n¨p b_ªp.
“”^tftl«sâ Np®]pw sbm´n]n«ps*Xm AKq Um tWm¡ns¡.”” AkÄ A{bSo£nSfm]n Fsâ fq*nWnX]n N¿n«v Np®]n bnXn¨p. Fsâ bj] em^y]m¬ F{St]m Sk\ AkÄ Np®]n bnXn¨n^n¡p¶p. Du¼n]n^n¡p¶p. Aksa Nan¨n^n¡p¶p F¶m`pw CsSm^p bpSn] AWpekfm]n FWn¡v tSm¶n.
“”ti]v F´m CSv”” Mm³ sbs«¶v AkapsX N¿n bnXn¨p.
“”F´v ^tftl«sâ Np® bnXn¨tSm. ^tftl«³ tks_ sN«m¯ ØnSn¡v Ct¸mjpw AkÄ¡v AkNmls¸« Np®]m””
AKp ASp b_ªv In^n¨p.
“”Nm^yw At§m«v Sp_¶v b_]mw. M§Ä Häs¸«t¸mÄ ^tftl«³ NqsX Wn¶p. tI«³ tks_sb®p sN«pw F¶ N^pSn]Sv F¶m ASp*m]nÃ. fm{Sfà sI«vWp CktamXv Ct¸mjpw hvtWikpw Nmfkpw Dsâ¶v M§Ä¡_n]mw. At¸m M§Äsam^p So^pfmWw FXp¯p””
“”F´v?””
“”tI«Wpw NqsX Cksa Nan¡m³ S^msf¶v””
“”FXm Wo Fs´ms¡]m b_]p¶Sv””
“”tI«sâ em^y]m]n^p¶t¸mÄ Mm³ Cksa Nan¨n«p*v. HXpkn hz´fm¡n. Fsâ em^y]m]n^n¡pt¼mÄ sI«Wpw Nan¡m³ AkNmlfq*v””
AKp N¼nNp«³.sWäv