രമേശന്റെ അദിഥികൾ കഥ 1 959

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Hälzmh¯n ASp b_ªp.
“”AsKmASv l^n]mknÔ”
“”Hs¡ l^n]mw tI«³ CsSm¶v I¸ns¡”” F¶n«v AkapsX gÀ«nsâd«³hv Du^n fp`Nsa bp_s¯¡v C«p.

tim AsSm^p NmjvI]m]n^p¶p CknsX 32 dn sshhv D*]n^p¶Sm Cs¸mÄ Um 34 Zn sshhn Wà sNmjp¯p fpjp¯ k`n] fp`NÄ B]n^n¡p¶p. Wn¸nÄ k`n¸w k¨v Wà d`w k¨p Wn¡p¶p.
AkÄ Fsâ fpO¯v Ssâ ^*p fp`Nsa]pw k¨v AfÀ¯n. Wà bªntbm`p*v ASv.
Mm³ A_n]msS km] Sp_¶p. AkÄ ASn H¶nsW km]n k¨p AfÀ¯n S¶p. BÀ¯nt]msX Mm³ ASnsW I¸nk`n¨p.
“”Biv A§nsW WÃ tbms` I¸nk`n¨p NpXns¡sâ ^tftl«m”” AkÄ b_ªp.
Mm³ fp^*psNm*v ASv I¸n. AkÄ Fsâ fq*v Du^n. Np®s] gÍn]n Wn¶pw bp_s¯Xp¯p. gÍn Mm³ Nm`pNÄ sNm*v Du^n¡aªp.
“” Biv NXn¨v k`n¡v ^tftl«m…Zm AtKm sWtSm¶v N*v NnXNN tkPw H¶v W¡n¯mXm””
“”C¸w W¡n¯^msfXo”” Ak³ AkapsX Smtj¡v Wo§n. F¶n«v B ssbKf Du^n¡aªp. ^hvWsX sNmjp¯p^p*v Wà sk® SpXNÄ Mm³ N*p. H^p kÀgw sNm*v AkapsX l^o^w BsN fm_n]n^n¡p¶p. Hä t^mfw tbm`pfnà SpXNans`m¶pw. AsSÃmw kmN-vhv sI]vSp Naªn^n¡p¶p.
“”AtKm Mm³ b_ªn«nsà Nm`p W¡n] tlgw fSn Np*ns]¶v””
Ak³ AkapsX Nm¡ sI¶n^p¶p. F¶n«v Nm`pNan D½sk¡pkm³ SpX§n. Ak³ AkapsX kn^`pNÄ W¡n Wp\]p¶p. »q cn`nfpNan N*n«ps*¶SÃmsS CSv BUy AWpekw B]n^p¶p FWn¡v. AkapsX B Nm`vbmU§Ä W¡n Ak³ sfsà bn¶n F¯n. ^*p I´nNan`pw Ak³ D½sk¨p Npt_ tW^w Mm³ At¸mjpw AkapsX fp`Nsa I¸ns¡m*n^p¶p. AkÄ hpOw tNmâv In` lÐ§Ä bp_s¸Xpkn¨psNm*n^p¶p.
CX¡nsX Mm³ F¯n tWm¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ AkÄ b_ªp.
“”^tftl«Wp Nm\t\m Ak³ Np*n W¡p¶Sv””
“”Dw”” Mm³ fqan
AkÄ Wm`p Nm`n Wn¶p. A¸vjpw Ajnª gÀ«v AkapsX tfWn]n Dâm]n^p¶p. AkapsX I´n¡pX§Ä N*v Fsâ N®p SÅn. ASv k`pSmkpN fm{Sfà Wà tg¸pw k¨n^n¡p¶p. CsSRvWsW hwekn¨p F¶v Mm³ AÂepäs¸«p.
AKp ^hvW]psX bp_Nn C^p¶p .
“”^tftl«Wp Nm\p¶pt*m?”” AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”Dw””
“”AKq sNmSw sbman¨v NqSn Ws¡Xm”” AKp ^hvW]psX sNmjp¯p^p* I´nNsa knXÀ¯n. H^pbmXv WmapNÄ¡v tlgw
^hvW]psX bq_pw NqSn]pw Mm³ N*p. Ak³ sNmSw sbman¨p AknsX f\¯p.
“”Dw hq¸À f\fm ^tftl«m Cu Nq¯n¨n]psX Np*n¡v”” AKp b_ªp. Mm³ CSpks^ AkapsX Np*n N¼nNp«³.sWäv