രതിമന്മഥന്‍ [മാസ്റ്റര്‍] 934

N¼nNp«³.sWäv WnkÀ¯n Nm`pNÄ knhvSm^¯n Nk¨p. tPmbn sM«n¯^n¨p. Im^Wn_fpÅ AkapsX W^¨ bmâohv bp_¯m\v. sNmjpsNmjp¯ SpXNapsX WXpkn ASv bm`¸w tbms` fpj¨p Wn¡p¶p. sb®p§apsX bq_nWv C{S fpjp¸pt*m? AkÄ km^nN sNm*v fpOw f_¨n^n¡pN]m\v. SWn¡v huN^yw tbms` tWm¡m³ AkÄ Nm\n¡p¶ S{´w. ASnSo{kfm]n hvbµn¡p¶ irU]s¯ Wn]{´n¡m³ hmVn¡msS tPmbn AkapsX fp³bnt`¡v sI¶p. im..F´jNv!
D^p* I´nNan Wn¶pw B^wen¡p¶ SXn¨p sNmjp¯ SpXNapsX CX]n AtVmemPw bqÀ®fm]n WWª bmâohv. ASnsâ A^nNpNan bp_t¯¡v S`Wo«p¶ t^mfm{P§Ä. I´nNapsX knXknt`¡v W¶m]n N]_n]m\v AkapsX hpOtN{µs¯ f_¨n^n¡p¶ khv{Sw NnX¡p¶Sv. sSm* k^ap¶p.
“”””PosS…” Nmäv tbms`]m\v Aksâ lÐw bp_t¯¡v k¶Sv.
AkÄ fqan.
“”””A]mapsX B{Piw Wo h½Sn¡ptfm”
“”””bns¶..Nps_ h½Sn¡pw” b_ªn«v AkÄ In^n¡p¶p. bs£ fpOw Ct¸mjpw AkÄ km^nN]psX bn¶n Han¸n¨n^n¡pN]m\v.
“”””A½ WnÀdÔn¨mÂ?”
AÂbtW^w AkÄ fn*n]nÃ. SpXNÄ AN¯pN]pw AXp¸n¡pN]pw sI]vSpsNm*v AkÄ Npt_tW^w fn*msS NnX¶p. tPmbn]psX N®pNÄ AkapsX Wn_ª bqän¯s¶ B]n^p¶p.
“”””b_..h½Sn¡ptfm?” lÐw kn_]v¡p¶p*v.
“”””FWn¡_n]nÃ..”
bSnª lЯn A§sW b_ªn«v AkÄ km^nN fmän Aksâ N®nt`¡v tWm¡n. tPmbn Wn¶v Sna¨p. FWn¡_n]nÃ! ASnWÀ°w AkÄ¡v bqÀ® h½Sw F¶tÃ? Nj¸n A½]psX eqt`mN Nj¸n fNÄ. AkapsX NnX¸v Ss¶ ASnsâ Gäkpw k`n] sSanktÃ.
“”””A½]v¡v hpOn¨m¸ns¶..” AÀt²màn]n WnÀ¯n AkÄ AksW tWm¡n.
“”””A]mÄ¡v..A]mÄ¡v Wà {bm]fntÔ
“”””ASnsW´m..Wà Bt^mPyfm A]mÄ¡v..Cãw tbms` Nmlpw” PoS CWn¸À¶ Ssâ NojvIp*v klyfm]n bnap¯n.
ipw..At¸mÄ A½ b_ªSv hwekn¡m³ tbmNp¶p! A]mÄ¡v Nm`N¯n sNmXp¡m³ CkÄ¡v bqÀ® h½Sw Ss¶. b\kpw Bt^mPykpw! ASm\v– AkapsX tWm«w.
“”””hpOn¡m³ bäp¼w hpOn¡\w….” PoS NnS]v¡p¶p. AkÄ Nm`pNÄ tWs^]m¡n AN¯n k¨n«v BÀ¯nt]msX tWm¡pN]m\v.
“”””C¶s`..Mm³ bp_¯v Wn¶pw Nps_ lÐ§Ä Hs¡ tN«p..Wm] skÅw NpXn¡p¶ tbms`..”
PoS]psX kn^Â AkapsX km]nt`¡v N]_n. ASv H¶v Du¼n kn« tlgw tWm«w fmän Akan§sW b_ªp:
“”””Òw..A]mav W¡p¶Sm”
tPmbn sk«nkn_¨p.
“”””F..F´v…”
“”””tU*nSv…” bqän ssNk¨v AkÄ b_]p¶p.
“”””A..Bt\m..”
“”””Dw..A]mav N¼nNp«³.sWäv