രതിമന്മഥന്‍ 2 [മാസ്റ്റര്‍] 99

N¼nNp«³.sWäv PoSs] AknsX§pw N*nÃ. tPmbn sfsà t_mZnt`¡v WX¶p. hf]w B_ntWmXv AXp¡p¶p. KwPvgWn tKmh¨m]³ k¶pNm\pw; Ak³ fWÊn N\¡pNq«n.
“”””Mm³ Wns¶ tWm¡n Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p..kmXm hmVWw k*n]n`p*v”
Hmt«m]nt`¡v N]_n C^p¶p `nkÀ bnXn¨p k`n¨psNm*v tKmhv b_ªp. fp¸Sv k]hv {bm]fpÅ tKmhv C^pWn_fpÅ, tPmbns]¡mÄ A¸w D]^w Np_kpÅ sI_p¸¡m^³ B\v. tPmbn N]_n C^p¶t¸mÄ Ak³ k*n fp³tbms«Xp¯p.
bSnkptbms` bmX§Ä¡v hfobfpÅ Bsamjnª sS§n³tSm¸ns`¡v Ss¶]m\v AkÀ tbm]Sv. tKmhv Hmt«m B b_¼nt`¡v HmXn¨p N]än. kntUl¯pÅ Aksâ H^p dÔpknsâ kN]m\v B Ø`kpw ASntWmXv tIÀ¶pÅ Nps_ bmX§apw. ^*ptb^pw F¶pw sskNn«v AknsX]m\v hp^bmW hUÊnWm]n NqXp¶Sv. A^`näÀ fUyw Sp`y b¦n«p km§n ^*ptb^pw NqXn NTNapw b^Uqg\kpw skXn¡TNapw b_ªn^p¶p NpXn¨p SoÀ¡pw. tKmhv knkminSWpw H^p Npªnsâ bnSmkpfm\v.
“”””A¨m]m..MmsWm^p Nm^yw tImUnt¨ms«?” ^*p sbPv sI¶p Njnªt¸mÄ tPmbn fpOkp^]n«p.
“”””tImUns¡Xm”
“”””A¨m]Wv Cu kÀ¡n fpS`mans] tW^n A_n]mtfm?”
“”””tW^n F¶v b_ªm?” tKmhv bp^nNw Ipan¨p.
“”””F¶v b_ªm A]msa¸än NqXpS`m]n…FWn¡v A]msam^p b\¡m^³ Bs\¶v fm{Stf A_n]mkq”
“”””F´m WnW¡v sbs«¶v kÀ¡n fpS`man]psX Nm^y§Ä A_n]msWm^p bqSn?”
“”””H¶pfnÃ. Fs´¦n`psfm^p Øn^tKm`n¡v tbm\w¶p*v. C¸w AÃ_ InÃ_ ss{bkäv Hm«w sNm*v Nn«p¶ k^pfmWw fm{Sfsà DÅq. ASpsNm*v Kokn¡m³ bänÃtÃm..PotSsX N`ym\w WX¯m³ At½sX ssN]o {btSyNn¨v h¼mUyw H¶pfnÃ..”
“”””Hmtim..tKm`n¡mt\m? F¶m¸ns¶ WnW¡v H^p Hmt«m km§n]mt¸mt^? t`m¬ Nn«pftÃm” t`mN¯n`pÅ Gäkpw fi¯m]Spw GNkpfm] sSmjn Hmt«m HmXn¡Â Bs\¶p knlzhn¡p¶ tKmhv tImUn¨p.
“”””FWn¡Sv bänà A¨m]m ASv. Zn{Pn ks^ A½ bYn¸n¨Sv Ft´`pw WsÃm^p sSmjn Nn«psf¶ {bSo£]n`m..”
“”””Rm ASv tW^m..At{Sw bYn¸v WnW¡pÅ knk^w Mm³ HmÀ¯nÃ..Aà PoS bYn¯w WnÀ¯nt]mXm?”
“”””Akav ¹hv Xp K]n¨nÃtÃm..bns¶ Akav bYn¡m³ sfWs¡«pfnÃ..CWn kÃX¯pw sN«n¨p knX\w..Ht¶m ^t*m sNmïnWNw..”
tKmhv S`]m«n] tlgw fUyw NpXn¨n«v Bt`mIW]n`m*p. tPmbn sfsà NpXn¨psNm*v AksW tWm¡n.
“”””kÀ¡n sfmS`man¡v Nps_ ØmbW§Ä H*v..A]mav knIm^n¨m WnW¡v WsÃm^p tKm`n]pw Nn«pw. bs£ A]mav knIm^n¡ptfm F¶Sm {blvWw”
“”””AsS´m N¼nNp«³.sWäv