സര്‍പ്പക്കാവ് 1 [ഗന്ധര്‍വന്‍] 513

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fs¶ kmÕ`yt¯msX S`]n St`mXn.

“”””WnWs¡´p bäns]Xm..? Wns¶ M§Ä FknsXÃmw AtWzgn¨p?”

“”””ASv As½ Mm³… FWns¡m¶pw HmÀf]nÃ.”

“”””Wo hÔym tW^¯v AXp¡a]n tdmVfnÃmsS NnX¡pkm^p¶p. B In^pS]m Wns¶ Nt*.”

“”””At¸mÄ tI¨n?”

“”””B.. AkÄ fp_n]n`n^p¶p bYn¡pkm^p¶p. Nm^yw A_nªt¸mtj HmXn¡nS¨p k¶p. bns¶ C{S]pw tW^w CknXp*m^p¶p. Ct¸mjm Mm³ WnÀdÔn¨p b_ª]t¨.”

“”””Wo FknsX tbm]Sm. Wnsâ l^o^w Hs¡ BsN Wo^v k¶n^n¡pkm^p¶p. M§Ä BsN tbXn¨p tbm]n. bns¶ Aѳ sskUys^ knant¨m*v k¶p. At±iw tWm¡n]n«v kngw So*n]Sv tbm`ps*¶p b_ªp. bs£ Wnsâ l^o^¯ns`§pw H^p bmXv tbm`pw CÃ. Fsâ D®n¡nSv F´m bäns]?”

“”””ASv As½ Mm³. FWn¡v H¶pw HmÀf]nÃ.”

“”””F´m]m`pw Fsâ Np«n Np_¨v Unkhw AW§m*v NnXt¶maq. B f^ps¶ms¡ l^o^¯n bnXn¡s«.”

At¸mjm\v– Mm³ Fsâ ssNNan tWm¡nt]. Ft´m b¨ f^p¶v A^¨v bp^«n]n^n¡p¶p. ASn Wn¶m\v IµW¯nsâ PÔw k^p¶Sv.

BsN sSm´^km]tÃm… Fsâ HmÀ½NÄ Fs¶ ISn¡pkmt\m?

F´m]m`pw A¶v A¯mjw tbm]n«v b¨ skÅw tbm`pw Nn«n]nÃ. C¶v ^m{Sn b«n\n NnX¡\ft{S. sskUy^psX N`vbW B\v. bns¶ Wmsa ^mkns` fpSÂ Ngm] thk SpX§\w tbm`pw.

A½ ss`äv A\¨v bp_¯p tbm]n.

Mm³ ko*pw Hmt^m¶v Bt`mIn¨p D_§n tbm]n.

“”””D®o… D®o… D®n¡p«m…”

Bt^m knan¡pWp*tÃm? F{S fVp^fm] lÐw.

Mm³ N®v Sp_¶p tWm¡n. B^pw CÃ. bs£ IµW¯nsâ fWw Spa¨p N]_p¶p. A½ ko*pw f^p¶v tNm^n tS¨p Nm\pw.

“”””D®o… D®o…”

bp_¯p Wn¶m\tÃm. Mm³ KWm` bSns] Sp_¶p. AknsX Bs^]pw N*nÃ. bs£ bqÀ\ I{µsâ hpµ^ ^qbw Fs¶ kÃmsS BNÀgn¨p. F´p ewPn]m\v C¶v I{µsW Nm\m³.

Mm³ KWm`]n NqXn I{µsW tWm¡n C^p¶p.

“”””F´m D®o C§sW tWm¡ps¶. Fs¶ fp³bv N*n«ntÃ?”

“”””D*v. bs£ C{S AXp¯v Nm\p¶Sv BUyfm]n«m. F´p ewPn]m Wns¶ Nm\m³.” Mm³ I{µsW tWm¡n b_ªp.

sbs«¶v Bt^m Fsâ sIkn]n b_ªp. “”””D®n¡p«m WnW¡v AfmWpgnNfm] làn kntlg§Ä k¶p tI^m³ tbmNp¶p. Cu f^p¶pw f{´sfm¶pw WnW¡v bänÃ. FWns¡m¸w tbm^q.”

B IpXp Wnlzmh§Ä- Fsâ NmSpNan NpanÀ N¼nNp«³.sWäv