സര്‍പ്പക്കാവ് 1 [ഗന്ധര്‍വന്‍] 513

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fsâ hwl]w.

F´m]m`pw AtSmXp NqXn Bemh³ F¶ tb^pw NqXn ImÀ¯n¡n«n. Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ gwW Fsâ AXp¯v k¶p.

“”””AsS, D®ns] Np_n¨v Mm³ C§sW]Ã N^pSn]Sv–. tfmlw B]nt¸m]n.”

“”””ASnWp Mm³ F´m sI]vSSv?”

“”””Jo kr¯nsN«k³. tk*m¯sSms¡ Nm\n¨n«v WÃ bnÅ If]pt¶m?”

“”””FXo MmWÃ AkWm… FtâSv A§WÃ…”

AkÄ Fs¶ ^q£fm]n tWm¡n. “”””bns¶§Wm?”

l^n¡pw Mm³ I½n]Sv At¸mÄ B]n^p¶p. H^p sWt¯m`n]psX k`n¸w tbm`pfnÃm¯ Fsâ sNm¨p®ns] Mm³ F§sW bp_s¯Xp¡mWm? H¶v N¼ns]¦n`pw B]n^pt¶Â Ct¸mÄ Nm\n¨p sNmXp¡mfm]n^p¶p.

Mm³ Wn¶p kn]À¯p. At¸mÄ `kapfmÀ k¶p Ft´m b_ªp sNm*v Aksa knan¨p sNm*v tbm]n.

CsSms¡ N*n«m\v AfoÀ At§m«v– k¶Sv.

“”””Aan]m F´mXm? AkÄ¡p Wnt¶mXv H^p Nn¶m^w?”

“”””H¶v tbmXm… Akav `qhv. Fs¶ Nan]m¡n]Sm…”

“”””tbmXm… AkapsX emkw N*m`_nªqsX AkÄ¡p Wns¶ Cãfms\¶v. fp«n tWm¡p tfmsW. H¯m Wnsâ sNm¨p®n k`pSmkpw.”

F´m]m`pw Mm³ H¶nWpw tbm]nÃ. F´m\v WX¶sS¶v FWn¡tà A_n]q. D¨]m]t¸mtj¡pw h-vNqÄ kn«p. At¸mtj¡pw fj H^`vbw tSmÀ¶n«p*m]n^p¶p.

h-vNqan Wn¶pw fq¶p Wm`v Nnt`m foäÀ WX¶p tk\w S_km«n F¯m³. AfoÀ fsäm^p kjn¡m\v. Mm³ Hä]v¡v kmän Sn^nªp WX¡pt¼mjm\v bp_Nn Wn¶pw H^p knan.

“”””D®o H¶v Wnt¶.”

tWm¡pt¼mÄ gwW]pw Bl]pw.

Fsâ AXps¯¯n]t¸mÄ Bl b_ªp. “”””Mm³ tbm\p. Wo Cu f®p®n]pfm]n Nq«v NqXnt¡m.”

“”””AtS]v FWn¡v D®nt]mXv H^p Nq«w tImUn¡mWp*v. knt^mVw Bkptkm?”

km\fXns] bän tImUn¡mWmkpw. Fsâ fWÊn A§sW]m ks¶, bs£ Mm³ tImUn¨nÃ.

Mm³ fpt¶m«p WX¶p. AkÄ NqsX]pw.

Bl sbs«¶v Ss¶ WX¶p tbm]n^p¶p. kjns]¶p b_ªm b*s¯ Nm`w AsÃ. H^p CXkjn. Nãn¨v H^p foäÀ koSn Nm\pw. Ipäpw f^§apw kmj tSm¸pw Hs¡]m\v.

AkÄ Fs´ms¡t]m Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p. Mm³ H¶v fqan]sS DÅp.

CSnWnX]n AkÄ Fs¶ bnXn¨p WnÀ¯n.

“”””AsS D®n¡p Fs¶ Cãfmt\m?”

“”””Duw…”

“”””D®n Mm³ b_ªm tNÄ¡ptfm?”

“”””Duw…”

Mm³ AkapsX fpO¯p tWm¡msS b_ªp. N¼nNp«³.sWäv