സേവകൻ 5 [Mango] 719

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sn^p½n sNmXp¡p¶ntÃ?’ Mm³ In^nt]msX tImUn¨p. At¸mÄ tfma½ b_ªp ‘ C¶v Fsâ tI«sW MmWm Sn^p½n sNmXp¡p¶Sv bmkw H^pbmXv WX¶p £o\n¨p’ “”FXn tlmte Mm³ AXp¡a]n H^p bm{S¯n skans¨® FXp¯p sk¨n«p*v. Wo AsSm¶v FXpt¯m*v kt¶.’ tlme Hä k`n¡v N¿n C^p¶ ¥mhv Nm`n B¡n AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n.
tfma½ tI«Wv H^p sb¤v NqsX sNmXp¯ tlgw bm]]n NnX¯n. A]mÄ Fs´ms¡t]m bp`¼p¶p*m]n^p¶p. tdmVw D*v.
tlme N¿n H^p bm{Sw skans¨®]pfm]n k¶n«v tImUn¨p, “”””C{S]pw F® tkt\m?”
“”””dm¡n A§nsW Ss¶ A§p sk]v¡mw FXn.’
tlme C^p¶t¸mÄ Mm³ ko*pw Hjn¨v sNmXp¯p “”At¿m hmt_ tk*. Mm³ Hs^®sfms¡s] AXn¡s¯mÅq.’ Mm³ Wn^vdÔn¨nÃ.
tfma½ F¶ FXp¯v tI«sâ Nm`p Sn^pfm³ SpX§n. A]mapsX sf`nª Nm`pNan`pw SpXNan`pw Ak^psX ssNNÄ Cjªp. MmWpw tlme]pw tWm¡n C^ns¡ tfma½ Ak^psX `p¦n sbm¡n SpXNÄ¡v fpNan B¡n A]mapsX hfobw M§Ä¡p bp_w Sn^nªp bm]]n Np¯n C^p¶p A]mapsX SpXNÄ SXkn. Mm³ tfma½]psX Sma¯n BXp¶ sNmjp¯ tNmSkpw Smjv¯n DXp¯n^p¶ `p¦n¡p fpNan Nm\p¶ tf I´nNapw tNmS¨m`pw kn^nª A^s¡«pw tWm¡n Fsâ ssN Fsâ `p¦n¡pÅn NX¯n sk«n]mXn Wn¶ Np®]n bnXn¨p. tfma½ AknsX F´m\v sI¿p¶Sv F¶v tfma½]psX kn^nª I´nNÄ Nm^\w Nm\pkm³ Njn]p¶nÃ. Mm³ H^p Ng\w N¸ FXp¯v tlme¡v– sNmXp¯p. AkÄ ASv km§n AkapsX SXn¨p sNmjp¯ tIm^ Ip*pNÄ¡nX]n sk¨p NXn¨p.
“”Cu tlme]psX Ip*v Wà k`pSm\v Asà tI¨o’ Mm³ tfma½t]mXv b_ªp. AkÀ Sn^nªp tWm¡msS “”AkapsX Ip*p fm{Stf hm_nWp k`pSm]n tSm¶n]ptÅm? AkÄ¡p SXn Csæn`pw tNmSkpw sfm`]pw Hs¡ FWn¡pÅ A{S]pw D*v. hm_v N*ntÃ?’ tlme Iqant¸m]n.
Mm³ tlme]psX fp`]nt`¡v C^p¯n tWm¡n AkÄ ssN S* sNm*v ASv f_¨p. “”Bt\m?’ F¶p tImUn¨p sNm*v Mm³ AkapsX ssN bnXn¨p fmän tWm¡n b_ªp. “”sl^n]m tI¨o… Fs´m^p k`p¸fm Cu fp`NÄ¡v’ Mm³ CSv b_ªt¸mÄ tlme]psX »uhnWv fp¶n fp` sM«pNÄ fp¶nt`¡v D´n k¶p . AkÄ¡p S^n¨p SpX§n F¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n.
tfma½ Fjpt¶äv tI«sâ A¸p_¯v M§sa AenfpOn¨ ^oSn]n C^p¶p. `p¦n sIm^n¨p N]än Nm`p Nk¨m\v C^p¶Sv. tfma½]psX CZv[`n bq_nsâ bnaÀ¶n^n¡p¶ Im`n Wn¶pw bqÀ Ua§Ä bqkv tbms` knXÀ¶n^p¶p. CSapNÄ¡p WXpkn {Shn¨p Wn¡p¶ N´v. Mm³ Fsâ Np® sSm`n¨p bnXn¨p N¼nNp«³.sWäv