സേവകൻ 5 [Mango] 719

N¼nNp«³.sWäv `p¦n¡pÅnÂ. tlme]pw Cu NmjvI N*n^p¶p. AkÄ tfma½t]mXv Ft´m b_]pkm³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ B\v ASv hwekn¨Sv. tfma½ tI«sâ `p¦n Ajns¨Xp¯p ! hz´w tI«sâ Np® N* tlme fpOw fmän¡aªp. “”F´m tI¨o Cu Nm\n¡p¶Sv?’ AkÄ tfma½t]mXv tImUn¨p. tfma½ B sf`nªp Wo* Np® F¶ bp^«n] ssNNÄ sNm*v sSm`n¨p.
“”Wo F´mXo sNm¨p sb\vbntÅs^ tbms`? Mm³ Fsâ sN«nt]msâ Np® Asà SXkp¶Sv? ASnWp WnWs¡´m?’
“”AÃ tI¨o hm_nknsX C^n¡pt¼mÄ…’
‘ASp sNmÅmw…. hms_´m Np® CÃm¯k³ Bt\m’
“”F]v– AÃ’ F¶pw b_ªv Mm³ `p¦n¡pÅn Wn¶pw Fsâ ko^sW bp_s¯Xp¯p.
tfma½]pw tlme]pw ASnt`¡p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Ak³ H¶p NqXn WnkÀ¶v Wn¶p.
“”F¶m H^p b_n]m hmt_ hm_nsâ?’ tfma½ BUyw Nm\p¶ tbms` km Sp_¶p. “”CsS¶m bo^¦nt]m?’
“”fqXn sk]v¡v hmt_’ tlme b_ªp.
Mm³ Sp\n C«p fqXn. bs£ bnXn kn«nÃ.
“”WnW¡v F´nsâ {bm´mXo. C§sW H^p b_n Wfps¡ms¡ N\n Nm\m³ Nn«ptkm?’ tfma½ tUgys¸«p “”ASp N*t¸m Ss¶ Fsâ bqän Ca¡w SpX§n’ AkÀ H^p ssN sNm*v N´n bnXn¨p k`n¨p. f_pN¿n tI«sâ sbm§m¯ Np®.
“”Nj¸v hin¡p¶nà hmt_. Wn§Ä ^*p tb^pw H¶p N®Xt¨ms\’ F¶p b_ªv B SXn¨n Nj¸n AkapsX `p¦n Du^n Naªp. F¶n«p tI«sâ tft`¡v N]_n C^p¶p. tfma½ AkapsX bnaÀ¶ bq_p sNm*v A]mapsX F®]n fp§n] SpXNan tIÀ¯p^¨p. Mm³ sk«n]mXp¶ Np®]pfm]n tlmes] tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AkÄ S^n¨n^p¶p Cu NmjvI Nm\pN]m\v.
H^p fpjp {em´ns] tbms` tfma½ F® fpjpk³ tdmVw sN«p_§p¶ tI«sâ bp_t¯t¡mjn¨p. F¶n«v AkÀ »uhv Du^n fmän. tfma½]psX sNmjp¯p SXn¨ fp`NÄ bp_t¯¡v– ImXn BXn. sNmjp¸p fpän Nj¸v fq¯ B sW]v bp*¨n AkapsX Wn_fmwh tfWn B sf`nª fWpgysâ bp_¯n«p_¨p Nfnjv¶v NnX¶p A]mapsX fpNanÂ. Nm`pNÄ Nk¨p sk¨v A]mapsX D_¸nÃm¯ Np® Ak^psX sbm«n H`n¡p¶ bqän sk¨p_¨p.
Mm³ Fsâ `p¦n]pw dWn]Wpw Du^n fmän. bqÀ® WPvW³ B]n Mm³ Fjpt¶äp Wn¶v– Cu NmjvI tWm¡n Np® sSm`n¨Xn¨p. Fsâ Np®]n Ss¶ tWm¡n NnX¶v tI«sâ bp_¯p bq^n«p D^¡pN]m\v tfma½ sbm`]mXn. Nj¸n Np¯n bpa]v¡p¶ B fmUN _m\ns] tWm¡n Mm³ b_ªp, “”””Fs´m^p sNmSw tI¨o…. tfma½ tNmS_m\o… Mm³ Wn§sX sNmSw H¶v AXp¯p Nm\s«.”
Mm³ km\w AXn¨p sNm*v Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶v Ak^psX hfobw Nm`p Nk¨p Np¯n C^p¶v Np® N¼nNp«³.sWäv