സേവകൻ 5 [Mango] 719

N¼nNp«³.sWäv W½Ä fm{Sw A_n]p¶, ^ihyfm]n f^\w ks^ sNm*p WX¡p¶ H^p kyànSzw Wfp¡v Hmt^m^p¯À¡pw D*v. DÅns` B kyàns] bp_s¯Xp¡m³ W½Ä tbm`pw fXn¡p¶p, e]¡p¶p. F¶m`pw ASm\v ]TmÀ° “”Mm³’. MmWpw Wn§apw W½Ä Hmt^m^p¯^pw. AX¡n bnXn¨ B kyànSzs¯ H^n¡Â Wn§Ä bp_¯p k^pkm³ AWpkUn¨m bns¶ Wn§Ä knIm^n¨m tbm`pw ASp f_]v¡m³ Njn]nÃ. Wn§Ä Wn§am]n Ss¶ Kokn¡p¶p F¶pÅ tdmVyw S^p¶ Bßknlzmhw ASp AknlzhWo]fm\v.
N¼n NT¡nX]n tkUm´w kna¼n]Sà . In` Nm^y§Ä A§sW B\v. b_]msS tbmNm³ Njn]nÃ. CWn b_]pkm³ tbmNp¶ hwek§ant`¡pÅ H^p sI_n] bm`w.
M§Ä ^*p tb^pw Du\v Njn¨p. AVnNw Bt^mXpw hwhm^n¡m¯ {bNrSn B]n^p¶p Mm³. F¶m MmWpw tfma½]pw Hmt^mt^m Nm^y§Ä km tSm^msS hwhm^n¨p. FWn¡v tfma½t]mXv {b\]w H¶pw B]n^p¶nÃ. bs£ ASntW¡mÄ H^pbmXv BjfpÅ H^p dÔw M§Ä¡nX]n CSnWNw ^qbs¸«n^p¶p. kÀg§am]n b^nI]fpÅ W¶m]n b^hvb^w fWÊn`m¡p¶ hpir¯p¡sa tbms` B]n^p¶p M§Ä. Du\v Njn¨p sNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ emÀ¤ksâ tI«³ F¯n. f\n fq¶mNp¶p. “”Bim hm_nt¸mÄ D®p¶tS DtÅm?’ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p.
“”Mm³ Ct¸mÄ F¯n]sS DÅp tI«m… k^pfmW hÀ«ncn¡äp Nn«nt]m?’ tI«³ N¿n`n^p¶ NX`mhpNÄ Nm\n¨v In^n¨p “”hm_v b_ªm bns¶ Nn«mSn^n¡ptfm?’
Mm³ ssN NjpNn SpX¨v NX`mhpNÄ FÃmw b^ntlmVn¨p. t_g³ NmÀZnsâ tNm¸n D*m]n^p¶Sn tWm¡n]t¸mÄ B\v Mm³ AkÀ ^*p tb^psX]pw {bm]w A_n]p¶Sv. tI«Wv 74, tfma½¡v 56.
Mm³ tI«tWmXv b_ªp, “”tI«m, H^p blpknsW km§p¶SnsW¡mÄ WÃ tks_m^p Nm^yw D*v. Cu b_¼v F{S Ø`w D*v?’
“”80 shâv’ tfma½]m\v f_pbXn b_ªSv.
Mm³ SpXÀ¶p “”sI_pNnX £o^ NÀgNÀ¡m]n H^p fnWn cmw SpX§pkm³ H^p b²Sn b©m]¯n D*v. b`nl CÃmsS km]vb `en¡pw. H^pfn¨p Wm`p blp¡sa km§mWpw sSmjp¯p WnÀ½n¡mWpw DÅ b\w b©m]¯v S^pw. sI_n] Sk\Nam]n Sn^nsN AX¨m fSn. Wà k^pfmWw D*m¡mw.’
AkÀ ^*p tb^pw Fs¶ tWm¡n C^p¶p. Mm³ DÅn tbm]n Fsâ dmPn Wn¶pw ASnWpÅ A¸vant¡g³ tcmw FXp¯p sNm*v k¶p. “”tI«m, CSp Wà b²Sn B\v. Np_¨p b\w MmWpw CXmw. Fs¶ NqXn b¦man B¡n]m fSn. hÀ¡mÀ DtUymPس B]Sp sNm*v FWn¡v tW^n«p WX¯m³ Njn]nÃ. Wn§Ä¡v Fs¶ knlzmhw Ds*¦n Mm³ CSv sl^n]m¡n S^mw’
tI«³ b_ªp, “”hm_nsW M§Ä¡v ^*p tbÀ¡pw k`n] Cãfm. C¶v ^mkns` CkÄ Ft¶mXv N¼nNp«³.sWäv