സേവകൻ 5 [Mango] 724

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªp hm_ntWmXv Øn^fm]n CknsX Ss¶ Smfhn¡pkm³ b_]m³.’ Mm³ tfma½s] tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AkÀ NphrSnt]msX N®n_p¡n. tI«³ SpXÀ¶p “”bs£ hmt_ H^p {blvWw D*v. M§apw CknXps¯ b©m]¯p {bhnZâv fp^an]pw S½n A{S ^h¯n AÃ. M§apsX Nm^yw Bs\¦n Ak³ ASp fpX¡pw’
AsSWn¡v bpSn] A_nkm]n^p¶p. fp^an CknXps¯ làWm] H^p bmÀ«n tWSmkm\v. “”F´m fp^an]pfm]n {blvWw?’ H¶p fXn¨ tlgw tI«³ b_ªp, “”H^n¡Â H^p {blvWw D*m]n. CkÄ H^p N¼n¸m^ FXp¯v Aksâ S` AXn¨p sbm«n¨p.’
tfma½ CXsb«p ‘ sk_pw {blvWw Aà hmt_. tW^s¯ hm_v k¶t¸mÄ CknsX N*ntà h^as]? Akap fp^an]psX Npän B\v. Mm³ Aksa b_ªp kn`¡n. ASp tImUn¡m³ k¶ Ak³ Fs¶ tkly F¶p knan¨p. N¿n Nn«n]sSXp¯p Mm³ Aksâ f*¡p Im¼n. Wm\t¡Xv tbXn¨v Ak³ A¶v ASp tNshm¶pw B¡n]nÃ. Cu b^nh^¯p k^ptNw CÃ. bs£ M§ÄNv Fs´¦n`pw Nm^yw b©m]¯n Ds*¦n Ak³ AsSÃmw fpX¡pw.’
“”hm^fnÃ’ Wfp¡v tWm¡mw F¶p b_ªp Mm³ Fjpt¶äp. tfma½ tI«Wv tIm_p kna¼n. F´m]m`pw Mm³ Ak^psX ^*p tb^psX]pw Hs¸ms¡ km§n b©m]¯n F¯n.
b©m]¯v shs{N«_n¡p emÀPk³ tI«sâ]pw tfma½]psX]pw Atb£ sNmXp¯n«v Nm^y§Ä sbs«¶v Wo¡pkm³ AeyÀTn¨p. At±iw H^p Wà fWpgy³ B\v. Fs¶ k`n] Nm^ykpw B\v. sl^n]m¡mw F¶p_¸v S¶p.
Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ {bhnZâv fp^an Fsâ tfl¡Xp¯p k¶p. c]`n {bhnZânsâ H¸p tk\w. A]mÄ c] Fsâ tfl¸p_t¯¡v F_nªp. “”hpWnÂ, Wo Bt^mXv tImUn¨n«m Cu emÀ¤ksâ tb^n C{S]pw k`n] b²Sn¡pÅ lpbmÀl sI]vSSv?’
“”AkÀ¡v AÀiS D*v {bhnZsâ.. Ø`w D*v, W½psX `nÌn DÅ NÀgNWpw B\v.’
“”hpWns` Wo NqXpS kna]tÃ, Wo]nt¸m AknsX B\v sbm_pSn Fs¶ms¡ Mm³ A_nªp. B sbm`]mXn WnW¡p S^p¶sSms¡ Wo km§nt¡m. bs£ b©m]¯v sI`kn Wo Nan¡*’
AknsX D*m]n^p¶ BÄ¡ms^Ãmw M§sa tWm¡n Wn¸m\v. FWn¡v In`t¸mÄ Nt{*mÄ tbmNpw. hoWmkpw. tk*.
Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS C_§n HmcohnWp bn¶n DÅ fq{S¸p^]nt`¡v WX¶p.
“”hpWns`, Wo CSnWp hfmVmWw b_ªn«p tbm]m fSn’ A]mÄ Fsâ bp_sN k¶p. Fsâ S`¡pÅn H^m]n^w NX¶`pNÄ fqan SpX§n]n^p¶p. Mm³ fq{S¸p^¡v AN¯p N]_n fq{Sw Hjn¡m³ SpX§n. fp^an]pw Fsâ H¸w ANt¯¡v N]_n. MmWpw A]mapw fm{Sw. Mm³ fq{Sw Hjn¨p Np® AN¯m¡n hndv C«p Sn^nªt¸mÄ Fsâ fp¶n A]map*v. fpO¯v H^p kga³ In^n.
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