സേവകൻ 8 [Mango] 697

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C«v Aks^ b®\w F¶m\v FWn¡v tSm¶n]Sv. AXp¡a]n N]_n] AkÀ `p¦n Smjv¯n C«v emÀ¤k³ tI«tWmXv b_ªp. “”””H¶v sbs«¶v Njn¨n«v NnX¡v– fWpgym. FWn¡v D_§\w”
“”””Wo NnXt¶m Xo. bm{Sw Mm³ NjpNn skt¨¡mw”
tfma½ ANt¯¡v WX¡p¶p F¶p N* Mm³ sbs«¶v C^pan Wn¶p skan¨¯nt`¡v k¶v D_s¡ knan¨p. “”””emÀPk³ tIt«m…””
Fsâ knan tN«v emÀ¤kWpw tfma½]pw bp_t¯¡v tWm¡n. Mm³ AXp¡a kmSn`nWXpt¯¡v sI¶p. “”””AÃm CSm^v hmt_m” tI«³ tImUn¨p “”””CsSs¸m k¶p Wm«n Wn¶pw”
tfma½ kmSn`nWXp¯p k¶v Fs¶ tWm¡n klyfm]n In^n¨p.
“”””Cs¸m k¶sS DÅp” Mm³ b_ªp “”””MmtWm¶p fq{Sw Hjn¡m³ C_§n]t¸mÄ Wn§apsX AXp¡a]n ss`äv N*p. ASm Ct§m«v k¶Sv” Mm³ tfma½s] tWm¡n Ip*p NXn¨p sNm*v b_ªp. tfma½ In^n¨p “”””Bt\m hmt_… MmWpw Cs¸m H¶v fq{Sw Hjn¡m³ C_§n]Sm.”
“”””Bt\m… F¦n tI¨n tbm]n Hjn¨n«p km Mm³ CknsX C^n¡mw.” Mm³ N]_n tI«sâ AXp¯v sd©n C^p¶p.
tfma½ Fs¶ tWm¡n Ak^psX `p¦n¡p fpNan`qsX bqt_m¶p Sn^p½n b_ªp, “”””Mm³ Hjnt¡w sI]vSp NjptNw sI]vSp… Asà emÀ¤tk«m”
“”””CkapsX H^p Nm^yw! F´v FknsX b_]\w Fs¶m^p tdmVkpw CÔ emÀ¤tk«Wpw MmWpw In^n¨p.
MmWpw tI«Wpw C^p¶ sd©n M§apsX CX]n tfma½ C^p¶p. F¶n«v Ft¶mXv b_ªp “”””hm_v k¶Sv W¶m]n. Fs¶ C¶v sskNpt¶^w NX¶Â Np¯n hmt_. ASnsâ sNm¼v C^n¡p¶Sv sNm*v e]¦^ Woä`pw bpN¨n`pw. FWn¡v Nm\m³ bäp¶nÃ. Ct§À¡v N®p bnXn¡¯pw CÃ. hms_m¶v tWm¡nt]… sNms¼m ftäm Np¯p Nn«n]X¯p C^n¸pt*m¶v…””
“”FknsX]m tI¨o Np¯p Nn«n]Sv?” tfma½ Fsâ tWs^ Sn^nªn^p¶p. tI«³ Ak^psX bn¶n B\v.
“”””tU CknsX…”” NphrSn In^nt]msX tfma½ sW©n Wn¶pw `p¦n Np_¨p Smjv¯n k`Sp fp` bp_t¯s¡Xp¯p! “”””H¶p tWm¡q hmt_… tI«Wv NmjvI bnXn¡sSm*tÔ CSpw b_ªp sNm*v AkÀ Ak^psX k`n] fp`¡m¼n sSm«p Nm\n¨p. Mm³ Fsâ fpOw B tS³ I¡ ]psX AXpt¯¡v sNm*p sI¶p.
“”””f]n^p sfm`]n Ss¶ NXn¨p… timtim… Fs´m^p Nj¸v…”” tfma½ b_ªp Mm³ Fsâ Wmkp sNm*v B fp`¡m¼p W¡n SpX¨p. Mm³ tWm¡pN]ms\s¶ tI«³ N^pSpÅq. Mm³ W¡p¶Sv AWph^n¨v tfma½]psX fp` sM«p bp_t¯¡v NqXpS SÅn SÅn k¶p.
tfma½ Nm`p sbm¡n sd©nsâ ^*p kl¯m]n C«v NpSn^ bp_¯v C^n¡p¶Sv tbms` N¼nNp«³.sWäv