സേവകൻ 8 [Mango] 699

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fäpw sI¿pw bns¶ Npt_ WmÄ Njn]pt¼mÄ ASnWp b«]w tImUn¨p k^pw. t_mZv sshZv H¶pw AsænÂ, 5 shân Smsj Bs\¦n Hs¡ b©m]¯v b«]w Hs¡ sNmXp¡m_p*v. ASnWp fpt¶ Mm³ AknsX sbm]n tWm¡n H^p _nt¸mÀ«v sNmXp¡\w. Mm³ CÃmSn^p¶SnWm N£n CknsX k¶p InÃ_ {blvWw Hs¡ D*m¡n B\v tbm]Sv. AknsX tbm]n ASp SoÀ¸m¡m³ sh{N«_n b_ªp. tks_]pw InÃ_ b\n Hs¡]p*v. coÂZn D¨]v¡v tlgw tbmNmw F¶v b_ªp Mm³ tKm`n]nt`¡v NX¶p.
D¨]v¡v tlgw Mm³ bp_t¼m¡v eqfn b^ntlmVn¡m³ B]n C_§n. N£n]psX tb^v tSmfm¨³ F¶m\v Atb£]nÂ. bs£ {bfm\¯n PwPmV^³. F´p f]n^mt\m Ft´m. Atb£]n DÅ A{Zhv– Mm³ Smfhn¡p¶ Ø`¯nWv Np_¨v AXp¯ms\¦n`pw A_n]nÃ. b©m]¯ns` ss{ZkÀ kjn b_ªp S¶p. FWns¡m^p ssd¡v Ds*¦n`pw ASp ^*mjvI]m]n kÀtgm¸n`m\v. tbmNp¶ kjn]n AknsX N]_n. sl^n]m¡n sk¨n«p*v. Nmlp sNmXp¯v ASpw FXp¯v tSmfm¨sâ ko«nt`¡v kn«p. koXv N*p bnXn¡m³ kjn]n ^*p tbt^mXv tImUnt¡*n k¶p.
Ipäpw tk`n sN«n] H^p bj] koXv. Bs^]pw bp_¯p Nm\mWnÃ. Mm³ fpät¯¡v ssdNv N]än Ìm*n«v sk¨p. fp³kls¯ NSNv Sp_¶p NnX¡pN]m\v. “”””CknXm^pfntÃ…?” Mm³ D_s¡ knan¨p tImUn¨p. AN¯p Wn¶pw GNtUlw 20þ25 k]Êp tSm¶n¡p¶ H^p sb®v WX¶p k^p¶p. C^pWn_w, sf`nª l^o^w. Nm\m³ k`n] ewPn H¶pw CÃ. fpgnª H^p ssWän B\v tkgw.
“”””A½¨n CknXnÃ. B^m?”
“”””CSp tSmf¨³s_ koXtÃ?”
“”””AtS, bs£ A¸¨³ Cs¸m CknXà Smfhw. F´m Nm^yw?”
“”””Mm³ b©m]¯n Wn¶m. b«]¯nsâ Nm^yw…””
“”FWn¡_n]m³ tf`m. hm_v C^n¡p. A½¨n Cs¸m F¯pw”
FWn¡knsX N]_n C^n¡m³ tSm¶n]nÃ. “”””hm^fnÃ. b©m]¯n Wn¶pw k¶n^p¶p F¶v b_ªm fSn. Mm³ Wmsa k^mw” CSpw b_ªp Mm³ Sn^nsN ssd¡n N]_n ÌmÀ«m¡n. bp_t¯¡v Sn^n¡pt¼mÄ tk`n NX¶v H^p hv{So k^p¶Sv N*p. skÅ I«]pw skap¯ fp*pw V^n¨ H^p hv{So. CSm]n^n¡pw A½¨n. AkÀ Fs¶ tImUy emk¯n tWm¡n.
“”””b©m]¯n Wn¶m A½¨o. b«]¯nsâ Nm^y¯nWv k¶Sm” sb\vNp«n b_ªp. k¶ hv{So]psX fpOw knXÀ¶p. AkÀ skaps¡ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp “”””At¿m… hpWn hm_mt\m? hm_v k^pw F¶v b©m]¯n sI¶t¸mÄ b_ªn^p¶p. N]_n C^n¡v hmt_… FXn sbt® Im]¡v skÅw sk]v–s¡Xn”
AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n ANt¯¡v N]_n. NqsX MmWpw. AkÀ¡v ASymklyw SXn D*v. tW^s¯ k¶ sb®nsW N¼nNp«³.sWäv