സേവകൻ 8 [Mango] 699

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbms` AÃ, Wà _ºÀ bm`nsâ Wn_w. fpO¯p IpankpNÄ ko\p SpX§n. fp`NÄ A{S k`pSÃ. CXnkpw D*v. bt£ sNmSw! AsSm^p Hs¶m¶^ sNmSw Ss¶ fmtg. B^pw tWm¡nt¸mkpw. D^p*p b^¶ H^p{P³ I´n AS§sW fp*nWpÅn Wn_ªp Wn¡p¶p. WX¡pt¼mÄ k`n]p¶ fp*n Wn¶pw SpXNÄ¡pw Wà k`n¸w Ds*¶v fWÊn`m]n. AWvbSnWv fpNan {bm]w D*mkpw. ht´mgfm]n ! FWn¡v Cu]nsX B]n C§sW]m. {bm]fpÅ sW]v I^¡pNsa N*m As¸m Np®]v¡p d`w sk]v¡pw. tfma½ S¶ AWpek§Ä Nm^\fm]n^n¡pw.
Mm³ Akt^msXm¸w AN¯p N]_n AknsX NnX¶ H^p Sp\n No_n] Nth^]n C^p¶p. AkÀ AknsX Ipf^pw Im^n Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p sNm*v Wn¶p. Mm³ dmPn Wn¶pw NX`mhpNÄ FXp¯p. “”””tSmfm¨³ Wn§apsX eÀ¯mkmt\m?”
“”””AtS hmt_”
“”””BsaknsX?”
“”””CknXnà hmt_. Cs¸m e^\§mW¯m”
“”””{bfm\¯n PwPmV^³ Fs¶m^mam\v Cu Ø`¯nsâ DXf. ASm^m?”
“”””PwPmV^³ Ss¶]m hmt_ tSmfm¨³. M§Ä fmäw sI]vSv {NnhvSymWnNÄ B]Sm”
“”””Hmiv A§Wmt\m? b«]w tSmfm¨sâ tb^n`m sNmXp¡pN. bpÅn kt^*n k^pw. tb^v fmän]Snsâ Phäv NX`mhpw tk\w”
“”””bpÅn¡m^³ knan¨m At¸mtj k^pw hmt_. F¶m kt^*sS¶v b_ªm fSn.”
“”””Wn§apsX t_g³ NmÀZv H¶p Nm\nt¨”
BkÀ ANt¯¡v tbm]t¸mÄ fpjp¯ I¡ sNmS¯nsâ B«w tWm¡n Mm³ C^p¶p. Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ AkÀ H^p N¿n t_g³ NmÀZpw f_p N¿n Im]]pfm]n k¶p.
“”””t_g³ NmÀZn tbs^ms¡ fmän]n«p*v” AkÀ Fsâ H^p kl¯p bn¶n`m]n k¶p Wn¶v NpWnªv NmÀZv Fsâ fpO¯nWp tWs^ bnXn¨p. NpWnªt¸mÄ Ak^psX I«]v¡pÅns` fp`NÄ Sq§n Fsâ tSman S«n. Mm³ tSmav fmämsS, NmÀZv Ak^psX N¿n Wn¶pw tfXn¡msS, Im] NpXn¨p sNm*v NmÀZn tWm¡n C^p¶p. fp`NÄ Fsâ tSman S«p¶Sv H^p kÃm¯ hpOw. NmÀZn tb^p N*p. tf^n. 53 k]Êv.
“”””Wn§amt\m tf^n?”
“”””sl^n¡pÅ tb^v kWKs]¶m hmt_..” AkÀ WnkÀ¶p sNm*v– SpXÀ¶p “”””ssUkknan D*m]t¸mÄ sb´tNmhvSv B]n”
“”””tf^n F´p sI¿p¶p?”
“”””{bm^vTWs¡ms¡ tbmNpw hmt_. ASn Wn¶v Nn«p¶ k^pfmWw sNm*p S«n]pw fp«n]pw Hs¡ tbmNp¶p”
“”””{bmÀ°n¨m k^pfmWw Hs¡ D*mNptkm?” Mm³ In^n¨p sNm*v tImUn¨p.
tf^n]pw In^n¨p, “”””CSv– A§sW AÃ. BÀs¡¦n`pw Fs´¦n`pw AhpOtfm ftäm D*mNpt¼mÄ AkÀ¡v tk*n Ak^psX ko«n tbm]n {bm^vTn¡p¶Sm. As¸m ASnWv H^p SpN Hs¡ N¼nNp«³.sWäv