സേവകൻ 8 [Mango] 699

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÀ S^m_p*v. At{S DÅp”
“”””AN¯pÅ sb\vNp«n tfmamt\m?”
“”””FWn¡v f¡anà hmt_. AsSm^p St´w StÅw CÃm¯ sNm¨m. {bm^vTWs¡ms¡ Fsâ NqsX k^pw. Smfhkpw CknsX S¶m. Fs¶ A½¨os¶ knan¡p”
“”””B.. MmWpw HmÀ¯p, tI¨n¡v C{S]pw k`n] tfmapt*m F¶v. tI¨ns] N*m k`n] {bm]w tSm¶p¶nÃtÃm”
sbm`]mXn]psX N®n Wm\w.
Mm³ tImUn¨p, “”””CtSknsX]m Cu b«] eqfn?”
“”””M§apsX b_¼nsâ bp_Nn`m]n B\v hmt_.”
“”””H¶p Nm\\w”
“”””ASnsW´m, hm_v km”
Mm³ Akt^msXm¸w bn¶nt`¡v tbm]n. fj sbmXn]m³ SpX§n]n^p¶p bp_¯v. tf^n H^p NpX FXp¯p k¶p. “”””H^p NpXs] CknXpÅp. hm_v bnXnt¨m.” Mm³ NpX bnXn¨p WX¶p. S`]n fj sNmÅmSn^n¡m³ H^p tSmÀ¯n«v tf^n Fsâ bn¶n`pw. “”””tI¨n fpt¶ WXt¶maq. FWn¡_n]nÃtÃm” Mm³ b_ªt¸mÄ tf^n fp¶n N]_n WX¶p. t`lw tkP¯n`m\v WX¸v. fp*nWpÅn Ak^psX sNmjp¯ Np*n Np`p§n BXp¶p. B B«kpw tWm¡n Mm³ WX¶p. koXnWp bn¶n b_¼nsâ ASnÀ¯n]n H^p ^*Xn D]^¯n f®p sN«n H^p N¿m` D*v. ASnWv A¸p_¯pÅ Ø`w B\v AkÀ¡v b«]w tk*Sv. Mm³ N¿m`¸p_t¯¡v N]_n Wn¶p tWm¡n. “”””CsS{S shâv D*v?”
f_pbXn Nn«m¯Sv sNm*v Mm³ Aks^ Sn^nªp tWm¡n. AkÀ H^p I½t`msX b_ªp “”””Gjv”
“”””AsS§sW]m tI¨o sl^n]mkps¶? 5 shân NqXpS Ds*¦n b«]w H¶pw Nn«¯nÔ Mm³ SpXÀ¶p “”””CSnW¸p_w B^psX eqfn]m? _ohÀtk Fs´Nn`pw k^pt¼mÄ CSv AkÀ¡pÅSms\¶p b_ªp k¶m {blvWfmkpw.”
“”””H^p {blvWkpw Cà hmt_. ASnW¸p_w B^psX]pw eqfn CÃ. f`]psX sI^nkm.” Smsj Wn¶pw N¿m` bp_¯p N]_mWm]n Fsâ tWs^ ssN Wo«n sNm*v AkÀ b_ªp “”””Mm³ Nm\n¨p S^mw. hm_v km” AkÀ¡v N]_pkmWm]n Mm³ ssN sNmXp¯p. CXSp ssN Fsâ N¿n bnXn¨v k`Sp ssN sNm*v fp*v sIm^n¨p sbm¡n AkÀ H^p Nm`v N¿m`¸p_t¯¡v sk¨p. SpX]v¡pw fpNan B\v fp*v– sbm¡n bnXn¨Sv. At¸mÄ Nm\m³ Nn«n] sNmjp¯p SXn¨ D^p* SpX Mm³ sNmSnt]msX tWm¡n. Fsâ tWm«w AkÀ N*nÃ. fpNan N]_n] AkÀ Fs¶ b_¼nsâ Aät¯¡v sNm*v tbm]n. ASnW¸p_w H^p sNm¡ tbms` SmjvI]m\v. Mm³ b_ªp “”””Mm³ tWm¡mw tI¨o. D_s¸m¶pw b_]m³ bänÔ
“”””hm_v knIm^n¨m WX¡pw” AkÀ In^nt]msX b_ªp.
Mm³ NpX Wo«n sNm*p b_ªp. “”””F´nWm WW]ps¶? Cu NpX]nt`¡v N]_nt¡m tI¨o” AkÀ N]_n. tUi¯p S«msS B\v Mm³ WX¶Sv. “”””HsN Wfp¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv