സേവകൻ 8 [Mango] 697

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n. AXp¡pw In«]pw H¶pw CÃmsS k`n¨p km^n C«n^n¡p¶ H^p fp_n. H^p N«nÂ, H^p tfl, H^p ¹mÌnNv Nth^, H^p A`fm^. H^p CXp§n] fp_n.
tf^n Nth^ Nm\nIv Ft¶mXv C^n¡m³ b_ªp. b_]mWpÅ NT fWÊn S¿m_m¡pN]m]n^p¶p Mm³.
tf^n Fs¶ tWm¡n N«n`n NnX¶ Sp\nNÄ km^n fp_n]psX H^p kl¯p sN«n]n^p¶ A]]n C«p. Sp\n kn^n¡m³ ssNNÄ sbm¡n]t¸mÄ Ak^psX I« tft`¡p]À¶p. A`vbw fp¶nt`¡v ImXn] k]_n H^p Np® N]äm³ k`n¸w DÅ k`n] sbm¡nÄ ! Fsâ Np«³ AW§n. AkÀ k¶v Fs¶ tWm¡n N«n`n C^p¶p.
Mm³ b_ªp. “”””MmWnknsX AXp¯v kmXN]v¡v H^p ko«n Smfhn¡pkm.”AkÀ S`]m«n “”””ASnsâ sSm«Xp¯pÅ ko«n H^p NpXpwdw D*v. AknXps¯ tI¨n¡v tk*n]m”
“”””F´m {blvWw AkÀ¡v?”
Mm³ b_]m³ fXn AenW]n¨p. “”””b_]v hmt_… F´ms\¦n`pw b_]v”
Mm³ ssN Wo«n tf^n]psX SpXNÄ¡v fpNan C^p¶ Ak^psX ssN¸¯n]n bnXn¨p “”””tI¨o , tI¨n Bt^mXpw b_]nÃtÃm AsÃ?”
“”””CÃ. hm_nWv Fs¶ knlzhn¡mw”AkÀ b_ªp. bs£ Mm³ Ak^psX ssN kn«nÃ. Ak^psX N¿n bnXn¨p sNm*v Mm³ Fsâ ssN Ak^psX SpX¡v fpNan AfÀ¯n sk¨v b_ªp “”””tfma½s]¶m B tI¨osX tb^v. AkÀ¡v… AkÀ¡v Np_¨v Nj¸v NqXpS`m\v tI¨o. Ft¸mjpw b®\w Fs¶m^p knIm^w fm{Stf DÅp.” Mm³ C§sW b¨¡v b_]pw F¶v AkÀ N^pSn]nà F¶v Ak^psX fpOemk¯n Wn¶pw FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Mm³ SpXÀ¶p, “”””Sp\n DXp¯m`pw Bs^s]¦n`pw N*m fWbqÀÆw sfm`]pw sSmX]pw I´n]pw Hs¡ Nm\n¡pw. Ak^psX eÀ¯mkv b_]p¶Sv GtSm dmVNqXn]n«ps*¶m. ASm Mm³ tI¨nt]mXv tImUn¨Sv, {bmÀ°n¨m fm_ptfm F¶v”
fw… “”Cu tfma½ Nm\m³ F§sW]m?”
“”””SXn¨ hv{So]m\v. WÃ D]^w D*v. k`n] Np¼a§m tbm`pÅ sfm`. sNmSkpw sSmX]pw Hs¡ tf^n tI¨osX tbms` Ss¶]m.. sNmjp¯Sv–.”
tf^n C^p¶v Iqan. “”””tI¨n, Hs¶jpt¶sä..” tf^n Fjpt¶äp. Mm³ WngvNa¦fm]n b_ªp “”””H¶p Sn^nªp Wnt¶”
Cãt¡Xv tSm¶n F¦n`pw tf^n Sn^nªp Wn¶p. “”””B.. CSp tbms` Ss¶…CSp tbms` k`n] sW]v fpän] sNmSw Ss¶]m tfma½ tI¨n¡pw.”
tf^n ko*pw C^p¶p. “”””AsSms¡ F´nWm b_]pt¶?”
“”””tI¨n]tà tImUn¨Sv AkÀ Nm\m³ F§sW Ds*¶v? ASp sNm*v– b_ªSm”
“”””Nm\m³ sNmÅmtfm CÃt]m F¶v fm{Sw b_ªm tbms^?”
“”””thm_n tI¨o”
“”””hm^fnÃ. Cu hv{So hm_ntWmXv tfmlfm]n Fs´¦n`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv