സേവകൻ 8 [Mango] 699

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sI]vtSm?”
“”””CÃ. tfmlfm]n H¶pw sI]vSnÃ, bt£…””
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“”””H^p Unkhw…. ASv CknsX b_t]* Nm^yw Dt*m?”
“”””D*v. {blvWw A_n]\ftÃm”
“”””ASp tI¨o, Mm³ b_ªtÃm, Mm³ Hä]v¡m Smfhw. H^p Unkhw Mm³ Fâhv fp_n]n N«n`n NnX¶v Np® N¼n]m¡n bnXn¨p k\fXn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.” ssN sNm*v Np® Np`p¡p¶ BwPyw Mm³ Ak^psX fpO¯nWp tWs^ Nm\n¨p sNm*p SpXÀ¶p. Ft´m lÐw tN«v Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ tfma½ Fsâ kmSn¡ Wn¶v– `p¦n sbm¡n bnXn¨v Fsâ Np® tWm¡n Wn¶v bqän kn^`nXp¶p. Mm³ sM«nt¸m]n tI¨o. Mm³ Np® `p¦n sNm*p fqXn.”
“”””F¶n«v?” tf^n A£ft]msX tImUn¨p
“”””As¸m Ak^v b_ªp “”hm_nsâ Np®]v¡v Fs´m^p fpjp¸m hmt_… H¶p tWs^ Nm\n¨p Sm… Mm³ ASp tWm¡n H¶v kn^`n«p hpOn¡«v … sNm` sNm¼³ b_n Ss¶ ASv’ Fs¶ms¡ Fs¶ tWm¡n AkÀ H^p Wm\kpw CÃmsS b_ªp tI¨o. ASpw Fsâ fp¶n Nm`p Nk¨p sk¨v H`n¡p¶ bqän kn^`v tNän C_¡ns¡m*v”
tf^n kÃmSm]n. Ip*nWv fpNan k¶ kn]À¸p SpÅnNÄ ssN sNm*v SpX¨n«v AkÀ tImUn¨p “”””hms_´p sI]vSp?”
“”””F´p sI¿mWm tI¨o. AkÀ AknsX NnX¶p Fs´¦n`pw diaw Hs¡ D*m¡n Bav NqXn]m In`t¸mÄ Mm³ Aks^ Fs´¦n`pw sI]vSp F¶v b_]ntÃ? B tbXn Nm^\w Mm³ AkÀ¡v Fsâ Np® Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯p. As¸m AkÀ Ft¶mXv b_ªp ASp sSm`n¨Xn¨p Nm\n¨p sNmXp¡m³. Mm³ Fjpt¶äv `p¦n Du^n Ak^psX fp¶n Wn¶v Fsâ N¼n Np® sSm`n¨Xn¨p. AkÀ Fsâ Np® tWm¡n Wn¶v bqän kn^ N]än Ca¡n”
tf^n]n Wn¶pw H^p sWXpkoÀ¸p]À¶p.
“”””tI¨n U]kp sI]vSv CsSm¶pw Bt^mXpw b_]^pSv”
“”””CÃ Mm³ Bt^mXpw b_]nÃ. ASnWp tlgw AkÀ tbmt]m?”
“”””ASp bns¶… Mm³ Nps_ tW^w AXn¨n«pw FWn¡v k¶nÃ. As¸m AkÀ Fsâ fp¶n k¶p fp«p Np¯n Wn¶n«v Np® Ak^psX km]n N]äm³ b_ªp. bs£ Mm³ h½Sn¨nÃ. Du¼m³ S^nà F¶v SoÀ¯p b_ªp. At¸m Ak^v b_ªp D* H¶p W¡m³ F¦n`pw h½Sn¡m³. bmkw tSm¶n]Sv sNm*v Mm³ Np® sbm¡n bnXn¨p Nm`N¯n Wn¶p sNmXp¯p. AkÀ S_]n C^p¶v Fsâ D*Nan fm_n fm_n W¡m³ SpX§n tI¨o. W¡p¶Spw tbm^msS AkÀ Fsâ D*NÄ BÀ¯nt]msX km]v¡pÅn B¡n Wm¡v sNm*v Ipän Djn]m³ SpX§n. B hpO¯n Fsâ Np® bm`v Ioän sS_n¨v Ak^psX S`]ns`ms¡ ko\p.”
tf^n H¶naNn C^p¶p. “”””Np_¨p skÅw S^ptkm tI¨o… sSm* N¼nNp«³.sWäv