സേവകൻ 9 [Mango] 992

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Bt\m H^p AWpekw?”
tf^n H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.Mm³ tf^n]psX tSma¯p ssN sk¨v Ft¶mXv tIÀ¯p bnXn¨p sW_pN]n H¶p Ipwdn¨p. sWän]n Wn¶pw Ak^psX N®pNant`¡pw Nknan`qsX Ip*nt`¡pw Fsâ Ip*p Wo§n]t¸mÄ tf^n NpS_n fm_m³ tWm¡n. bs£ Mm³ bnXn kn«nÃ. “”””tk* hmt_… Fs¶ knt«t^. hm_nWpw A]mÄ¡pw Bkly¯nWpÅSv B]n F¶v FWn¡_n]mw. CWn]nt¸m F´nWm hmt_ Fs¶ NqXn?”
CSp tN«t¸mÄ FWn¡v tkUW tSm¶n bt£ tf^n]psX ssN Fsâ Np®]n AfÀ¶Sv Fs¶ A¼^¸n¨p. “”””hm_nsâ Cu Np® N*t¸mÄ Ss¶ Mm³ sNmSn¨Sm\v. H^pbmXv B{Pin¡pN]pw sI]vSp. bNv–tg tk*. C¶v BUyfm]m\v Wn½n Fs¶ VnQ^n¨Sv. bp^pg·ms^ Dt¯Kn¸n¡m³ Wn½n fp³bpw s{lfn¨n«p*v. bs£ H^p b^nVn kn«v AkÄ tbm]n«nà C¶v ks^. Cu Nnak³ C§sW Aksa tWXn¡a]pw F¶p Mm³ hzbvW¯n tbm`pw N^pSo`.” Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ Wn½n emÀ¤k³ tI«sâ t^mfw Wn_ª fm_n S` Im]v¨p NnX¡pN]m\v. tfma½ Fjpt¶äv bp_t¯¡v tbm]n. fq{Sw Hjn¡m³ B]n^n¡pw. Mm³ tf^nt]mXv b_ªp. “”””tI¨n tbXn¡*. CknsX WX¶sSms¡ N*ntÃ. MmWpw SaÀ¶p. tfma½]psX NqSn]n H^pbmXv tW^w b®n]ntÃ. Np® tkUWn¡p¶p.” tf^n, Ak^psX N¿n C^p¶ F³s_Np¶ sfsà SXkn S¶p. Ak³ sfsà sfsà knX^m³ SpX§n.
“”””tf^n tI¨n km” Mm³ sbs«¶v Aks^]pw Nq«n fp_n¡v bp_¯n_§n. tW^w bmSn^m Njnªn^n¡p¶p. AXp¡a]n F¯n]t¸mÄ Mm³ Wn¶p. H¶pw fn*msS tf^n]psX fp*v b_ns¨Xp¯p. fp«nWp Smsj F¯p¶ H^p AXn¸mkmX D*v. ASpw Mm³ I^Xv k`n¨q^n. “”””hmt_…””
“”tI¨n H¶pw b_]*. FWn¡v tI¨osX Cu sNmjp¯ tNmSkpw koÀ¯ bq_pw D^p*pWn_ª sW]v sSmX]pw Hs¡ H¶p N*m fSn. km Fsâm¸w” Ak^psX ssN bnXn¨v Mm³ bp_¯n_§n Npan fp_n]n F¯n]t¸mÄ tfma½ AknsX S_]n C^p¶v bq_p NjpNp¶p. bqÀ\ WPvWWm] Ft¶msXm¸w H^p I« fm{Sw V^n¨p Wn¡p¶ tf^ns] AkÀ H¶p tWm¡n. H^p N¸n skÅw FXp¯v AknsX C^p¶p Ss¶ Fsâ Np® thm¸n«v NjpNn. “”””sNmS¯n B]n^p¶tÃm CSp ks^” tfma½ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.F¶n«v tf^ns] tWm¡n b_ªp. “”””Sn^nªp Wns¡Xo Nq¯n¨o”
tf^n kÃmSms]¦n`pw Mm³ tf^ns] bp_w Sn^n¨p NpWn¨p WnÀ¯n. tfma½ skÅkpw thm¸pw FXp¯p tf^n]psX tNmSkpw bq_pw NjpNn. W¶m]n thm¸v tS¨ kn^ tf^n]psX PpU¯n NX¶t¸mÄ AkÄ “”””imAB…iviviv”F¶p knan¨p. Mm³ Fsâ Np® AkapsX km]v¡pÅnt`¡v sk¨p. tfma½]psX kn^ bn¶n N¼nNp«³.sWäv