സേവകൻ 9 [Mango] 992

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A]mtamXv tImUn¨p, “”””{blvWw kÃSpw Dt*m tI«m?”
“”””F]v–… CSv– Np_¨p tW^w SXkn]m fSn hmt_… sl^n]m]n tNmapw.”
A¿Xm… sNaksâ H^p bp¯n. “”””Bt\m? F¦n bns¶ tI«³ tbm]n dm¡n DÅ sNm` FXp¯p sk]v. Mm³ SXkns¡mXp¡mw.”
At§^psX fpOs¯ Wn^ml H¶p Nmt\*Sv Ss¶]m]n^p¶p. Mm³ tfma½]psX SpX SXkm³ SpX§n. tfma½ A]mÄ tNÄs¡ Ft¶mXv b_ªp. “”””tim B tI«m]n SXkn]t¸mÄ Fs´m^p hpOkm^p¶p. Fsâ bq_p S^n¨p tbm]n. At§^p sI]vSSv tbms` Fsâ sSmX Nl¡n bnXn hmt_…. Cu hm_nWv H¶pf_n]nÔ
fq¸n`m³ fn¡km_pw N¿n`n^n¡p¶ bjs¡m` sNm*v– Fs¶ S`]v¡Xn¨p sNm¶n«v Cksa ANw sbm_w b®n Imkpw.
tfma½]psX `p¦n¡Xn]n bqän sSm«n^p¶ Fsâ kn^`pNsa kjpkjp¸pÅ Ak^psX bqÀ tS³ WW]v¡p¶p*v. CSm\v tfma½]n Mm³ Gäkpw Cãs¸Xp¶ H^p Nm^yw. GSp hf]¯pw b®m³ S¿m_m\kÀ. Nj¸nsâ H^p NXÂ.
At¸mtj¡pw tI«m]n kmj¡p` Hs¡ sN«n fqXn CWn F´m sIt¿t* F¶ emk¯n M§sa tWm¡n.
“”””tI«³ sbm]vt¡m. CWn Ft´`pw b\n Ds*¦n Mm³ knan¸n¡mw”
fWÊnÃm fWtÊmsX B bmkw C_§n WX¶p. tfma½ In^n¨p. “”””ASp tbms«, hms_´m\mtkm C¶v k^m³ sskNn]Sv? b©m]¯n “”b\n’ kÃSpw D*m]n^pt¶m?”
At¸mjm\v hSy¯n Mm³ b_]m³ k¶ Nm^yw HmÀ¯Sv. tf^n]psX ko«n tbm]Spw AknsX WX¶Spw hwhm^n¨Spw FÃmw Mm³ tfma½t]mXv b_ªp. FÃmw tN«v tfma½ Fjpt¶äp. Ft¶mXv b_ªp, “”””tf^n¡p«ns] FWn¡_n]mw. A¸p_s¯ h^a b_ªp tN«n«p*v. tW^n«vN*n«nÃ. Wo F´v Dt±ln¨m AktamXv CknsX k^m³ b_ªSv?”
“”””Ip½m H^p ^hw.”
“”””Wo C{Ss]ms¡ Nm\n¨n«pw, Aksa AknsX sk¨v b®n]n«m\v CknsX k¶v Ft¶mXv b_ªsS¦n FWn¡v tUgyw kt¶sW. bs£ Fsâ Np«³ A§sW sI]vSnÃtÃm” AkÀ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨v Nkna¯v H^p½ S¶p. “”””Wo b_]v WnW¡v F´m\v Dt±lw? Aksa b®m³ tk*n Bt\m k^m³ b_ªSv? hSyw b_s]Xm”
tf^n]psX sbm¡nan Np® tNän]Sv HmÀ¯p tbm]n. b®mSn^n¡m³ bäm¯ H^p I^¡m\v. GSv. bs£ Fsâ fWÊn fsäm^p Nm^yw D*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ ASv tfma½t]mXv Sp_¶p b_ªp.
“”””tI¨o, ASà Nm^yw. Mm³ b_]p¶Sv tI¨n {l²n¨p tNÄ¡\w. Mm³ tI¨nt]mXv C§sWms¡ sI¿p¶Sn FWn¡v H^p Nm^yw HmÀ¡pt¼mÄ h¦Xw D*v. emÀPk³ tI«sâ Nm^yw. hwPSn At§À¡v k]Êm]n. tI¨nt]mXv Cs¸m bpÅn¡m^Wv Nmfw H¶pw Cà SmWpw. bs£ Wfp¡v tf^ns] N¼nNp«³.sWäv