സേവകൻ 9 [Mango] 994

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kas¨Xp¯p tI«Wv sNmXp¯m ASp sNm*v H^pbmXv Pp\§Ä D*v.”
tfma½ Fsâ fpOt¯¡v Ss¶ tWm¡n Wn¶p. Mm³ SpXÀ¶p. “”””tI«Wv sb®p§tamXv Cs¸m Sm¸^yw Dt*m Fs¶m¶pw FWn¡_n]nÃ. At§À¡v skÅfXn fm{Sw fSn. bt£ W½psX fp¶n sk¨v tI«³ tks_m^p sb®nsW b®n]m bns¶ Wfp¡v hzmS{´yw B]tÃm. Fsâ NpätdmVkpw fm_n¡n«pw. WX¡ptfm F¶_n]nÃ. tI«³ Cs¸m k^pw. Mm³ tI«tWmXv b_]pw C§sW H^p hv{So k^pw, Ak^v {bmÀ°n¨m NpXpwd N`iw Hs¡ fm_pw Fs¶ms¡. dm¡n k^p¶nX¯p sk¨p Nm\mw”
tfma½]psX hwl]w fsäm¶m]n^p¶p. “”””Akav k¶nsænt`m?”
Mm³ bpÑt¯msX In^n¨n«v B_m³ S¼p^mWns` Z]t`mPv AXn¨p “”””Akav k^pw. Im¯·mÀ Aksa CknsX k^p¯pw”
“”””Biv sl^n]m. Wo Wnsâ Np«n¨m¯sW AkÄ¡v Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯n«tà k¶Sv!… ASp Mm³ f_¶p tbm]n” M§Ä In^n¨p.
tI«³ Np¸ns]ms¡ km§n F¯n. Mm³ Nm^y§Ä Hs¡ b_ªp. As¸m tI«³ Ft¶mXv b_ªp “”””M§av S½n kj¡pw SÃpw bnXn]pw Hs¡ D*m]n^p¶p. bs£ hSyw b_]mftÃm. hm_v Cu ko«n Nm`p Np¯n]SnWp tlgw CknsX Wà ht´mgkpw hfmVmWkpw Hs¡ B\v hmt_. As¸m bns¶ Wfp¡v Cu {NnhvSymWnNsa Hs¡ knan¨v {bmÀ°n¸nt¡* Nm^yw Dt*m?”
“”””tUmgw H¶pw CÃm¯ Nm^yw Asà tI«m. tI«Wm]n«v CWn fpX¡w b_]*. AS§p WX¡s«” tI«³ h½Sn¨p “”””hm_v b_ªm bns¶ FWn¡v A¸o`pt*m? WX¡s«. bs£ Mm³ ^s*®w AXn¡pw. ASp tk*m¶v b_]^pSv.”
“”””^t* ^s*®w” F¶p b_ªn«v Mm³ Fsâ ko«nt`¡v sI¶p.
tcms\Xp¯p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ 6 fnhv NmÄ D*v. tf^n¡p«n Bkt\ F¶v {bmÀ°n¨p sNm*v Sn^nsN knan¨p. tf^n¡p«n Ss¶.
“”””tf^n tI¨o, Mm³ Npan¡pkm]n^p¶p”
“”””Mm³ Nps_ {bmklyw knan¨p hmt_. C¶v Ft¸mjm kt^*Sv?”
“”””7 f\n Njn]pt¼m km tI¨o. Ø`w A_n]mtfm?”
“”””hm_nsâ koX_n]mw. ASnWXp¯pÅ koXtÃ?”
“”””AtS. bns¶ tI¨o, NpXpwd N`iw Hjnkm¡m³ DÅ {bmÀ°W Bs\¶m Mm³ tfma½t]mXv b_ªn^n¡p¶Sv. tI¨n A_nªp sI]vtSm\w”
“”””ASp W¶m]n. Asæn B hv{So h½Sn¡nÃ. Ak^v hm_nWv k`n] l`yw B]Sp sNm*m Mm³ CSnWp k^mw F¶v N^pSn]Sv. FWns¡t´m hm_ntWmXv f_ps¯m¶pw b_]m³ tSm¶o`” sbm`]mXn sNm©m³ DÅ b^nbmXn B\v.
“”””bns¶ tI¨o, Mm³ tI¨n]psX ko«n k¶t¸mÄ WX¶ Nm^yw H¶pw CknsX b_]tÃ. {btSyNn¨pw ftä Nm^yw”
“”””GSp ftä Nm^yw?” AkÀ N¼nNp«³.sWäv