സേവകൻ 4 [Mango] 749

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AXp¡a]n Wn¶v Mm³ ASp tWm¡n. H^p b¨ »uhv B\v V^n¨n^n¡p¶Sv. Sos^ sI_n] H^p »uhv. tfma½ V^n¡pt¼mÄ ASnWv {dm F¶ tb^m\v NqXpS tI^pN Fs¶Wn¡p tSm¶n. tfma½]psX sshZv tbmhm\v FWn¡v Nm\m³ Njn]p¶Sv H^p SdqNv NÃnsâ fpNan C^p¶v fp¶n DÅ hnfâv Sn«]n Sp\n sk¨v Sn^p½p¶p. `p¦n Aà A^s¡«n Ipän]n^n¡p¶Sv– H^p tSmÀ¯m\v. Bk^psX skap¯ SpXNÄ bNpSn]pw bp_¯p Nm\mw. Ct¸mÄ Ak^psX fp¶nt`¡v sI¶m km bnaÀ¶ bq_p Nm\mw Fs¶Wn¡p tSm¶n. Mm³ fp_n]n tbm]n {Zhv fm_n H^p `p¦n FXp¯pXp¯p ko*pw AXp¡a]nt`¡v sI¶p. Mm³ k¶Sv tfma½ A_nªn«nÃ. Mm³ AXp¡a kmSn kjn bp_t¯¡v C_§m³ SpX§pt¼mÄ B\v H^p hv{So lÐw tN«Sv. Sn®]n Bt^m C^n¸p*v. Nm\m³ Njn]p¶nÃ. “”tU tI¨o, At§m«p tWm¡nt]…’ B lÐw tfma½t]mXv b_ªp. tfma½ kmjNq«¯nWv A¸p_¯pÅ Fsâ ko«nt`¡v tWm¡n. AknsX _qcv b\n¡v k¶ ^*p dwPman sI¡·mÀ tfma½]psX C^n¸pw tWm¡n Wn¸m\v. D{P³ SpX]pw fp`]pw Hs¡ Nm\mftÃm. “”cm-! Sms]manNsa… Wn³s_ SÅ]psX bq_p Nm\m³ Wn`vNpkmt\mZm fm]n^pNsa.’ tfma½ bp`]m«v SpX§n. bmkw sI¡·mÀ HmXn ko«n N]_n¡aªp. ko*pw In^n¨p sNm*v hv{So lÐw “”Ak·mÀ¡v fSn]m]n !’
Mm³ sfsà AXp¡a fpät¯¡v C_§n. “”Bim hms_¯nt]m? tfma½ tImUn¨p. Mm³ H¶p In^n¨n«v AknsX C^p¶ hv{Sos] tWm¡n. Fs¶ N*v– AkÀ Fjpt¶än^p¶p. tfma½ b_ªp, “”CSp h^a]m hmt_. W½psX ko«nWp bn_Nn Smfhn¡p¶…’ FWn¡_n]nÃ. F¶n«pw Mm³ “”Hm ASpsl^n’ F¶p b_ªp.
“”Mm³ CknsX Hä¡v C^n¡p¶Sv N*n«v AkÄ sk_psS k¶Sm. M§Ä Ct¸mÄ hm_nsâ Nm^yw b_]pkm]n^p¶p.’ Mm³ Sn®]nt`¡v C^p¶p sNm*p h^as] tWm¡n tImUn¨p “”Fsâ Nm^ytfm?’
“”AsSs¶, CkÄ¡v hm_ntWmXv b©m]¯ns` F´mt*m Nm^yw tImUn¡m³ D*v. Wo tImUnt¡Xn. hmÀ W½psX hz´w Bam’
h^a¡v S¿Â b\n B\v. t£f b²Sn]n b\w AX¡p¶SnsW bän Ft´m tImUn¨p. Mm³ h^as] tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶p. H^p A©Xn D]^tf D*mkq. H¯ SXn. fp*pw »uhpw tkgw. fm_n tSmÀ¯n«v f_¨n«p*v. C^pWn_w. fp`NÄ A{S k`pSÃ. F¶m`pw AhmfmWy Np*n. AkÀ Sn®]n C^p¶t¸mÄ fp*n fqXn] SpXNÄ¡v Wà fpjp¸pw tg¸pw Ds*¶p fWÊn`m]n. 40 Wp fpNan {bm]w Nm\pw.
Mm³ Akt^mXp b_ªp. “”t£f sbWvgWpÅ b\w AX¡m³ Njn]pw. Wn§Ä¡v F{S k]Êm]n?’ WmÂb¯m_p Njnªp. AkÄ b_ªp. ’55 k]ÊnWpÅn {bm]w DÅkÀ¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv