സേവകൻ 4 [Mango] 749

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AX¡m³ bäpw’ Mm³ b_ªp. F¶n«p tfma½s] tWm¡n tImUn¨p “”CknsX Bs^]m tI¨n SÅ¡p knan¨Sv?’
tfma½ In^n¨p. “”hm_nsâ ko«n b\n¡p k¶k·mÀ Mm³ CknsX C^p¶t¸mÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n Sn¶p¶p!.. sS_n b_]t* bns¶?’
Fsâ fWÊn fsäm^p In´ B]n^p¶p. h^a f^ymU¡v fqXn bpS¨p Sp\n Hs¡ DXp¯n«ps*¦n`pw, AkapsX fpOw knan¨p b_]p¶p H^p Nj¸n Bs\¶v. fmWyS]psX fpOwfqXn Bt\m F¶v H¶_n]m³ Mm³ So^pfmWn¨p.
Mm³ tfma½s] tWm¡n b_ªp “”ASp bns¶ tI¨n]psX Cu C^n¸v N*m B^m]m`pw tWm¡n tbmNpw’ tfma½ S` I^n¨p Fs¶ H¶v tWm¡n. Mm³ N®n_p¡n Nm\n¨p h^a Nm\msS. tfma½¡p Nm^yw bnXnNn«n. “”Hm bns¶ .. H¶p tbm hmt_. k]Êm] Fs¶ tWm¡n]n«v F´p sI¿mWm.. AsÃXo h^sa?’ h^a H¶pw fn*msS C^p¶p. “”hm_nWv A_n]tkm? Ckav Npan¡m³ tW^w CkapsX N¿m`bp_¯p CknXpÅ hN` tNm\]·m^pw bm¯p Wn¡pw. CkapsX Npan Nm\m³. Npanfp_n Ds*¦n`pw Nn\än³ N^]n bn_¶ bXn Wn¶v Npan¨ms` CkÄ¡v SrbvSn Bkq’ h^a CSp Sos^ {bSo£n¨nÃ. AbfmWw sNm*v AkapsX S` NpWnªp tbm]n. “”F´m tI¨o CSv? hm_nknsX C^n¡pt¼mÄ… Ip½mSm hmt_’ h^a Ft¶mXv b_ªp. Mm³ In^n¨p. “”Hm ASnWnt¸m F´m. Sp\n CÃmsS sk]n`¯p Wn¶v Npan¡p¶Sv H^p hpOfm’
tfma½ ssN NjpNn DXp¯n^p¶ tSmÀ¯n I´n Nq«n bnXn¨v SpX¨p sNm*v MmWn^p¶ Sn®¡p tWs^ WX¶p k¶p. “”hm_ntWmXv Mm³ H^p ^ihyw b_]mw’ F¶v b_ªpsNm*v AkÀ k`Sp Nm sbm¡n Sn®]n Fsâ hfobw NmÂbmUw sk¨v NpWnªp “”H^n¡Â H^p¯³ N¿m` ImXn Cksa N]_n bnXn¨p!’ CSp b_]m³ H^p Nm`p Sn®]n N]än sk¨p tfma½ NpWnªp Wn¶t¸mÄ AkÀ DXp¯n^p¶ tSmÀ¯nsâ bmanNÄ knXÀ¶p. tfma½]psX sNmjp¯ I¡ bq_v Fsâ fpO¯nWp tWs^ fp¶n bnaÀ¶n^n¡p¶p. h^a¡pw ASp Nm\mw F¶_n]msf¦n`pw Mm³ tfma½]psX bqän Wn¶pw Ns®Xp¯nÃ. k`n] bq_nSapNapw I¡^ N´pw bp_t¯¡v S` Wo«n Wn¸p*v. Mm³ ASp tWm¡n C^p¶v fqan. h^a Nm\vsN Mm³ ssN sNm*v `p¦n ¡p fpNan NqXn Fsâ N¼n Np® H¶pjnªp kn«p. F¶n«p h^as] tWm¡n tImUn¨p “”Bt\m? A§sW D*mt]m?’ AkÄ H¶pw fn*msS NpWnªn^p¶p. A§sW kn«m bänÃtÃm. Mm³ ko*pw tfma½]psX bq_nt`¡v tWm¡n tImUn¨p, “”tI¨n¡v Cu bqt_m¶p kXn¨p sk¨p NqsX? A¸Xn t^mfw B\tÃm.’ tfma½ Fs¶ tWm¡n “”sNmÅmw’ F¶v BwPyw Nm\n¨n«v b_ªp “”Hm kXn¨p sk¨m bns¶ e]¦^ NXn]m hmt_. Mm³ sk«ms_ DÅp. Wos]mXn?’ N¼nNp«³.sWäv