സേവകൻ 4 [Mango] 750

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÀ h^at]mXv tImUn¨p. hwPSn b´n]à F¶p h^a¡v fWÊn`m]n. “”Mm³ tbmNpkm tI¨o.’ AkÄ Fjpt¶äp.
tfma½ Nm`p Smjv¯n tWs^ Wn¶p. “”FXn tbmNm³ k^s«. FWn¡v Wnsâ H^p him]w tk\w.’
“”F´m tI¨o?’ h^a tImUn¨p
tfma½ AXp¡a]nt`¡v N]_n. NqsX MmWpw. “”tN_n kmXo..’ tfma½ h^as] knan¨p. Akapw ANt¯¡v N]_n. Mm³ sd©n C^p¶p. tfma½]psX b²Sn F´ms\¶v A_n]nÃ.
“”Wo CknsX C^ps¶ h^sa’ AXp¡a]n NnX¶ sI_n] Ìqan h^a C^p¶p. FWn¡v bp_w Sn^nªm\v AkapsX C^n¸v. AkapsX fp¶n sI¶p bp_w Sn^nªp Wn¶ tfma½, “”FXo.. Fsâ NqSn]n kÃm¯ WoäÂ.’ F¶pw b_ªp DXp¯n^p¶ tSmÀ¯p A^ ks^ sbm¡n sk¨p NpWnªp Wn¶p ^*p ssN sNm*pw BWI´nNÄ bnaÀ¯n bnXn¨p “”Wos]m¶p tWm¡nt].. NqSn Spa]n fp_nkv kÃSpw Dt*m F¶v’ h^a Sn^nsªs¶ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Mm³ tfma½]psX kn^nª sW]v–sNmSw tWm¡n Ip*p WW¡p¶Sm\v N*Sv. AkÄ Iqant¸m]n. “”H¶p tWms¡Xn f]ns^.. Mm³ F{S tW^w C§sW Wnsâ fp¶n sNmSw sbman¨p Wn¡\w?’ tfma½ tImUn¨p. “”CknsX fp_nskm¶pw CÃ’ F¶p b_ªp h^a tSmÀ¯p Smjv¯n CXm³ SpX§n. Mm³ CXsb«p. “”fp_nkp*mkpw h^sa. tI¨n sk_psS b_]nÃtÃm’ M§apsX ^*p tb^psX]pw sb^pfmäkpw kÀ¯fmW¯nsâ ^oSn]pw tN« h^a¡v BsN¸msX Øn^dp²n Wãs¸Xp¶Sv tbms` tSm¶n. tfma½ Np*n]pw bnaÀ¶v NpWnªp Ss¶ Wn¸m\v. Mm³ Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p. “”H¶pNqXn AXpt¯¡v tWm¡n]m fp_nkpt*m F¶p Nm\m³ Njn]pw’ F¶p b_ªp Mm³ Ìqan C^p¶ h^a]psX ^*p ssN b¯nNapw sbm¡n tfma½]psX sNmjp¯p^p*p bn¶nt`¡v SÅn Wn¶ I´n NpX§apsX fpNan sk¨p sNmXp¯p. tfma½t]mXv b_ªp, “”tI¨o sNmSw H¶pNqsX bp_Nnt`¡v SÅn h^a tI¨n]psX fpO¯nsâ AXp¯p sk¨p sNmXp¡q. F¦n Asà AkÀ¡v tWs^ Nm\m³ bäq’ tfma½ Ak^psX I¡ sNmSw bn¶nt`¡v Hä SÅÂ. tfma½]psX tNmSkpw bq_pw h^a]psX fpO¯v H¶p S«n. h^a S` fmän. “”H¶p tkPw tWms¡Xo. C§sW NpWnªp Wn¶v FWn¡v WXp Nj¡p¶p.’ Mm³ N_§n tfma½]psX sshZn F¯n. tfma½]psX ssN bnXn¨p. tfma½ ^*p ssNNam`pw Fsâ A^s¡«n Ipän bnXn¨v Fs¶ sshZn WnÀ¯n. “”CknsX fp_nskm¶pw Cà tI¨o’ h^a ko*pw b_ªp. tfma½¡p tUgyw k¶p. “”Cksa sNm*v– bä¯nÃ. f^f*n. hmt_ dp²nfp«mknsæn hm_nsWm¶p tWm¡mtfm?’
Mm³ tfma½]psX ssN knXpkn¨p bp_Nnt`¡v sI¶p. h^at]mXv Fjpt¶Â¡m³ b_ªn«v Mm³ B Ìqan C^p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv