ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 6 [ smitha ] 1225

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sn^]p¶ H^p tb^m\v t_m¡n.
“”Wnt¶mXv Mm³ b_ªn«ntÃ, t{bfw, hvtWiw Hs¡ F³s_ `£y¯nWp SXÊfms\¶v? bns¶ Wos]´nWm CsSms¡CX]v¡v b_]ps¶? C¶mav B t^O kmXvh¸n Ft¶mXv t{bffm\v F¶v- b_ªt¸mÄ ASnsW t{bmÕmin¸n¡m³ F¶m H^p Câvs_s_Ìv B^p¶v- sWW¡v? H^p knV¯n`m Mm³ Aksa b_ªp Nm^y§Ä b_ªp fWÊn`m¡n¨Sv– A¶v,””
lÐfp]À¯n]m\v sgÃn tImUn¨Sv.
“”tfmtW WnW¡v F¶m]m`pw H^p Bsa tkt*? ASpsNm*v…””
Ak³ knlUoN^n¡m³ {lfn¨p.
sgÃn]psX fnjnNÄ ANs` Wn¡p¶ bqkn« tUkUm^p¡sa hvbÀln¨p. ASn³s_ S\`n`qsX Wn_s]uÆW¯n³s_ knhvfnS ewPn]psX hpPÔw b^¯n In^n¨pÃhn¨v– WX¶p Wo§p¶ B¬Np«nNÄNsa]pw sb¬Np«nNsa]pw tWm¡n. bns¶ Ak³s_ N®pNÄ BNml¯v Wn_ªp
“”A§sW H^mtamXv tSm¶n]n«p*v,””
Urly§an Wn¶v- Sn^nsNs]¯n Ak³ AkapsX N®pNan tWm¡n.
AkÄ AW¸fm] ht´mgt¯msX AksW tWm¡n.
“”tWt^m? Bt^mXmXm?””
AkÄ Btklt¯msX tImUn¨p.
Ak³ A`v¸Wnfngw Aksa tWm¡n.
“”Njnª kÀgw Mm³ Wn³s_ cmw siuhn k¶ntÃ? At¶^w t`mNs¯ Gäkpw fp´n] Ft´m B\v Wo FWn¡v k]_p Wn_¨p Njn¡m³ S¶Sv. ASv Njnªv e]¦^ kn`]pÅ hq¸À sskWpw Wo FWn¡v S¶p. Wo]pw NpXn¨p. F¶n«v Wos]s¶ cmfn`n BÂdw Nm\n¡m³ SpX§n. W½av H^p sdÍn tIÀ¶v- Nfnjv¶v NnX¡pkm^p¶p. Njn¨ cpZpw sskWn³s_ hq¸À ko^ykpw bns¶ Wà AÊ fm]fnÃm¯ Nmäpw FÃmw NqXn B]t¸mÄ F³s_ N®pNÄ l^n¡v AXªp. hq¸À H_¡w. Nps_ Njnªv N®pNÄ Sp_¡pt¼mÄ Fs¶ tIÀ¯p sN«n¸nXn¨v Wo]pw Wà D_¡km….””
gmt^m¬ Ak³s_ tWs^ hwl]t¯msX tWm¡n.
“”sgÃn …Wos]´m tfmtW b_ªp k^ps¶…?’
“”Wn¡v,””

sgÃn Aksa ssN¿p]À¯n kn`¡n.
“”Wot]Sm]m`pw Fs¶ sN«n¡mWpÅ t{dm¡À b\n hz]w A§v GsäXpt¯¡pktÃ. CSpw sNmsX tN¡v,””
gmt^m¬ WnlÐ]m]n.
“”Cu tNmtaKns` B¼ntÅ^v sfm¯w N®pNÄ sNm*p sNm¯n¸_n¡p¶ Wn³s_ ASntÃ…””
Nmän gmÄ AN¶p fm_n]t¸mÄ Ak³ AkapsX Wn_fm_n³s_ hfrVn]nt`¡v N®pNÄ Nm\n¨p.
“”sly, Wo CsS¶Sm sgÃn Cu b_]ps¶?’
AkÄ sbs«¶v gmÄ sNm*p fm_nXw f_¨p.
“”i..CX¡v tN_tà sfm¯w tNÄ¡v,””
Ak³ ko*pw ssN¿p]À¯n kn`¡n.
“”l^n ASv CSv Fs¶m¶pw b_]p¶nÃ. Wn³s_ sfm` ^*pw F³s_ It¦Â sM§n sM^nªv– A§sW NnX¶t¸mÄ KoknS¯n BUykm]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv