ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 7 [ smitha ] 741

N¼nNp«³.sWäv D_§pt¼mjpw,””
sgÃn AUvepSt¯msX Aksa tWm¡n.
“”ASv ..ASv A`nkmt\m …hvtWifmt\m ..F´ms\¶v A_n]nà sgÃn FWn¡v. hm_nsW]pw hpfn{S tI¨nt]]pw HmÀ¡m¯ H^p Unkhw tbm`pw D*m]n«nÃ,””
AkapsX lÐw kn_¨p.
“”bs£ ASv ..ASv Wo b_]p¶ S^¯n H^p {b\]fÃ. ASnWpw ..H^pbs£ ASnWpf¸p_¯v ….sF tZm*v tWm…””

fnWn SpXÀ¨]m] ^*p skÅn]mjv¨Nan s{b]À{Pq¸n bs¦Xp¯p. Ah´pãvXns]m¶pw Nm\n¡msS {bmÀ°W tW^§an AkÄ S` NpWn¨v VymWWn^Ss]t¸ms` C^n¡p¶Sv sgÃn N*p. A¡m^\¯m Ak³ H^p Sk\ tbm`pw Aksa tNmtaKn sk¨v Nm\pkm³ {lfn¨nÃ.
fq¶mfs¯ skÅn]mjv¨ {bmÀ°W foän§nsâ hfmbW¯n s{b]À {Pq¸v BWntfäÀ kÀ¡n tKmhcv hmÀ fp¼n`n^n¡p¶ AwP§sa tWm¡n b_ªp.
“”kas^ {bVmWs¸« H^p Nm^yw FÃmks^]pw A_n]n¡mWp*v. Kohhv ]q¯n³s_ H^p BÄ tN^a foäv F_\mNpaw sh]n³_vhv sS^hmhv tNmtaKn WX¯s¸Xp¶p. fq¶v- Unkhs¯ Nym¼v B\v. fnWnfw H^p fp¸Sv tbs^¦n`pw W½psX NqsX Wn¶v- bs¦Xp¡\w. AXp¯ skÅn]mjv¨]m\v foäv– SpX§p¶Sv. Mm]_mjv¨s¯ knlp² NpÀºmWt]msX foäv– AkhmWn¡pw. tbmNp¶kÀ Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ tb^v S^\w. bs¦Xp¡p¶k^psX tb^v knk^§Ä C¶v- Ss¶ sf]n sI¿\w. s^Knhvt{XgWv.””
A_n]n¸nWv tlgw FÃmk^pw bp_¯n_§n.
fnWn hnÌÀ {NnÌnWmt]mXv– hwhm^n¨p Wn¡p¶Sv gmt^m¬ N*p.
Ak³ bSns] Aks^ hfobn¨p.
“”FN-vhyqhv fo hnÌÀ,””
Ak³ hnÌÀ {NnÌoWt]mXv b_ªp.
“”fnWn H^p fnWnäv. H^p Nm^yw b_]m³…””
AkÄ hnÌÀ {NnÌoWs] £fmb\t¯msX tWm¡n] tlgw sgÃn Wn¶ emPt¯¡v Wo§n.
“”F´m?””
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”t{b]nhv U t`mZv. kÀ¡n hm_v b_ªNm^yw Bt`mInt¨m?””
“”F´v Nm^yw?””
“”AÃ…C{Ssbs«¶v fnWn]Sv f_t¶m?””
“”sgÃn HmÀ½]ps*¦n sk_psS f_¶Sm]n BNväv sIt¿* Bklyfpt*m? Nm^yw b_]p,””
“”t{b]nhv U t`mZv. fnWo G_\mNpa¯v tbmNp¶ Nm^yw. sh]n³_v sSt^hmhnÂ…””
AkÄ ko*pw H¶pw fWÊn`mNm¯Sv tbms` AksW tWm¡n.
“”Wfp¡v G_\mNpa¯v tbmNt*? foänWv?””
Hhmf dn³`mU³ {bhnZ³äv d^mNv Hdmfs] tWm¡p¶Sv tbms` fnWn sgÃns] tWm¡n.
“”bnt¶..CknXps¯ Cu b^nbmXn tbm^mªn«mt\m CWn G_\mNpat¯¡v Fjp¶Åp¶Sv? MmsW§pw CÃ!’
sgÃn]v¡v b^n{effm]n. ssUktf, CSpks^ CkÄ¡v H^p fmäkpfntÃ? S³s_ {b]SvWsfÃmw bmjm]nt¸mNptfm? tNmtaKn N¼nNp«³.sWäv