സ്നേഹമുള്ള തെമ്മാടി [അനുരാധ മേനോൻ] 261

N¼nNp«³.sWäv km¡pNÄ fpj§n… A¸ptk«³ Ss¶ A§sWm^p sb¬Np«n B]m\tÃm N*Sv Ft¶mÀ¯v AkÄ kn§ns¸m«n…A½ SÃn]SnsW¡mÄ Aksa tWmkn¨Spw B km¡pNÄ B]n^p¶p…B^v Fs´ms¡ b_ªm`pw Ssâ Nan¡q«pNm^³ Ssâ H¸w Ds*t¶mÀ¯t¸mÄ A¨pknsâ fWÊv S\p¯p… ko«n F¯n]Spw dps¡Ãmw FXp¯p sk¨v A¨p N«n`nt`¡v ko\p…Np_¨p Njnªt¸mÄ AkapsX sW_pNn Bt^m St`mXn..tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A½ Wn_ª N®pfm]n A¨pknsW tWm¡p¶p…

“”A½t]mXv £fn¡v tfmta…”” AXp¯ Wnfngw A¨p A½s] sN«n¸n¨p N^ªp…

“”A½]psX tfmav H^n¡`pw Io¯ Bkn`y s«m…”” tUkn A¨pknsâ fqÀ²mkn Ipwdn¨p…

“”Bs^s´ms¡ b_ªm`pw A½ CWn sâ A¨psW hwl]n¡nÃ…””

e£\w Njn¨v A½s] sN«n¸nXn¨p sNm*v A¨p D_§n…bntä¶v D_¡w D\À¶t¸mÄ N* Nmjv¨ N*v A¨p D_s¡ Wn`knan¨p….

A¨pknsâ N^¨n tN«v tUkn HmXn k¶p…

“”F´m A¨q…?”

“”””At½… tU…””

“”Hm ASmt\m… hm^`y s«m…ASv A¨p k`y Np«n B]Sm…”” tUkn A¨pknsW bp\À¶p sNm*v b_ªp…

“”CWn bj] tbms` HmXn¨mXn WX¡msWm¶pw bmXnÃ…Np_¨v HSp¡¯ns`ms¡ WX¡\w…tNt«m Nm´m^n…”” A¨pknsâ fpO¯p Wm\w knXÀ¶p…

H^mjvI Njnªv Gjmw WmÄ A¸¨nfm^pw A½m]nfm^pw FÃmw A¨pknWv ssN Wn_s] h½mW§Ä sNmXp¯p…A¸p Aksa tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p…A¨p fpOw sk«n¨p…A¨pknWv A¶s¯ b^nekw fm_n]n«nÃm]n^p¶p…sbs«¶m\v A¨p {l²n¨Sv… hpVn fm{Sw k¶n«nÃ…A¸¨nt]mXv tImUn¡m³ AkÄ¡v Wm\w B]n… bntä¶v h-vNqan tbm]t¸mÄ hpVn ¢mÊn Ss¶ D*m]n^p¶p…hpVn tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A¨pknWv Ft´m Wm\w k¶p…hpVn A_nªp Nmt\m…

“”A¨q…C¶s` FÃm^pw D*m]n^pt¶m BtQmg¯nWv?” A¨p BsN kÃmSm]n…AkÄ hpVn]psX fpO¯p tWm¡msS tImUn¨p…

“”FÃm^pw D*m]n^p¶p… hpVn F´m k^ms¯? ‘

“”fW¸qÀkw k^m¯Sm…B A¸pknsW N*m FWn¡v tUgyw k^pw…kÃSpsfms¡ b_]pw…A¶p Wns¶ A§sW b_ªt¸mÄ Aksâ N^\w tWm¡n H¶p sbm«n¡m³ tSm¶n]Sm FWn¡v..”

“”””F´m hpVn CSv…A¸ptk«³ W½sa¡mÄ A©p k]Êv fq¯StÃ…A§sWms¡ b_]mtkm..?”

“”””Nãw… Wm\fpt*mXn WnW¡v? k]_p Wn_¨p Nn«n]n«v AkapsX H^p N¸ptk«³…”” At¸mtj¡pw ¢mÊn Xo¨À k¶p… sskNn«v ¢mÊv– kn«p H^pfn¨p tbmkm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv