Chapter Title : അമ്മുക്കുട്ടി

FWn¡v... F´p Nm\n¡m³? A½p¡p«n]psX sWänIpanªp. tIX¯osX sbXp¡p¶ hmVWw... kÃknV¯n`pw Ak³ b_sªm¸n¨p. sI_p¡m Wo SÃp tfXn¡pw AkÀ Fjpt¶äv ssNt]m§n. H¶p Nm\n¨m fm{Sw fSn tIX¯o. MmWnSpks^ N*n«nÃm¯SpsNm*m. Ak³ sN©n. ^ww b´n]mNnsöp tSm¶n]SpsNm*mkmw A½p¡p«n tkwIm]vbnWp bp_¯n_§n. kmXm... sk«nt¯m`v km^ns¡«n k]v¡mw. A`vbtW^¯nWpÅn M^¼pNan`qsX C^t¨mXn WX¶ ^àw sbs«¶v S\p¯Sptbms` K]tUkWp tSm¶n. CIvJmewt¯msX Ak³ Ak^psX bn¶ms` WX¶p. C^pk^pw sk«nf^§Ä Wn¡p¶ ems¯¯n. ^*mÄ D]^¯n bXÀ¶pWn¡p¶ Wq_pN\¡nWv sI_pf^§Ä. FÃmkÀg§an`pw fp_n¨p fmäm_pÅSnWm Vm^maw lnO^§apfm]n H^p kWhfmWfm] A´^o£w. Ak]v¡nX]n Nqä³ Bªn`n, Nlpfmkv SpX§n] kr£§apw... sk«n¡mXnWpÅnt`¡v N]_n¡jnªm sSm«Xp¯pNqXn tbmNp¶kÀ¡ptbm`pw ASnWpÅn Bs^¦n`pw Ds*¶p tSm¶pfm]n^p¶nÃ. NjnªkÀgw fp_n¡m¯ In` sk«nf^§an Wn_s] Nm]vNÄ. Ak]n H«pfp¡m`pw bjp¯p knXÀ¶v ASn fªWn_fpÅ bj§Ä. H^p f©mXn¡p^pknsâ]{S k`n¸fpÅ ^*p c`§Ä koSfm\v Hmt^m Nm]v¡pÅn`pw. Wq_pN\¡nWv b£nNÄ k¶pSn¶m`pw bns¶]pw sk«n¸j§Ädm¡n]m\v. Ak³ Np_¨p bjp¯ Nm]vNÄ C_p¯pkm]n`n«v Wp\ªp. ASnsâ sI_p Np^pNÄ Sp¸n¡aªp. FWn¡pw NqXn b_n¨pSmXm. A½p¡p«n ssN Wo«n. K]tUk³ Np_¨p sk«n¡m]vNÄ b_n¨v AkÀ¡pw sNmXp¯p. bns¶ b_ªp. CSp Sn¶p¼sj¦n`pw Fs¶ H¶p Nm\n¡m³ tSm¶t\. A½p¡p«n fn*n]nÃ. Ak³ DÄem¯p Wn¡p¶ sk«nf^§an N]_n ASv tNmSn¯pX§n. A½p¡p«n kmj¯*pNan Ak km^ns¡«n f^¯nsâ lnO^§Ä¡nX]nt`¡p Ss¶ k¨p. hf]w NX¶ptbm]n. C¯n^n skÅw sNm*pkm tIX¯o. Ak³ b_ªp. AkÀ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbm]n skÅkpw b¨fm§ fp_n¨Spw bÅfpaNpw DÅn]pw D¸pw sNm*pk¶p.

D¸ptIÀ¯ fm§]pw fpaNnsâ]pw DÅn]psX]pw Ng\§apw tIÀ¯pkm]n`n«v Ik¨^¨psNm*v Ak³ skÅw NpXn¨p. A½p¡p«n]pw. Ak^n^pk^pw At¸mÄ AXp¯Xp¯m]n ^*p NÃpNan C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. skÅw NpXn¨tSmsX £o\w fm_n. CWn Np_¨ptW^w C^n¡mw. AtÃ? A½p¡p«n Sn^¡n. Ak³ h½Sn¨p. b\ns]Xp¡m³ tW^¯v A½p¡p«n sbm¡n¡p¯n] `p¦n At¸mjpw Smjv¯n]n^p¶nÃ.