Chapter Title : ഭ്രാതൃസ്നേഹം [Malathy David]

bYn¡]m]n^p¶p. """"tI¨ns]´m Cu tW^¯v?''. """"dÊv-- hf^w. CWn Wmsa ^mkns`t] tbm¡pWX¡q''. """"tI¨n Im] NpXnt¨m?'' """"CÃ''. Ak³ cv`mh-vNpfm]n bp_t¯¡ptbm]n. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^*ptbÀ¡pw Im]]pw kX]pfm]n Ak³ Sn^n¨pk¶p. Im]NpXn¡p¶SnWnX]n Mm³ tImUn¨p, """"Wnsâ bYn¯sf§sW]p*v-- ?'' """"Npj¸fnà tI¨o''. bYn¯¡m^y¯n AkWm^ptX]pw t{b^\ tk*. ko«pNm^y§Ä Ip^p¡n¸_ªp, MmWksW bYn¡m³ kn«p. bYn¨pfXp¡pt¼mÄ km]n¡mWpÅ bphvSN§Ä MmWkWp sNmXp¯]¡pfm]n^p¶p. ASnÂWns¶m^pbphvSNsfXp¯v-- Mm³ km]n¡m³ SpX§n.

H¼Spf\n Njnªt¸mÄ Ak³ b_ªp, """"Mm³ bp_¯ptbm]n Njn¨n«v tI¨ns¡s´Nn`pw km§n k^mw. sskNn]m bns¶m¶pw Nn«nÃ''. Ak³ bp_t¯¡p tbm]t¸mÄ Mm³ Npan¨v, Aksâ H^p `p¦n]pw gÀ«pw V^n¨v Fsâ Sp\nNsaÃmw fX¡n A]]n`n«p. Ak³ sNm*pk¶ I¸m¯n]pw N_n]pw Njn¡p¶SnWnX]n Ak³ N«n`ns` kn^n¸pl^n]m¡n. Bim^w Njnªt¸mÄ Ak³ b_ªp, """"tI¨n CWn NnXt¶maq. FWn¡Â¸wNqXn bYn¡mWp*v. Mm³ tXdnÄ`mwbnt«mamw''. H^p Unkhs¯ A`¨n`nsâ fpjpk³ £o\w FWn¡p*m]n^p¶p. ASpsNm*v NnX¶]pXsW MmWp_§n. hpVogv--: tI¨n]p*m]n^p¶SpsNm*v Mm³ S_]n goäpkn^n¨v NnX¶p. hmVm^\]m]n Mm³ ^m{Sn kas^ sskNn NnX¡pN]pw ^mkns` sskNn F\o¡pN]pfm\v bSnkv. C¶v tI¨nNqsX]pÅSpsNm*pw ASn^mkns` tI¨n¡v tbmtN*SpsNm*pw Mm³ tW^t¯ NnX¶p. H^pbmXv skÅw NpXn¡p¶SpsNm*mkmw, ^m{Sn]n H^p{bmklyw F\oäv-- fq{Ssfmjn¡p¶ lo`sfWn¡p*v. bSnkptbms` D\À¶pss`än«v Mm³ dm¯v _qfnÂtbm]n fq{Ssfmjn¨p. Sn^n¨pk¶p ss`ä\¡p¶SnWpfp³bv Mm³ D_§p¶ tI¨ns] tWm¡n. H^pssN fX¡n S`¡Xn]n`pw ftäss¡ Wo«n bp_¯pwk¨p tI¨n I^nªpNnX¶p_§p¶p. gÀ«nsâ CaNn¡nX¡p¶ H^p d«\nWnX]n`qsX tI¨n]psX AXn]n`s¯ fp` GSm*v bqÀ\fm]pw fpNan`s¯ fp`]psX bNpSn]pw fX¡nk¨ ssN]psX fpNan ImªpNnX¡p¶p. AXn]n`s¯ SpX]psX fp¡m emPkpw skankm¡ns¡m*v `p¦n fm_n¡nX¡p¶p. tI¨n Wà D_¡¯n`m\v. Mm³ sM«nt¸m]n. Fsâ KoknS¯ns` BUyNmjvI]m\v. FWn¡v sbmSptk hpir¯p¡Ä Np_km\v; DÅk^nt`s_]pw bYn¯w fm{Sfm]n WX¡p¶k^pw. ASpsNm*v ^Sns]¡p_n¨pÅ Fsâ A_nkv kas^ b^nfnSfm]n^p¶p. AbqÀÆw In`À¡v BsN¸_]mWpÅSv fp`]n sSm« A_nkpNÄfm{Sw. Fsâ hz]wtemPtkaNÄ