Chapter Title : ഗ്രാമ ദൃശ്യങ്ങൾ [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

NX¡®p Fsâ fp³kl¯pv dÀfqZ]n`ms\¶pw Mm³ {l²n¨p. Fsâ fWÊt¸mjpw f\nhm_nsâ N¼n]m]Np® B tb^_n]m¯ sb¬Np«n]psX bqÀ¨p*pNan D^hp¶Spw AkapsX SpX]nXp¡n`qsX sbm§n Smjp¶Spfm]n^p¶p. Fsâ dÀfqZ]v¡p fp¶ns` {UpSI`W§Ä {l²n¨n«mkpw Aksas¶ bnXn¨pWnÀ¯n. GSmWpw Wnfng§ÄsNm*v Fsâ dÀfqZ]psX fp³emPw WWªpNpSnÀ¶p. Npt_tW^w Mm³ tfQ]psX tSman S`Im]v¨pWn¶p. AÂbtW^wNjnªp AkapsX sbm«n¨n^n D]À¶p, """"WnW¡v tbm]n, AtÃ?''. Mm³ fpOw Smjv¯n. Aksasâ WWª dÀfqZ]v¡v fpNan`qsX St`mXn. AknXs¯ WWkv sSm«pWm¡nÂk¨p. AkÄ k`SpssNsNm*v Fs¶ Ipän¸nXn¨p, CXSpssN sNm*v dÀfqZ]v¡pfpNan`qsX Fsâ SaÀ¶ Np®s] St`mXn. """"F§sW]m\v tfQm fpSnÀ¶kÀ sI¿p¶Sv?'' """"WnW¡v Nm\t\m?'' Mm³ AtSs]¶v S`]m«n. Aksasâ ssNbnXn¨v {Pmf¯nsâ Aät¯¡v WX¶p. fp³bv M§Ä AVnNw WX¶n«nÃm¯ kjn]m]n^p¶p ASv. Bänsâ Hm^w tIÀ¶v M§Ä Nps_ WX¶p. Aksasâ sIkn]n b_ªp, """"CsSsâ AXp¯Nm`s¯ ^hN^fm] N*pbnXn¯fm\v''.

{PmfmSnÀ¯n]ns` Häs¸« H^p sI_n] koXnWptWs^]m\v Aksas¶ sNm*ptbm]Sv. Ht¶m ^t*m fp_nNapÅ HmXn« H^psNm¨pkoXv. kmj¡q«kpw CÃn¡qX`pfpÅ H^psNm¨p ka¸v. Np_¨pUqs^k¨pSs¶ AkÄ b_ªpS¶p, """"sbm¶½ F¶ptb^pÅ H^p hv{So fm{Sfm\nknsX Smfhn¡p¶Sv. W½psX Wm«ns` Ht^s]m^p tkly]m\kÀ''. """"tkly N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶m`m^m tfQm?'' """"shN-vhv BklyfpÅ B\p§saÃmw AknsX tbmNpw. AkÀ¡p NmlpsNmXp¯m B\p§Ä¡mklyfpÅsSÃmw AkÀsNmXp¡pw. Bs^]pw l`ys¸Xp¯msS Kokn¡p¶ H^pWà hv{So]m\kÀ''. Aks^ fp³bv N* HmÀf FWn¡nÃm]n^p¶p. tfQ¡p Ft¸mjpw, FÃmNm^y¯n`pw bSnkn¡knª N^pS`p*v. A]`s¯ b_¼v fp_n¨pNX¶v