Chapter Title : ഗ്രാമ ദൃശ്യങ്ങൾ [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

Ak^psX I´nNan A]mapsX A^s¡«v BªXn¡pt¼mjpÅ """"¹Nv ¹Nv'' lÐw D]À¶p. bns¶, Ak^psX I´n]nt`¡v AfÀ¯nk¨ A^s¡«pfm]n A]mÄ Ak^psX bp_¯pSaÀ¶pNnX¶p. A`vbwNjnªp A]mÄ WnkÀ¶t¸mÄ Ak^pw WnkÀ¶pWn¶p. bns¶, NpjªpNnX¶ A]mapsX Np®]nÂWn¶pw Ak^m D_ k`n¨q^n. ASnÂWn_s] skap¯psNmjp¯ A]mapsX skÅw Wn_ªpWn¶p. Ak^Sv KWm`]n`qsX bp_t¯s¡_nªp; M§apsX AXp¯pSs¶. A^]n Ip^p«nk¨n^p¶ Ak^psX tVm¯n WnkÀ¯n, ASnsâ AäwsNm*v AkÀ A]mapsXA*nNapw Np®]pw SpX¨pkr¯n]m¡n. SpX]n Smjv¯nk¨n^p¶ A]mapsX K«nsbm¡n, B SaÀ¶ Np® ASnWN¯m¡n. bns¶ sbm¡nk¨n^p¶ A]mapsX tVm¯n Smjv¯n]n«v A]mapsX gÀXv AkÀ l^n]m¡nsNmXp¯p. A]mÄ H^p bp©n^nt]msX Aks^ sN«n¸nXn¨p Ak^psX fp`Nan fpOffÀ¯n H^p WnfngwWn¶p. bns¶ tbm¡änÂWn¶v Nps_ tWm«pNsaXp¯p Ak^psX ssNskÅ]n k¨psNmXp¯p. AsS{Ss]¶ptbm`pw tWm¡msS, AkÀ A`fm^]psX fq`]n k¨p. AkÀ Sp_¶psNmXp¯ kmSn`n`qsX bp_¯n_§n, Ak^psX tSman S«n, A]mÄ tbm]n.

fp¶ns` fm]¡mjvINapw, bn¶ns` Fsâ bp_¯p sM^nªp^hp¶ tfQ]psX fp`Napw tIÀ¶v ko*pw Fsâ dÀfqZ H^n¡Â¡qXn WWªp. F{S ^hN^fm] fqkn]m]m`pw bXwNjnªm Sot]ä_nWv bp_¯p tbmNmWpÅ H^p VrSn]p*tÃm? MmWpw AknX¶v tbmNmWpÅ Sn^¡n`m\v. Aksasâ sIkn]n b_ªp, """"Hmt^m shgWptlgkpw AkÀ BänÂtbm]n Npan¡pw. DXp¯n^p¶ Sp\n]`¡pw. AkÀ kas^ lp²n]pÅ H^p hv{So]m\v. Wo]Âbw sk]näpsI¿p. Ct¸man_§n]m AkÀ Nm\pw''. Mm³ Nm¯n^p¶p. AÂbw Njnªt¸mÄ, kmSn`X¡msS AkÀ Bänt`¡v WX¶p. AkÀ tbm]n¡jnªt¸mÄ AkÄ tImUn¨p, """"WnW¡]mapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv skÅw Nm\t*?' Akam tNm*w ssNWo«ns]Xp¯p. ASv S`Nojm]nbnXn¨p ASnÂWn¶qÀ¶n_§n] sNmjp¯skÅw kn^ÂsNm*v sSm«ptWm¡n. Ct¸mjSnWv skap¸pWn_fnÃ. """"CSk^psX bq_n ko\n^ps¶¦n AkÀ¡v Np«n]p*mkpfm]n^p¶p'' AkÄ In^n¨psNm*Sv Uqs^s]_nªp. NXkn`qsX sbm¶½ Bän`n_§n]t¸mÄ M§sa\oäp. AkÄ b_ªp, """"sbm¶½]psX NpanNm\m³ b`t¸mjpw CknXs¯ b¿·mÀ k^m_p*v. AkÀ W¶m]n tf`ptS¨pNpan¡pt¼mÄ CknXps¯ f^§apsX bp_NnÂWn¶ptWm¡n Cu b¿·mÀ Wm\fnÃmsS bnXn¨p k^p¯pw. WnW¡Sv Nm\t*?'' AkapsX AX¡n] In^n.