Chapter Title : ഗ്രാമ ദൃശ്യങ്ങൾ [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

W¶m]n NjpNn kr¯n]m¡n. tfQ Fsâ tSman sSm«pknan¨p. AkÄ Nps_ fp³bn`pÅ H^pf^w Iq*n¡m«n. ASnsâ bn¶n dÀfqZ fp«pks^ Smjv¯n, Bänt`¡ptWm¡n, N¼n]m]Np® bnXn¨Xn¡p¶ H^pb¿³. NXkns` H^pNÃn H^pNm`p]À¯nk¨p AkÀ SpX]v¡nX]n`pw I´n¸naÀ¸n`pw thm¸ptS¨pbnXn¸n¨p. Sn^nªpskůn`n_§n. Ct¸mÄ B b¿sâ A^s¡«v fp³tbm«pkaªn^n¡p¶p. Aksâ ssN ASn{UpSw I`n¡p¶p; N®pNÄ AXªn^n¡p¶p; A`vbhf]¯nWpÅn Aksâ sNm¨pNp® JÀ±n¨pSaÀ¶pNnX¶p. AkhmWs¯ SpÅn]pw sM¡nbp_¯m¡n Ak³ dÀfqZ D]À¯n. bns¶ CXkjn]n_§n Ak³ tbm]n. """"C¶v C{S]pw fSn. km, Wfp¡ptbmkmw'', Aksasâ ssNbnXn¨p.

ko«ns`¯n]t¸mÄ H^pf\n Njnªn^p¶p. Aksas¶ ssZWnRv tXdnan bnXn¨n^p¯n. A½m]n S]m_m¡n]n^p¶ Bim^w AkÄ ^*p bvtaäpNan`m]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kna¼n. Bim^w Njn¡p¶SnWnX]n M§sam¶pw fn*n]nÃ. Bim^w Njn¨p Mm³ fpNans` Fsâ fp_n]nt`¡ptbm]n. hSywb_ªm tW^t¯ Mm³ hm£ywkin¨ NmjvINÄ Fs¶ H^p hz]wtemP¯nWv WnÀdÔn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. MmWN¯pNX¶p NSNv Npän]n«p. bm{S§Ä NjpNnk]vt¡*p¶ hf]w fm{Stf AksaXp¯pÅp. AkÄ tWt^ Fsâfp_n]nt`¡m\v k¶Sv. bSnkm]n ASv Npän]nXm_nÃ. SÅntWm¡n]tlgw AkÄ NSNn¯«n. """"MmsWm¶v D_§m³ SpX§pN]m]n^p¶p'' Mm³ b_ªp. """"D_§msW´nWm Npän]nXp¶Sv?'' AkapsXfp³bn FWn¡v NÅw bänÃ. """"B Bä^nNns` b¿³ Wns¶ k«m¡nt]m?'' Aka§sW]m\v. Nŧtam f_Ntam AkÄ¡nÃ. F¦n`pw MmsWmä¡v sI¿m³ tbmkpN]ms\¶v AkÄ N*pbnXn¨t¸mÄ FWns¡m^p I½Â. Mm³ S`NpWn¨p. Bä^nNn M§Ä WnÀ¯n]nX¯pWn¶pSs¶ SpX§m³ Mm³ So^pfmWn¨p. AkapsXfp³bn FWn¡v f_NapsX BklyfnÃ. """"CsSÃmw Nm\pt¼mÄ WnWs¡m¶pw tSm¶m_ntà tfQm?'' """"Mm³ b_ªntÃ, Fsâ H¼Smwk]ÊnÂ, f\nhm_nsâ AXp¯pWn¶v k¶t¸mÄ fpS SpX§n]Sm\v CsSÃmw. WnW¡¶p B_pk]ÊtÃ]pÅp! A¶v WnW¡nsSÃmw F§sW fWÊn`mkmWm\v-- ! Wo k`pSmkm³ tWm¡n]n^n¡]m]n^p¶p Mm³. SWns] sI¿pt¼mÄ bpSn] A_nkpNÄ¡v tk*n]m\v