Chapter Title : ഗ്രാമ ദൃശ്യങ്ങൾ [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

S`]m«n. ""Wos]¶m\v SWnt] sI¿m³ SpX§n]Sv--?"" Aksasâ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n. AktamXv H^n¡`pw FWn¡v NÅw b_]m³ Njn]nÃ. ""NjnªkÀgwfpSÂ. tbm]kÀgw k¶n^ps¶¦n SoÀ¨]m]pw MmWSv Wnt¶mXv b_]pfm]n^p¶p"". H^p Npäkmans]t¸ms` Mm³ b_ªp. ""F§sW?"" M§apsX]nX]ns` ^ihy§Ä AkÄ hin¡nÃ. ""F«mw¢mÊnsâ SpX¡w. hv--NqÄdhv kas^ AbqÀkfmt] k^mSn^n¡q. A¶§sWs]m^p Unkhfm]n^p¶p. sskNpt¶^w ko«nt`¡pÅ Fap¸kjn H^p tI^n]n`qsX]m\v. bSnkptbms` MmWknsX¡qXn tkP¯n WX¶p. Nps_tbm]t¸mÄ kjn]ns`m^p f²yk]h-vN³ Fs¶ SXªp. A]mapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k`wssN hz´w ssbKmf]v¡pÅn`m\v. CXwssNsNm*v A]msat¶mXv Wn¡m³ BwPyw Nm«n. A]mÄ sS^pknsWSnÀklt¯¡v kn^ÂIq*n. AknsX sS^pkpssb¸nsâ tIm«n H^p sb¬Np«n Npan¡p¶p. Np¯n]n^p¶v skÅw S`]ns`mjn¡pt¼mÄ AkapsX bmkmX]v¡nX]n`qsX fpXn kaÀ¶pSpX§n]n«nÃm¯ sNm¨pbq_pNm\mw. sbs«¶]mÄ ssbKmf]psX fp³klw k`n¨pSmjv¯n Np®]pw A*nNapw bp_s¯Xp¯p. A]mapsX Np® S`s]Xp¯ H^p bm¼nsWt¸ms` Wn¶mXp¶p. tbXn¨pkn_¨pWn¶ Ft¶mXknsX Wn¡m³ BwPywNm«n, B sb¬Np«n]psX bq_nt`¡v tWm¡ns¡m*v A]mÄ Np® k`n¨Xn¡m³ SpX§n. AÂbw Njnªt¸mÄ A]mapsX skÅw sS_n¨pko\p. skÅw fpjpk³ sM¡n¡aªtlgw A]maSnsW ssbKmf]v¡pÅn`m¡n, Ft¶mXv sbm]vs¡mÅm³ BwPyw Nm«n. MmWknsXWn¶v HmXnt¸m¶p. A¶p^m{Sn, A¡m^y§saÃmw Bt`mIn¨pNnX¶t¸mÄ FWn¡mUyfm]n D²m^\fp*m]n. MmW]mÄ sI]vSSptbms` sI]vSptWm¡n. BUyw AÂbw tkUWns¨¦n`pw Npt_¡jnªt¸mÄ ^hfm]n tSm¶n. Npt_tW^w Njnªt¸mÄ FWn¡v hvO`WfnÃm¯ HmÀPmhw D*m]n. bns¶ FÃm ^m{SnNan`pw MmWSpsI]vSp. Nps_ fmh§Ä¡ptlgw FWn¡mUys¯ hvO`Wfp*m]n"" lÐw Smjv¯n MmWktamXv b_ªp, ""C¶s` ^m{Sn]n`pw MmWSv sI]vSp"". "" B hf]¯pv Mm³ Wns¶t]mÀ¯p kn^`nXpN]m]n^p¶p"" AkapsX In^n. AktamXv hwhm^n¡p¶SnWnX]ns`t¸mtjm N¼n]m] Fsâ Np® Smjv¶n^p¶p. Ct¸mÄ, Akan¶s` Fs¶t]mÀ¯p kn^`ns«¶p tN«t¸mÄ A_n]msS MmWkapsX fp`Nan`pw knXÀ¶ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n`pw tWm¡nt¸m]n. SaÀ¶pNnX¶ Fsâ Np®