Chapter Title : ഗ്രാമ ദൃശ്യങ്ങൾ [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

Bhv--t{X`n]]n Øn^Smfhfm\v. B*ns`m^n¡Â Wfp¡v Nq«nfp«m³tk*n fm{Sw Akam koXv hq£n¡p¶p''. Aksâ N®pNans` Sna¡w Fs¶ AUv--epSs¸Xp¯n. """"AÑsâ NpXpwdt¯mXv C{S]pw Aäm¨vsfâv D*mkm³ Ft´ Nm^\w?'' Mm³ tImUn¨p. """"BUys¯ Npt_t]s_¡m`w AknXs¯ IpäpbmXpw A½m]n]psX]pw Wm«pNm^ptX]pw hvtWikpw Hs¡¯s¶]m]n^p¶p Nm^\w. bn¶oXv ASv tfQt]mXpÅ AXp¸w fm{Sfm]n. C¶v MmWknsX F¯pt¼mÄ tfQ AknsX k¶n«p*mNpw. H^mjv¨ Njn]pt¼mÄ M§Ä koXpbq«n ^*nXt¯¡v tbmNpw, AXp¯ kÀgw k^m³tk*n fm{Sw''. Aksâ N®pNÄ Sna§n. Fsâ fWÊns` fWxlmhv{SÚ]psX hwl]emkw N®pNan km]n¨n«mkpw, ^mip b_ªp, """"fm`Sn In´n¡p¶Sv l^n]m\v. \` fr` too ^ios` ln `v`ry fsp`^ts "". AkWSv b_]m³ SpX§n. bSnknWp N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kn^p²fm]n ^*pkÀgs¯ CXtka¡ptlgfm\v, F«mw ¢mhv b^o£ Njnªp Mm³ Wm«ns`¯p¶Sv. Njnª skt¡gWv AÑsâ kntUl ]m{S]pw A½]psX Sn^¡pNapw Nm^\w FWn¡v k^m³ NjnªnÃ. tfQ H^pbmXv kaÀ¶n^n¡p¶p; l^o^¯n fm{Sw. fWÊv Ct¸mjpw bj] Np«n]ptXSv Ss¶. AkÄ ¹hv H¬ b^o£ FjpSn]n^n¡p¶p. Wm«ns`¯n]m Hmt^m Wm«pkjn]n`qsX]pw k]`n_¼pNan`qsX]pw Fsâ ssNbnXn¨pWX¡p¶ B bj] sb®v. knlm`fm] b_¼pNan A§n§m]n D*m]n^p¶ Hmt^m koXpw AknXs¯ BapNapw AkÄ¡v DÅwssN]ns` sWÃn¡]m]n^p¶p. MmsWm^n¡`pw N*n«nÃm¯ AknXs¯ Smfh¡ms^Ãmw AkapsX km¡pNan`qsX Fsâ AXp¸¡m^m]n. Hmt^m kÀgkpw AknXs¯ kntlg§Ä AkÄ FWn¡v Abv--tZäv sI]vSpS^pfm]n^p¶p. f^\§apw knkmi§apw, F´nWv, AknXs¯ sNm¨pbn\¡§Ätbm`pw (AknsX k`n] bn\¡§Ä