Chapter Title : ഗ്രാമ ദൃശ്യങ്ങൾ [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

sM«n]p\À¶p. H^pbSnª In^nt]msX, Fsâ N¼n]m] Np®]nt`¡v kn^ÂIq*n AkÄ b_ªp, ""W½Ä hwhm^n¨pNjn]p¶Spks^ Wos]s¶ tWm¡nsöv t{bmfnhv sI]vSStÃ?"" Mm³ S`Smjv¯n b_ªp, ""thm_n tfQm"" ""F¶m Wo]SnsW Smjv¯p"" AkapsX N®n NphrSn. FWn¡v tUgyw k¶p. ""FWn¡v Nm\mWsæn bns¶´nWm\v Wo]n§sW Fsâ fpWvbn`n^n¡p¶Sv?"" AkapsX N®n H^m]n^w hq^y·mÀ. ""hSyw, WnW¡ptk*n fm{Sfm\v MmWnknsX C^n¡p¶Sv. Wos]s¶ F´v sI]vSm`pw MmsWm¶pw b_]nÃ. bt£, shN-vhn In` Wn]{´\§Ä AWnkm^yfm\v. WnW¡Sv b_ªpS^m³tk*n fm{Sfm\v Mm³ {lfn¡p¶Sv. H^p sb®nsW ht´mgn¸n¡m³ WnWs¡m^pbmXv Wn]{´\§Ä tk*nk^pw. B\nWv sbm§n] Np® Smjv¯mWpÅ Sn^¡m\v. bt£ sb®nWv Wnsâ H^pbmXv hf]w Bklyfm\v"". FWn¡Sv fWÊn`mkp¶p. AkÄ b_ªp, ""Wnsâ Nm^yw fm{Sftà tN«pÅq. WnWs¡sâ Nm^y§Ä tNÄ¡t*?"" Mm³ AsSs]¶v S`]m«n.

""f\nhm_nsâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ko«nÂWn¶v k¶Unkhw, Wns¶t¸ms` MmWpw b^o£\§Ä SpX§n. At±i¯nsâ kn^t`mXn] CX§ans`Ãmw MmWpw kn^t`mXn¨p. bs£ At±i¯nsâ kn^`pNÄ Fsâ ^ihyemP§an sSmXp¶Sv FWn¡nãs¸«nÃ. WnW¡_n]mtfm, Fsâ ^ihy§saÃmw Wo A_n]p¶Sm\v FWn¡nãw. ASptbms` Fsâ ^ihyemP§ans`Ãmw Wo sSmXp¶Sm\v FWn¡nãw. (fWÊpsNm*v MmWksa B]n^wk«w sN«n¸nXn¨p). A¶p^m{Sn, Mm³ Wns¶ fWÊn VymWn¨p. AÛpSwtbms` Wos]sâ AXps¯¯n. ASpfpS Mm³ hzNm^yfm]n B{Pin¡p¶sSÃmw tW^t¯ A_n]mkp¶Sptbms` Fsâ h¦Â¸¯n Wos]Wn¡v sI]vSpS^pfm]n^p¶p. C¶v l^n¡pw Wo]Sv sI¿pt¼mÄ FWn¡v {em´ptbms` B]n^p¶p. bns¶, bpSn] Nm^y§Ä WnW¡v b_ªpS^mWm]n^p¶p Mm³ sbm¶½t¨¨ns] Ns*¯n]Sv"". MmWksa B^mVWt]msX tWm¡n]n^p¶p.

""CWn Mm³ b_ª h½mWw S^mw"", F\oäv N£¯n`qsX ssNNX¯n Fs¶ sbm¡ns]\o¸n¨psNm*kÄ b_ªp. H^pssNsNm*v Fs¶]kapsX WPvWfm] fm_n tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p. f_pssN bn_Nn`qsX Fsâ A^s¡«ns`¯n, I´nbnXn¨p AkapsX