Chapter Title : ഗ്രാമ ദൃശ്യങ്ങൾ [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

H^pssNsNm*v sbm¯n¸nXn¨p, ASnWpfpNan`qsX dÀfqZ A^]nt`¡v k`n¨pN]än. AXnkhv{S§anÃmsS AkÄ Woa³bmkmX S`]n`qsX Smjv¯n A^]nÂsN«n. Km¡än«p iq¡pNÄ fp_p¡n. AenfpOfm]n« Nth^Nans`m¶n Akan^p¶p, Fs¶ ftäSn`n^p¯n. ""'A½ k^m³ CWn]pw ^*pf\n¡qs_¦n`pfmkpw. Wfp¡v Nm^yw b_ªn^n¡mw"", AkapsX AX¡n] In^n. MmWksa B^mVWt]msX tWm¡n]n^p¶p. ""Wo]nsSms¡ F§sW bYns¨Xp¯p?"" ""f\nhm_pw sbm¶½t¨¨n]pfms\sâ Pp^p¡Ä. AknsX N*pw, bns¶ Fsâ tNmf¬sh³hpfpbt]mPn¨m\v MmWnsSÃmw bYn¨Sv. N®pw NmSpw Sp_¶n^n¡p¶ H^p sb®nWv IpäpbmXpNanÂWn¶v FÃmw bYn¡mw. Wn§Ä, B\p§Ä¡pÅSptbms` Ai¦m^w CÃmSn^p¶m fSn"". ""bt£ Mm³ Wns¶ sI]vSSv sbm¶½t¨¨ns] A]mÄ sI]vSSptbms` AÃtÃm?' ""FXm f*m, Hmt^m B\pw kySyhvS^m\v. AXp¯ Wm`©pUnkhw Wo FsâNqsX k¶m N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ Npt_t¸s^ Nm\n¨pS^mw. Hmt^m^p¯À¡pw sktÆs_ Sm`vb^y§am\v--. H^mÄ sI¿p¶Sptbms`]à fsäm^mÄ. sbm¶½t¨¨n¡v AsSÃmw W¶m]_n]mw. ASpsNm*m\v BapNÄ Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v k^p¶Sv. l^n¡pw sbm¶½t¨¨n H^p hÀkN`mlm`]m\v. Hmt^m BÄ¡pw tk*Spfm{Sw sNmXp¡p¶p. Nq«¯n Ak^pw BhzUn¡p¶p. WmsafpS Mm³ WnW¡Sv Nm\n¨pS^mw"". ""Wfp¡nWn AknsX tbm*. Wos]Ãmw N*pbYn¨StÃ? Wos]Wn¡v knlUfm]n b_ªpS¶m fSn"". tW^n«pNm\p¶SntW¡mapw FWn¡kapsX km¡pNan`qsX A_n]mWm\nãw. ""tW^n«v Nm\p¶Snsâ {Sn Mm³ b_ªpS¶ms`§sW Nn«pw?"" MmsWm^p NphrSn tImUyw AkapsX tWt^ F_nªp, ""Cu_WpXp¯pk¶ sbm¶½t¨¨ns] tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Wos]´nWm\v Fsâ N®psbm¯n]Sv?"" ""Wo Fsâ]ÃmsS fsäm^psb®nsâ WPvWS Nm\p¶Sv FWn¡nãfÃ"", AkapsX fpOw N_p¯p. ""bns¶´nWm N* B\p§Ä Aks^ sI¿p¶Sv Fs¶ Nm\n¡p¶Sv--?"" ""ASv WnW¡v bYn¡m³ tk*n]tÃ? Wnsâ]nãw F´ms\¶v FWn¡_n]nÃtÃm. hSywb_ªm MmWnsSÃmw N*pbYn¨Sv-- Wo Bklys¸Xp¶sSÃmw S^mWm\v"". MmWksa A_n]msS sN«n¸nXn¨ptbm]n. AkapsX Hmt^m km¡ptNÄ¡pt¼mjpw MmWksa NqXpS NqXpS Cãs¸Xm³ SpX§p¶p. ""Wo b_]p¶sSÃmw fWÊn`m¡n