Chapter Title : ഗ്രാമ ദൃശ്യങ്ങൾ [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

Mm³ sI¿p¶ntÃ?"" Mm³ tImUn¨p. ""ASv Wo FWn¡ptk*nfm{Sw sI¿p¶Sm\v. FWn¡ptk*Sv WnW¡nãs¸« Nm^y§Ä sI]vSpS^nN]m\v. WnW¡nt¸mÄ H¶pw A_n]nÃtÃm. fäpÅks^ N*m`tà Wnsâ]nãw WnW¡v Sn^n¨_n]m³ Njn]q"". MmWksa H^pbmXnãs¸«p. AkapsX N®pNans` BßmÀ¸\w Fs¶ tSm¸n¨p. F\oäv AkapsX fpOw bnXn¨p]À¯n, AkapsX knXÀ¶ fnjnNant`¡ptWm¡n Mm³ b_ªp, ""WnWs¡s´ms¡]mt\m Cãw, AsSÃmw Ftâ]pw Cã§am\v"". AkapsX N®pNÄ Wn_ªp. Fs¶]kÄ ko*pw AkapsX sW©nt`¡v k`n¨n«v ssNNÄsNm*v k^nªpfp_p¡n. Fsâ bp_w St`mXn AkÄ b_ªp, ""Fsâ hzbvW§ant`¡mÄ H^pbmXv H^pbmXv {bn]s¸«kWm\v l^n¡pfpÅ Wo. sbm¶½]psX ko«ns` kntlg§Ä Wmsa¸_]mw"". Nth^]n Im^n¡nX¡p¶ AkapsX fXn]n`n^p¶v, {Shn¨p Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ¡ptf fpOffÀ¯n MmsWm^pbmXptW^w NnX¶p, D\Àkn`pw D_¡¯n`pfm]n.Akapw CX]vs¡t¸mtjm Nps_ f]§ns]¶ptSm¶n. f\n¡q_pNÄ¡ptlgw SmsjWn¶v A½m]n]psX NmanwPvsd tN«m\v M§Ä F\oäSv. sskNpt¶^s¯ Im] NpXn¨pNjnªp AkÄ b_ªp, ""M§an¶v Npt_ WX¶p At½. ASpsNm*v k`n] £o\w. M§Ä tW^t¯ NnX¡pw"". tW^t¯ A¯mjw Njnªp M§Ä fpNant`¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N]_n. AkapsX fp_n¡Xps¯¯n]t¸mÄ Mm³ b_ªp, ""Wfp¡n¶v H^pfn¨p Npan¨mt`m?"" Aksas¶ A^]nÂIpän¸nXn¨p tf`n tIÀ¯pWnÀ¯n b_ªp, ""Wmsa fSn. Cs¶sâ bq_v kn§nWo_p¶p. H^pfn¨p Npan¨m F´mkpsf¶v WnW¡_n]mftÃm? C¶p^m{Sn Wfp¡v ^*ptbÀ¡pw SWns] Npan¡mw"". bns¶ FsâfpOw AkaptXSn tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p AX¡n] hz^¯n AkÄ b_ªp, ""MmWpÅt¸mÄ Fsâ hm¶n²y¯n`ÃmsS Wo Wnsâ Np®]n sSmXm³ bmXnÃ, fWÊn`m]tÃm?"" AkapsX N¸W. ""At¸mÄ ^m{Sn fq{Ssfmjn¡\sf¶v tSm¶n]mt`m?"" Fsâ NphrSn. ""ASnWp fm{Sw sSmt«m"", Mm³ S`]m«n. ASnWp fmäfp*mkm³ bmXnÃ. Aksasâ Ip*n AfÀ¯n D½k¨p, fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n kmSn Im^n. bp`^nks^ Wo*pWn¶ H^p Pm[Wn{U.