Chapter Title : ഗ്രാമ ദൃശ്യങ്ങൾ [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

S]m_m]n Wn¡]m\v. A½mk³ hz´w dnhnWÊv hwdÔfm] ]m{S]n`m\v; AXp¯ ^*mjvI SfnjvWmXntâ]pw NÀ\mXN¯nsâ]pw knknV Ø`§an`m]n^n¡pw. AkapsX tI«³ WP^¯ns` {blhvSfm] F³KnWo]_nRv tNmtaKns` timÌ`n`pw. A½m]n tkPw M§apsX {bmS kna¼n, ]m{Sb_ªptbm]n. A½m]n]psX bmIN¯ns` ssN¸p\yw Btkmaw BhzUn¨p Mm³ {bmS Njn¨p. A½m]n]psX bqt´m«¯ns` Hmt^m sIXn]pw AksaWn¡v Nm\n¨pS¶p. A½m]n]psX bmIN¯nt`]pw, bYn¸n¸nt`]pwtbms` N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bqt´m«¯n`pw Ak^psX ssNfp{U Nm\mWp*m]n^p¶p. C¶s`^m{Sn AkÄ b_ª ""Nm\m¯ NmjvINÄ' F´mkpsf¶v Bt`mIn¡]m]n^p¶p MmWt¸mÄ. """"AÂbw £fn¡v, Nm\n¨pS^mftÃm. b¯pf\n]mks«'', AkapsX Ip*n AX¡n¸nXn¨ bp©n^n. fq¶pk]ÊnWp fq¸ms\¦n`pw Np«n¡m`w fpS MmWksa tb^pb_ªm\v knan¡m_v. M§apsX AXp¸w N*v bt* A½m]n b_]pfm]n^p¶p, """"AkÄ Wnsâ {bm]sf¦n`pw B]n^ps¶¦n MmWksa WnW¡v sN«n¨pS^pfm]n^p¶p; AkÄ Wnsâ fp_s¸®tÃ''. Np«n¡m`s¯ AkVnNan Akams\s¶ Npan¸n¡p¶Spw DXp¸nXo¡p¶Spw. M§Ä¡pS½n ^ihy§ta CÃm]n^p¶p. Njnª AkVn]n k¶t¸mÄ AkÄ fp«pks^s]¯p¶ A^¸mkmX]m\v DXp¯n^p¶Sv. Ct¸mÄ N\¦mÂks^]pÅ Woa³ bmkmX]pw Woa³ »uhpfm\v AkapsX tkgw. k¶]pXsW MmWkapsX sIkn]n tImUn¨p, """"Wnsâ A^¸mkmXs]Ãmw No_nt¸mt]m?'' AkÄ In^n¨psNm*pb_ªp, """"{bm]fm]n¡jnªm fpjp¸mkmX DXpt¯ bäq''. FWn¡Sv fWÊn`m]nÃ. """"Wos]§Wm {bm]fm]Sv?'' """"fn*mSn^ns]Xm, fäm^pw tNÄ¡*. Mm³ bn¶oXv b_ªpS^mw'', AkÄ N®n_p¡n In^n¨p.

b¯pf\n Njnªp. Aksas¶ knan¨p. """"W½amUyw siZvfmÌ_psX ko«nWXpt¯¡m\v tbmNp¶Sv. AknsX F¯n¡jnªm Wo hwhm^n¡m³ bmXnÃ. Fs´¦n`pw tImUn¡mWps*¦n AknsXWn¶v tbm¶tlgw fSn''. siZvfmÌs_ FWn¡_n]mw. Wm«ns` ssihv--Nqan Wn¶v H^pbmXpkÀgw fp³bv _n«]_m] H^p hmSznN{dmÒ\³. Nps_kÀgw fp³bv At±i¯nsâ em^y f^n¨ptbm]Sm]n tfQ b_ªn^p¶p. At±i¯nsâ ^*pf¡apw Atf^n¡]n`m\v. As¶sâ Wm«ns` H^pkoXnWpw fSn`pNanÃm]n^p¶p. bp^pg·ms^Ãmw b\n]nX§ant`¡v tbm]n¡jnªmÂ, CXkjnNsaÃmw lqWyfmkpw. kÃt¸mjpw Bän Npan¡mtWm A`¡mtWm tbmNp¶ Häs¸« hv{SoNÄ fm{Stf AknsX]p*mkq. b_¼pNan Sn§nWn¶ kmj¡q«kpw, sWs©m¸w kaÀ¶ f^¨oWn]nX§apw CX]v¡pÅ fpawNq«kpw Smjv¶ InÃNapÅ fmkpNapw, Han¨pNan¡pÅ M§apsX Han]nX§am]n^p¶p. M§apsX Øn^w A`¨n`pNanÂ