Chapter Title : ഗ്രാമ ദൃശ്യങ്ങൾ [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

thmc]nÂNp¯n AkÄ A^s¡«p]À¯n. bns¶, SpX]nXp¡n sSan]pN]pw f_]pN]pw sI]vSn^p¶ B Np®]psX fNpXwtWm¡n AkapsX A^s¡«v I`n¨psNm*n^p¶p. Np_¨ptW^¯nWptlgw At±i¯nsâ A^s¡«v D]À¶pSpX§n. AkapsX A^s¡«nsâ I`W§Ä¡v knb^oSfm]n ASv I`n¨p. kas^Smfhn]msS At±i¯nWv hvO`Wfp*m]n. NpWnªn^p¶ AkapsX Ip*nt`¡v sS_n¨pko\ skÅw AkÄ WmkpsNm*v W¡n]n_¡n. At±iw thmc]nt`¡v SaÀ¶pko\t¸mÄ AkÄ Nm`pNaNän, At¸mjpw bqÀ\fm]n SaÀ¶n«nÃm¯ Np®]psX NXfpS fpNant`m«v ssNsNm*v AfÀ¯n¸njnªp. AkapsX sNm¨pssN]n`qsX HjpNn]n_§n] AkhmWs¯ SpÅnNÄ CX]v¡nsX AkÄ W¡ns]Xp¯p. bns¶, ASv SaÀ¶v H^p fmwhbnÞfm]n AkapsX ssN]n NnX¶p. bmkmX]psX kl§ans` tbm¡äv N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn_s] fn«m]n km^n]n«v, tVm¯n Ipän, tf`n tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p At±ifksa ]m{S]m¡n. sI¯pNÃnsâ bXnNan_§n CXkjn]nt`m«p N]_p¶Spks^ At±ifksa tWm¡nWn¶p.

f{´fpPv²Wm]nWn¶ Fs¶ tfQ Ipf`n sSm«p\À¯n. MmsWm^p fm]mt`mN¯m]n^p¶p. AkapsX N®pNan AX¡n¸nXn¨ In^n. A¶mUyfm]n Aksasâ fp³kl¯p ssN]fÀ¯n. Fsâ kWyfm] D²m^\¯n AkÄ dÀfqZ¡p fpNan`qsX Ipän¸nXn¨p. """"Wo l^n¡pw BhzUn¨tÃm-'' AkapsX NphrSn¨n^n. """"km, Wfp¡v tbmNmw''. b{Sw fp³bnÂk¨v, Uqt^¡ptWm¡n, GtSm HmÀfNan fpjpNn]n^n¡p¶ fm\nhm_nsW NX¶ptbm]t¸mÄ AkÄ b_ªp, """"H^n¡Â MmWpw f\nhm_nsâ fn«m]n km§m³ tbm]n«p*v'' ''F¶n«v ? Wo]pw C§sWs]ms¡ sI]vtSm?'' """"C{S]pw bmY§Ä Npt_¡jnªmt` bYn¡m³ bäq. Mm³ Hä Unkhw fm{Stf tbm]n«pÅq'' """"bns¶t´ WnÀ¯n]Sv?'' """"Fsâ H^p Nq«pNm^n b_ªn«m\v Mm³ tbm]Sv. f\nhmÀ H^pNp«n¡v BjvI]n H^pUnkhw fm{Stf sNmXp¡q. ASpsNm*v C¶nWn fäm^pw CknsX k^nÃ. MmWkapsX Unkhfm\v tbm]Sv. AkÄ b_ªn«ms\¶v b_ªt¸mÄ At±isfs¶ AN¯psNm*ptbm]n fn«m]n S¶p. AkÄ b_ªtbms` MmWpw K«n]nXmsS]m\v tbm]Sv. At±iw kas^ N^pS`pÅ Bam\v. Bs^]pw A¸wtbm`pw tWmkn¡nÃ. fp³bv sI]vSn«nÃm¯SpsNm*v At±i¯nsâ kn^ Fsâ bq_n N]_n]nÃ. bt£ At±iw Fsâ N´n kn^`p^hn FWn¡v HmÀPmhfp*m¡n. A§sW H^k]kw Fsâ l^o^¯n MmWmUyfm]n A_n]pN]m]n^p¶p. bns¶ Fs¶ fXn]n`n^p¯n, bq_nsâ