Chapter Title : ഗ്രാമ ദൃശ്യങ്ങൾ [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

Ip*pNÄ knXÀ¯n, ASnWnX]n At±i¯nsâ Np® k¨v Fsâ Nm`pNÄ C_p¡n]X¨p. Npt_tW^w At±ifSv AknsX]n«p^¨p. FWn¡v e]¦^ hpOwtSm¶n. Npt_¡jnªt¸mÄ At±i¯nsâ A^s¡«nsâ tkPS NqXn. A¸wNqXn Njnªt¸mÄ At±i¯nWv skÅwk¶p. ASnWnX]n FWn¡pw H¶n`VnNw {bmklyw HmÀPmhfp*m]n. ASn Nps_ Fsâ fpO¯pko\t¸mÄ MmWSv SpX¨pNaªp. bns¶ Fs¶ tVm¯nsNm*p SpX¨p fn«m]n]pw S¶pkn«p''. """"A{S hpOfms\¦n ko*pw tbmNmªsSt´?'' """"AXp¯Unkhw MmWSv Fsâ fsäm^p Nq«pNm^nt]mXv b_ªp, AkaSv AkapsX tI¨nt]mXpw. AkapsX tI¨n Fs¶ tbXn¸n¨p. B\p§Ä AXp¯ Akh^¯n Ak^psX Np® sb®nsâ bq_n Np¯n]n_¡psf¶pw ASv e]¦^ tkUW]p*m¡psf¶pw AkÀ b_ªp. ASpsNm*v Mm³ bn¶oXnknsX k¶nÃ. Mm³ CX]v¡nX]v¡v ASv l^n]mt\ms]¶_n]m³ CknsX k¶p tWm¡m_p*v. CSpks^ f\nhmÀ Hä sb¬Np«nt]]pw A§sW sI]vSn«nÃ. AkÀ¡p tk*sSÃmw At±iw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kn^`psNm*pw Ip*psNm*pw sI]vSpsNmXp¯m`pw H^n¡`pw At±iw Ak^psX bq_n sI¿m_nÃ''. """"bns¶ Wos]´psI]vSp?'' """"At±iw Nm\n¨pS¶ Nm^y§Ä Mm³ SWnt] sI]vSp. WnW¡_n]mftÃm, FWn¡nknsX Wns¶¡qXmsS Nq«pNm^nsöv- MmsWsâ H³bSpk]Êp fpS ASpsI¿p¶p*v. A¶v Wo Sos^ Np«n]m]n^p¶tÃm. ASpsNm*m\v Wnt¶mXv MmWSv b_]mSn^p¶Sv. NjnªkÀgw AkVn¡m`¯nWv-- fp³bm\v Mm³ {bm]fm]Sv. NjnªkÀgw Wok^pt¼mÄ ASv b_]mWn^p¶Sm\v. bt£ Wo k¶nÃtÃm''. """"{bm]fmkpNs]¶m F´m\v?'' """"sb¬Np«nNapsX PÀeml]w bqÀ®kaÀ¨s]¯n]m fmh¯n Wm`pUnkhw PÀeml]¯nÂWn¶pÅ tIm^ bq_n`qsX bp_s¯mjpNpw. At¸mÄ M§Ä K«n¡Xn]n WmbvNn³ k]v¡pw, tIm^ bp_¯ptbmNmsS. Mm³ {bm]fm]t¸mÄ A½ b_ªp, CWn bp^pgsâ hvO`Ww CSnWN¯pko\m PÀefp*mkpsf¶pw ASv knkmitlgw fm{Stf bmXpÅpsk¶pw. bp^pghvO`Ww H^n¡Â tW^n«pw bn¶oXv b`{bmklyw AÃmsS]pw N*n«pÅSpsNm*v FWns¡Ãmw fWÊn`m]n''. Aksasâ ssNbnXn¨pWX¡pN]m\v. AkapsX NX¡®p Fsâ fp³kl¯pv dÀfqZ]n`ms\¶pw Mm³ {l²n¨p. Fsâ fWÊt¸mjpw f\nhm_nsâ N¼n]m]Np® B tb^_n]m¯ sb¬Np«n]psX bqÀ¨p*pNan D^hp¶Spw AkapsX SpX]nXp¡n`qsX sbm§n Smjp¶Spfm]n^p¶p. Fsâ dÀfqZ]v¡p fp¶ns` {UpSI`W§Ä {l²n¨n«mkpw Aksas¶ bnXn¨pWnÀ¯n. GSmWpw Wnfng§ÄsNm*v Fsâ dÀfqZ]psX