Chapter Title : ഗ്രാമ ദൃശ്യങ്ങൾ [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

fp³emPw WWªpNpSnÀ¶p. Npt_tW^w Mm³ tfQ]psX tSman S`Im]v¨pWn¶p. AÂbtW^wNjnªp AkapsX sbm«n¨n^n D]À¶p, """"WnW¡v tbm]n, AtÃ?''. Mm³ fpOw Smjv¯n. Aksasâ WWª dÀfqZ]v¡v fpNan`qsX St`mXn. AknXs¯ WWkv sSm«pWm¡nÂk¨p. AkÄ k`SpssNsNm*v Fs¶ Ipän¸nXn¨p, CXSpssN sNm*v dÀfqZ]v¡pfpNan`qsX Fsâ SaÀ¶ Np®s] St`mXn. """"F§sW]m\v tfQm fpSnÀ¶kÀ sI¿p¶Sv?'' """"WnW¡v Nm\t\m?'' Mm³ AtSs]¶v S`]m«n. Aksasâ ssNbnXn¨v {Pmf¯nsâ Aät¯¡v WX¶p. fp³bv M§Ä AVnNw WX¶n«nÃm¯ kjn]m]n^p¶p ASv. Bänsâ Hm^w tIÀ¶v M§Ä Nps_ WX¶p. Aksasâ sIkn]n b_ªp, """"CsSsâ AXp¯Nm`s¯ ^hN^fm] N*pbnXn¯fm\v''.

{PmfmSnÀ¯n]ns` Häs¸« H^p sI_n] koXnWptWs^]m\v Aksas¶ sNm*ptbm]Sv. Ht¶m ^t*m fp_nNapÅ HmXn« H^psNm¨pkoXv. kmj¡q«kpw CÃn¡qX`pfpÅ H^psNm¨p ka¸v. Np_¨pUqs^k¨pSs¶ AkÄ b_ªpS¶p, """"sbm¶½ F¶ptb^pÅ H^p hv{So fm{Sfm\nknsX Smfhn¡p¶Sv. W½psX Wm«ns` Ht^s]m^p tkly]m\kÀ''. """"tkly N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶m`m^m tfQm?'' """"shN-vhv BklyfpÅ B\p§saÃmw AknsX tbmNpw. AkÀ¡p NmlpsNmXp¯m B\p§Ä¡mklyfpÅsSÃmw AkÀsNmXp¡pw. Bs^]pw l`ys¸Xp¯msS Kokn¡p¶ H^pWà hv{So]m\kÀ''. Aks^ fp³bv N* HmÀf FWn¡nÃm]n^p¶p. tfQ¡p Ft¸mjpw, FÃmNm^y¯n`pw bSnkn¡knª N^pS`p*v. A]`s¯ b_¼v fp_n¨pNX¶v AkÄ IpäpbmXpw tWm¡n. kmSn Sp_¶pNnX¸ps*¦n`pw Bs^]pw AknsX Nm\mWp*m]n^p¶nÃ. H^nÃn¡mXnsâ]pw kmj¡q«¯nsâ]pw CX]n Fs¶ WnÀ¯n AkÄ ko«nWXpt¯¡v WX¶p. AXp¡as]mjnsN H^pÄfp_n fm{Stf B koXnWpÅp. B DÄfp_n]psX Im^n]n^p¶ KWm` AkÄ bmSnSp_¶n«p. Ct¸mÄ Mm³ Wn¡p¶nX¯pWn¶v ASnWNw fpjpk³ Nm\mw. AkÄ sbs«¶v Fsâ]Xps¯¯n. """"AkÀ Npan¨pNjnªp. B Bä^nNnt`¡v tWm¡nt¡m. Ak^nt¸mÄ k^pw. Bs^¦n`pw k^mWpÅt¸mjm\v AkÀ CX]n Npan¡m³ tbmkpN''. M§Ä H^pkmj]psX D\§n] kmjss¡NapsX DXp¯psN«nWnX]n Han¨p. AÂbwNjnªp WW¨ Sp\nNÄ sW©n`fÀ¯n, Cu_³fp*pIpän] hpµ^n]m] B hv{So HSp¡pNÄ N]_n ko«ns`¯n. ssN]ns` Cu_³Sp\nNÄ fpäs¯ A]]n kn^n¨p Ak^Nt¯¡v N]_n. Ipän]n^p¶ Cu_³fp*nWXn]n`qsX Ak^psX l^o^emP§Ä fn¡km_pw W¶m]n Nm\mfm]n^p¶p.