Chapter Title : ഇടയനും ആടുകളും 1 [സേതു]

A¨sâ AXp¯n^p¶p. CknXs¯ Ø`kpw Smfhkpw F§nsW]p*p tlmlmt½.. Wà Ø`fm\t¨m... þ CknXw F§nsW sS^sªXp¯p? ASt¨m.. M§Ä fh-vNän`m]n^p¶tÃm. tfmapX¸³ f^n¨n«m_pkÀgfm]n. At±iw f^n¨Sn¸ns¶ M§Ä dmw¥q^n`m]n^p¶p... B§a]psX NqsX.. Ct¸mÄ Wm«nt`¡p k^\sf¶p tSm¶n. tfmap timhvf`n`m... AkVn¡p k^pw. CSms\¦n tfmapsX b¸m]psX bj] koXm]n^p¶p. CsSm¶p bpSp¡n CknXmNmw Smfhsf¶p tSm¶n. þ W¶m]n tlmlmt½...Smfhsfms¡ hpOw Ss¶t]m? Wà Ø`fm\t¨m tlmlm½]psX tfmapXJ³_ tb^p fmSyp F¶Ãm]n^pt¶m?...A¨Wm^mªp. AsS]t¨m... fmSypknsW FWn¡p b*_n]mw. bt£ NÃym\w Cu CXkN]n AÃm]n^p¶p.. ASt¨m... A¶p In` dÔp¡Äs¡SnÀ¸p*m]n^p¶p.... B..Nm`sfÃmw fm_n..A¨sWm¶p sWXpkoÀ¸n«p.. tlmlmt½..fmSyp CÃmsS Cu sI_p¸w knXm¯ Wo F§nsW Nm`w Njn¡p¶p?... þ A¨³ tImUyw tN«v tlmlm½ l^n¡pw sM«n. tlmlm½]v¡v Mm³ b_ªSpfWÊn`m]nà F¶pt*m?.. F´pb_]\sf¶p bmkw tlmlm½]vs¡ms^¯pw bnXn]pw Nn«n]nÃ. SnN¨pw ]mTmØnSnNfm] H^p IpäpbmXn`m\p tlmlm½ A¶pks^]pw Kokn¨Sv. KWn¨p kaÀ¶ ko«n f¡ap*mNp¶Sv GtSm ssUk¯n³_ AÂepSsf¶m]n^p¶p tlmlm½ kas^¡m`w V^n¨ptbm¶Sv. NÃym\w NjnªSnWptlgkpw H^p fNap*mNp¶Spks^ fm{Stf C¨m]Wpfm]n dÔs¸«n«pÅp. e¢Wm] C¨m]³ {bmÀTWm {Pq¸pw VymWkpsfms¡]m]n KoknSw þ Njn¨pNq«n. tlmlm½]v¡pw ASns`m¶pw H^bmNS]pw tSm¶n]n«nÃm]n^p¶p. fsäm^p KoknSkpw AkÀ¡_n]nÃm]n^p¶p. hpivUv k`]¯n`pÅk^mNs« bÅn¡m^pw, e¢^pw Hs¡. A¨³ IpjnªpÅ tWm«¯nWpfp³bn tlmlm½ Ipan. Np_p¡³ tNmjns] tWm¡p¶Sptbms` A¨³ tlmlm½s] tWm¡n. koªn³_ `i^n]pw, CafmWn³_ C_¨n]psX hzmUpw B sI_p¸¡m^n]m] knVk]v¡ps*¶v A¨Wp tSm¶n. þ F{S hfp{U {ivU´w ImÀ¯n C{S]pw Wo`nf Wn³ N®nÂ...A¨sWm^p bj] PmWtfmÀ¯p. thmc]ns` B C^n¸n B CXp§n] A^s¡«pw, kXntk_n] bp_kpw A¨³ Aas¶Xp¯p. fp`NÄ k`pSms\¶p N*m`_n]mw. Sq\ptbms`]pÅ SpXNÄ ^*pw AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨m\n^ns¸¦n`pw Ak]psX sNmjp¸v thmc]n b^¶n«p*v. tlmlm½]vs¡m^p Blzmhfm]n. þ sbs«¶p f_n]m½ Im]]pfm]n k¶p. Im]NpXn¡t¨m..tlmlm½ Ns«Xp¯p Wo«n. A¨³ thmc]n Im^n]n^p¶n«v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NXp¸fpÅ B Im] BhzUn¨p. Im]¡¸nWp fpNan¡qXn tlmlm½]psX sI_pSm]n kÀ²n¨pk^p¶ b^n{efw A¨³ N*_nªp. þ B f_n]m½]n§p kt¶..A¨³ knan¨p. þ CSm Cu N¯p sNm*ptbm]n NbymÀ¡p sNmXp¡\w. F¶n«v Nbym^p S^p¶ Fjp¯v W½psX Ak_m¨sW G¸n¨n«p k¶m fSn.