Chapter Title : ഇടയനും ആടുകളും 1 [സേതു]

l^n]t¨m..f_n]m½ tbm]n. S³ ko«ns` tKm`n¡m^ns] St¶msXm^p km¡ptbm`pw tImUn¡msS b_ªpkn«Sp N*t¸mÄ tlmlm½]v¡p^nlw k¶p. F¶m A¨³_ BÚmlÎn]pÅ N®pNant`¡p tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Wmkn_§nt¸m]Sptbms`. tlmlmt½..FWn¡o kosXm¶p Nm\\w. bpSp¡n]t¸mÄ kas^ fmä§Ä k^p¯n¡m\pftÃm.. A¨sWjpt¶äp. tlmlm½ fWÊnÃmfWtÊmsX]ms\¦n`pw thmc]n Wn¶psfjpt¶äv A¨sW bqt´m«¯nt`¡p W]n¨p. A¨³ AknXs¯ sIXnNta]pw bq¡ta]psfms¡ kas^ kmjv¯n. bÅn]n Wn¶pw H«pfmkpw t_mhm¡¼pNapw sNmXp¯]¡msf¶v A¨³ kmPvUmWw sI]vSp. tlmlm½ bSps¡ hmVm^\ PSn]nt`¡p Sn^n¨pk¶p. Wm«ns` A¨·mÀ NpªmXpNapsX FÃm {blvW§Ä¡pw b^nim^fp*m¡p¶k^ms\¶pw, ASnWm A¨³_ tImUy§an AbmNSs]m¶pfnsöpw AkÀ hfmVmWn¨p. tlmlm½]_n]msS A¨³ Ak^psX WX¯w {l²n¨p. hm^nsNm*v f_¨n^p¶psk¦n`pw B fpjp¯ bn³emP¯n³_ SmaWnd²fm] I`W§Ä¡v A¨³ N®pNsa Han]v¡m³ NjnªnÃ. B SpXNÄ hm^n¡pÅn C_pNn A^]p¶ Nm^yw A¨³ fWÊnt`mÀ¯p tWm¡n. B SpXNan t^mfw Nm\ptfm? SpXNÄ¡nX]n F´p IqXm]n^n¡pw? ANw SpXNÄ fnWphfmÀ¶k]m]n^n¡pw, In`t¸mÄ N®mXn tbms`. CkapsX A^s¡«v Hs^«pb¯p {bhkw tb_m³ sN¸pÅSptbms`]p*v. Cksa I«]pw fp*pfpXp¸n¡\w. AtÃ...W½psX {NnhvSymWns¸®p§Ä Cu bpjp¡fpÅ Wm«n C{S]pw khv{Sw F´nWpXp¡p¶p? dp²nb^fm] C¯^w In´Nan `]n¨ A¨³ koXn³_ D½_s¯¯n]S_nªnÃ. At¨m..hzbvWw Nm\pN]ms\m? lmlm½]psX NphvSnt¨mUyw tN«v A¨sWm¶p In^n¨p. F´psI¿mw tfmta... CXkN]ns` Nm^y§tamÀ¯m Ø`Nm`tdmVw fm_pw..A¨³ In^n¨p. sfsà ^*ptb^pw ko«nsâ ANt¯¡p N]_n. fpNan F{S fp_nNap*v? ^*p sdZv _qfpw bns¶ H^p ÌpZn]pft¨m. A¨³ bSps¡ tNm\n¸Xn]nt`¡p Wo§n. tlmlm½]v¡v NqsX Wo§msS WnÀÆmifnÃm]n^p¶p. koSn]pÅ tNm\n]n`qsX ^*ptb^pw H^pfn¨p fpNant`¡p N]_n. ^*p bXn N]_n¡jnªt¸mÄ tlmlm½]v¡v bn¶n H^p frUphvbÀlfWpeks¸«p. A¨³ ssN sfsà tlmlm½]psX bp_¯p sSm«v bSps¡ Smtjm«pWo§n k^p¶Sptbms`. B hvbÀlw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bSps¡ tlmlm½]psX WXpkpw NX¶v I´n]nt`¡p {btkln¨p. tlmlm½]v¡v CSp knlzhn¡m³ NjnªnÃ. CSptbm`pÅ Akh^§Ä tW^nXm¯SnWm F´psI¿\sf¶v AkÀ¡_n]nÃm]n^p¶p. B ssN¸¯n]v¡v Ak^psX hm^n, bmkmX, bm³_ohv.. Cu S`§an`qsX B tW^n] IqXpÅ I´nNapsX D^p*psNmjp¯ fmwhaS AWpekn¨_n]m³ Njnªp. sfsà Sm§p¶ ssNkn^`pNÄ¡p Smsj B WWp¯, SXn¨p, SÅnWn¡p¶ I´nNapsX I`Ww A¨Wp `i^n bNÀ¶p. AWpek¯n Wn¶pw Cu Akh^¯n tlmlm½s]t¸ms`m^p hv{So H¶pw b_]nÃ