Chapter Title : ഇടയനും ആടുകളും 1 [സേതു]

F¶_n]mfm]n^p¶, A¨³ tNm\nfpNan F¯n]t¸mÄ kn^`pNÄ Ak^psX I´nknXknt`¡Â¸w N]än. B Spap¼p¶ ^*p I´nNaptX]pw WXp¡v A¨³_ kn^`pNÄ WpjªpN]_n. tlmlm½ sSm*]ns` skÅw kän]SpNm^\w b\ns¸«n«v A¸w DfnWo^n_¡n. A¨³ Aks^ I´n¡p bnXn¨psNm*v BUyw Nm\p¶ fp_n]nt`¡p W]n¨p. Cu fp_n]mt\m tlmlm½]psX NnX¸pfp_n? A¨Wm^mªp. AsS..FWn¡v..FWn¡v... tlmlm½]v¡v Wãs¸« lÐw Sn^n¨pNn«n. bt£ F´p b_]\w Fs¶ms^¯pw bnXn]pw Nn«n]nÃ. A¨³ SpaªpN]_p¶ kn^`pNamNs«, Ak^psX hm^n]pw, AXnkhv{S§apw B I´n]psX CXp¡nt`¡p SÅn¡]äp¶p*m]n^p¶p. AkÀ bnXªp. tImUn¨psNm*v A¨³ Aks^ B F´m fNta..S` Ipäp¶m... F¶p NnX¡]nt`¡n^p¯n. A¸w NnX¶psNmÅq..B ssNNÄ lÎn]pbt]mPn¨v Aks^ N«n`n NnX¯n...Ak^psX Nm`pNÄ N«n`nsâ klt¯¡v Smjv¶pNnX¶n^p¶p. GSm*m^m`ÊyfmÀ¶ tlmlm½ SaÀ¶v AknsX NnX¶p. sbs«¶v IqXpÅ SpXNan H^p Nmän³ hvbÀlfWpeks¸«p. S`sbm¡n tWm¡n]t¸mÄ A¨sW¡m\mWnÃ! Hs¶jpt¶Â¡msf¶psk¨t¸mÄ AW§m³ Njn]p¶nÃ. A¨³ lÎfm] N^§Ä Ak^psX SpXNanÂ, fp«nW¸w fpNan bnXn¨p]À¯n. B sNmjp¯ Nm`pNÄ A¨³_ C^ptSmapNan`pw NqXn bnt¶m«n«p. A¨³ hf]w bmjm¡msS Ak^psX fp¶n fp«pNp¯n B hm^n]pw bmkX]pw D]À¯n.fpOw B SpXNapsX CX]n bqjv¯n . fpOfp]À¯n SpXNapsX WXp¡v SpXn¨p´nWn¡p¶ B A¸¯n A¨³ fpOfn«p^hn. tW^n] bm³_ohnWpfpNan In` t^mf§Ä Fjp¶pWn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. A¸w WWkpÅ AknsX A¨³ H^p b«n¡p«nt]t¸ms` I¸n¡pXn¨p. tWÀ¯ bm³_ohnWpÅn¡qXn Ak^psX N´v D]À¶pk^p¶Sv A¨³_ Wmk_nªp. B Wm¡v B N´n AfÀ¯n]pjªp. kÀg§am]n bp^pghvbÀltf¡m¯ tlmlm½]psX A^s¡«v SmW_n]msS sbm§nt¸m]n. B SpXNan A¨³ sk«nWn_p¯n] SmXn D^hn]t¸mÄ AkÀ F^nsbm^nsNm*p. A¨³_ Wmknt`¡k^psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bqÀ fWÊ_n]msS I`n¨p. Bt^mPykSn]m] sNmjp¯ B hv{So]psX hiKfm] kmhWNap\À¶t¸mÄ fWÊns` hUmI^tdmVw A¸tW^t¯¡nÃmSm]n. AkÀ ^*p ssN¸¯nNapw sNm*v sdZvgoän fp_psN¸nXn¨p. ko*pw ko*pw WnÀkrSn]Xª AkÀ SaÀ¶p NnX¶p. A¨³ Ak^psX SpXNÄ tSmapNan Wn¶pw Smtj¡n«n«v Fjpt¶äp. kn^`pNÄ Ak^psX bm³_ohn³ C`mÌn¡n NX¯n A¨³ bm³_ohv Smtj¡p k`n¨n_¡n. F¶n«v CSnWpfp³bpw b` hµÀe§an`pw, tlmlm½t]t¸ms`]pÅ sb®p§sa A¼^¸n¨p, AkÀ Sos^ {bSo£n¡m¯ H^p Nm^yw A¨³ sI]vSp.... d`ngvYfm] ssNNÄ sNm*v Ak^psX A^]n bnXn¨v Aks^ D^p«n. F¶n«v Nfjv¯n¡nX¯n.