Chapter Title : ഇടയനും ആടുകളും 4 [സേതു]

WÃSv F¶pw tSm¶n. tlmlm½t]]pw sNm*v A¨³ tfX]nt`¡p WX¶p. Nbyms^ Np_¨p hmVW§Ä km§pkm³ Xu\nt`¡]¨n^p¶p. tfX]psX Np¯sW]pÅ bXnNÄ N]_pt¼mÄ A¨³ lmlm½s] fp³bn WX¯n. BWWX]m¯ B I´nNapsX I`Ww BhzUn¨p. A¨³ N®pNÄ Ssâ bn¶n SpaªpN]_p¶Sv tlmlm½]v¡Wpeks¸«p. BsN tf`pfpjpk³ Hs^^nbn^n h©m^w tbms` tSm¶n. fpNan F¯n]t¸mÄ A¨³ Nol]n Wn¶pw H^p `nsÌXp¯p. B tlmlmt½.W½psX bÅnkN H^p sh]n`pWX¯\w. ASn Sp\n¯^§apsX hvfmÄ tlmlm½ NNm^yw sI¿\w. F´m? l^n]m.tlmlm½ b_ªp. km..Npt_ Sp\nNapw CXkN¡m^psX sb®p§Ä S]n¨ Np¸m]§apw Hs¡ CknXp*v. tlmlm½ Ss¶ AsSms¡ H¶p tWm¡n S^w Sn^n¡\w. A¨³ tlmlm½s] tfX]psX tdhvsf³_nt`¡p sNm*ptbm]n. tlmlm½ Np¶pNq«n]n«n^p¶ Sp\nNÄ S^w Sn^n¨p SpX§n. A¨Wpw him]n¨p. GSm*v A^f\n¡q_nWNw b\n bqÀ¯n]m]n. H^p tKmZn tÌm¡nRvhv dm¡nk¶p. Cu IqXn B^m tÌm¡nRvhnXpN? tlmlm½ tImUn¨p. ]m . ASv W CSpsNm*v tks_ {bt]mKW§apfp*tÃm...A¨³ b_ªp. tWm¡q...tlmlm½ ssNNÄ Wo«nt¡. bmkw tlmlm½ AbNXw f\¯_n]msS ^*pssNNapw A¨sâ tWÀ¡p Wo«n A¨³ sbs«¶m ssNNÄ ^*pw hn¡p tÌm¡nRvhv sk¨p dÔn¨p. F¶n«v täm¡nRvhnsâ Aäw tdhvsf³_n³_ KWm`]n sN«n. F´m\nSv? F´pfmkmsft¶m? Fs¶ knsXXm... Asæn Mm³ knan¨pNqkn Wm«pNms^ Nq«pw. tlmlm½ diaw sk¨p. A¨³ AkapsX N^\¯mªm^Xn sNmXp¯p. fn*^psSXo.Wo F´p knIm^n¨p.Wo CknsX¡nX¶p sSmÅ]n«m B^pw tNÄ¡m³ tbmNp¶nÃ. Wo F³_]m..fWÊn`mt]mXo. tlmlm½ A¨sW Sp_n¨p tWm¡n. Fs´Xo..tWm¡n tbXn¸n¡pt¶m..Wns¶ Mm³ Nm\n¨p S^mw. A¨³ tlmlm½]psX »uhjn¨p. {dm Häk`n¡p No_nfmän fpjp¯p fpt¶m«p SÅn Wn¡p¶ fp`Nan A¨³ sfsà SjpNn. F¶n«v sbs«¶p bnXn¨p sM^n¨p. tlmlm½ bnXªp. B skap¯ fp`Nan A¨sâ ssNkn^`pNapsX bmXp sSanªp. ssNNÄ sN«n]n« tlmlm½ knc`fm]n sN«pNan NnX¶p sManbn^nsNm*p. WnW¡p sWm´p AtÃ..At¸mÄ CWn Wns¶ Mm³ F´m sI¿m³ tbm\sS¶_n]mtfm? A¨³ fp^*p. tlmlm½ eoSnt]msX A¨sW tWm¡n. A¨³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tlmlm½]psX bn¶n sI¶p. F¶n«v Ak^psX hm^n]pw AXn¸mkmX]pw A^]v¡pfpNan sS_p¯p N]än sNmjp¯ SpXNapw I´nNapw Ssâ N®pNÄ¡p kn^p¶m¡ns¡m*v sN«n]n«s¸«v Wn¶p NpS_p¶