Chapter Title : കോബ്രാ ഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 13 [Smitha]

N*p.
b^nh^§sa hq£vffm]n Wn^o£n¨v, kn^ {XnP_n`fÀ¯n, Ak³ AÚmS³ N]_nt¸m] fmÀ¤¯n`qsX Wo§n.
`¯ocv B sN«nXs¯ hfobn¨p.
H^p Wm`pWn` sN«nXfm]n^p¶p ASv.
Ak³ ASnWpÅnt`¡v N]_n.
lzmhwtbm`pw ASn¯«n {bSnVzWn¡p¶Sv tbms` AkWp tSm¶n.
`¯ocv Ipäpw tWm¡n.
A]mÄ FknsXt¸m]n?
sN«nX¯n³s_ s{Pu*v cvt`m_n At§]ä¯v Ak³ {bNmlw N*p.
bSns], Km{PSt]msX Ak³ CXWmjn]n`qsX WX¶p.
dq«pNapsX lÐw tNĸn¡mSn^n¡m³ Ak³ b\ns¸«p.
{bNmlw N*nX¯v F¯n]t¸mÄ `¯ocv Wn¶p.
ASv H^p fp_n]n Wn¶m\v.
en¯n]psX f_kn Wn¶v- Ak³ At§m«p tWm¡n.
Wm`©p{Pq¸pNan`m]n Io«pNan]nt`Às¸«n^n¡p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C^pbtSmaw BapNÄ.
Ak^n b`s^]pw `¯ocv Sn^n¨_nªp.
WP^¯ns` tbs^Xp¯ s_uZnNÄ.
b`t¸mjm]n ln£n¡s¸«n«pÅ NpäkmanNÄ.
bns¶ Ab^nInS^m] fäp In`^pw.
`¯ocn³s_ N®pNÄ Ak^psX fpO§an`qsX A^n¨pWX¶p.
bns¶ Ak³ AknsX Wn¶v- bn´n^nªp.
CXWmjn]n`qsX Sn^nsN WX¶p.
tÌ]ÀtNhn`qsX fpNans`¯n.
ko*pw tNm_ntZm_n`qsX WX¶v- Hmt^m fp_n]pw b^ntlmVn¨p.
b¯pbSnW©pfoäÀ WX¶t¸mÄ H^p fp_n]nÂWn¶v- Bt^m hwhm^n¡p¶Sv tbms`, Ahvbãfm] lÐw Ak³ tN«p.
B^psX lÐfm\v?
Ak³ NmtSmÀ¯p.
Ak³s_ sWän]n IpankpNÄ ko\p.
Ak³ _ntkmÄkÀ hmkVmWfp]À¯n.
bns¶ CXSpN¿ns` tXmÀ¨v sSan¨p.
""t¨-!""
{bNml¯n Urlyfm] ^wPw N*v-- Ak³ N®pNÄ C_p¡n]X¨p.
Wn`¯pkn^n¨ bm]]n bqÀ®WPvW^m] H^p hv{So]pw bp^pgWpw.
^Snkymb^¯n³s_ hpkÀ® fpiqÀ¯¯n Sm³ WX¯n] NX¶pN]ätfmÀ¯v `Ön¨v Ak³ sbs«¶v- tXmÀ¨v Hmcv sI]vSp.
bns¶ VrSn]n AknsXWn¶pw bn´n^nªp.
""GSv ssf^WmXm ASv?""
N`nN]_n] hz^¯n A hv{So]psX lÐw Ak³ tN«p.
""Han¨n^p¶v- N*p hpOn¡msS tW^n«v kmXm, Nmlpw sNm*v!""
H^p ^à^£Ên³s_ bnXn]n Wns¶¶tbms` `¯ocv HmXn]N¶p.
tÌ]ÀtNhv N]_n Ak³ ^*mfs¯ cvt`m_ns`¯n.
ko*pw H^p tW^n] {bNmlw Ak³ fp¼n N*p.
At§m«v-- hmkVmWw WX¶p.
sbs«¶v- S³s_ tSman B^psXt]m N^S`ffÀ¶Sv `¯ocv A_nªp.
sM«t`msX Ak³ Sn^nªptWm¡n.