Chapter Title : കോബ്രാ ഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 16 [Smitha]

A]mÄ bs£ knhvf] tW{SWm]n B bm«n³s_ Bßmkn Wn_ªp Wn¡pN]m\v. Wm`pf\n ks^ AkÄ f`fpNan In`kjn¨p. bns¶ fX¡]m{S]m^wen¨p. f`fpNan Wn¶v- A¸w Smsjs]¯n]t¸mÄ bm_¡q«§Ä Wn_ª H^nXsf¯n. BNmlw fp«nWn¡p¶ bm_Nam\v F§pw. Ns®¯m¯ Uq^t¯maw eofmNm^§am] ln`NapsX hfp{Uw. N_p¯p]À¶ D{P^qbnNam] D_P§sat¸ms` Ak BNmlw tWm¡n Wn¶p. ""sFSniyw C§sW]m\v..."" bm_NÄ¡v hfm´^fm]n Nt_mXn¡tk Unky b_ªp. ""ESpbÀ®]pw lm´ntUkpw Nm«pSo]n Wn¶v- ^£sb«v Ae]w {bmbn¨Sv-- Cu bm_NÄ¡nX]n`pÅ Ppi]n`m\v,'' AkÄ B NT b_ªp. ESpbÀ®]pw lm´ntUkpw {b\t]m·m¯^m]n Nm«ptIm`Nan Wo^mXn]pw Nm«pbj§Ä Sn¶pw Nm«ptS³ NpXn¨pw WX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. sbs«¶v- Nmän^¼n]t¸mÄ N¯n¡^nª C`NÄ bm_n k¶p. f^§Ä N¯p¶Sn³s_]pw frP§Ä sk´v Uin¨Sn³s_]pw f\kpw. BNmw£me^nS^m]n fpt¼m«v-- tWm¡n]t¸mÄ AkÀ N*Sv, Uqs^ Wn¶v- bpÃpNapw C`Napw Sn¶v- S§apsX tWs^ fpt¶_p¶ So WmkpNsa]m\v. ASv Ak^psX sSm«Xps¯¯n. e]t¯msX Sn^ntªmXm³ SpX§n] AkÀ N*Sv FSnÀUnl]n Wn¶pw bmªXp¡p¶ So]m\v. Wm`pkl¯pw So]v! A{NtfmÕpNSt]msX, Aks^ Uin¸n¡pkm³ Ak bmªXp¯psNm*n^p¶p. ESpbÀ®s] tNm^ns]Xp¯vsNm*v lm´ntUkv APvWntUksW hvSpSn¨psNm*v HmXn. So]v Aks^ bn´pXÀ¶p. A¶v- Cu bm^Nsa f_¨psNm*v Wn_s] f^§Ä Wn¶n^p¶p. PpiNÄ¡N¯v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bpÃpNapw sI_phhy§apw kaÀ¶n^p¶p. ESpbÀ®t]]pw sNm*v H^p knV¯n A]mÄ bm_NÄ¡nX]n`pÅ H^p Ppi]ns`¯n. So]v PpimNkmX¯nt`¡v NpSn¡m³ SpX§pt¼mjm\v AUvepSs¸Xp¯p¶ B hwekfp*mNp¶Sv. sbs«¶v- BNml¯v Wn¶v- fm^nsIm^n]m³ SpX§p¶p! kh´¯n³s_ B^wefm]n^p¶n«pNqXn. ANt¯¡v NpSn¡m³ SpX§n] APvWn A\¨psNm*v ASnkÀgw SpX§n. làn]m] fj f\n¡q_pNtamaw Wn¶p sb]vSp. BNml¯v NmÀtfQ§Ä Hjn]msS Wn¶p. Culz^Wv Wµn b_ªv {b\]b^kl^m]n AkÀ bp\À¶v NnX¶p. Gäkpw D]^w NqXn] bm_]psX fp¼n NmÀ F¯nt¨À¶p. BNmls¯ bqÀ®fm]pw f_¨psNm*v A¸ Uqs^ ASv Wn¡pN]m\v. B bm_]psX knlm`fm] fpO¯nWv-- Smsj, WXpemP¯v, H^p Sp^¦¯n³s_ km]v-- tbms` k`n] H^p Ppi Nm\s¸«p. ""ASm\v-- B Ppi, hmÀ,"" Unky b_ªp. ""Wfp¡v ASns`m¶v-- N]_mw,"" ^mip ¥mÊn`qsX PpimfpOt¯¡v tWm¡ns¡m*v-- b_ªp. ""Hms¡, hmÀ,"" B WnÀt±lw B{Pin¨n«v Nm¯n^p¶Sv tbms`, DÕmit¯msX Unky b_ªp. AkÄ NmÀ WnÀ¯n. eofmNm^§am] tNm«Nsat¸ms`