Chapter Title : കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 19 [Smitha]

H^p {Pmf¯n bm¼pNsa C§sW s{X]n³ sI¿n¨ H^msa¸än Mm³ Znhv¡k_n ImW`n N*n«p*v,"" ""Pp^pKn]psX tWÀ¡p*m]Sv sNm`bmSN {lftfm?"" e]w Wnj`n¨ hz^¯n kntWmUv tftWm³ tImUn¨p. ""F¦n Mm³ F]ÀtbmÀ«nt`¡v tbmNp¶p. hm_n¶v tcm_n³ {Xn¸v-- Njnªv Sn^ns¨¯pN]m\v,"" A]mÄ S³s_ Nm_nWXpt¯¡v WX¶p. `¯ocv ftWmKnsW]pw tXmfnt]]pw sc`nN-vhnsW]pw fmän WnÀ¯n In` WnÀtUl§Ä WÂNn. kntWmUv tftWm³s_ bn¶ms` ssd¡pNan AkÀ NpSn¨p. Bwdp`³hn³s_ kmSn Sp_¡s¸«p. tZmNväÀ bp_t¯¡v k¶p. Ipäpw Wn¶kÀ BNmw£t]msX tZmNvä_n³s_ tWs^ Sn^nªp. ""hmÀ,"" Pm]{Sn tUkn fpt¼m«mªp. ""tbXn¡msWm¶pfnà S¼p^m«n,"" tZmNväÀ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp. ""Unky¡v Wà fWhm¶nVyfpÅSv Pp\w sI]vSp. dpÅäv ^*pw _nfqkv sI]vSp. tdm¬hnsW X¨v sI]vSn^p¶nÃ. ^*v fq¶v- Unkhs¯ sdZv _Ìv--. »Zv H¯n^n tbm]n. ASpsNm*v,"" Pm]{Sn tUknt]msXm¸w `¯ocpw ANt¯¡v N]_n. Unky sdZn NnX¡p¶p. S³s_ AXpt¯¡v k^p¶ Pm]{Sn tUknt]]pw `¯ocnsW]pw N*v-- AkÄ bp©n^n¨p. ""tk*..tk*,"" Unky Fjpt¶Â¡m³ emkn¡p¶Sv N*v-- `¯ocv kn`¡n. ""f½n, hm_nWv Ct¸mÄ F§sW D*v,"" AkÄ Sn^¡n. ""hmÀ ..Hmt¡ B]n...hwhm^n¡p¶p..Wn³s_ Nm^y¯n`m\v..."" `¯ocv AkapsX fpXn]njNÄ St`mXns¡m*v b_ªp. ""tkUW F§sW D*v tfmsa?"" AkapsX kn^`pNan kn^ tNmÀ¯v Pm]{Sn tUkn tImUn¨p. ""H^p D_p¼n³ Nt®maw,' AkÄ In^n¨p. ""Wfp¡v tbmNmw f½n. FWn¡v hm_nsW Nm\\w,"" AkÀ C^pk^pw Aksa tSman`pw ssNNan`pw bnXn¨v WX¡m³ him]n¨psNm*v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bp_t¯¡v k¶p. ""F³s_ tUko,"" bp_¯v iÀgm^kw fpj¡p¶ BapNsa¡*v AkÄ A¼^¶p. ""At¸mÄ Mm³ H^p hwekw Ss¶]m AtÃ?"" AkÄ `¯ocnsW tWm¡n. bp_¯v Nm¯n^p¶ dÔp¡apsX]pw hpir¯p¡apsX]pw Wm«pNm^psX]pw fpO§an Blzmhkpw BËmUkpw Wn_ªp. Aksa hzoN^n¡mWm]n AkÀ fpt¼m«Xp¯p. hpir¯p¡Ä AkÄ¡v k`]w SoÀ¯p. ""`¯ocv UmUm...H^p timbv--s`hv Wyqhv NqXn,"" S³s_ sfmssd tcm\n`qsX hwhm^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ t_mhv--`n³ b_ªp. AkÀ Aksa tWm¡n. ""PmÔn h-vNz]_n ^*v fnWnäv fp¼v H^p sZZvtdmZn tbm`ohv Ns*¯n. H^p hvtW¡v ImÀfÀ ..bm¼m«n]psXSv-- Bs\¶v- tbm`ohv sFsZ³änssc sI]vSn«p*v...F tWmÀ¯v C´y³ H_nKn³,"" B kmÀ¯ tNÄkn¡m^n b^n{em´n b^¯n. ""Bâv_n tbXn¡*,""