Chapter Title : കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 20 [Smitha]

{Phn¨p Njnªn^n¡ps¶¶v Unky]v¡v tSm¶n. ""Hs¶Wn¡v SoÀ¨]m]n fnÌÀ tftWm³,"" ^mip SpXÀ¶p. ""Unky]psX A¨³ S¼p^m³_v NpXpwdmwP§sa fm{Sfà AkÀ `£yfnXp¶Sv. f_ªn^n¡p¶ B l{Sp B^m]m`pw Wn§apsX tbÀ NqXn A]mapsX `nÌn`p*v,"" kntWmUn³s_ fpO¯v kn]À¸v Im`pNÄ Wn_ªp. ""bs£ hzmfnKo...Mm³..-"" kntWmUv kn¡nkn¡n¸_ªp. ""Mm³ UntkysX ZmZosX sk_pw H^p F¼vt`m]o...Fs¶ F´nWv...?"" ^mip kntWmUn³s_ N®pNant`¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡n. ""sk_pw H^p F¼vt`m]n fm{Sfmt\m Wn§Ä?"" ^mip bns¶ bp©n^n¨p. ""cmfn`n {c*v...Unky]psX A¨³S¼p^m³s_ GäkpfXp¯]mÄ...l{Spkn³s_ N®n Wn§Ä¡v k`n] {bmVmWyfp*v fnÌÀ tfmtWm³ Np«o. Wn§apsX KokWv A]mapsX Wn`Wn¸nsW SNÀ¡p¶{S {bmVmWyfp*v...ASvsNm*v..."" A]mÄ kntWmUntWmUv A¸w NqXn AXp¯p. N®pNant`¡v ko*pw hq£n¨ptWm¡n. ""...ASpsNm*v kas^ hq£n¡pN! WX¡pt¼mjpw D_§pt¼mÄ tbm`pw,"" ^mip`n³s_ Hmt^m km¡pw kntWmUn e]w kÀ²n¸n¡p¶Sv Unky N*p. A]mapsX fpOkpw l^o^kpw kn]À¸n bpS]p¶Spw. ""hmÀ kntWmU¦nansW]pw AkÀ...?"" Unky]psX hz^¯n At¸m`vjpw hw{efw Wn_ªn^p¶p. ""AsS.."" ^mip knlUoN^n¨p. ""kntWmUn³s_ Nm_m\v CsS¶v AkÀ fWÊn`m¡n]n«p*mknÃ. fnÌÀ kntWmUv tftWm³ Np«ns] tdmwdv-- hvtcmXW¯n`qsX sNm`s¸Xp¯mWm\v AkÀ..."" ^mip b_ªp So^p¶SnWv fp¼v NmSX¸n¡p¶ H^p hvtcmXWfp*m]n. AkÀ¡v fp¼nÂ, ANs`, kntWmUv k`ns¨_ntªX¯v B tdmwdv-- sbm«n. f\¡q¼m^w fpNant`¡p]À¶v- A´^o£w Wn_ªp. BNml¯nt`¡v bpN]p]À¶p. bpN]psX NpfnÄtfQw. ""ssf tPmZv-!"" ^mip`nsW tIÀ¯v bnXn¨v kn_]v¡p¶ hz^¯n Unky b_ªp. ^mh bUmÀT§apsX fWw bp^«p¶ PÔw Ipäpw Wn_ªp. S§Ä Wn¡p¶ eqfn kn_sNmÅp¶Svtbms` AkÀ¡v tSm¶n. bpN]pw InS_ns¯_n¡p¶ f\`pw S§apsX fp¼n H^p Sn^lo` SoÀ¯Sm]pw. Unky]psX e]w CWn]pw fm_n]n«nà F¶v- ^mip A_nªp. A]msa At¸mjpw tIÀ¯pbnXn¨n^n¡pN]m\v AkÄ. ^mip Aksa tSman tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p. ""tZm*v k_n..Cäv--hv tPm¬,"" Blzhn¸n¡p¶ hz^¯n A]mÄ f{´n¨p. hm´zW¯n³s_ Wn_kn A]mapsX sW©v bän Wn¶v- fpNanÂ, f`Nant`¡v tWm¡n. At¸mÄ tNm{dminÂhn Wn¶v- H^p Nmän_§n WUo So^¯v Wn_ªp. ASn³s_ {bIÞ{bkmi¯n bpN]pw PÔkpw {Ntf\ A{bS£yfmNm³ SpX§n. ""Wn§sa N*nÃm]n^ps¶¦n MmWnt¸mÄ Im^fmt]sW! ssf tPmZv-"" hweoSn kn«p fm_msS kntWmUv tftWm³ b_ªp. ^mip bp©n^n¨p. ""hzmfnKo, F¶m Mm³...""