Chapter Title : കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 20 [Smitha]

M^¼n APvWn]p\^p¶Sv ^mip A_nªp. ASv Wn]{´\mSoSfmNp¶SnWv fp¼v A]mÄ C^n¸nX¯n Wn¶v- Fjpt¶äp. Unky]pw. ""C¶v- timansZ,' AkÄ b_ªp. ""C¶v- Mm³ H^p t{bm{Pmw b_]mw,"" ^mip bp©n^nt]msX Aksa tWm¡n. ""_nkÀ sshZv...tNm{dm inÂhv--,"" ""Wà tZmNväÀ!"" ^mip In^n¨p. ""t^mPnt]mXv H^p Nm^p\ykpfnÃ...kn{lfkpw bTykpw tWmt¡* MmWm\v f` N]t_*Sv!"" ""t^mPn WX¶pw HmXn]psfm¶pw f`N]t_*...tZmNväÀ t^mPn]psX ss{Zk_mNp¶p...t^mPns] H^p bnNvWnNv f^p¶v- NpXn¸n¡p¶p,"" AkÀ bÅn]psX b^nh^¯p Wn¶pw bp_¯v NX¶p. ""F¶n«v k*ns]knsX?"" A]mÄ tImUn¨p. ""^*v fnWnäv Njn]pt¼mÄ kntWmUv A¦nÄ sNm*pk^pw. W½Ä bptj sIÃp¼t¯Wpw k^pw A¦nÄ. A¦nan³s_ iyq*m]ns¡t´m _n¸]_nwPv...kÀ¡v tgm¸n`m. ASv sNm*v F³s_ KmPzmÀ A¦nÄ sNm*ptbm]n,"" At¸mÄ ^mip`n³s_ sfmssd lÐn¨p. sfmssd tcm¬ V^n¨n^p¶ gÀ«n³s_ tbm¡än Wn¶pw ^mip sfmssd tcm¬ FXp¯t¸mÄ Unky bp©n^nt]msX A]msa tWm¡n. ""hm_n³s_ ssN¿n sfmssdt`m? CsS¶v fpSÂ? F¶n«v W¼À FWn¡v S¶nÃtÃm?"" ""UntkysX A¨³ S¼p^m³ C¶s` S¶Sm\v...H^p {bnt¡mg³..."" F¶n«v knan¨Sms^¶_n]m³ A]mÄ hv{NoWnt`¡v tWm¡n. ""§vim..b_]q...Hmt¡...tWm t{bm»w?"" A]mÄ tcm¬ Sn^nsN tbm¡än N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sk¨p. B^m\v? F¶ AÀ°¯n AkÄ A]msa tWm¡n. A]mÄ bp©n^n¨psNm*v Aksa tWm¡n]SÃmsS fsäm¶pw b_ªnÃ. tUkUm^p¡apw B^ytk¸v f^§apw Wn_ª bÅn]psX]pw tNmsaKn³s_]pw b^nh^¯v Wn¶v- AkÀ WUo So^s¯ hfobn¨p. CawbpÃn`qsX A]mtamsXm¸w WX¡pt¼mÄ Unky]psX fWÊv SpXn¨p ]^pN]m]n^p¶p. CknsX, bq¡apsX hpPÔw Wn_ª NmänÂ, f^SN¸¨ Wn_ª kr£§apsX C`¸´`nWXn]nÂ, WUn]psX {b\] hwPoS¯n³s_ Wn_knÂ, bknjkpw sskZyq^kpw bpgy^mPkpw hpgpbvSn sNmÅp¶ tNm{dminÂhnsW IqXnWn¡p¶ tfQ§apsX Smsj, S³s_ bp^pgtWmsXm¸w... At²i¯n³s_ fUe^fm] hmfoby¯n³s_ Wn_knÂ, `i^n Wn_ª B PÔ¯n³s_ kr¯¯nWN¯v.... Culz^m... F{S WmapNam]n sNmSn¨v Nm¯n^p¶Sm\v Cu Wnfng§Ä¡v tk*n! WmapNaÃ. F{S Wqäm*pNÄ! F{S K·§Ä! ""F´m H^v Bt`mIW? C{S Zobv B]n?"" ^mip`n³s_ tImUyw Aksa DĸpaN§an Wn¶pfp\À¯n. ""Mm³ F³s_ t^minSv A¦nan³s_ AWpKsW¡p_n¨v HmÀ¡pkm^p¶p. bns¶ ESpkn³s_ lm´ntUknsW¡p_n¨pw,"" AkÄ In^n¨p. ""Unky]psX ^mip`nsW¡p_n¨v H¶ptfmÀ¯ntÃ?"" B tImUy¯n³s_ hvWnPvVS]n Unky Wn¶p. AkÄ¡enfpOfm]n ^mip`pw. AkÄ A]mapsX ssN]nÂ