Chapter Title : കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 20 [Smitha]

""hnän]n H¶p^*nX§an Mm³ tgm¸nwPv-- WX¯n,"" kntWmUv A_n]n¨p. ""NmÀ bmÀ¡v sI]vSn«v Wn§Ä FknsXs]¦n`pw tbm]n^pt¶m? sF fo³ fsäknsXs]¦n`pw?"" kntWmUv AUvepSt¯msX Unkys] tWm¡n. ""hzmfnKn £fn¡\w,"" kntWmUv In^n¨p. ""Mm³ kjn]^nNns` S«pNXNanaà tgm¸nwPv-- WX¯n]Sv. PoSmMvK`n hq¸À fmÀ¡äv, fim_m\n sXNvtÌm_n]w A§sW Fs¶t¸ms` bmkw FN-vhnNyq«okpNÄ¡v bäp¶nXs¯ms¡]m\v Mm³ N]_n]Sv. ASn³s_s]m¶pw AN¯pNqXn Nmt_mXn¡m³ Njn]nÃ,"" Unky]psX fpOw Ipk¶p. kntWmUv ASp N*v-- KmaySt]msX bp©n^n¡m³ {lfn¨p. ^mip`mNs« sPu^kfm]n«m\v Nm_nsW {l²n¡p¶Sv. ""Umäv fo³hv..."" ^mip A]mapsX fpOt¯¡pw Nm_nt`¡pw fm_nfm_n tWm¡ns¡m*v SpXÀ¶p. ""Wn§Ä Cu Nm_nWXp¯v Wn¶pw fm_n Wn¶p. Hmt¡, F{S hf]w Wn§Ä fm_n Wn¶p Nm\pw?"" ""F´v bän hmÀ?"" Unky¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv BNmw£]X¡m³ NjnªnÃ. ^mip`n³s_ tImUy§ans` Up^qiS F{S]mt`mIn¨n«pw AkÄ¡v fWÊn`m]nÃ. ^mip bp©n^nt]msX ""H¶pfnÃ"" F¶v- AkÄ¡v D_¸v sNmXp¯p. ""H^p ..H¶v- ^*v f\n¡qÀ fmN-vhnfw,"" A¸w Bt`mIn¨SnWp tlgw kntWmUv b_ªp. ""Bs^¦n`pw Cu Nm_nsW hfobn¡pNt]m Ipän¸än Wn¡pNt]m sI¿p¶Sv Wn§Ä Nt*m?"" Ct¸mÄ kntWmUn³s_ fpO¯v BNmw£]pw b^n{efkpw Wn_]p¶Sv Unky N*p. A]mÄ l^n¡pw e]s¸Xm³ SpX§n]n^n¡p¶p. AkÄ¡pw b^n{efw tSm¶mSn^p¶nÃ. F¦n`pw ^mip`n³s_ tImUy§Ä F´m\v `£yfnXp¶sS¶v AkÄ¡v fWÊn`m]nÃ. ""tfKÀ fmSyp kÀ¤ohpw MmWpw Nm_nWXp¯v Wn¶v- A¸ hf]w hwhm^n¨p. AÃmsS fäm^pw Nm_nsW hfobn¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*nÃ,"" kntWmUv Unkyt]]pw ^mip`nsW]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡ns¡m*v b_ªp. A]mapsX hz^¯ns` b^n{ef¯n³s_ PmZSt]_n. ""hzfnKo, Fs´¦n`pw {blvWw?"" Nm_nsW tWm¡n tkmtWmUv tftWm³ tImUn¨p. W^nfäw fm¯¨³ ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]psX shNyq^nän Hcoh_m]n«v Wn]fnSWm]n«v H¶v- ^*mjvI]m]n^p¶p. At²i¯n³s_ N¼Wn]n tKm`n sI¿pkm³ A]mÄ Ss¶]m]n^p¶p h¶²S {bNXn¸n¨Sv. ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]psX sbt{Xm sNfn¡Âhv ¹m³än shNyq^nän HmcohÀ _n«]À sI¿p¶ hf]fm]n^p¶p. S³s_ N¼Wn]n tKm`n sI¿pkm³ h¶²S {bNXn¨t¸mÄ ^mKtlO^ kÀ½ ht´mgbqÀÆw bpSn] shNyq^nän Hmcoh_psX ØmW¯v A]msa Akt^mVn¨p. BÀfn]ns` A]mapsX thkW bÝm¯`kpw N\nlfm] A¨X¡kpw S³s_ So^pfmWs¯ l^nsk¡p¶Sm]n^ps¶¶v- Wm`©v Unkh§Ä¡pÅn ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]v¡v tdmVys¸«p. ""A]mapsX N¿n Fs´¦n`pw bm¡äv...? A§sW kÃSpw N*Sm]n HmÀ¡pt¶m?""