Chapter Title : കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 21 [Smitha]

skap¯ hm^n V^n¨v H^p hv{So, b*v t^minSv Smfhn¨ koXn³s_ tWs^ WX¡p¶p. ""gmÀ½n`n tI¨n...!"" AkÄ f{´n¨p. UpxO hm{µfm] N®pNtamsX ^mip ASv tWm¡n Wn¶p. ""Ct§m«v ..lm´nbp^t¯¡v k^p¶ Nm^yw Mm³ gmÀ½n`n tI¨ns] A_n]n¨n^p¶p..."" A]mÄ b_ªp. Unky AUvepSs¸«p. ""_n]`n?"" AkÄ tImUn¨p. ^mip ln^ÊW¡n. ""CknsX k¶Sn³s_ bntä¶v sskNpt¶^w MmWks^ ko«n sI¶v Nm\pN]pw sI]vSn^p¶p. kÀg§Ä¡v tlgfpÅ B NqXn¡mjv¨!...Cäv-- kmhv shm CtWcdnÄ..."" ^mip`n³s_ hz^w knNm^ hm{µfm]n. ""Mm³ sZÃn]nÂ....sK F³ ]qkn bn Kn sscW sI¿pt¼mjm\v BUyfm]n gmÀ½n`n BUyw tI¨ns] Nm\p¶Sv... tI«³s_ NqsX. _nhÀ¨n³s_ tb^n AkÀ tI«³s_ NqsX H^p tWmÀ¯v C´y³ {Xn¸v--. A§sW]m\v Fs¶¡m\m³ AknsX k^p¶Sv..."" ^mip hpµ^fm] H^p HmÀ½]n WãvXs¸«p. ""{bSo£n¨ tbms` ]m]n^p¶nà AkÀ..."" A]mÄ SpXÀ¶p. ""tI«³ e]¦^ hvfmÀ«v AtÃ? Ft¸mjpwIn^n]pw kÀ¯fmWkpw SfmlNapw ...tI¨n F³ä]À`n Znc_³äv B]n^p¶p. sk^n Nmw ..sk^n Nz]äv ...sF scu*v F hss»w sh_nWän C³ siÀ..."" bpj]psX Wo` knSmW¯nt`¡v A]mÄ H^p Wnfngw tWm¡n. fpNan HjpNn¸_¡p¶ fªIn_NpÅ tUlmXW¸£nNans`¡pw. ""hoSm tUkn]psX fp¼n Wn¡p¶ `£f\sWt¸ms` tSm¶n FWn¡v. Aks^ ssNNq¸n Wfhv¡^n¨t¸mjpw bmU§Ä sSm«v kµn¨t¸mjpw AkÀ Fs¶ tSman¸nXn¨v Fjpt¶Â¸n¨t¸mjpw FWn¡v tSm¶n...F³s_ A½...F³s_ A½ Sn^n¨p k¶n^n¡p¶p..."" A]mapsX km¡pNÄ fp_nªp. knNm^hm{µS Unkyt]]pw hvbÀln¨p. F{S S^airU]Wm\v hmÀ ! AkÄ HmÀ¯p. sZÂin ]q\ntkjvhnän]n cnt`mhcn _oZ_m]n^p¶ S³s_ A½s]¡p_n¨v ^mip b_ªp. AVymbNWpw PmÔn]Wpw b^nØnSn{bkÀ¯NWpfm]n^p¶ A¨³ Sm³ kas^ sI_p¸fm]n^p¶t¸mÄ f^n¨ptbm]n. ASnWp tlgw Ss¶]pw t^minSnsW]pw Nq«n A½ PmÔnKn]psX hdÀfSn B{lf¯nt`¡v tbm]n. bns¶ AknsX]m]n^p¶p A½]psX lnãNm`w. A©v kÀg§Ä¡v fp¼v A½]psX f^\w. dWm_Ên sk¨v fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\sW Nm\p¶p. At²it¯msXm¸w DÖ]nWn]nt`¡v tbmNp¶p. ""tI«³ f^n¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ dhvS_ns` UÞNm^\y¯n`m\v,"" A]mÄ lm´fm] hz^¯n SpXÀ¶p. ""sNmXp¦m«nÂ. fp^n]m tPm{S¡m^psXNqsX. fipkm fUy¯n hwPoSkpw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wr¯kpw ^Sn]pw ^In¡p¶kÀ....Nps_¡m`w B hwhv¡m^¯n³s_ ftWmim^nS]n A`nªv ... bns¶ DÖ]nWn]nt`¡v Sn^n¨p tbmNm³ H^p DÄknan.