Chapter Title : കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 21 [Smitha]

fq¶v- fmh§Ä¡v fp¼v ...B{lf¯n Sn^ns¨¯pt¼mÄ BUyw Nn«p¶Sv gmÀ½n`n tI¨n]psX N¯m\v. tI«³s_ f^\w A_n]n¨psNm*v--. Cu t`mN¯v Aktlgn¡p¶ ^àdÔ¯nt` AkhmWs¯ N®n]pw Aäptbm]n F¶v- MmW_n]p¶Sv At¸mjm\v--. ASv H^n¡`pw h¦Â¸n¨n^p¶nÃ. sbm«n¨n^n¨pw D_s¡ kÀ¯fmWw b_ªpw Ft¸mjpw tI«³ CknsX D*mNpw F¶v- knlzÊn¨n^p¶SvsNm*v Mm³ F³s_ Cã¯nWv Kokn¨p... Ct¸mÄ Mm³ AÑWnÃmsS ...A½ ...A½]pfnÃmsS ...A§sW B^pfnÃmsS...Mm³ ...."" Unky sbs«¶v- A]mapsX N¿n bnXn¨p. A^pSv F¶v- N®pNan`qsX Atb£n¨p. ""FÃm^pw D*v...A¨³ ..A½ ..Nps_ htimU^§Ä ....ZmZow f½ow `¯ocv UmU fpS F{St]m...bns¶ ...bns¶ CWn]pÅ FÃm ...FÃm K·§an`pw CkantÃ...?"" bq¡Ä Wn_ª fimIm^pS]pÅ k·^¯n³s_ sk]n hpPÔw AkapsX km¡pNan Wn¶v- A]mapsX irU]w sSm«p. Uqs^ f`s©^nkn t^minSn³s_ koXn³s_ kmSn¸Xn]n gmÀ½n`n]psX tWÀ¯ ^qbw AkÀ N*p. ""tI«³s_ f^\w AWmTfm¡n]Sv M§sa ^*p tbs^]pfm\v. gmÀ½n`n tI¨nt]]pw Fs¶]pw,"" ^mip b_ªp. ""CWns]m^n¡`pw Nm\nÃ, Sn^¨p k^nà F¶_nªn«pw Ct¸mjpw AkÀ tI«sW hvtWin¡p¶p. {em´fm]n..."" ASnWnX]n kntWmUv tftWm³ gmÀ½n`nt]mXv knkmimeyÀTW WX¯n]Spw gmÀ½n`n ASv Sn^hv¡^n¨Spw Unky ^mip`ntWmXv b_ªp. ""ASpw gmÀ½n`n tI¨n b_ªn«p*v,"" ^mip In^n¨p. ""fm{SfÃ, Mm³ Ss¶ N£ns] Ak^psX fp¼n N*n«p*v.ASpw tI¨ns] Nm\m³ sI¶ BUyUnkhw Ss¶,"" f\¸p_¯v hq^y ^lvfnNÄ Wn_ªp. tNm{dm inÂhn³s_ sNmXpfpXnNan Wn¶v- fªv bqÀ®fm]pw kmÀ¶v- tbm]n. Ct¸mÄ {bemS sk]n`n³s_ lp{eS]n fp§n¡pan¨v.... ""Wfp¡v tbmNmw hmÀ?"" A]mÄ S`Np`p¡n. AkÀ Fjpt¶äp. Unky sbs«¶v- bn¼nt`¡v Nm sSän ko\p. ""Hmiv..."" tkUW Wn_ª H^p M^¡w Akan Wn¶pw tN«p. tWm¡n]t¸mÄ fnZn]p]À¶v- WPvWfm¡s¸« fp«nWv tfÂ, SpX]nÂ, tIm^ NnWn]p¶p. fp¼ns` H^p NÃnWv fpNant`¡v ko\Sm\v. ko\v D^ªv SpX]n fp_n¸mXv ko\n^n¡p¶p. ^mip Aksa bnXn¨v Fjpt¶Â¸n¡m³ {lfn¨p. ""bSns] Fjpt¶Â¡v..."" A]mÄ b_ªp. ""hq£n¨v..."" A]mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX N¿n A¸w NqXn d`w sNmXp¯p. ""FWn¡v Fjpt¶Â¡m³ k¿...CSv Nt*m...tWm¡v,"" AkÄ Fjpt¶Â¡msS fnZn]p]À¯n¡m\n¨p. ""B sIXn]psX C` b_n¨v Wo^m¡n Sn^p½n]m fSn..."" So^¯v Nq«fm]n Wn¶v- sIXn¸XÀ¸pNant`¡v