Chapter Title : കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 22 [Smitha]

A]mÄ Ss¶]m\v kntWmUv tftWmsW sNm`s¸Xp¯m³ Unky]psX Nm_n tdmwdv-- sk¨sS¶v Ah¶nPv²fm]n knlzÊn¡s¸«p. Asæn A]mÄ¡v NX¶pNat]* BklyfnÃm]n^p¶p. ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]psX NpXpwd¯nWv tWs^ WX¡p¶ NpäNrSy§an A]mapsX hm¶nVyw skans¸Xp¯p¶Sm]n^p¶p Ct¸mjs¯ A]mapsX Ahm¶nVyw. tbm`ohv W^nfäw kÀ¡ns] tImUyw sI]vsS¦n`pw Nm^yfm] bpt^mPSns]m¶pfp*m]nÃ. ASnWnX]n A]mapsX fN³ tKm`n sI¿p¶sS¶v knlzÊn¡s¸«n^p¶ NmWZ]ns` fm^n]äv tim«Â {Pq¸pfm]n ^mKtlO^ kÀ½ dÔs¸«p. F¶m A¼^¸pakm¡p¶ H^p knk^fm\v AknsX Wn¶pw `en¨Sv. A§sWs]m^p kyàn S§apsX ØmbW¯n tKm`n sI¿p¶nsöv tim«Â AVnNrSÀ A_n]n¨p. Unkys] tNm{dminÂhn sk¨v ^m{Sn]n skXnsk¨Spw ^mip`nsW Abm]s¸Xp¯m³ {lfn¨Spw kntWmUv tftWmsW sNmÃm³ Nm_n tdmwdv-- sk¨Spw K]Nrgv\³s_ S`kWpw f_ªn^n¡p¶ AUrlyWm] l{Spkpw tfKÀ fmSyp kÀ¤ohv F¶ W^nfäw fm¯¨Wms\¶v FÃmk^pw UrZfm]n knlzhn¨p. ""bän] Bsa¯s¶]m\v Mm³ shNyq^nän Hmcoh_sX Ntht^ C^p¯oSv..."" ^mKtlO^ kÀ½ In^n¨p. ^mip Fs´¦n`pw b_]p¶SnWv fp¼v Unky kmSn¡t`¡v k^p¶Sv N*p. AkÄ H^p t{X]n bmWo]§apw bj§apsfXp¯n^p¶p. ""Wfhv¡m^w,"" AkÄ ^mip`nsW tWm¡n S`NpWn¨psNm*v b_ªp. bns¶ t{X tfl¸p_¯v sk¨v ^mip`nWpw ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]v¡pw bmWo]§Ä WÂNn. ""Cu tfKÀ fmSyp kÀ¤ohn³s_ bÝm¯`sfm¶pw AtWzgn¨n^p¶ntà A]msa Wn]fn¡p¶SnWv fp¼v?"" ^mip tImUn¨p. ""{btSyNn¨pw A]mapsX tKygvY³s_ {NnfnW s_t¡mZnsW¸än FÃmkÀ¡pw A_nkpÅt¸mÄ...."" ""AtWzg\sfms¡ WX¯n]n^p¶p,"" At±iw b_ªp. ""kntWmUnsW]m\v MmWSnWv IpfS`s¸Xp¯n]Sv. tKygvY³s_ {NnfnW bÝm¯`w fmän WnÀ¯n]m fsäm^p tbm^m]vf]pw Ns*¯mWm]nÃ. fm{Sfà A]mÄ ssi`n GdnÄ Bs\¶v sSan]pN]pw sI]vSn^p¶p. sbs«¶n§sWs]m^p Zoknt]g³..."" sb«¶v ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sfmssd lÐn¨p. ASv Aä³Zv sI¿pkm³ At±iw Unky]psX tWs^ N®pNÄ sNm*v Bklys¸«p. ""Hm...! ZmZo..."" sfmssd`n Wn¶v- htµlw hzoN^n¨ Unky, BNmw£]pw AUvepSkpw Wn_ª hz^¯n At²is¯]pw ^mip`ntW]pw fm_nfm_n tWm¡n. ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]pw ^mip`pw AkapsX hz^¯ns` {btSyNS Sn^n¨_nªv C^n¸nX§an Wn¶v- ImXns]jpt¶äp. ""F´m tfmsa? B^m?"" At±iw AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p. ""ZmZn tfKÀ A¦nÄ! tfKÀ fmSyp kÀ¤ohv!"" AkÄ hw{efw Wn_ª hz^¯n b_ªp . ^mip`pw ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]pw b^hv¸^w tWm¡n. At±iw Unky]psX N¿n Wn¶pw