Chapter Title : കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 23 [Smitha]

knan¨p b_ªp. At¸mtj¡pw C³hvsbNXÀ A{dmiw ANt¯¡v N]_n. ""FknsX?"" At±iw DtUzPt¯msX tImUn¨p. ""FknsX W^nfäw fm¯¨³?"" b_ªp fpjpfn¡p¶SnWp fp¼v At²i¯n³s_ N®pNÄ fpNant`¡v tbm]n. tXmÀ¨n³s_ {bNml¯n Sq§n¡nX¡p¶ KZw At²iw N*p. ""NÀ¯mtk-"" At±iw S³s_ Nym¸v S`]n Wns¶Xp¯v INnSfm] emkt¯msX f{´n¨p . ""F´m C³hvsbÎÀ?"" ^mKtlO^ kÀ½ B^mªp. ""A^f\n¡qÀ fp¼v fm¯¨³ knan¨n^p¶p, tÌgWnt`¡v,"" A]mapsX KZ¯nt`¡pw koXn³s_ b^nh^§ant`¡pw hhq£vfw {l²n¨psNm*v At±iw b_ªp. ""Ft¶mXv sbs«¶v k^\sf¶pw K]Nrgv\³ NqsX]ps*¶pw. H^p kÅns¡«p tNh-vNm^\w tÌgWo¶p sbs«¶v- k^m³ bäoÃ. fm{Skà Hä tNm¬ÌdnÄhpw tÌgWn D*m^p¶nà At¸mÄ,"" ""K]Nrgv\³?"" eoSn]pw BÝ^ykpw Wn_ª hz^¯n kntWmUv tImUn¨p. ""Ak³ CknsX...CknsX D*m^ps¶t¶m?"" ""bn¶ÃmsS!"" C³hvsbNXÀ b_ªp. ""Ak³ CknsX¯s¶]p*v. dn`m¯o`pw Ak³s_t½sX tNmSfwP`¯pw H¶pkÃ. S¼p^m³ b_ª tbms` H^p fpss_ k´v bmÀ¯m]m F¶ bm«pwbmXn H^p fp_]§p {bt]mPn¨t¸mÄ S¯ b_]p¶ tbms` b_ªp, Ak·mÀ. K]Nrgv\³s_ ssiZv Hu«v--! C¶v- ^m{Sn AksW sbm¡msS H_§ptN`¶p So^pfmWnt¨¡pkm!"" WnÝ]UmÀ[yw Wn_ª hz^¯n C³hvsbNXÀ b_ªp. ""ASn^n¡s«,"" C³hvsbNXÀ fqks^]pw hwl]t¯msX tWm¡n. ""Wn§Ä..Wn§sa´m Ct¸mÄ CknsX?"" At±iw tImUn¨p. ^mKtlO^ kÀ½ W^nfäw fm¯¨Wn Wn¶v- SWn¡v `en¨ sX`ntcm¬ htµls¯¡p_n¨v C³hvsbNvt_mXv b_ªp. ""fmäÀ sh³thg\ B\v. Bs^]pw A_n]n¡^pSv F¶v- {btSyNw b_ªp. bs£ A^f\n¡qÀ fp¼v fm¯¨³ hm_nsW knan¡pN]pw sI]vSp!"" At±iw AUvepSt¯msX b_ªp. ""A^f\n¡qÀ fp¼v ks^ C]mtamsXm¸w K]Nrgv\³ D*m]n^p¶p,"" C³hvsbÎÀ SpXÀ¶p. ""ASnWÀ°w hmiI^ys¯ankpNÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AWph^n¨v K]Nrgv\tWm A]mapsX hm¶nVy¯n fämt^m B\v C]msa sNm`s¸Xp¯n sN«n¯q¡n]Smk\w. Asæn Wn]fw Ss¶ tSXns]¯p¶SnWv fp¼v C]mÄ BßiSy sI]vSSm]n^n¡\w. ASv tbmÌv--tfmÀ«w _nt¸mÀ«v N*SnWv tlgw WnÝ]n¡mw,"" ""A¸w NqXn tW^s¯ k¶n^ps¶¦n H^p Kok³ ^£n¡mfm]n^p¶p. Nãw!"" ^mKtlO^kÀ½ b^nSbn¨p. làn]m] NmäXn¡m³ SpX§n. bp_¯v Wn¶v- Nmäv ANt¯¡v AXn¨pN]_n. Sq§n¡nX¶ KZw bSns] AW§n. At¸mÄ en¯n]ns`, Wn_w f§n] tcmt«m AkÀ N*p. ""Hm.."" A¸w e]¶v- kntWmUv lÐfn«p. ""GSm]m`pw t^minSn³s_ t{bS¯nWv H^p Nq«m]n,"" At±iw b_ªp. kr¯mNrSn]n s{c]nw