Chapter Title : കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 24 [Smitha]

""Hmt¡, hÀ,"" hn²mÀ°Wpw In^n¨p. ""Mm³ F§sW Cu tNhn C³tkmÄkvZv B]n. AStà hn²mÀ°³ tImUn¡m³ Dt±ln¨Sv--?"" ""ssf tPmZv- sku- _n]`n...]hv ..]hv hmÀ! ASv Ss¶]m\v Wm³ tImUn¡m³ Dt±ln¨Sv--!"" hn²mÀ°³ AUvepSs¸«p. fäpÅk^pw. ""A¡mUfnNv C³ä_Ìv--...s¹]n³ Nyq^nt]mhnän Fs¶m¶pw Mm³ b_]nÃ,"" ^mip b_ªp. ""`oZÀ `¯ocnWv A_n]mw. Mm³ Wn§tamXv b_t]* _oh¬. `¯ocv ASv Wn§tamXv bn¶oXv b_]pw. Asæn Wn§Ä SWns] A_n]pw. GSm]m`pw AVymbNWm]n Mm³ lm´nbp^¯v k¶p. FWn¡v H^pbmXv Cãs¸«p Cu Ø`w. Cu WP^ {bm´w. CknXps¯ f^§Ä, bpj, BNmlw...tNm{dm inÂhv--....F®fnÃm¯ bp^mkr¯§Ä...Wn§sat¸m`pÅ Np«nNÄ...tNm{dm N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv inÂhns` WnVns]¡p_n¨v Mm³ tN«p. Unkys]¡p_n¨v tN«p...`¯ocnsWt¸ms` Ss¶ WnVn tk«¡m^pw Unky]psX {bm\Wv bn¶ms` WX¡p¶k^pw H¶v- Ss¶]m\v F¶v- MmWpw AWpfmWn¨p. sNm{dminÂhn Mm³ ^m{SnNan Ipän¡_§n. F³s_ sfZnsä]vg³sä]pw {bmÀ°W]ptX]pw emPfm]n. A§sW kntWmUntW]pw W^nfäw fm¯¨tW]pw MmWknsX¡*p. kntWmUn³s_ Smka§Ä tSXn WX¡p¶SnWnX]n Mm³ `¯ocnsW]pw AknsX¡*p. M§Ä H^pfn¨v ¹mWpNÄ D*m¡n. kntWmUv Unky]psX htimU^Wm]n^n¡mw F¶v- MmWpw hwl]n¨p..."" ""hmÀ, Nm^y§Ä GSm*v N¼v`oäv ¢n]À B]ntÃ?"" sg_n³ tImUn¨p. ""CWn kntWmUv tftWmsW Wn]f¯nWN¯v sNm*pk^p¶SnWv F´m SXÊw? Wfp¡v tbm`ohn CWvtcmw sI]vSv NqsX?"" ""bänÃ, sg_n³,"" ^mip b_ªp. ""b` Nm^y§apw CWn]pw kyàfmNmWp*v. DUmi^\¯nWv kntWmUpw W^nfäw fm¯¨Wpfp*m]n^p¶ N\£³. A§sW b` Nm^y§apw. Gäkpw k`n] {blvWw ASÃ. W½psX N¿n F´p*v A]mÄ¡v FSn^m]n«v-- sSankm]n? Ct¸mÄ A]mÄ H¶pf_n]^pSv. A]mapsX sP]nw WX¡s«. B^pw Ss¶ Sn^n¨_nªn«nà F¶v- A]mÄ knlzhn¡s«. Unky]psX KokWv bn¶ms`, WnVn]psX bn¶ms` A]mÄ WX¡p¶Sv tbms` W½Ä A]mapsX bn¶ms` WX¡p¶p*v F¶v- A]mÄ A_n]^pSv. A]msa bqÀ®fm]n NpXp¡mkp¶ B]pV§Ä Wfp¡v Nn«p¶Sv ks^,"" ""hmÀ, H^p hwl]w,"" ^mKp tImUn¨p. ""kntWmUv tftWmsWSns^ Wfp¡nt¸mÄ sSankpNanÃ. W^nfäw Sq§nf^n¨p. Asæn K]Nrgv\³ A]msa sNm¶v sN«n¯q¡n. CWn kntWmUnsW NpXp¡mkp¶ sSankpNÄ {NnÌc_pw ^mfNrgv\Wpw gmKimWpfm\v. hn²mÀ°³ b_ªSWph^n¨v kntWmUv Ak^pfm]n dÔs¸«nt«]nÃ. K]Nrgv\sW kntWmUv kntUlt¯t¡m ftäm NX¯n]m F´v sI¿pw? W^nfä¯nsW sNm¶ Npä¯nWv