Chapter Title : കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 24 [Smitha]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fm{Stf M§apsX ssN]n`pÅq Untky,"" ^mip b_ªp. ""bs£..C¸ WX¡p¶ Hmt^m Nm^y§Ä ...AsSms¡ B AWpfmW§sa l^ntk¡p¶ntÃ, hÀ?"" hn²mÀ°³ ^mip`nsW tWm¡n. ""hmÀ, Cucv ]q tZm*v ssf³Zv.."" {bn]¦ ^mip`nsW tWm¡n. ""...Fs´ms¡]m\v B AWpfmW§Ä...? Aeyqi§Ä...?"" ^mip `¯ocnsW tWm¡n. ""K]Nrgv\³s_ emP¯v Wn¶v- Unky]psX tWs^ kVm{lffp*m]n,"" `¯ocv b_ªp. ""H¶nt`s_¯k\. bns¶ Cu AXp¯ Nm`¯m]n Wfp¡v A_n]nÃm¯ BapNapsX emP¯v Wn¶pw. At¸mÄ H^p Nm^yw FWn¡v SoÀ¨]m]n. S¼p^mWv fsäm^p fNtWm fNtam Ds*¶v--. Unkys]¡qXmsS. MmtWm Wn§tam Nm\m¯, A_n]m¯ H^mÄ! Unkytbm`pw A_n]m¯ H^p {dUÀ Asæn hnÌÀ..."" Ko¸v N]äw N]_ns¡m*n^p¶p. S\p¸n³s_ NmYnWyw kÀ²n¨p. F¦n`pw S§Ä AenfpOoN^n¡m³ tbmNp¶ hmihnN ^wP§sa¡p_n¨pÅ Btkl¯n³s_ IqXv Ak^n kÀ²n¨psNm*n^p¶p. ""H¶^ kÀg§Ä¡v fp¼v...."" `¯ocv SpXÀ¶p. ""ASm]Sv ^*m]n^¯n bSnWm_v WkwdÀ bSntWjv--...Unky sZZv `n tbm]nh¬ AN¯v sI¶v- timhvbnä`n`mkp¶p. ^*m]n^¯n bSntWjv-- KWpk^n bSnWm`v...FN-vh-vNÀg³s_]nX]n Unky N]_n] tdm«nWv AbNXw bäp¶p. ^*m]n^¯n bSnsW«v KWpk^n C^pb¯ns]«v...K]Nrgv\Wpw {NnÌc_pw Pm§pw Unkys] B{Nfn¡m³ {lfn¡p¶p. ^*m]n^¯n bSntWjv-- fmÀ¨v F«v....ko*pw {NnÌc_pw Pm§pw Unkys] sft{Xmt¸m`nä³ ¢ºns` tÌmÀ _qfn bq«n]nXp¶p. bns¶ ^*mjv¨ fp¼v ^*m]n^¯n bSnsW«v sf]v bSntWjv--....^m{Sn]n tNm{dminÂhn sk¨v Unky]v¡v skXnt]¡p¶p....C¶s` Kq¬ ^*v....Unky]psX KmPzm_n tdmwdv-- sk]v¡s¸Xp¶p..."" fmh§apw So]SnNapw NrSyfm]n HmÀ¯v `¯ocv knk^\w SpXÀ¶t¸mÄ Nq«pNmÀ¡v A¼^¸v Wn]{´n¡m³ hmVn¨nÃ. ""`¯ocv UmUm...-"" AknlzhWo]St]msX, knNm^e^nSfm] hz^¯n Unky knan¨p. AkÄ Ak³s_ tSman bnXn¨p. """"F´m Untky?'' `¯ocv Aksa tWm¡n. """"CsSms¡ C{S NrSyfm]n...! tZäpNÄ tbm`pw HmÀ¯v....!'' AkWn {btSyNn¨v emkfmäsfm¶pfp*m]nÃ. """"Wn§Ä Fs¶ `oZÀ F¶v- knan¡p¶p,'' Ak³ b_ªp. """"H^p `oZÀ¡v S³s_ GäkpfXp¯hpir¯p¡sa¡p_n¨v tbm`psfm¶pf_n]nsæn¸ns¶ A]mÄ F´v `oZ_m\v?'' PmZfm] hvtWi¯n³s_ hvbÀlw AkÀ¡v AWpeks¸«p. AkÀ B^mVWt]msX `¯ocnsW tWm¡n. """"Cu tZäpNÄ¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fsäm^p {btSyNS NqXn]p*v,'' hn²mÀ°³ In^n¨p. Nq«pNmÀ AksW tWm¡n. """"At¸msjms¡]m\v KW_ timhvbnä`ns` tZmNväÀfmÀ¡pw tWjvhpfmÀ¡pw Ak^vssXw b\n sIt¿*n k¶n«pÅSv. {btSyNn¨pw HmÀt¯mboZn]m{XnN-vhv--, sZ³ä F¶o Zn¸mävsf³_vNans`...'' tNÄkn¡mÀ¡v