Chapter Title : കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 26 [Smitha]

em^sfms¡ tbmNp¶p....Mm³ ..Mm³ ...hfmVmWfm]n f^n¡m³ tbmNp¶p...F³s_ ssN]n bnXn¡q....fp_ps¡....im§v ....A§sW....f^\w H^p tfQIo´v tbms` b_¶pk^p¶Sv FWn¡v Nm\mw...f^\w Ct¸mÄ H^p Npªn³s_ ssNNtamsX F³s_ fpO¯v sSmXp¶Sv FWn¡_n]mw ....F³s_ N®pNan ....F³s_ irU]¯n f^\w D½sk¡p¶p...."" Ak^psX l^o^w bqÀ®fm]n WnÝ`fm]n. Nmäv bn¼ns` KWm` Sp_¶t¸mÄ fmSyp kÀ¤ohv Sn^nªp tWm¡n. KWm`¡v-- bn¼n Wn_N®pNtamsX B ^wP§Äs¡Ãmw hm£yw kin¡pN]m]n^p¶ kntWmUnsW A]mÄ N*p. Ak³s_ bn¼n knf`nsW]pw.

`anSm tftWm³s_ f^\¯nWv tlgw fmSyp kÀ¤ohv S³s_ bj] Nm`w HmÀ½n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. BenKmSy hfqi¯n³s_ Smkafm] sNm\m«v t¹hnt` H^p bmÀ«n¡nX]n ^mKtlO^ kÀ½t]msXm¸w Wr¯w sI]vSpsNm*n^p¶ `anSm tftWm³ F¶ hpµ^ns] BUyfm]n N*Sv. KkmiÀ`m sW{ip ]q\ntkjvhnän]n knUymÀTnNam]n^p¶p AkÀ. BUytWm«¯n¯s¶ AkÄ Ss¶ {em´Wm¡n]Sv A]mÄ HmÀ¯p. b`s^]pw fp¼v t{bfn¨n«ps*¦n`pw b`^psX]pw NqsX NnX¡ b¦n«n«ps*¦n`pw hv{So H^p AWpeqSn]m]n hn^Nan bX^p¶Sv A¶m\v. Unkh§tamaw fmh§tamaw S³s_ D_¡w Wãs¸Xp¯n] hpµ^n. bn¶oXv Ss¶t¯Xns]¯n] H^p hv{So]nÂt¸m`pw SWn¡v Sm¸^yw tSm¶n¸n¡m¯ ^oSn]n AkÄ A§sW fWÊn`pw ^à¯n`pw N¯nWn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. bns¶ Aksa S³s_ k^pSn]n`m¡m³ F{S F{S {lf§Ä WX¯n. AkhmWw S³s_ DUyf§Ä knK]w N*t¸mÄ t`mNw NojX¡]n] {bSoSn]m]n^p¶p. sskUylmhv{Sw AkapsX f^\w SoÀ¨s¸Xp¯n]t¸mÄ tbm`pw Sm³ B {bSoSn]n Wn¶v- bnt¼m«p tbm]nÃ. bs£.... S³s_ hpir¯v fm{Sfm\v ^mKtlO^kÀ½ F¶m\v `anS A¶v- b_ªn^p¶Sv. KoknSm´yw ks^ AktamXpÅ {b\]¯n³s_ {em´v S¶n Wn¶pw Hjn]mSn^p¶Sv sNm*v H^n¡`pw Sm³ Aksa Aknlzhn¨n^p¶nÃ. AkÄ¡]mtamXv {b\]fp*v F¶v- St¶mXv Sp_¶pb_ªm`pw Sm³ Nm^yfm¡pfm]n^p¶nÃ. AsSms¡ hzmemknNw Fs¶ms¡ Nm\pkmWpÅ kntkNkpw SWn¡p*mkpfm]n^p¶p. ASpw AktamXv-- Sp_¶v- b_ªSm\v. F¶n«pw AkÄ B\]n«pb_ªp, N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^mKtlO^ kÀ½ hpir¯v fm{Sfm]n^ps¶¶v. F¶n«v f^\¡nX¡]n sk¨v b_ªSv- kntWmUv A]mapsX fNWm\v F¶v! C¡m`f{S]pw ASv AkÄ Han¨v sk¨p. Ss¶ knZv[n]m¡n, Ndan¸n¨p, S³s_ hingv\pSm ftWmemks¯ b^nihn¨p. sbs«¶v S³s_ fp¼n kntWmUpw knf`pw Wn¡p¶Sv A]mÄ N*p. `anS]psX f^\tf`v¸n¨ BQmSt¯msXm¸w SmsWm^p Km^h´Sn]m\v F¶ Sn^n¨_nkn³s_ UpxOw kntWmUn³s_ fpO¯v Wn¶pw A]mÄ km]n¨p.