Chapter Title : കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 26 [Smitha]

A¶v `anS tftWm³ b_ª fpjpk³ hSy§apw KWm`]v¡¸p_¯v Wn¶v- tN«SnWv tlgw kntWmXv Unkh§tamaw bp_¯n_§msS fp_n¡N¯v Ss¶ NjnªpNqXpN]m]n^p¶p. Bs^s]¦n`pw Nm\mtWm Bt^msX¦n`pw hwhm^n¡mtWm Ak³ Nq«m¡n]nÃ. fmSyp kÀ¤ohv Fjpt¶äv Aks^ hfobn¨p. A]mÄ kntWmUn³s_ tSman bnXn¨p. ""kntWmUv,"" A]mÄ b_ªp. ""Wo Wn³s_ A¸sW knan¡\w. sF fo³ Wns¶ KWn¸n¨]msa,"" ""F´nWv?"" knf tImUn¨p. ""Wo b_]\w,"" kntWmUn³s_ fpO¯v tWm¡n A]mÄ SpXÀ¶p. ""...Wo A]mtamXv b_]\w, A]mapsX fNWm\v Wo F¶v. A]mÄ Wns¶ hzoN^n¡\w. A]mapsX h¼¯n³s_ AkNmln Wo]m]n^n¡\w,"" kntWmUv H¶pw b_ªnÃ. ""bs£, b¸m..."" knf hwl]t¯msX tImUn¨p. ""Wfps¡´nWv..."" ""Wfp¡v B^ptX]pw b\w BklyfnÃ,"" knf`nsW SpX^m³ AWpkUn¡msS fm¯¨³ SpXÀ¶p. bns¶ A]mÄ kntWmUnsW tWm¡n. ""bs£ hSyw f_¨v sk¡m³ BÀ¡pw AkNmlfnÃ. hSyw K]n¡\w. A]mÄ H^p NpªnWv K·w sNmXp¯psk¦n A]maSv A_n]\w, ASnWp tlgw sIt¿*msS´m\v F¶pw,"" A]mÄ Aks^ Nm^y§Ä b_ªv tdmVys¸Xp¯n. Cu Unkh§an hmVyfm] FÃm ^oSnNapw ^mKtlO^ kÀ½s]¡p_n¨v A]mÄ AtWzgn¨n^p¶p. hvSwen¨p tbmNp¶ Nm^y§am\v AtWzg\¯n A_nªSv--. Unky {Pq¸v C³Zhv{Xohv F¶ kykhm] hm{fmKy¯n³s_ AVnbWm\v ^mKtlO^ kÀ½. B]n^¡\¡nWv G¡À knhvSoÀ® fpÅ H^p FtÌän³s_ DXf]pfm\v A]mÄ. tNmXnNÄ kn`fSn¡p¶ I^n{S hmf{PnNÄ A]mapsX sNm«m^¯nWN¯v Ss¶]p*v--. Cu fimh¼¯nsW WnÊm^fm¡p¶ Aakä H^p WnVntlO^w A]mapsX FtÌäv b^nVn]nÂs¸« tNm{dm inÂhn`ps*¶v N^pSs¸Xp¶p. Aks] ssN¡`m¡pkm³ him]n¡p¶ ^*v fm¸pNÄ sNm«m^w ss`{d_n]n D*v. ""ASv sNm*v kntWmUv,"" fmSyp kÀ¤ohv Dbhwim^Snt`¡v NX¶p. ""Cu ^mKy¯v Ss¶ C{S]pw h¼¯v hz´fm]pÅ Ip^p¡w In` BapNans`m^mam\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^mKtlO^ kÀ½ F¶ K·w sNm*v Wn³s_ Wn³s_ bnSmkm] B fWpgy³. Wn]fb^fm]n ASn³s_ H^kNmln Wo]pw NqXn]m\v. ASv tk* F¶v- sk¡mWpÅ dp²ntfmlsfm¶pw Wo Nm\n¡^pSv,"" ASWph^n¨v kntWmUv sX`tcm¬ ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]pfm]n dÔs¸«p. `anSm tftWm³ f^ns¨¶pw f^\ hf]¯v Sm³ ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]n Wn¶v- KWn¨Sm\v F¶Nm^yw AkÀ skans¸Xp¯ns]¶pw Ak³ At²is¯ A_n]n¨p. WntgVkpw Sn^hv¡^\kpfm\v kntWmUv {bSo£n¨Sv. F¶m AW¸fm] ht´mgt¯msX]m\v ^mKtlO^