Chapter Title : മദിരാക്ഷി [Mango]

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N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶tÃ? em^y]m hmt_.... tW^s¯ H^p em^y]pw ASn ^*p bntÅ^pw D*m]n^p¶p. AkapsX sNm\kSnNm^w sNm*v Mm³ Aksa Naªp. bns¶ Nps_ Nm`w sb®pw sbX]pw H¶pw CÃmsS WX¶t¸mam Cksa Nm\p¶Sv. Fsâ H^p AN¶ dÔ¯n DÅ sb®m. St´w StÅw I¯p. B^pw CÃm*m]t¸m Mm³ Cksa A§p sN«n. ASm M§Ä S½n Cu {bm] kySymhw. AkÄ¡v 35 Njnªnt« DÅp'' Hm bnt¶... k`n] HuUm^yw sI]vS tbms`]m\v sNaksâ Z]t`mPv... CSp tbms`m^p sfmS`nsW S^¯nWv Nn«n]t¸m A§p sbm¡n. At{S DÅp. sk¨p Sns¶Xm Sn¶v... K½¯p PSn bnXn¡q` Wo sNa«v sNakm. Caw Np® N]t_* bq_n W^¡p® tNäp¶ t{Umin. Ip½mSmt\m CkÄ¡v Cu NXn `p¡v. ASnWnsX ^*p Nnt`m b©hm^ Wm`p `näÀ tSWn N`¡n ASp km^n tS¨p tfmXn bnXn¸n¨ b^nI]fnÃm¯ H^p lÐw bn¶n Wn¶pw tN«p... ""B`ohnsâ WmsXknsX]m?'' CSm^¸m F¶p N^pSn Sn^nªp tWm¡n]t¸mÄ t{bw Who_nsâ fpOemkkpfm]n fnãÀ fmÌÀ! B... k` F_nªp-

fmÌ_psX N®p sNm*v AkÄ¡v C¡nan Bs]¶v tSm¶p¶p. kn^nª A^s¡«v N«na¸Xn]nt`¡v AfÀ¯n , H^p bmU¯ns` SÅ kn^`m f_p bmU¯n sIm_nªp sNm*v B`ohv b_ªp, """"Sn^pkÃ'' Asæn`pw Sn^pkám^n A¨m]¯n sb\vbntÅs^ Nm\m³ H^p kn^p¶m\v. Wà bm`nsâ Wn_kpw, sNmjp¯ l^o^kpw km tSm^m¯ hwhm^kpw... bns¶... ASp tbms«. `mhÀ tI«³ Fs¶ Iq*n B`ohntWmXv b_ªp, """"Cu tfmWm CknsX Wn¡m³ k¶Sv... InNnÕs¡'' AkÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n ss`äm]ns«m¶v In^n¨p. MmWpw. """"Du\v Nm`mt]mXo?'' """"At¿m Np_¨p hf]w FXp¡pw tI«m]o... Wn§Ä C^n¡v Mm³ sbs«¶v sl^n]m¡mw. Ct¸m tNmjns] sNm¶sS DÅp'' B`ohv b_ªp """"tk*'' `mhÀ M§sa tWm¡n """"hm_½m^v km... Nk`]v¡Xps¯m^p gm¸p*v. Wà e£\fm. skXn C_¨n Mm³ b_ªp sk¨n«p*v. Wà fp´n^n NÅpw. Wfp¡v AknsX tbm]n Njn¡mw''