Chapter Title : മദിരാക്ഷി [Mango]

tWm«w N* At±iw b_ªp, """"WnW¡nÃ!'' Upã³! Fsâ fWÊv Wn_s] sNm¨n]ns` Blpb{Sn B]n^p¶p... N^apw Nm¯p NnX¡p¶ Mm³....Hm¸t_g³ Sot]ä_n FWn¡pÅ ""bpSn]' N^apw sNm*p k^p¶ tWjvhnWv bpSn]Nmkv gm¸n `nkÀ ss{c kna¼p¶ tfjv--hn tI¨n]psX fpOJm]! A§sW tk\w Blpb{SnNÄ B]mÂ... AÃmsS W½psX AWn]¨m^psX Blq{Sn tbms` sIm_n]pw sImf]pw sZ¦n¸Wn]pw InNnÂhnt¨m*n^p¶n«p kà DbNm^kpw Dt*m? FWn¡p sfZn¡Â h]³hntWmXv dipfmWw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tSm¶nt¸m]n. W½psX AWn]³ tZmÎÀ¡v N^ansâ b\n A{S klfnsöp tSm¶p¶p. ASm\v f*³ Ft¶mXv NpXn WnÀ¯m³ b_ªSv! A_n]nsæn A_n]nsöv b_]\w. AÃmsS t^mPnNsa C§sW fnhv ssPZv sI¿^pSv! CWn Ak³ kymK tZmÎÀ Bt\m? bpÃv! Ft´`pw Bks«. """"F¶m bns¶ Wfp¡v Wmsa Ss¶ sNm¨n¡p kn«mt`m fmÌs_?'' fmÌÀ ko*pw In^n¨p """"AtS]sS... Wmsa AknsX tbm]n WsÃms^®w cnäv sI]vSv fsä¶mÄ Ss¶ Sn^n¨n§p tbm^mw. AtÃ?'' """"Du^msS fmÌs_... Wn§Ä¡v Sfml. Fsâ kngfw FWn¡_n]mw. F{S Wmam]n H¶v fWÊ_nªp NpXn¨n«v....'' """"Fsâ sbm¶v fmt¦m..."" fmÌÀ Fsâ tSma¯p ssN sk¨p. Fsâ hpir¯p¡Ä Fs¶ ""fmt¦m' ¶m knan¡m_v. fmt¦m]n¡Â F¶ NpXpwdt¸^n Wn¶pw AkÀ hvtWit¯msX b_ns¨Xp¯ ""fmt¦m' """"N^Ä fmä lhv{S{Nn] Ds*¶p fm{Stf Mm³ b_ªpÅp. F¶p sk¨m I¯p f`]v¡pw F¶ tbXn WnW¡v tks*¶v. AkhmWw ASp sI¿mftÃm'' fmÌÀ N¿n`n^n¡p¶ sbWm¡¯n sNm*v H^p sI_pWm^§ F«p Ng\§am]n fp_n¨p sNm*p b_ªp. """"bs£ N^Ä fmän sk¨m`pw NÅv NpXn¡m³ bänà bns¶''

Mm³ Fsâ ssN ^*pw At§^psX fpO¯nWp tWs^ Wo«n f`À¯n bnXn¨p tImUn¨p """"bns¶ F´v Np®]v¡m ASp fmän sk]v¡ps¶? bm`p NpXn¡mtWm?'' f_pbXn b_]msS fmÌÀ tfl¸p_¯n^p¶ ¥mÊnt`¡v ^*v sFhv NyqdpNÄ C«p. ASnt`¡v kas^ {l²t]msX tkmZvN bNÀ¶ tlgw, H^p sI_p Wm^§m Ioapw sWXpsN bnaÀ¶ Nm´m^n fpaNpw ASnt`¡n«p. tfl k`n¸p Sp_¶v FXp¯ Npªp X¸n]n Wn¶v H^p Ng\w NÃp¸pw C«p. """"At¿m... bpSnW]n` km§m³ f_¶p!'' At§^p S`]v¡v ssN