Chapter Title : മദിരാക്ഷി [Mango]

AXp¯m sNm*p tbm]Sv. fq¶p fmhw InNnÕ. tKm\n¡p«n Cs¸m H^p cpÄ Wn¶Xn¡pw! N^mams\¦n ZdnÄ hv--t{XmRv'' Fsâ fWÊn`pw fpO¯pw B]n^w fjknÃpNÄ H^pfn¨p kn^nªp. """"bt£ H^p {blvWw D*v'' fmÌÀ SpXÀ¶p """"Cu b_]p¶ sskUy³ GSm*v Nm«p fq¸Wm. Nm«n`m Smfhkpw. Ip½m sI¶m At§^p W½sa InNnÂhn¡pN tbm]n«v AXp¸n¡pN tbm`pw CÃ.'' """"bgv--Xv !'' ssf¡nÄ Blm³ In_n tNm«n. """"As¸m bns¶ F´p sI¿pw fmÌs_?'' Mm³ tImUn¨p """"tNm¶n]n DÅ H^p `mhÀ A¨m]³ D*v. A]mÄ¡v Cu b_]p¶ fq¸³ sskUyWpfm]n Wà AXp¸fm. At§^m\v Cs¸m CknsX k^pw F¶v Mm³ b_ª N£n. Cs¸m F¯pw. At§^v knIm^n¨m Wfp¡v fmt¦ms] AknsX sNm*p tbm]n InNnÂhn¡mw. Ck³ ko*pw NpXn SpX§m³ tk*n H¶pw AÃ. C¶s` Cksâ AWn]³ tZmÎs_ Mm³ N*n^p¶p. CWn]nt¸m CSp kgamkpNs] DÅp¶m Ak³ b_]p¶Sv. Wfp¡v Wm«p f^p¶v H¶p ss{X sI]vSp tWm¡mw. F´m]m`pw tUmgw H¶pw k^nÃ'' """"ASp sl^n]m... Wfp¡v H¶v {lfn¡mw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fmt¦m'' BlmWpw b_ªp. Mm³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. Np´¯n N]_n C^n¡m³ tbm`pw S¿m_m]n^p¶p Mm³.... Fsâ N^anWp tk*n. fmÌ_pw BlmWpw ^*mft¯Spw Njnªp fq¶mfs¯ sb¤nt`¡v NX¡p¶Sv tWm¡n Mm³ H^p hnP^äpw k`n¨n^p¶p. bpNk`n FWn¡{S bSnkpÅSÃ, F¦n`pw, Ip½m...

Gjp f\n]mNm_m]t¸mÄ `mhÀ k¶p. GNtUlw 65 k]Êp {bm]fpÅ, F¶m Bt^mPykmWm] H^p fWpgy³. sf`nª, WoafpÅ l^o^w, UrZfm] tblnNÄ A]mapsX AVzmW lo`w knan¨p b_]p¶p*v. Npän SmXn. gÀ«pw fp*pfm\v tkgw. tSma¯p Sq§p¶ N^]pÅ tSmÀ¯pw N¿n DÅ sI_n] N_p¯ s`SÀ dmPpw N*m Ss¶ A_n]mw GtSm b«n¡m«n Wn¶m\v Npän]pw b_n¨p k^p¶Sv F¶v. A]mÄ k¶t¸mÄ fmÌÀ Fjpt¶äv A¸p_s¯ fp_n]n tbm]n H^p Nth^ NqXn sNm*v k¶p. """"CSm\v Mm³ b_ª N£n.'' fmÌÀ Fs¶ Iq*n A]mtamXv b_ªp. `mhÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n WngvNa¦fm] H^p In^n bmhm¡n. MmWpw. """"fq¸tWmXv Mm³ FÃmw b_ªn«p*v. InNnÂhn¡msf¶pw fm_p¶p S^msf¶pw