Chapter Title : മദിരാക്ഷി [Mango]

bpÅn h½Sn¨n«p*v.'' `mhÀ b_ªp. """"bt£, BUnkmhn Du^n fäpÅks^ Smfhn¸n¡nÃ. tfmWv Fsâ ko«n Smfhn¡mw. AknXp¶v H¶^ Nnt`mfoäÀ WX¡msW DÅp Du^nt`¡v. Mm³ sNms*m]vt¡maw F¶pw.'' """"M§Ä Wmsa Ss¶ AknsX F¯mw. Xm.. tbmNmftÃm Wmsa Ss¶? ko«n h½Sn¡msS C^n¡ptfm?'' fmÌÀ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p """"Hm ... bnt¶... ko«ns` h½Sw km§o«m\tÃm Ck³ C{S]pw Nm`w FÃmw sI]vSSv... W½Ä tbmNp¶p. CksW AknsX sNm*m¡n] tlgw fmÌÀ Ss¶ Cksâ AÑtWmXv b_ªm fSn H¶v'' ssf¡namlm³ b_ªt¸mÄ Mm³ Swhv Abv Nm\n¨p. """"HmsN... As¸m b_ªSp tbms`... `mhÀ tI«³ sbm]vt¡m... Xm Wo `mhÀ tI«Wv H^p... A¿m]n^w ^qb sNmXps¯'' Mm³ tbjv--hv FXp¯v ^*m]n^¯nsâ fq¶p tWm«v `mhÀ tI«sâ N¿n sNmXp¯p. At§^v ASp km§n Np^nlv k^¨p dmPn`n«p. """"tI«m... Hs^®w AXn¡pt¶m?'' Blm³ `mh_ntWmXv tImUn¨p. Can¨p sNm*v At§^v b_ªp """"CSp tk* hmt_... Mm³ dÊn_§n]t¸m dokt_Kn¶v H^p tNmÀ«À _w km§n AXn¨m^p¶p... Nq«¯n bnXn¡¯nÃ.. km]p tN_pw. hm_v knt^mVw knIm^n¡^pSv. dÊv N]_n tbmNmWpÅStà FWn¡v'' Blm³ In^n¨p... ""At¿m... H^p knt^mVkpfnÃ. ht´mgtf]pÅq. Wmsa M§Ä A§p k^pw. sk«n^p¼p s_Zn]m¡n skt¨¡\w. ASnWm Ak³ B]n^w ^qbm NqXpS S¶Sv'' S` Np`p¡n `mh_p tbm]n. """"F´nWmXm f]ns^ A¿m]n^w sNmXp¡m³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_]pt¼m B_m]n^w sNmXp¯Sv?'' A]mÄ tbms]¶p_¸m¡n Blm³ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p. """"InÃ_ CÃm]n^ps¶tZm b^« b{S¡m^m'' Mm³ b_ªp. fmÌÀ In^n¨p. """"As¸m W½Ä skap¸nsW Sn^n¡p¶p. Wnsâ Aan]Wp tk*n S´¸Xn Njnª]mjvI km§n] Nm_v ko«n CtÃ? Wo ASpw N«v ^mkns` CknsX km. tbmNp¶ kjn BlmsW]pw S«n N]än Wfp¡v b_¡mw.'' fmÌÀ b_ªp Mm³ h½Sn¨p. FWn¡p hz´fm]n k*n]pw skÅkpw H¶pfnÃ. S´¸Xn]pw At§s^ Hmhn Kokn¡p¶ Aan]·m^pw ko«n km§n C«n^n¡p¶ k*nNÄ, A`¡n tS¨p sk¨n^n¡p¶ Ak^psX s{ZÊpNÄ, km¨pNÄ, gqhpNÄ , sdÂäv thmN-vhv-- A*Àsk]À F¶p tk*, FWn¡mklyfpÅsSÃmw Mm³ AXn¨p fmän Dbt]mPn¡m_m\v bSnkv. sI`kp Np_]v¡mftÃm.