Chapter Title : പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David]

Natª¡v'' Mm³ In^n¨p. bn¶ns` ips¡Xp¯p AkWSq^n. AVnNw Sm\n«nÃm¯ fp`Nan Ak³ fpOffÀ¯n. bns¶, fpOfp]À¯n AksWsâ fp`Nant`¡v tWm¡n]n^p¶p. """"CSmUyfm]n Nm\pN]mt\m?'' MmWksW Nan]m¡n. """"AÃt½, bs£ BUyfm]n sSmXpN]m\v'' Ak³ N®n_p¡n In^n¨p. Aksâ knXÀ¯n] ssN¸¯nNÄ Fsâ fp`NÄ¡ptf`fÀ¶p. Aksâ ssN¸¯n¡v dmt`«tWmaw làn]p*v, bs£ kas^ frUpkm\v. dmt`«sâ ssN¸¯n tSm¡nsâ Sj¼psNm*v b^pb^p¯Sm\v. fp`Nan Aksâ N^I`Ww b^nlo`Ww hn²n¨ H^m\ntâSm]n^p¶p; N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B CwPvaogpNm^n sb®nsâ bmY§amkpw. Fsâ N®pNant`¡ptWm¡n Ak³ tImUn¨p, """"Mm³ SpX§nt¡mt«''. Mm³ AtSs]¶v S`]m«n.

AksWsâ fpOt¯¡v fpOfXp¸n¨p. FtâSptbms` Aktâ]pw km]n hnP^änsâ f\fm\v. WmkpWo«n Ip*pNÄ WW¨psNm*v AksWsâ AXn¨p*v k`n¨p_n©n. Im«pantbms` Fsâ km]nt`¡v Woap¶ Aksâ WmknsW tW^nXm³ Fsâ WmkpWo*p. Ak³ Wm¡psNm*v Fsâ km]v¡N¯p Hma§ap]À¯n. C_p¡n¸nXn¨ Fsâ Ip*pNÄ¡nX]n`qsX Spa¨pN]_p¶ Aksâ Wmkv, d`mÕwPw sI_p¡m³ Nm`pNÄ C_p¡n¸nXn¨ sb®nsâ bq_nWpÅn ASn{Nfn¨pNX¡p¶ Np®tbms` FWn¡Wpeks¸«p. Aksâ km]v Fsâ sIkn]nt`¡v Wo*p. Aksâ km]v¡pÅns` làn]m] D_n©`nWnX]n Wmkv sIkn¡pÅn b®ns¡m*n^p¶p. ^*psIknNapw Du¼n¡jn]pwfp³bv-- FWn¡v H^pk«w k¶p, Fsâ N®pNÄ AXªp. AkWSp fWÊn`ms]¶ptSm¶n. Aksâ Ip*pNÄ WnÝ`fm]n. Npt_¡jnªp Ak³ tImUn¨p, """"sh¡³Zv tgm SpX§t« At½?'' N®pSp_¡msSSs¶ Mm³ S`]m«n. Aksâ Ip*pNÄ Fsâ Njp¯n`pw, bn³Njp¯n`pw HmXnWX¶p. ssNNap]À¯n N£s¯ fpXn km]n`m¡n Ip*psNm*v k`n¨n¡nan]m¡n. ^*pssNsNm*pw fp`NÄ sM¡n¸nXn¨p fp`sM«pNÄ k`n¨pNpXn¨p. Fsâ ssNNm`pNÄ SaÀ¶p, AXp¯k^kv NqXpS lànt]msX]m]n^p¶p. Mm³ thmc]n Im^n¡nX¶p. Fs¶ Ipän¸nXn¨p fp`Nan sW©fÀ¯n AksWsâ tf Imªp. Gs_ tW^wNjnªp MmWp^pt¼mjpw AkW§sW NnX¡]m\v. Mm³ ssNWo«n Aksâ N¼n]m]