Chapter Title : പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David]

bqÀ¯pa]n DjpSpf_n¡m³ SpX§n. AÂbtW^¯nWptlgw Fsâ A^s¡«v ko*psfm^n¡ÂNqXn thmc]nt`¡v SaÀ¶pko\p. fpOfp]À¯n Fsâ N®nt`¡ptWm¡n] AktWmXv Mm³ b_ªp, """"fSn, FWn¡nWn k¿''. MmtWmÀ¯p, dmt`«tâSntW¡mÄ kn^pSmÀ¶ kn^`pNÄ, Ip*v, Wm¡v. fWÊpsNm*v MmWm Cw¥ogpNm^n sb®nsW Wfn¨p; F{S ewPn]m]n H^p sb®nsW SrbvSns¸Xp¯m³ AkaksW bYn¸n¨n^n¡p¶p! AksW\oäv thmc]n Im^n¡nX¡p¶ Fsâ]^nNn`n^p¶p fp`Nan fpOffÀ¯n. bmSnf]¡¯nÂ, Aksâ sS_n¨pWn¡p¶ Np®]n ssNIpän¸nXn¨p Mm³ NnX¶p.

Npt_tW^¯nWptlgw Fsâ S`]ns` sN«pkn«p. Mm³ N®pSp_¶t¸mjpw AksWsâ sW©n NnX¡p¶p. Fsâ ssNNÄ Aksâ Np®]n I`n¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ Ak³ S`]p]À¯n; Ak³ D_§n]n«nÃm]n^p¶p. ]pkKtWmÕktka]n hz´w sbÀtcmf³hv l^n]mt]m F¶ SpX¡¡m^sâ D¡\vY Aksâ fpO¯p*v. AksW tWm¡n N®n_p¡ns¡m*v Mm³ b_ªp, ""Wos]\otä, CWn Fsâ]qjfm\v--"". MmsW´m Dt±ln¨sS¶v AkWp fWÊn`m]nÃ. AksW\oäv H^p Npäkmans]t¸ms` Fsâ fp³bn Wn¶p. thmc]n fpt¶m«mªn^p¶v, fp³bn Wo*pkn_]v¡p¶ Aksâ Np® Mm³ ssN]ns`Xp¯p. AkWSv A{bSo£nSfm]n^p¶p. fq¶m`pk«w MmWSp Sp_¶X¨p. Iq*pkn^ÂsNm*v MmWm bnaÀ¸v knXÀ¯n. Fsâ Ip*pNÄ ASnWptWt^ Wo*t¸mÄ Ak³ AÂbw bp_tNm«pfm_n. Fsâ knXÀ¶ Ip*pNant`¡ptWm¡n Ak³ b_ªp, ""ASptk*t½, N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A½]v¡Sp Cãs¸XnÃ. kr¯ntNXmkpw"". ""Fsâ CãmWnã§Ä Wo]mt\m So^pfmWn¡p¶Sv?"" Mm³ sImXn¨p. ""CknXs¯ lo`§Ä WnWs¡§sW]_n]mw? CknsX WnWs¡s´¦n`pw fp¶Wpek§apt*m?"" Csö_n]msf¦n`pw Mm³ tImUn¨p. ""Fsâ]_nkn CSv SnN¨pw bmÝmSyfm\v. C´y]n CsSm¶pw bSnknÃ. CknsX FWn¡v b^nI]fpÅ b`^pw CSv b^o£n¨p tSmäk^m\v"". ""Wo]nt¸mÄ sI]vSSv CknsX bSnkpÅSmt\m? Nn«p¶sSÃmw fX¡ns¡mXp¡\sf¶Sv Wnsâ AÑsâ WnÀtUlfm\v. ASpsNm*v FWn¡Sp fX¡n¯t¶ fSn]mkq. MmsWm¶v b^o£n¨p tWm¡p¶Sn WnWs¡s´¦n`pw FSnÀ¸pt*m?"" MmWksâ Wm¡X¡n. WmkpWo«n, Ip*pWW¨p, MmWksâ Np® km]nt`¡Xp¸n¨p. Fsâ