Chapter Title : പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David]

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] Np®]n Ipän¸nXn¨p A^pf]m]n St`mXn. ASv Ip«pbjp¯ C^p¼ptbms` sbmÅp¶p. Ak³ fpOfp]À¯n tImUn¨p, """"Mm³ SpX^t«''. Mm³ S`]m«n. {c©v SmXn]ns` Npänt^mf§apsX C¡nan¡pbp_Nn Aksâ WWª Ip*pNapw Wmkpw, kl§an`qsX Fsâ sbm¡nĨpjnks^s]¯n. Aksâ Wmkv sbm¡nĨpjns] DjpSpf_n¨p. Fsâ f²yemPw Aksâ WmknWm]n D]À¶p. bns¶, sbm¡nanWpIpäpw Ip*pNÄ AfÀ¯nk¨p làn]m]n km]v--¡pÅnt`¡v k`n¨p. Mm³ A´^o£¯n sbm§nWX¡p¶ AWpekfm]n^p¶p. thmc]nÂWns¶\oäv, S_]n`n^p¶v Fsâ Nm`pNÄ knXÀ¯n ASnWnX]n Ak³ fpOffÀ¯n. Npt_Wmam]n {Xnw sI]vSn«nÃm¯ bq_ns` fpXnfpjpk³ sNmjp¯ {hk¯m WWªn^p¶p. fpOfp]À¯n]t¸mÄ Aksâ fq¡n`pw NknapNan`pw B WWkv bän]n^p¶p. ANwSpXNan Aksâ Wmkv HmXnWX¶p; bns¶, Nm`pNÄ NqXpS bnXn¨pknXÀ¯n SpX]nXp¡n`qsX PpUwks^. bqÀ¨p*pNÄ kn^`psNm*v sfsïp_¶v ASnWNs¯ WWkv fpjpk³ Ak³ W¡ns]Xp¯p. kn^`pNÄsNm*v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv D]À¯n] N´n Aksâ b^pb^p¯ Wm¡v fm`¸X¡w sbm«n¨p. Ip*pNÄ¡nX]n`m¡n ASnsW làn]m]n ANt¯m«pk`n¡pt¼mÄ Fsâ A^s¡«v A_n]msS]p]À¶p. bns¶,