Chapter Title : പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David]

hmVW§saÃmw ko«nWNt¯¡v k¨p. Smt¡m ssN]n¯¶p Sm\psSmjpSv-- Ak³ tbm]n. Mm³ AXp¡a]nt`¡p tWm¡n bm_p¡p«ns] knan¨p. Njnª b¯n^pbSp kÀgfm]n Aksasâs]m¸fp*v. hpVognsâ Cã§saÃmw AkÄ¡_n]mw. AkÄ Aksâ Cã§saÃmw Du¬tfl]n kna¼nk¨p. Du\pNjnªp MmWktWmXv b_ªp, """"Wnsâ fp_n]nÂtbm]n W¶m]n D_§nt¡m. Wmsa Wfp¡v hwhm^n¡mw''. Ak³ tbm]n. bntäUnkhw ^mkns` Fsâ bSnkpWX¯w Njnsª¯n]t¸mjpw Ak³ D\À¶n«nÃ. kmSn Im^n]nt«]psŦn`pw Mm³ S«nknan¨p. AÂbtW^¯nWptlgw AkWp\À¶p. """"bm_p¡p«n]½ kt¶maq'' Ak³ knan¨pb_ªp. MmWN¯pNX¶p. """"A½]m]n^pt¶m, Mm³ N^pSn]Sv bm_p¡p«n]½ Im] sNm*pks¶¶m'' Ak³ In^n¨p. bpS¸pfmän, N«n`n`n^p¶ Fsâ fXn]n S`k¨p Ak³ NnX¶p. """"F\oäpkm, Im] FXp¡mw''. MmsW\oäp AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm]n. hnäu«ns` thmc]n Hmt^m N¸v Im]]v¡n^pbp_fn^p¶v M§Ä Gs_ tW^w hwhm^n¨p. Wm«ns` kntlg§saÃmw Ak³ tImUn¨p fWÊn`m¡n. """"CsSÃmw Wns¶ Mm³ Cþsf]n`n A_n]n¨Sm\tÃm?'' CX]v¡v Mm³ tImUn¨p. """"Cþsf]n`ns` knk^§sam¶pw fWÊn S§m_nÃt½, bYn¯¯nsâ sX³g³ A{S]v¡p*v. {bVmWs¸« Nm^y§Ä A½ tcm\n b_]m_p*tÃm. ASpfm{Stf fWÊn Wn¡q'' FWn¡ktWmXv hiSmbw. """"F´m]m`pw Sn]_n Njnªp. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CWn t{bmKNväpw SnÊohpw fm{Stf]pÅp. ASnWp tk*ptkmaw hmkNmlfp*v'' Aksâ N®pNan Blzmhw. """"Wos]§sW]m\v kos¡³Zv--hv sI`km¡p¶Sv?'' Mm³ tImUn¨p. """"kos¡³Zv--hv F¶Sv BjvI]ns`m^pUnkhw Nn«n]m`m]n. A¶v Fs´¦n`pw ss`äv FâÀssX³sfâv fm{Stf tWm¡m_pÅp. fWÊnsâ sX³g³ fmäm³ AtS]pÅpfmÀPw''. """"ss`äv FâÀssX³sfâv F¶SpsNm*v Wos]´m Dt±ln¨Sv?'' """"Cu Unkh§an fn¡km_pw Mm³ NX¸p_s¯ _nthmÀ«nÂ