Chapter Title : പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David]

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«n tbmNpw. AknsX H^p Cw¥ogv NpXpwdkpfm]n BjvI]ns`m^pUnkhw kmXN sg]À sI¿p¶ H^pfp_n]p*v M§Ä¡v. M§aknsX s_½n Nan¨n^n¡pw. tdm_Xn¡pt¼mÄ NX¸p_¯p WX¡pw. ASv Cu _nthmÀ«nsâ NÌfÀ¡p fm{Sfm]pÅ WyqZv do¨m\v. AknXs¯ Bim^¯nWv kn`¡qXpS B]SpsNm*v AkÀ D¨]v¡pÅ Bim^w ko«nÂWn¶v sNm*pk^pw. M§aSv Njn¨p sskNpt¶^w Sn^n¨ptbmNpw'' Ak³ b_ªp. """"B NpXpwd¯n Bs^ms¡]p*v?'' Fsâ D¡\vY AkWp fWÊn`mkpw. """"Wm`vbSpNapsX AkhmWfpÅ AÑWpw A½]pw bns¶ C^pbSnWXp¯ fNapw''. """"Wn§Ä Nmlpsk¨mt\m Nan¡m_v--?'' """"CÃt½. ASknsX Wn]fkn^p²fm\v. fsäs´¦n`pw b´]fm\v sk¡m_v''. """"fsäs´¦n`psf¶mÂ...?'' """"AknsX]SnsW tbm¡À sP]nw F¶m\p b_]m_v. DUmi^\¯nWv tSmä BapNtamXv Fs´¦n`pw knZv[n¯w AenW]n¡m³ b_]pN. NqXpS`pw shNv--hm\v. K]n¨ bmÀ«n b_]p¶Nm^yw sI¿m³ tSmä BapNÄ dmVyØ^m\v''. """"Wo]pw A§sW sI]vSn«pt*m?'' """"CsSms¡ AknsX hmVm^\fm\t½'' Ak³ WnÊm^fm]n b_ªpWnÀ¯n. Npan¨p {bmS Njn¨p Ak³ b_ªp, """"Wfps¡m^p sI_n] ss{ZknWp tbm]mt`m?'' FWnt¡äkpw CãvXs¸« Nm^yfm\sS¶v AkW_n]mw, {btSyNn¨pw ss{ZknwPv ko`nWpbp_Nn Wfp¡nãs¸« H^maps*¦nÂ. AkWpÅt¸mÄ Nm_nsâ fp³hoänÂ, H^p Nmjv¨¡m^n]m]n C^n¡m³ FWnt¡s_ Cãfm\v. Du\nsâ Nm^yw b_]msSSs¶ M§an_§n; bm_p¡p«n¡v Ftâ]pw Aktâ]pw Cã§Ä fWxbmYfm\v.

WP^¯nWpbp_¯pÅ M§apsX Nrgn]nX¯nt`¡m\v Ak³ Nmt_mXn¨Sv. BjvI]ns`m^n¡s`¦n`pw Mm³ tbmNp¶ Ø`fm\Sv. bt£ ss{ZknwPv ko`nsâ bn¶n`n^p¶m Wn§Ä¡v t_mZv fm{Stf Nm\mWmkq. C¶v Mm³ kjnt]m^¡mjvINsaÃmw N*psNm*n^p¶p. ]m{S]n`pXWoaw