Chapter Title : പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David]

DÄs¡mÅm³ A½¡v H^pbmXv dp²nfp«mkpw. Nan SpX§n]m W½aSnsâ Wn]f§Ä AWph^n¡m³ dmVyØ^m\v'' AksWs¶ Wn^pÕmis¸Xp¯n. """"Wn]f§Ä AWph^n¡m³ H^p b«ma¡m^sâ em^ys] Wo bYn¸n¡*'' Fs¶]m^pw A*Àt_äv sI¿p¶Sv FWn¡nãfÃ, MmWksW skÃpknan¨p. """"ASÃt½, tbm¡À sP]nfn Hmt^m tSmÂkn]n`pw H^p khv{Sw Du^n fmtä*nk^pw. AkhmWw bqÀ®WPvW^m]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C^nt¡*nk^pw. K]n¨]mÄ F´m\v Bklys¸XpNs]¶v Wfp¡v b_]mWmknÃ. K]n¨]mÄ Bklys¸Xp¶sS´pw sI¿m³ tSmä]mÄ dmVyØ^m\v'' Ak³b_ªp. """"Nan¡pt¼mÄ Nan]psX Wn]f§Ä. KoknS¯n hz´w Wn]f§Ä. ASpsNm*pSs¶ Nan¡mWn_§pt¼mÄ B Wn]fw AWph^n¡\w. ASnWp Mm³ S]m_ms\¦n WnWs¡´m dp²nfp«v?'' MmWksâ Wm¡X¡n.

AkWmsN In´m¡pj¸¯n`ms\¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Fsâ WPvWS Nmt\*nk^psf¶ eoSn]m\v Aksâ fWÊns`¶v FWn¡_n]mw. AksWm^pbmXv C³indng³hv Ds*s¶Wn¡v fWÊn`m]n. """"WyqZv do¨n`qsX WX¡pt¼mÄ WnWs¡s´¦n`pw tSm¶m_pt*m?'' """"CÃt½, AknsX CsSm^p hmVm^\ NmjvI]m\v. Sn^¡pÅ sS^pkn`qsX H^p hv{So WPvW]m]n tbm]m`pw B^pfknsX {l²n¡m_nÃ. ASptbms` WyqZv do¨n`qsX WX¡pt¼mjpw Wfps¡m¶pw tSm¶nÃ'' Ak³ b_ªp. """"bns¶´m WnW¡v? A½]psX WPvWS Nm\psf¶ tbXn]mt\m?'' Fsâ tImUyw tN«v Ak³ S`Smjv¯n. """"MmWknXs¯ Nm^y§Ä HmÀ¯ptbm]Sm\v. AknsX b`t¸mjpw K]n¨ bmÀ«n, CknsX sbÀtkÀg³hv F¶pb_]p¶ Nm^y§am\v sI¿m³ b_]pN. AknsX]ms\¦n AsSÃmw hmVm^\]m\v'' Ak³ b_ªp. """"sbÀtkÀg³hv F¶mÂ?'' Mm³ tImUn¨p. """"Hm_Â, BWÂ, C³shÌv SpX§n]k. DUmi^\¯nWv fn¡km_pw MmWpw B sb¬Np«n]pfm\v H^p bmÀ«n, AkapsX AÑWpw A½]pw ftä bmÀ«n]pw. At¸mÄ SoÀ¨]m]pw shN-vhv, C³shÌmkpw''. """"AkÀ¡Sn kngfsfm¶pfntÃ?'' """"CÃ. FWn¡Sv Uin¡m³ Gs_ tW^sfXp¯p. {bm]bqÀ¯n]m] f¡apw tbs^âvhpw S½n ]msSm^p C³indng³hpw AknsX]nÃ. St`¶s¯ tZänwPnsW¡p_n¨p b_]m³ B sb¬Np«n¡v ]msSm^p fXn]pfnÃ. bns¶ AkÀs¡Ãmw CSpw _½n Nantbms` H^p F³tKm]vsfâv fm{Sfm\v. ko«ns`¯n]m bns¶ A½b_ªtbms` ko«ns` Wn]f§Äfm{Skpw''. """"bns¶´m sP]nw Nan¡m³ WnWs¡m^p ssk¢dyw? bns¶, tbm¡À Nan]ns` sdäv shNv--hmk\sf¶v WnÀdÔsfm¶pfnÃtÃm?'' ''CÃt½. Np«n¡m`s¯ b`