Chapter Title : പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David]

WnW¡v hnP^äv k`n¡mw, bs£ Wn]{´\w Wnsâ ssN]n Ss¶]mk\w'' Mm³ b_ªp. Ak³ fp_n]nt`¡ptbm]n H^pNqXv hnP^äpw ss`ä_pfm]n k¶p. H^p hnP^äv N¯n¨psNm*k³ b_ªp, """"CSknXs¯ lo`fm\t½. b`t¸mjpw hdv--hot_m BNp¶ AknXs¯ Nm`mkØ]n CSv tk*nk^pw''. MmWksâ fp³bn Bgv--t{X Wo¡nk¨p. kas^ Nm`¯nWptlgw SrbvSnN^fm]n e£\w Njn¨ MmWpw H^p hnPs^säXp¯p N¯n¨p. ASkWv NqXpS Bßknlzmhw WÂNn]n^p¶p. hnP^äv k`n¨pNjnª tlgw MmWktWmXv b_ªp, """"CWn Wo]¸w s_sÌXpt¯m, Asæn Np_¨p D_§nt¡m. Wfp¡v sskNpt¶^w Nm\mw''. """"ASv tk*t½. D¨]v¡p_§p¶ lo`w FWn¡nÃ. C¶nt¸mÄ bm_pk½ Fs¶ l^n¡pw bän¨pNaªp. k]À H^pbmXv Wn_ªptbm]n. Mm³ bp_s¯ms¡ WX¶n«pk^mw''. """"Cu sk]n`t¯m? ASptk*. WnW¡p_§mSn^n¡m³ Wfps¡m^p tbm¡À sP]nw Nan¨mt`m?'' Mm³ Sfmlf«n tImUn¨p. """"ASptk*t½. ASnsâ Wn]f§Ä 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.