Chapter Title : പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David]

sfâ t»m¡pNapw fWÊn`pÅSpsNm*mkpw MmW§sW b_ªSv. Wfp¡v Nan¡mw'' Ak³ b_ªp. Ak³ NqXpS fWÊv Sp_¡pt¼mÄ MmWksâ kaÀ¨]ns` Hmt^m Q«kpw fWÊn _ossk³Zv sI¿pN]m]n^p¶p. M§Ä Fsâ fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. Ak³ Nan]psX Wn]f§Ä knlUoN^n¨p. """"^*ptb^ptX]pw s{ZÊns` W¼ÀHmcvboshhv Sp`yfm]n^n¡\w, ASmUyw Zns¢]À sI¿pN]pw tk\w. Hmt^m tSmÂkn]n`pw H^p bohv Ajns¨Xp¡\w. K]n¨m Wãs¸« Hmt^m bohm]n Sn^ns¨Xp¡mw. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkhmWs¯ tSmÂ--kn]n Du^ns]Xp¡m³ khv{SfnÃmSmkpt¼mÄ A]mÄ tSmäSm]n N\¡m¡pw. bns¶, MmWnt¸mÄ Cu kmSn`X¡pw, Nm^\w bm_p¡p«n]½¡v Cu Nan b^nI]fnÃtÃm!''. Mm³ h½Sn¨p. """"FWn¡v fq¶pbohv'' Mm³ Zns¢]À sI]vSp; {dm]pw bmâohpw fp«nWpSmsjs]¯p¶ t{cm¡pfms\sâ tkgw. """"FWn¡pw fq¶pbohv'' AkWpw b_ªp. Mm³ A`fm^]nÂWn¶v MmWpw bm_p¡p«n]pfm]n bSnkm]n Nan¡p¶ NmÀZnsâ sb«ns]Xp¯p Xot¸m]n S«n. AÂbw knh-vNn Wp\ªp hnPs^äpfm]n«m\v M§Ä Nan¡m_v--. ASpsNm*pSs¶ MmWktWmXv tImUn¨p, """"Nan¡pt¼mÄ Wn§Ä fUybn¡m_pt*m?''. """"Ht¶m ^t*m sb¤t½'' Ak³ In^n¨p. """"WnW¡v tkt\m?'' Mm³ tImUn¨p. """"CknsXs]knsX Nn«mWm\t½''. """"CsSm^p bj] fn`n«_n Hmcoh_psX koXms\¶_n]ntÃ?'' Mm³ Np¸n]pw ^*v PvamÊpNapw S\p¯ skÅkpsfXp¯p. AkWSn Hmt^m `mÀKv Hjn¨v skÅw Wn_¨p. ¥mÊpNÄ fp«n¨p Iot]Àhv b_ªp Ak³ Io«Xp¡m³ SpX§n. Aksâ H^p hnP^äv N¯n¨p, knh-vNn Wp\ªp, Fsâfp³bn Ak³ koSn¨n« Io«pNÄ Mm³ ssN]ns`Xp¯v-- WnkÀ¯ntWm¡n. bm_pkntWmsX¶Sptbms` AktWmXpw Nan]n K]n¡\sf¶ kmlns]m¶pw FWn¡nÃ. Nan]psX ^hw fm{Sw. bt£ Aksâ fpO¯v H^p sX³g³ FWn¡_n]m³ Njnªp. Mm³ sk_ptS Fsâ emkW Ajn¨pkn«p. AkWp Nan]n K]n¡\sf¶ tfmiw F´psNm*mkmw? H¶pNn AkWv Aksâ A½]psXfp³bn WPvWWmkm³ CãfÃ; Asæn AkWv Aksâ A½]psX WPvWS Nm\\w. F´m]m`pw FWns¡m^ptbms`]m\v. MmsWsâ Io«Xp¡n Aksâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. AÂbtW^¯nWptlgw AksWsâtWt^tWm¡n b_ªp, ''A½ Io«p Nm\nt¨?''. Mm³ knXÀ¯n AXp¡n] Io«v Xot¸m]n k¨p. AksWm¶v tWm¡n]tlgw Wn^mlt]msX