Chapter Title : പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David]

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` 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.