Chapter Title : പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David]

Aksâ Io«pw k¨p. Mm³ ssN]p]À¯n b_ªp, """"Wo tSmäp''. NpWnª fpOt¯msX Ak³ gÀ«q^n thmc]nt`¡n«p.

AXp¯ Nan]n`pw tSmÂkn AktâSm]n^p¶p. Aksâ {SotcmÀ¯pw AkWq^ns]_nªp. Ct¸mÄ AkWp K«n fm{Stf]pÅp. AXp¯ fq¶pNanNan SpXÀ¨]m]n Mm³ tSmäp. fq¶mfs¯ tSmÂ--kn]n Mm³ bmâohv Du^nfmäp¶Sv Ak³ N®nf]v¡msS tWm¡n]n^p¶t¸mÄ MmWksâ Nufm^Nm`w HmÀ¡pN]m]n^p¶p. PvamÊns` knh-vNn k`n¨pNpXn¨p Mm³ bpSns]m^p hnP^äv N¯n¨p. Aksâ PvamÊns` knh-vNn]pw Njnªn^p¶p. Ak³ Np¸n]nÂWn¶v AXp¯ sb¤v Hjn¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ tdmVbqÀkw thmc]n WPvWfm] Nm`pNÄ knXÀ¯n Im^n]n^p¶p. AksWsâ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v tWm¡ns¡m*v skÅsfmjn¡pt¼mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ Uqs^tWm¡n hnP^äv bpN¨n^p¶p. Wn_¨Pvamhv-- Fsâ fp¶nt`¡pWo¡m³ fpt¶m«mªt¸mÄ Aksâ knXÀ¶ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n K«nsbm«n¡m³ b\ns¸Xp¶ Aksâ Np® Mm³ Sfmlt]msX tWm¡n. """"CWn Wfp¡v AkhmWs¯ _u*v SpX§mw'' Mm³ AXp¯ _u*n AXn]_kpb_ªp Njnªpsk¶f«n Ak³ b_ªp. """"l^n, Wo Io«nt«m'' Mm³ AWpkmUw WÂNn. Aksâ N®pNapw {l²]pw Fsâ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n`ms\¶v FWn¡v tdmVyfm]n^p¶p. AkWnWn Io«n {l²n¡m³ Njn]nsöpw FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Ak³ b`t¸mjpw hz]wtemPw sI¿p¶Sv Mm³ N*n«ps*¦n`pw Ct¸mÄ Aksâ D²^n¨ Np® H^n¡Â¡qXn Nm\\sf¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n. thmc]n Nm`pknXÀ¯n]n^p¶psNm*v Mm³ Io«pNÄ WnkÀ¯n AXp¡m³ SpX§n. emPyklm Wà Io«pNams\Wn¡v Nn«n]Sv. WnkÀ¯n] Io«pNÄ¡nX]n`qsX tWm¡pt¼mÄ Aksâ kn_]mÀ¶ kn^`pNapw Fsâ SpXNÄ¡nX]n`qsX Woap¶ tWm«kpw Mm³ tWm¡n]n^p¶p. Nps_ tW^¯nWptlgw Ak³ b_ªp, ''A½ Io«p Nm\nt¨?''. Mm³ AXp¡n] Io«pNÄ Xot¸m]n k¨p. B Io«pNÄ Wn^mlt]msX tWm¡ns¡m*v Ak³ hz´w ssN]ns` Io«pNÄ tfl¸p_¯pk¨p. ASnt`¡ptWm¡n Mm³ b_ªp, """"Wo tSmäp, CWn Du^nt¡''. AkWSv {bSo£n¨SÃ. fWx{b]mht¯msX Ak³ F\oäv K«n]q^n. bp_wSn^nªp K«n]q^n Sn^nªt¸mÄ Aksâ Np® 90 Zn{Pn]n WnkÀ¶pWn¶mXp¶p. MmWksW AXpt¯¡pknan¨p. Np®]n ssNIpän¸nXn¨p MmWSnsâ Aäw D^n¨p. """"CSn§sW Wn¡p¶Sm\v ^hw'' Mm³ b_ªp. AXp¯