Chapter Title : പൂതന [Mango]

fpNan`s¯ ^*p iqNv kn«p NnX¡p¶p.... BhmfmWyfm]n fpjp¯ fp`NÄ Sn§n sM^p§n bp_t¯¡v SÅn Wn¡p¶p... Wo*, BjfpÅ fp`¨mÂ... sbm¡nan Wn¶pw A©p kn^ Smjv¯n DXp¯n^n¡p¶ `p¦n bnaÀ¯n, N]än Np¯n, CXSv Nm`pw SpX]pw fp¡m`pw bp_¯p Nm\mw.... SÅ CsS´p emkn¨m... AkÀ AtS bXn Wn¶v A]]n Sp\n kn^n¡p¶p. ssN D]À¯n]t¸mÄ kn]À¯p WWª N£¯p »uhnsâ S¿Â A`vbw kn«n«pÅSv Nm\mw. """"tN_n C^n¡o... Mm³ Im]¡v skÅw sk¡mw'' ko*pw b_ªp sNm*v B sNmjp¯ bq_n Fs¶ NX¶v AXp¡a]nt`¡v N]_n. NqsX MmWpw. AknsX NnX¶ H^p Wn_w f§n] ¹mÌnNv Nth^ Iq*n¡m«n AkÀ Ft¶mXv C^n¡m³ b_ªp. Mm³ C^p¶p. """"hpWnS FknsX tbm]Sm?'' Mm³ tImUn¨p """"At¿m f¡av N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A_nªntÃ? AkX sN«nt]m³ k¶v Aka knant¨m*v tbm]n. sNmt_ Wmam]n..."" Wn^ml tSm¶n. """"Hmiv... MmW_nªnÃ... W¶m]n... AkÀ S½n`pÅ {blvW§Ä Hs¡ SoÀt¶m?'' """"B.. BÀ¡_n]mw... Ak³ k¶v knan¨v, Akav tbm]n. AkanknX F{S Wmsa¶p sk¨v Hä]v¡n^n¡pw? sNm¨p sb®tÃ?'' AkÀ In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp """"kngv\pNpªp N`ym\w H¶pw Njn¡\ntÃ?'' AkÀ Im]¡pÅ skÅw AXp¸n sk¨n«v Fsâ tWs^ Sn^nªp Wn¶v tImUn¨p. """"tWm¡p¶p*v A¡m'' Mm³ b_ªp """"tWm¡n tWm¡n tW^w Na]Ãv... Cu {bm]¯n sN«\w. CWn]pw k]Êm]n tbm]m bns¶ Fs´^nWv?'' Mm³ In^n¨p """"In^n¡m³ b_ªSÃ. C¸ bpÅ]v¡v sN«m³ bän] {bm]w B\v. l^o^w H¡ kaÀ¶v Wà kn^nªv.... C¸ sN«n]m bpÅ]v¡v hpOn¡mw.'' CSpw b_ªv AkÀ Fs¶ AXn fpXn tWm¡v `p¦n¡p fpNan NqXn Nk]v¡nX]n sIm_nªp. bqäns` t^mf¯n `p¦n D_]p¶ lÐw Mm³ tN«p F¶p tSm¶nt¸m]n FWn¡v. Nm`nWnX]n H^p AW¡w. bqSW bq_v sIm_n]p¶ N¿nt`¡v Mm³ tWm¡n C^p¶p tbm]n. """"bpÅ C^n¡o... Mm³ H¶v sbXp¯n«v sk¡w k^mw. fp«o«p k¿!'' Fsâ fpO¯p tWm¡n b_ªn«v AkÀ C_§n Npan fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. Ak^psX Np`p§n sS_n¡p¶ I¡ sNmSw tWm¡n F´p sI¿\w F¶_n]msS C^p¶p