തറവാട്ട് പാരമ്പര്യം [Smitha] 537

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sm³ tN«n«p*v.
“”B {bemN^³ tImtNm³s_ tfmWntà l^¯v? AsSt¶ AkWv ssih-vNqÄ fmgm]n b\nNn«n,””
“”DtÆm? W¶m]n…WÃ b¿Wm Ak³,””
A¶v A¨³ ht´mgt¯msX Aen{bm]s¸«Sv StWmÀ¡p¶p.
At¸m]nâv HmÀZÀ Nn«n] Unkhw Ss¶ l^t¯«³ ko«n k¶Sv Sm³ HmÀ¡p¶p.
^*p kÀgw fp¼m\v.
A¨³ fpä¯v WmantN^fa¡p¶k^psXs]m¸w Nth^]n fp_p¡nIpk¸n¨v C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
b{Sw km]n¡pkm³ AÑWv N®X]pfm]n Sm³ sIÃpt¼mjm\v ssh¡ntamXn¨psNm*v sP]nän`qsX NX¶pk^p¶ l^t¯«sW Sm³ Nm\p¶Sv.
AÑsW¡*v tkPw Np_¨v, ssh¡nÄ sP]nän³s_ A^nNn sk¨v, ekySt]msX WX¶Xp¯ B hpµ^^qbw Ct¸mjpw S³s_ fWÊn`p*v.
“”B^m ASv?””
N®pNÄ¡v tft` ssN¯`w sk¨psNm*v A¨³ tImUn¨p.
“”Bim! CSv W½sX l^¯tÃ?””
bp©n^nt]msX l^t¯«³ AÑsâ hfobsf¯n, NpWnªv, bmUw sSm«v kµn¨p.
“”´m]nSv l^s¯? ´m H*ms]?””
H¶pw fWÊn`mNmsS A¨³ tImUn¨p.
l^t¯«³ At¸mÄ N¿n bnXn¨n^p¶ NkÀ AÑWv sNmXp¯p.
A¨³ ASn Wn¶v- H^p NX`mshXp¯v– knXÀ¯n km]n¨p.
“”DtÆm?””
ASnl]t¯msX A¨³ Nth^]n Wn¶v- Fjpt¶äp.
“”t¸m..l^¯v..A§sW l^Sv fmgm]n.t`y? W¶m]n…””
AÑsâ ssN¯`w l^t¯«³s_ ln^Ên AfÀ¶p.
Sm³ fpt¼m«v– k¶v AÑsâ ssN]n Wn¶v- B tb¸À km§n.
“”tWm¡v Np«n,””
A¨³ St¶mXv b_ªp.
“”Wn G«m¶Ã, fmsgs¶ knan¡mkq, t«m,””
ASn^nÃm¯ AUvepSt¯msX Wn_ª bp©n^nt]msX Sm³ S`Np`p¡n.
Mm³ kn`mhnWn tI¨n]psX koXnWp tWs^ WX¶p.
Nps_ kmjNapw ¹mkpNapw kjpSnW]pw sk*]pw b]_pfX§p¶ b¨¡_nNapw kaÀ¶v- Wn¡p¶ b¨¸n³s_ fp¼n`m\v kn`mhnWn tI¨n]psX koXv.
kn`mhnWn tI¨n]psX eÀ¯mkv ^mVmNrgv\³ tbmÌv– Hmcohn ¢mÀ¡v B\v. H^p tfmWp*v. b¯n`m\v bYWsf¦n`pw N¿n`n^p¸pN*m bYn¡p¶ h-vNqans` siZv fmÌÀ Bs\t¶ b_]q. WnSyw Hmt^m b^mSnNapfm]n Wm«pNm^pw A]¡m^pw kn`mhnWns]t¯Xn k^pw. NsÃ_nªv _ºÀ f^§apsX sSm`n Naªp. tNmjns] F_nªpsNm¶p. Bs^s]¦n`pw Im\N¡pjn]nt`t¡m Npa¯nt`t¡m SÅn]n«p…
hinsN« kn`mhnWn AkhmWw b_ªp.
“”B^pw b^mSow sNm*v C§Xv k^*. Wm«n tbm`ohv tÌg³ CtÃy? §sX N¿ns½ WÃ bpankm_v CtÃy? kvXp¶v- B^pw tIm]v¡ym³ k^nÃy, tbms^?””
A§sW b_ªv F§`Xn¨v N^ªm\v kn`mhnWn ANt¯¡v HmXnt¸m]Sv.
kn`mhnWn N¼nNp«³.sWäv