തൊമ്മനും മരുമകളും 1 [Master] 398

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX N\wNm`pNan`qsX fpOfp^p½n tft`¡v Wo§n. ssgWn NnS]v¡p¶Sv N* A]mÄ Aksa f`À¯n¡nX¯n. AkÄ Ip*v NXn¨v NmfmÀ¯nt]msX AksW tWm¡n.
“”””tfmsX FknsXms¡ W¡\w” AkapsX Nknan Ipwdn¨n«p h®n tImUn¨p.

AkÄ ]m{´nNfm]n ssN bq_nsâ tf k¨n«v A\¨psNm*v A]msa tWm¡n.

“”””F´m ASnsâ tb^v?”

“”””A_n]nÔ

“”””NÅw”

“”””A_n]nÔ

“”””bq_v; A§Wm M§av bt_¶Sv”

“”””sÈm..”

“”””CSv Nt*m” h®n `p¦n fmän Aksâ fq¯pNp`¨p Wn¶ Np® Aksa Nm\n¨p. ASnt`¡v tWm¡n] ssgWn Wm\t¯msX fpOw sbm¯n.

“”””CSnsâ tb^_n]mtfm tfm¡v”

AkÄ Csöp S`]m«n. h®n fpOw sbm¯n]n^p¶ AkapsX ssNNÄ bnXn¨p fmän] tlgw C§sW b_ªp:

“”””^*p tb^p*v AkWv; A*n, Np®”

ssgWn NpXpNpsX In^n¨p. h®n {em´fm]n AkapsX NknapNan fm_nfm_n Ipwdn¨n«p WnkÀ¶p.

“”””tfm¡v GSp tb^m Cãw? A*nt]m AtSm Np®s]m?” h®n]psX ssNNÄ AkapsX fp`Nant`¡v Wo§n]Sv imKn N*p. Aksâ ssN]n HSp§m¯{S fpjp¸m\v AkapsX fp`NÄ¡v. AkÄ bq¨¡p«ns]t¸ms` AX§n¡nX¡p¶Sv NqXn N*t¸mÄ imKn¡v hfWn` sSän.

“”””A*n” ssgWn kn^Â NXn¨psNm*v In^n¨p.

“”””t¿m..Wnsâ]o In^n..” h®n AkapsX fpOw bnXn¨v bÃpNan Ipwdn¨p. AtSmsX sb®v f]§n]Sptbms` N®pNÄ AX¨p. h®n AkapsX SpXp¯ ssN bnXn¨v Ssâ Np®]n bnXn¸n¨p. AkaSn sfsà sM¡m³ SpX§n.

“”””tfmÄsX bq_p Mm³ W¡n¯^s«”

Aksa {em´fm]n Ipwdn¨n«v Ak³ tImUn¨p. sb®v km] Sp_¶v Nmfmtklt¯msX AksW tWm¡n. h®n]psX BÀ¯nbnXn¨ Wmkv AkapsX km]nt`¡v N]_n. AkapsX SpXp¯p Ipk¶ Wmkv Ak³ NXn¨o¼n k`n¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ {em´pfq¯ imKn Np®]n AfÀ¯n Sn^p½m³ B^wen¨p.

gÀ«pw bmkmX]pw V^n¨n^p¶ ssgWn]psX gÀ«nsâ d«\pNÄ Hs¶m¶m]n h®n knXÀ¯n. AXn]n AkÄ {dm C«n^p¶nÃ. sW©p SnNªp kaÀ¶n^p¶ AkapsX fp`NapsX fpjp¸v N* imKn¡v im`naNn H¶f_m³ tSm¶n]Sm\v; bs£ A]mÄ Wn]{´n¨p. h®n B sS_n¨p {Shn¨p Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ I¸m³ SpX§n. Wà D^p*, NpSn¨p´n fpjp¯p Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ. ASnsâ fp´n^n§m sM«pNÄ Aksâ Wmknsâ hvbÀlW¯n bp_t¯¡v Wo*p Njnªn^p¶p. ASnWp Ipäpw W¡ns¡m*v– h®n sM«pNÄ I¸n¡pXn¨p. ssgWn hpOw fq¯v N¼nNp«³.sWäv