തൊമ്മനും മരുമകളും 1 [Master] 398

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Np_pNn.. fp`NÄ fm_nfm_n I¸ns¡m*v AkWkapsX bmkmX¨^Xn bnXn¡p¶Sv imKn N*p. sb®v hpOn¨p bpaªv ssNNÄ tft`¡v kn^n¨pk¨v t^mfw kaÀ¶ N£§Ä {bUÀln¸n¨p. t^mfs¡mSn]Wm] imKn ASpN*v Np®]n làfm]n AfÀ¯n. fp`Nan Wn¶pw W¡n Smtj¡n_§n] h®n, AkapsX bmkmX Du^nfmän.

“”””At¼m, Fs´m^p sSmX]mXo WntâSv”

AkapsX SXn¨p sNmjp¯ Nm`pNant`¡v tWm¡n Ak³ N®v SÅn. imKn]pw sM«mSn^p¶nà AkapsX Abm^ k®fpÅ, sk®s¡mjp¸pÅ SpXNÄ N*v. AhmVy sNmjp¸pw AjNpfpÅ SpXNapw N\wNm`pNapw. Ak]psX WXpkn fpj¨p´n Wn¡p¶ bq_nsW sbmSnªv NnX¡p¶ Skn«pWn_fpÅ bmâohv. imKn]psX l^o^w AXnfpXn S^n¨p. b¨¡^n¼v tbms`]pÅ sb®nsW B Wm]nsâ tfm³ AWpekn¡pN]m\v Ssâ N×p¶n k¨v. h®n AkapsX bmâohv k`n¨q^n ASv f\¯ tlgw DÅn bän]n^p¶ sNmjp¯ fUK`w W¡ns]Xp¯n«v Naªp.

“”””it½, DuDuDcvcvcvcv”

AkapsX SpXNÄ AN¯n Nk¨pk¨v t^mfw NmXptbms` kaÀ¶n^p¶ AkapsX bqänt`¡v tWm¡n h®n A´wkn«p. imKn¡v AkapsX bq_p l^n¡v Nm\m³ Njn]p¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ. h®n bm¼nsWt¸ms` Ioäns¡m*v AkapsX bqän fpOw bqjv¯n. ssgWn knÃptbms` kaªp bpa]p¶Sv imKn N*p. Umin¨p k`ª Wm] skÅw NpXn¡p¶Sptbms`]m\v h®n Aksa W¡n]Sv; {em´fm] Btklt¯msX. ssgWn b^nh^w f_¶p ho¡m^§Ä bp_s¸Xpkn¨p. KoknS¯n`mUyfm]n bp^pghpOw A_n]pN]m]n^p¶p AkÄ. ASpw NXnfq¯ frUp`fm] t]mWn]n b^p¡³ Wmkn`qsX `en¨ fmhvf^nN hpOw. h®n k«pbnXn¨ksWt¸ms` AkapsX bqän sS^psSs^ Ipwdn¨p. AkWkapsX N´v NXn¨p _ºÀ tbms` k`n¡p¶Sv N* imKn làfm]n hz]w temPw sI]vSp. ssgWn hpOw Sm§mWmNmsS A^s¡«v tft`¡v ka¨p]À¯n. AkapsX Wn]{´\w sSän] lzmthmÑzmhkpw NnS¸pNapw imKn kyàfm]n¯s¶ tNÄ¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. h®n]psX km]nt`¡v k`ns¨Xp¡p¶ k`n] N´n tWm¡n fSnf_¶p Np®]n Sn^p½n] imKn¡v skÅw k¶p. A]mapsX A*Àsk]À WW¨v lp¢w NpXpNpsX HjpNn. skÅw tbm]tSmsX Nmfw H^p b^nVnks^ lfn¨ imKn tkPw koXnsâ fp³bns`¯n. H^p Wnfngw fp«t\m tk*t]m F¶v Bt`mIn¨n«v AkhmWw A]mÄ NSNn fp«n. f_pbXn sskNpsf¶v A_n]mfm]n^p¶ A]mÄ ko*pw SpXs^¯pXs^ fp«n. DÅn AX¡n¸nXn¨ lÐ§Ä A]mÄ tN«p. A¸w Njnªt¸mÄ h®n k¶p NSNv Sp_¶p. imKns] N* Ak³ sM«n. Aksâ `p¦n]psX fp³bns` NqXm^¯n`m\v imKn]psX N®pNÄ BUyw bSnªSv.

“”””F´mXm h®o, Öv N¼nNp«³.sWäv