തൊമ്മനും മരുമകളും 1 [Master] 398

N¼nNp«³.sWäv M½ta]§v f_t¶m?” AksW AXnfpXn tWm¡ns¡m*v A]mÄ tImUn¨p.

fqÀ²Wy¯nt`¡v N]_n] NmfhpOw fp_nªSnsâ CuÀgy]n`pw B^m\v k¶sS¶ e]¯n`pw C_§n k¶ h®n¡v, imKns] N*tSmsX Pymhv tbm] ØnSn]m]n. Nps_ Wmam]n b^pks¸Xp¯n sb®nsW sfsÃsfsà ss`Wm¡n C¶m\v SWns¨m¶p Nn«n]Sv. ASnsâ B{Nm´¯n fSnf_¶p tbm] hpO¯nWnsX]m\v CXn¯o tbms` C]mapsX k^kv.

“”””F´mXm AW¡v sIkn tN«qsX?” imKn]psX lÐw AksW D\À¯n.

“”””ASv..imKn]ms^..Mm³” h®n km¡pNÄ¡v tk*n b^Sn.

“”””ANs¯´m^p¶p b^nbmXn”

fq¯v D´n Wn¡p¶ Aksâ Np®]nt`¡v tWm¡n]m\v imKn]Sv tImUn¨Sv. h®n]pw At¸mjm\v– `p¦n]psX AXn]n Ssâ hmVWw fq¯v Wn¡p¶Sv {l²n¨Sv. Ak³ tkPw `p¦n fX¡n¡p¯n ASv f_]v¡msWm^p {lfw WX¯n. imKn]psX tWm«kpw tImUy¯ns` kywPykpw AksW hwl]`pkm¡n]n^p¶p.

“”””B^m b¸m”

DÅn Wn¶pw hpOw fp_nª CuÀgyt]msX ssgWn knan¨p tImUn¨p. B fVp^lÐw tN«tSmsX imKn]psX N®pNÄ Aksa Nm\mWm]n BÀ¯nt]msX DÅnt`¡v Wo*p. ssgWn bp_t¯s¡¯n. AkÄ gÀ«v V^n¨n^p¶p F¦n`pw VrSnt]msX sI]vSSnWm Smjs¯ d«\pNÄ C«n^p¶nÃ. B knXkn`qsX Nm\s¸« AkapsX SpXp¯p sNmjp¯ k]_pw k`n] sbm¡napw, NmfhpOw sNm*v SpXp¯n^p¶ fpOkpw imKn]psX `nwPw ko*pw fq¸n¨p. sb®nsâ kWyfm] shuµ^y¯n A]mÄ f]§nt¸m]n.

“”””tfmÄ H*m^pt¶m CdsX” Aksa AXnfpXn tWm¡n Ip*pNÄ W¡ns¡m*v– imKn tImUn¨p.

“”””Dw” fqan, SpXp¯ NojvIp*v f`À¯n A]msa AWnãt¯msX tWm¡n]n«v AkÄ B k`n] I´nNÄ Ca¡n DÅnt`¡v tbm]n. imKn¡v {em´pbnXn¨ptbm]n AkapsX B tWm«¯nÂ. NXnfq¯ sb®nsâ {em´pbnXn¸n¡p¶ tWm«w.

“”””As¸m Fsâ Nm]nsâ Nm^yw F§WmXm h®ns]? Cs¶Wn¡v ^*ns`m¶v A_n]\w” imKn tWm«w h®n]psX fpOt¯¡v fmän.

h®n I½t`msX S` sIm_nªn«p bp_t¯¡n_§n. A]msa b_ªp WnÀ¯mWpÅ fmÀ¤§Ä B AkØ]n Aksâ fWhn sSanªnÃ. Wmkn ssgWn]psX SpXp¯ bq_nsâ hzmUm\v.

“”””imKn]ms^ HXsW S^msWm^p Wnkr¯ow CÃ. Mm³ {lfn¡ps¶m*v” Ak³ b_ªp.

“”””si¶p b_ªm F§WmXm? ^qe H¶pw ^*pfÃ, H^p `£fm M½av S¶Sv. BsN¸msX Wo bSnWm]n^w ^qk b`nl S¶ns«m*v; b`nl CW¯n¯s¶ CWn Wo Gjm]n^w S^mWpfp*v–, sfmS`v tkt_w”

“”””ASv, AXp¯mjvI sNm_¨p Nmlv Mm³ H¸n¡m³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv