തൊമ്മനും മരുമകളും 1 [Master] 409

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A_n]n¨ Wmav sfmSÂ ^*mw S´ D¸ptWm¡p¶ps*¶m; ASt`ym sb®nsâ sfmt`w I´osfms¡ Caw {bm]¯ns` A§v ImXn]Sv”

sSm½Wv Ssâ fWÊn FknsXms¡t]m Fs´ms¡t]m hwekn¡p¶Sptbms` tSm¶n. Ck³, Cu Imt¡m Fs´ms¡]m\o b_]p¶Sv? ssgWns] AkapsX ^*mWѳ kt¨m*n^n¡pN]m]n^ps¶t¶m?

“”””HÅSmt¶mXm Imt¡ms]? t¿m tN«n«v GSm*v tbms`” AWn`nWv C¡nan ks¶¶p tSm¶p¶p Imt¡m]psX skans¸Xp¯Â tN«t¸mÄ.

“”””CSv Mm³ sI`X¯p Wn¶pw tN«Sm. So CÃmsS sbmN H*mN¯nÃtÃm? bs£ A]`s¯ imKn]m^v Aksa Du¡p¶Sv Wm«n H«pfn¡ tb^pw A_nª Nm^yfm?”

“”””Fât½m B^v? B NŸ\¡m^³ Dhvfm³ imKnt]m?”

“”””AtS¶v; A]mapsX em^y]v¡v hpOfnÃm*m]n«p sNmt_ B]ntÃ? {bm]w A_pbSnWXp¯v Ds*¦n`pw sNjkWv Wà Bt^mPyfm. Cksat¸ms` H^p b¨¡^n¼v A]`¯pÅs¸m A]mav knXptfm? A]mav sb®p§sa hpOn¸n¡m³ bt* fnXp¡Wm¶m tNjzn”

“”””hSyfmt\mXm Imt¡m? Wo Ip½m DXm]n¸v b_]tÔ

“”””Asæo¸ns¶ Aksa´m bns¶ AksW Ct«¨p tbm]Sv? AknsX sI¶m H¶Ã, ^*p Np®Nap*v AkapsX bq_pw NqSow sbman¡m³. imKn NqSn{bn]³ Bs\¶m tNjzn. H_§ns¡X¶ Fta f^ptfmÄsX sNmSw ^m{So W¡m³ tbm]n A]mav tfmsâ AXn tfXn¨ knk^sfm¶pw Wo A_nªntÃ?”

“”””A§sWs]m^p hwekw D*mt]m?”

“”””D*m]n. AtSmXtà Ak³ tks_ Smfhw fm_n]Sv. emt^ysX NqSn sNmXp¡m¯ sN_pknWv imKn AkWv sg]À H¶pw sNmXp¯pfnÔ

“”””A]mav sNmÅmftÃm Bav” AWn S`]_ªp In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.

“”””sNmÅmsft¶m? CX]v¡pw sbX]v¡pw AXn km§n Nq«p¶p*v F¦n`pw I^¡pNsa N*m Aks^ b®m³ F´v Wm_n] b\n]pw A]mav Nm\n¡pw. sSm½sâ f^ptfmsa A]mav Du¡p¶p*m^p¶p F¶Sv Wm«n bm«m; B sNj§³ sSm½sWs¡m*v sNmÅmªn«m; Asæo Aksat¸ms` H^p skaª sb®nsW kn«pNa]ptkm?”

Imt¡m]psX hwhm^w sSm½Wn BUyfm]n Ssâ f^ptfmsa¸än AVfIn´NÄ hrãn¨p. Ck³ b_]p¶Sv tbms` bt* bnj¨ sb®mt\m ssgWn? Bs\¦n Akapw ko«pNm^pw S§sa ISn¡pN]m]n^p¶ntÃ?

“”””Wo bt_s¶, sSm½W¨m]³ Aksa…” AWn BÀ¯nt]msX tImUn¨p.

“”””ASs¶; A]mÄ¡v tkt\`ksa bpÃptbms` Du¡^ptSm? FXm A]mÄsX tfmsWm^p sNj§Wm; Aksâ NqsX Bt^mPyfpÅ H^p sb®pw Wn¡¯nÃ. sNmt_ b\w Hs*¶p b_ªn«v Nm^yfnÃ. Np®hpOw A_nª sb®nWv ASv Nn«n]ntà b\w N¼nNp«³.sWäv