തൊമ്മനും മരുമകളും 1 [Master] 409

N¼nNp«³.sWäv At¸mÄ Imt¡m b_ªSv l^nSs¶]m\v.

“”””F§sW?” A]mÄ BNmw£t]msX tImUn¨p.

“”””CdnXn^p¶p hwhm^n¡m³ bäqÃ; CdX Bt^`pw FX]vs¡sX tN_n d^pw; tfman H^p fp_o*v; M½¡v At§m«v– tbm]mt`m?”

“”””BNmw”

imKn NX]psX fmtWK^m] AW´n^ktWmXv b_ªn«v bp_¯n_§n fpNant`¡pÅ bXnNÄ N]_m³ SpX§n. sSm½Wpw imKn]psX NqsX bXnNÄ N]_n fpNans`¯n. AknsX]p*m]n^p¶ kn{lffp_n]n N]_n cm³ Hm¬ sI]vS tlgw imKn NSNX¨p sNmap¯n«p.

“”””ftäk³ C^ns¸m*v–. Hmt^m¶v Hjn¡t\m?” imKn tImUn¨p.

“”””imKn]m^v NpXn¡ptfm?”

“”””bns¶ NpXn¡m*v M½av sk_psS dm§n k¡ptfm; C§¡v tkt\m?”

“”””F¦ns`Xp¡v”

A§sW ^*p ¥mhpNan`m]n fUyw Wn_ªp. H^p Nlpk*n Xn¶pw imKn Xotbm]n k¨p. Npt_sÈ fUyw Wp\ª tlgw imKn H¶v fp^XW¡n; F¶n«v sfsà hwhm^n¡m³ B^wen¨p.

“”””Hmsa M½a_o¶Sv, sNm_¨p WmÄ¡v fp¼m. HmÄsX km¸ M½sX ssN]o¶v Nmlv NXw dm§o^p¶p; H^p `£w D_pby. HmWSv Sn^n¨p S^m*v fp§n WX¡m³ sSmX§n. A§Wm\v M½av H^ohw Hm^psX ko«o tbm]Sv”

SpXÀ¶p imKn b_ªSv sSm½³ tW^n Nm\m³ SpX§n.

ssgWn]ptXSv sI_n] H^p koXm]n^p¶p. A¶v AkapsX ^*mWѳ h®n AknsX]p*m]n^p¶p. AS_nªp sNm*m\v imKn At§m«v– sI¶Sv. Nps_ Unkh§am]n Ak³ A]mapsX fp³bn sk«s¸Xp¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ. NX]n tbmNp¶SpsNm*v bN SmWnknsX D*mNm_pfnÃ. ^m{Sn tKm`n¡ms^ Bs^s]¦n`pw b_ªp knXpt¼mÄ Ak³ Hm«w tbm]n^n¡pN]m\v F¶ Øn^w bÃkn]m\v em^y b_]pN. C¶v AW´n^ksW NX G¸n¨n«v D¨]v¡v k¶ hf]¯m\v Aksâ S`k«w N*Sptbms` tSm¶n]Sv. tIm_p*n«v H¶v tN_n tWm¡msf¶v N^pSn A]mÄ k¶Sm]n^p¶p.

koXnsâ fp³bns`¯n tWm¡n]t¸mÄ NSNv AXªp NnX¡p¶p. CWn AksW N*Sm]n SWn¡v tSm¶n]Smt\m F¶ l¦t]msX Wn¶t¸mÄ DÅn Wn¶pw AX¡n¸nXn¨ hwhm^kpw In^n]pw. imKn k^m´]nt`¡v N]_n NmtSmÀ¯p.

“”””sNm¨ns` W½av BW Nan¨n«ntÃ? tfmav bt¸sX sbm_¯v tN_n C^p¶v? AtStbms` Nan¡mw” h®n]psX lÐw imKn]psX NmSpNans`¯n.

“”””A½ k¶mt`m?” H^p sb®nsâ AX¡n¸nXn¨ lÐw.

“”””Akav sskNns« k^s¯mÅXn tfmsa; Wo tbXn¡msS” h®n NnS]v¡p¶p*]n^pWp.

“”””AksW§mWpw k¶mÂ?”

BW Nan¡p¶ Nm^yw b_]pt¼mÄ Cu sb®v F´nWm\v C§sWs]ms¡ N¼nNp«³.sWäv