തൊമ്മനും മരുമകളും 1 [Master] 409

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tImUn¡p¶Sv F¶v imKn Bt`mIn¨p. B^m\kÄ? At¸mjpw A]mÄ¡v ASv h®n]psX em^y]psX fNam\v F¶ In´ D*m]n^p¶nÃ.

“”””Ak³ A©pf\n BN¯ntÔ

“”””sÈm FWn¡v tbXn]m”

“”””BW Nan¡mtWm? As¸m b*v W½av Nan¨tSm?”

“”””A¶v Mm³ NpªÃm^pt¶m? Cs¸m k`pS]ntÔ

“”””k`pSm]n«v Nan¡mWm sbs® hpOw”

“”””Òw”

“”””km tN_n C^n¡v” h®n kÃmsS NnS]v¡p¶p.

“”””sÈm Bt^`pw k^pw” sb®nsâ In\p§Â.

“”””^*pf\n B]sS HÅp; B^pw k^p¯nà sbs®; km, tN_n C^n¡v” h®n A£fWm]n^p¶p. AkÄ In^n¡p¶Sv imKn tN«p. ASv A]mapsX
^àt]m«w Nq«n. Fs´m^p In^n]m\v bq_n]ptXSv; Bs^]m\k³ ka¨v sNm*pk¶n^n¡p¶Sv? StÅw f¡apw ko«n`nà F¶m\v tSm¶p¶Sv. A]mÄ Ak^psX hwhm^¯nsâ Unl N\¡pNq«n k^m´]n Wn¶pw C_§n koXnsâ kX¡pemPt¯¡v sI¶p. AknsX Wn¶t¸mÄ hwemg\w NqXpS kyàfm]n.

“”””km, tN_v”

“”””sÈm FWnt¡Sm*v tbms`”

“”””bmkmX sbm¡n I´n sbm_¯v fp«n¨p tk\w C^n¡m³ tNt«m”

sb®nsâ `i^nbnXn¸n¡p¶ In^n ko*pw. imKn]psX irU]w làfm]n fnXn¨p. A]mÄ Ipän`pw tWm¡n. Sm³ Wn¡p¶Snsâ bn¶n`m]n H^p k`n] fpawNmXm\v. CknsX Wn¡p¶Sv bp_¯v Wn¶v fämÀ¡pw Nm\m³ bänÃ. AXps¯§pw koXpfnÃ. AXªp NnX¶n^p¶ bj] KW`nsâ knÅ`n`qsX A]mÄ DÅnt`¡v tWm¡n. H¶p^*p knÅ`pNÄ b^o£n¨v Njnªt¸mÄ A]mapsX sUuSyw knK]w N*p. fp_n¡Nw Ct¸mÄ kyàfm]n Nm\mw.

imKn BÀ¯nt]msX DÅnt`¡v tWm¡n. h®n Wn`¯v ssNNp¯n Wn¡pN]m\v. AXp¯p Wm\n¨p bq¯p`ªp Wn¡p¶ ssgWn. Aksa
N*t¸mÄ A]mÄ sM«nt¸m]n! CSksâ tfmatÃ? hz´fsæn`pw em^y]psX fNÄ! Ckan{S]v¡v I^¡m]n fm_n]Sv SmsW§sW]m\v A_n]msS tbm]Sv F¶]mÄ AÛpSs¸«p! sb®v kaÀ¶p sNmjp¯v D^p¸Xn]m]n^n¡p¶p. F´m AkapsX fp`NapsX H^p fpjp¸v!

“”””tN_v” h®n A£ft]msX b_]p¶Sv imKn N*p. sb®v fXn¨pfXn¨v k¶v Aksâ fpNant`¡v N]_n]n^p¶p.

“”””bmkmX sbm¡n I´n fp«n¨v”

ssgWn In^n]X¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v Aksâ fpNan Nm`pNk¨p Wn¶p. F¶n«v bmkmX D]À¯n sNmjp¯ SpXNapw I´nNapw WPvWfm] Aksâ bp_t¯¡fÀ¯n C^p¶p.

“”””im..” AkapsX sNmjp¯ fmwh¯nsâ hbÀlWw WÂNn] Dt¯KW¯n h®n M^§n. Ak³ Aksa k¨psNm*v N¼nNp«³.sWäv