തൊമ്മനും മരുമകളും 1 [Master] 409

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp_n]n WX¡m³ SpX§n. ssgWn C¡nan]m]Sv tbms` NpXpNpsX In^n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. imKn]psX N®pNÄ AkapsX sNmjp¯p^p* sk®¯pXNan BÀ¯nt]msX bSnªp.

“”””BW¡^Wm Wo, Fs¶ AXn¡v” WX¡p¶SnWnsX h®n b_ªp.

“”””BsW, CXt¯m«v” ssgWn Aksâ sIkn¡v bnXn¨psNm*p b_ªp.
AkÄ bq_p W¶m]n AfÀ¯n sfsà Wn^§p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”””Wà hpOfpt*m” h®n tImUn¨p. ssgWn fqan. WWªp NpSnÀ¶ AkapsX bmâohn Wn¶pw Aksâ fpSpNt¯¡v– WWkv bXÀ¶p SpX§n]n^p¶p. hpOw fq¯ ssgWn bq_p W¶m]n AfÀ¯n fp³tbm«pw bn³tbm«pw Wn^§n.

“”””Fsâ sbm_w WW]p¶tÃm BW¡m^m” h®n In^n¨psNm*v tImUn¨p.

“”””WX¡v BsW” Ak³ b_ªSv tNÄ¡msS AkÄ bq_v AfÀ¯n.

“”””BW Nan¨Sv fSn; CWn CSntW¡mÄ hpOfpÅ tks_ H^p Nan Nan¡mw”

sb®nWv NXn fq¯v F¶v fWhn`m] h®n S{´bqÀÆw b_ªp. C_§m³ fWÊnÃm]n^p¶p F¦n`pw ssgWn Ak³ b_ªSv sNm*v C_§n. SmWn^p¶ CX¯v sNmjp¯ fUK`w bän]n^n¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ Aka_n]msS `Öt]msX kn^ NXn¨p. h®n Fjpt¶äv bp_w SpX¨n«v AkÄ Nm¬sN ASv W¡n]n_¡n.

“”””sÈm” ssgWn Wm\n¨v bq¯p`ªp At§m«pfnt§m«pw l^o^w B«ns¡m*v kn^Â NXn¨p.

“”””Cu Nan l^n¡v hpOnt¨m WnW¡v” AkapsX sS_n¨ fp`Nant`¡v tWm¡n h®n tImUn¨p. ssgWn fqan.

“”””CWn AXp¯ Nan; ASv Nan¨m hpOw sNm*v WnW¡v {em´mNpw”

“”””AsS´v Nan]m”

“”””Wm] Nan” h®n Ip*pNÄ W¡ns¡m*v– b_ªp. ssgWn]psX sNmjp¯ tUi¯v Aksâ N®pNÄ BÀ¯nt]msX Djn]p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”””AsS§Wm?” ssgWn kn^Â Du¼ns¡m*v AksW tWm¡n.

“”””MmWm\v Wm]. Wo knan¡p¼w AXp¯p k¶p tfs¯ms¡ W¡n¯^pw; Wo bt_¶ CXs¯Ãmw”

“”””Èq…” ssgWn b^kl]m]n AksW tWm¡n.

bp_¯v Wn¶n^p¶ imKn sb®nsâ `Ö]pw NXnfq¯ emkkpw FÃmw N*p Ssâ Np® SXkm³ SpX§n]n^p¶p. h®n bj]tbms` Wn`¯v fp«n Wn¶v Wm]s]t¸ms` WmkpWo«n Aksa tWm¡n.

“”””F´m Wm]psX tb^v?” ssgWn NpXpNpsX In^n¨psNm*v tImUn¨p.

“”””CãfpÅSv tbms` knan..F¶n«v W¡n¡v” h®n BÀ¯nt]msX b_ªp.

“”””Kn½n, CknsX km” ssgWn b_ªp. h®n tkPw sI¶v AkapsX N\wNm`pNan fpOw D^p½n ASn W¡n.

“”””Dcvcv..” AkÄ N«n`nt`¡v N]_n Nfnjv¶p NnX¶p. h®n Fjpt¶äv N¼nNp«³.sWäv