തൊമ്മനും മരുമകളും 2 [Master] 449

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NqXm]n^p¶p Smfhw F¦n Hs¡ A¨m]³ tW^n A_ntªsW. Db{Ukw NqXn]t¸mÄ MmWm b_sª AktamXn§p tbm^m³.” h®n b_ªp.

ssgWn]psX fpO¯v kn^nª NŨn^n]n Wn¶pw Ak³ Wp\ b_ªSm\v– F¶v fWhn`m¡m³ sSm½Wv {b]mhfp*m]nÃ.

“”””ASv l^n. F¶m`Sv tfmsat¶mXv b_ªm tbm^m^pt¶m? Mm³ b^ni^n¡mfm]n^p¶tÃm Wnsâ {blvWw”

AkapsX bq_nsâ emPt¯¡v tWm¡n sSm½³ b_ªp. ssgWn ASv {l²n¡pN]pw sI]vSp. A]mÄ sk_psS tWm¡n]Smt\m, B b_ªSnWp kà Uz]mÀ°kpw Dt*m F¶_n]m³ AkÄ sfsà sI¶v A]mapsX fp³bn`n^p¶ Im] ¥mhv NpWnsªXp¯p. Ip^nUm_nsâ DÅn Wn¶pw AkapsX fpjp¯ sk×p`NÄ bmSn]pw skan]nt`¡v ImXn. sSm½³ ASn BÀ¯nt]msX tWm¡p¶Sv N*psNm*m\v ssgWn WnkÀ¶Sv.

“”””F¶m tfmav k^pktÃ? Wns¶ Nq«ns¡m*p tbmNmWm Mm³ k¶Sv. CWn tf`n Ak³ Wns¶ Db{Ukn¡nÔ Aksa AwtPmbmwPw tWm¡nsNm*v– sSm½³ b_ªp. ssgWn A½m]n]¸sâ tWm«¯ns` bpSn] emk§Ä Sn^n¨_n]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. ASkÄ¡v i^w bN^pN]pw sI]vSp.

“”””F´m]m`pw Akav k¶nt`ym A¨m]m; Np_¨p Unkhw CknsX Wn¡s«. A¸tj Ak³ bYn¡q” h®n tkPw b_ªp. Aksa sNmSnSos^ Du¡\w F¶ sNmSnt]msX A¶v ^mkns`]m\v A]mÄ Uqs^ Wn¶pfpÅ Hm«w Njnªp k¶n^p¶Sv. A¶pSs¶ sSm½³ Aksa sNm*ptbmNm³ k¶Sv A]msa kÃmsS AhzØWm¡n]n^p¶p.

“”””G]v– ASptk*. MmWn{S Uq^w k¶StÃ. tfmav tkgwfm_n km; CWn fm_n]nsæn`pw Npj¸fnÃ. k*n]n`tà tbmNp¶Sv”

ssgWn WnÊim]St]msX h®ns] tWm¡n. bq_pw N£kpw Hs¡ {Now Dbt]mPn¨v kXn¨v h®ns]s¡m*v Soän¡m³ sk¼n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ AkÄ imKns]s¡m*v NqSn]n`pw N]än hpOn¡m³ BÀ¯ns¸Xp¶p*m]n^p¶p. bs£ sSm½³ knan¡pt¼mÄ FSn^v b_]mWpw bäp¶nÃ.

“”””sIÃv tfmsa; tbm]n tkgw fm_n A¨m]sâ NqsX tbm”

l¦t]msX Wn¶n^p¶ Aksa tWm¡n AkapsX A½ b_ªp. h®n F´v sI¿\w F¶_n]msS Npj§n AhzØSt]msX ssNNÄ Nq«n¯n^p½n. sSm½Wv Aksâ AkØ W¶m]n fWhn`mNp¶p*m]n^p¶p. FXm tNmt¸, b\w fpX¡n Cksa MmsWsâ f^ptfmÄ B¡ns]¦nÂ, CWn AkapsX bq_pw sNmSkpw FWn¡pÅSm\v. Fsâ tfmWv tks*¦nÂ, ASpbt]mPn¡m³ FWn¡_n]mw. W¶m]n. sSm½³ fWÊn f{´n¨p.

ssgWn tkgw fm_n k¶t¸mÄ I¦nXn¸v NqXn]Sv h®n¡m\v. H^p bn¦v Ip^nUmÀ B\v AkÄ V^n¨n^p¶Sv. tW^n] Sp\nsNm*pÅ ASnsâ DÅn AkapsX l^o^w Gs_¡ps_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv