തൊമ്മനും മരുമകളും 2 [Master] 439

H^p b¨Wn_fpÅ A^¸mkmX]pw, C_pNn] gÀ«pfm]n^p¶p ssgWn]psX tkgw. Wn`¯v Np´n¨n^p¶SnWm`pw ko«n bp^pghm¶nVyw CÃmSn^p¶SnWm`pw bmkmX sS¶nfm_n AkapsX sNmjp¯p^p* SpXNÄ fp¡m`pw WPvWfm]n^p¶p. Ak N*psNm*m\v imKn DÅnt`¡v N]_n]Sv. B sk®¯pXNapsX UÀlWfm{S]n¯s¶ imKn]psX SXn¨p Np_pNn] Np® fq¯v kXntbms`]m]n¡jnªn^p¶p; H¸w A]mapsX fWhnsâ h´p`nSmkØ bmsX sSäpN]pw sI]vSp.

“”””_tº..F´m HmÄsX H^p sSmX” fWÊn {em´fm]n b_ªpsNm*v imKn A_n]msS Np®]n SXkn. imKns] N* ssgWn A]msa tWm¡n H¶v In^ns¨¶p k^p¯n]n«v fp_n]psX dm¡n emP§Ä NqXn SpX]v¡m³ SpX§n. SpXNant`¡v A]mÄ tWm¡p¶ knk^w AkÄ A_nªn^p¶nÃ. DÅnt`¡v G´n k`nªv tWm¡n bm¯p½ AXp¡a]n`m\v F¶p_¸v k^p¯n]n«v imKn A^nNnt`¡v sI¶v AkapsX SpXNant`¡v tWm¡n.

“”””Asâ sSmX sNmÅmt`m sbs®” BÀ¯nt]msX A]mÄ b_ªp.

ssgWn BUyw V^n¨Sv A]mÄ Wn`w SpX]v¡p¶ Nm^yfm\v b_ªsS¶m\v; bs£ Nm`pNant`¡pÅ A]mapsX {Pi\n bnXn¨ tWm«w N*t¸mÄ, AkÄs¡Ãmw fWhn`m]n. A¶v, S§apsX hpOw fp_n¨SpfpS imKnt]mXkÄ¡v DÅn tUgykpw sk_p¸pfm]n^p¶p. A{S]v¡v hpOn¨p fUn¨p k¶t¸mjm]n^p¶p A]mapsX HXp¡s¯ k^kv. CknsX tKm`n¡v k^m³ h½Sn¨Spw F§sW]pw B hf]¯v A]msa Hjn¨pknXm³ tk*n]m]n^p¶p; ASnt¸mÄ Np^nlm]n^n¡pN]m\v. NXw SoÀ¡m³ Cakp Nn«psf¶_nª A½]m\v b¸s]¡mapw Ct§m«v k^m³ NqXpS WnÀdÔn¨Sv. A½]v¡v F§sW]pw imKn]psX NXw So^\w Ft¶]pÅq. CkntX¡v k^p¶SnWp fp³bv h®n Ss¶ fmän knan¨p WnÀ¯n b_ªSv AkÄ¡v HmÀ½]p*m]n^p¶p:

“”””tfmsa, Wnt¶mXnWn F´pw b_]mkp¶Sv sNm*v bt_km; Wo hq£n¡\w. B imKn Bsam^p sb®pbnXn]Wm\v; Wo tKm`n¡v sIÃmsf¶p b_ªSpsNm*v FWn¡]mÄ lN`w hmkNmlw S^pw; ASpsNm*m, CÃm^ps¶¦n Wns¶ MmWt§m«p knX¯nÃm^p¶p. A]mav Wns¶ sSmXmtWm bnXn¡mtWm k¶m h½Sn¡^pSv. MmsWm^p k`y Hm«w tbmkm. AXp¯ fmhtk k^q. A¸tj¡pw A]mÄsX Nmlv Sn^n¨pf_n¡m³ bän]m bns¶ Wo tbm*. ASpks^ fSn tNt«m; bs£ A]msa hq£nt¨m\w; sbs®¶v k¨m A]m¡v {bm´m; A¶v Wns¶ A]mav tWm¡n] tWm«w Mm³ {l²n¨m^p¶p”

AkÄ A]mÄ b_ªSnWv S`]m«n. H^p fmhw; ASnWNw b¸]v¡v Nmlv Nn«ptfm? B BÀ¡_n]mw. F´m]m`pw fmhw bSnWm]n^w ^qb]m\v Ssâ l¼afm]n imKn b_ªn^n¡p¶Sv. ASn Wn¶pw ^*m]n^w koSw b`nl bnXn¡pft{S. N¼nNp«³.sWäv