തൊമ്മനും മരുമകളും 2 [Master] 439

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NnS¨p. sSm½sâ emkw AkapsX Wm\w fmän. A_n]s« FÃmw; AkÄ fWhn b_ªp.

“”””K]vhWv ASptWm¡n hz]wtemPw sI¿mWm\v Cãw. MmWpfm]n dÔs¸Xpt¼mÄ C_£³ D*mNnÔ

sSm½³ ¥mhv Nm`n]m¡n]n«v H^p sbPv NXp¸¯n Hjn¨v bNpSnt]maw NpXn¨p.

“”””F¶n«v? b_ tfmsa”

“”””Wm¨p_ shN-vhv AkWv bänà ZmZn; Aksâ fWhn`pÅSv sskNrS§am\v. MmWpfm]n dÔs¸Xm³ AksWm^n¡`pw NjnªnÃ. H^p sb®pfm]pw dÔs¸XmWkWv bänÔ

“”””tfmav {lfn¨ntà AksW tWÀkjn¡m¡m³”

“”””{lfn¨p. bs£”

ssgWn A_n]msS AXp¸n¨p k¨n^p¶ AkapsX SpXNÄ AN¶p. bn¦v Wn_¯n`pÅ AkapsX bmâohv sSm½sâ Urãn]n sb«p. A]mÄ¡v Nm^y§apsX NnX¸v kyàfm]n. sNufm^w fpS W¶m]n ^SnhpOw A_nªp kaÀ¶ sb®m\v– ssgWn. K]vhWv sb®nsW tW^n`Ã, hv{NoWn Nm\p¶Sm\v Cãw. ASpw ^Sn sskNrS§Ä sI¿p¶ sb®p§sa.

“”””F§sW {lfn¨p?” AkapsX koÀ¯v Wn¡p¶ bqänt`¡v tWm¡n NnSt¸msX sSm½³ tImUn¨p.

“”””b` ^oSn]nÂ. Ft¶mXv b_ªp Aksâ Wm]s]s¡m*v….” ssgWn knNm^mVnNy¯n NnS¨v sSm½sW tWm¡n. AkapsX SpX W¶m]n AN¶p Njnªn^p¶p.

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“”””ASnsWs¡m*v Fs¶ sI¿n¡m³ Ak³ h½Sw tImUn¨p; AkWv N*p ^hn¡m³. At¸mjm\v– Mm³ ko«nt`¡v tbm]Sv.”

sSm½³ sM«n¯^n¨ptbm]n. Ssâ fNWv C{S k`n] ftWmsskNrSw D*m]n^ps¶t¶m? ssgWn thmc]nt`¡v Im^n N®pNÄ AX¨p. AkapsX bmâohnsâ AXn]ns` WWkv N* sSm½³ Ht^ hf]w ^*p knNm^§apsX bnXn]n`m]n^p¶p. fNsâ ^SnsskNrSw WÂNn] sM«`pw FÃmw Nm\n¨n^n¡p¶ f^pfNtamXpÅ Nmfkpw A]msa sM^p¡n.

“”””tfmÄ¡v tks_ knkmiw sI¿\sf¶ps*¦n A§sW]mNmw” AkapsX PSntNXv fWhn`m¡n] sSm½³ S¡m`w hz´w Nmf lfWs¯¡mÄ AkapsX KoknSfm\v– k`psS¶p fWhn`m¡n b_ªp.

“”””A§sW H¶pfnÃ. ZmZn]pw H¸fp*v F¦ns`Wn¡v tbXn¡msS Kokn¡mw.” N®pNÄ Sp_¶ ssgWn A]msa tWm¡n¸_ªp. sSm½sâ hz¯n AkÄ¡v N®p*m]n^p¶p. K]vhsâ sskNrSw AkP\n¨v B b\¯nsâ hpOt`m`pbS BhzUn¡pN F¶Sm]n^p¶p AkapsX D¶w. sSm½Wpw Gs_¡ps_ ASv fWhn`m]n. sk_psS H^p SymPsfm¶pw sI¿p¶ S^¡m^n]à AkÄ. CknsX hpOfm]n Kokn¨v fäpÅk^pfm]n dÔs¸XpN. ASm\v– AkÄ¡v SpX^m³ {b]mhw CÃm¯Sv. Wà ^oSn]n Du¡n hpOn¡\w AkÄ¡v; H¸w b\kpw tk\w.

“”””tfman§p N¼nNp«³.sWäv