തൊമ്മനും മരുമകളും 2 [Master] 439

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NjpNn] ssgWn, bn³kmSn`pw fp³kmSn`pw AX¨p. bm¯p½ CWn ^*pf\n¡qÀ D_§pw; Øn^w bSnkm\v. D¨]v¡v D_§p¶ lo`w AkÄ¡nÃm]n^p¶p. bs£ CknsX k¶ tlgw D*n«p Ip½m A§sW NnX¡pw. At¸mÄ A¶v h®n]psX NqsX hpOn¨ Wnfng§Ä HmÀ½ k^pw. A¶v fm{Stf A½]pw AWpKWpfnÃmsS b¸s] SWn¨p Nn«n]n«pÅq. bs£ A¶s¯ hwek tlgw S^wNn«pt¼mÄ Hs¡ A½ Nm\msS b¸ Ss¶ b`Spw sI¿m³ SpX§n]n«p*v. H^n¡Â D½ k]v¡p¶Sv AWpK³ Nt*m Fs¶m^p hwl]fp*v. bs£ AkÀ ^*ptb^pw Csæn fm{Stf S§Ä¡v l^n¡v hpOn¡m³ bäq. A¶v Akh^w Nn«n]t¸mÄ C]mÄ k¶p Npafm¡pN]pw sI]vSp. bs£ b¸]v¡v B{Nm´w Nps_ NqXpS`m\v; SWn¡Sv Cãkpfm\v. HmÀ¯t¸mÄ bq_nWNw NXn¡p¶Sv ssgWn A_nªp.

kn]À¸v bXÀ¶n^p¶ fpXn cmWnsâ AXn]n Wn¶v AkÄ Ajn¨p NpXªn«p. Wà C_¡fp*m]n^p¶, Sj¨p kaÀ¶n^p¶ AkapsX tNlm{Pw WnSwd§sa fp«n]p^p½n. ssNNap]À¯n, kn]À¯p NpSnÀ¶ N£§Ä kn^n¨v, AkÄ fpXn Ca¡n. At¸mjm\v imKn fpNant`¡v sIÃm³ b_ªSv AktamÀ¯Sv. AWnãt¯msX Ip*v f`À¯n AkÄ A`hfm]n fpXn k`n¨pkm^ns¡«nk¨p. bns¶ bXnNÄ N]_n. WX¡pt¼mÄ S½n`p^p½p¶ SpXNÄ Aksa AhzØ]m¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

fp_nkmSn¡ Wn¡p¶ ssgWns] N*t¸mÄ imKn]psX t^mf§Ä Fjp¶pWn¶p. A]maksa BUyw Nm\p¶ f«n AXnfpXn Djnªp. gÀ«nsâ knXkn`qsX k]À t`lw bp_t¯¡v Nm\mw. sW©n ]p²¯nWp S¿m_m]n Wn¡p¶Sv tbms`]m\v AkapsX fp`NapsX FXp¸v. SpXp¯ fpOw koÀ¸n¨v, Cãt¡Xv {bNXn¸n¨pÅ B Wn¸v A]msa {em´Wm¡n.

“”””Rm, Öv dt¶m; M½av Nm¯n^n¡m]n^p¶p” AkapsX shuµ^yw tNm^n¡pXn¨psNm*]mÄ b_ªp.
“”””F´v b\n]m” ssgWn tUgyw DÅns`mSp¡n tImUn¨p. imKn]psX N®pNÄ AkapsX kn]À¯p NpSnÀ¶ N£§an Wn¶pw tSWq_p¶ Ip*pNant`¡v fm_n.

“”””M½X WXqsWm^p tdUW; H¶v Sn^p½n¡mWm At¶ dnan¸n¨Sv..Fs´”

“”””FWn¡v Sn^p½m³ A_n]qÃ; A_nªm`pw Mm³ sI¿¯pfnÔ A_p¯p fp_n¨Sv tbms`]m]n^p¶p AkapsX f_pbXn. ASptN« imKn sM«n. bs£ Aksa A§sW knXm³ A]mÄ¡v hmVn¡nÃm]n^p¶tÃm?

“”””Wo ANt¯m«p d^o, M½¡v tds_ sI` Nm^y§apw NqsX b_]m³ H*v” sb®nsâ shuµ^y¯n f¯pbnXn¨n^p¶ imKn b^tklt¯msX b_ªp.

“”””b_tªm, MmWnknsX Wn¶v tNt«mamw”

ssgWn¡v A]mapsX tWm«kpw emkkpw H¶pw CãfmNp¶p*m]n^p¶nÃ.
sb®v N¼nNp«³.sWäv