തൊമ്മനും മരുമകളും 2 [Master] 439

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Dt±ln¡p¶Sv tbms` Ssâ B{Pi¯nWv kj§nà F¶v tSm¶n]t¸mÄ imKn S{´w fmän.

“”””At¶ M½av tKm`n¡v d¨Sv sbm^ Sq¯pdm^m³ fm{SkÃ, Ft¶w bm¯pt½tWw tWm¡mWs¡m*pw NqXm. AW¡v h¼aw NqXpSÂ sdt\Â b_ªm fSn; bs£ tKm`n FÃmw sI¿\w”

“”””Dt½ Sn^p½m³ FWn¡v Npj¸fnÔ ssgWn A]msa tWm¡msS b_ªp.

“”””M½sa sI¿qà AsÔ

ssgWn Csö AÀ°¯n Ip*v f`À¯n. imKn¡v {em´pbnXn¨ptbm]n B WWkq_p¶ SpXp¯ AV^bpXw skan]nt`¡v knXÀ¶t¸mÄ. fU^hw Wn_ªp Spap¼p¶ ^Sn{em´v D\À¯p¶ Ip*v.

“”””Asâ kmt¸sX NXw Wo dnlm^n¨m So^pw; M½sa AWph^n¨m, Hmsâ NXw M½av f_¡mw; AW¡v fmhw bSnW¿m]n^w l¼tamw S^mw”

NmfknNm^w sNm*v AÔWm]nt¸m]n^p¶ imKn AkapsX tWÀ¡v bpSn] kmPvUmW§Ä k¨pWo«n. ssgWn]psX fpOw SpXp¯p. bq_p W¡ns¡mXp¯ h®nt]mXv DÅn`kÄ¡v t{bfSp`yfm] H^p knNm^w DXs`Xp¯n^p¶p. NXw SoÀ¡m³ hmVn¡msS A]mÄ W«w Sn^n]pN]m\v F¶pw AkÄ¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p. CSÃmsS tks_]pw NX§Ä b¸]v¡p*v. Ss¶ F§sW sN«n¡pw F¶v NqsX¡qsX A½]pw b¸]pw NqXn IÀ¨ sI¿p¶Sv AkÄ tNÄ¡m_pÅSm\v. sN«n]nsæn`pw W¶m]n hpOn¨m fSn F¶m]n^p¶p bs£ AkapsX In´. ^*m]n^w ^qb fmh¸`nl]v¡m\v NXw FXp¯n^n¡p¶Sv. ssgWn HmÀ¯p; ASv tks*¶p k]v¡psf¶m\v fq¸o¶v b_]p¶Sv. Nnjksâ bp_w SXkns¡mXp¯m b¸]v¡v F{S ^qb]m `mefmNm³ tbmNp¶Sv; H¸w SWn¡v bSnW¿m]n^w ^qb l¼akpw S^pft{S.

“”””Sn^p½mw” b¸s] HmÀ¯v AkÄ fWÊnÃmfWtÊmsX h½Sn¨p. BÀ¯nt]msX AkapsX SpXp¯ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n imKn AkapsX AXps¯¯n.

“”””Sn^p½n]m fm{Sw tbm^m; Asâ kmt¸sX NXw M½av tds*¶p d]v¡p¶Sv As¶s¡m*p Sn^p½n¡m³ fm{SkÔ A]mapsX lÐw kn_]v¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. ssgWn sfsà bn¶nt`¡v fm_n.

“”””tks_ F´v sI¿\sf¶m” AkÄ NXp¯ AWnãt¯msX tImUn¨p.

“”””Öv fp_ot`m«v dm fps¯; M½av b_]mw”

H^p Wnfngw ssgWn Bt`mIn¨p; bns¶ ^*pw N¸n¨v A]mapsX knlm`fm] fp_n]nt`¡v AkÄ N]_n. fp_n]n Fhn]psX NpanÀ½ D*m]n^p¶Sv ssgWn¡v Blzmhw WÂNn. IqXpfq`w kn]À¯p WWªn^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p AkapsX l^o^kpw SpX]nXp¡pw. AkÄ N]_n]tSmsX fp_n¡pÅn NXn fq¯ sb®nsâ kn]À¸nsâ fUPÔw Wn_ªp. imKn BÀ¯nt]msX B PÔw DÅnt`¡v k`n¨pN]än.

“”””Öv DÅo d¶¸w Wà f\w; Asâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv