തുടക്കം 8 [ne-na] 1598

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNm*m\tÃm Wnsâ fWhv fWhn`m¡n Wn¶n Wn¶pw AN¶p tbm]Sv.””

Ak³ BNml¯p fn¶n Sna§p¶ W£{S§sa tWm¡nsNm*v– b_ªp.

“”Aksa sN«p¶ksâ emPyw B\v… Aksâ fWh_nªp Wn¡pw AkÄ.””

AkÄ Sn^nªp Aksâ fpO¯v tWm¡nsNm*v– tImUn¨p.

“”bns¶´nWm B emPys¯ Wo ssN knXp¶Sv.. NqsX Nq«n¡qsX Aksa?””

“”FWn¡v AlzSns] f_¡mWmNp¶nà s^¨p.. Mm³ H¶v hvtWin¨p sNmSn So^pw fp³tb B\v ssUkw Aksa Nq«nsNm*p tbm]Sv. AkapsX ØmW¯p fsäm^msa FWn¡v h¦Â¸n¡m³ BNp¶nÃ.””

“”Wn§Ä S½n tI^\sf¶m]n^p¶p AlzSn]psX B{Piw F¦nt`m?””

“” Wo F´m Cu b_]pt¶?””

“”B^y]v¡v Wns¶ CãvXfm]n^ps¶¶p AlzSn¡v A_n]mfm]n^p¶p NmÀ¯n.. A¶v Wo NCZ Wn¶pw C_§n tbm] tlgw AlzSn Ft¶mXv AkhmWfm]n Bknlysb«Sv– Wn§sa S½n H¶n¸n¡\w F¶m]n^p¶p.””

AkWSp knhv–tkln¡mWmNmsS AkapsX fpO¯v Ss¶ tWm¡n.

“”hSyfm\v NmÀ¯n Mm³ b_ªSv.. Mm³ C¶pks^ Wnt¶mXv NÅw b_ªn«pt*m?””

“”Wo b_ªSv hSyfm]n^n¡pw s^¨p.. bs£ AlzSns] hvtWin¨tbms` fsäm^msa hvtWin¡m³ Njn]psf¶v FWn¡v tSm¶p¶nÃ.””

“”AlzSn AkapsX f^\w tW^s¯ fWhn`m¡n]n^p¶p, ASpsNm*p Ss¶ Wo]pw B^y]pw S½n H¶n¡\sf¶v AkÄ tW^s¯ So^pfmWn¨n^p¶p. A¨p Ft¶mXv b_ª B{Piw Mm³ Ct¸mÄ Wnt¶mXv b_ªp.. CWns]Ãmw Wnsâ CãvXw.””

AkÄ D_§mWm]n Fjpt¶äp tbm]n. Ak³ H^p So^pfmW¯n F¯mWmNmsS AknsX Ss¶ C^p¶p.

^mkns` t^gvf k¶p S«n knan¨t¸mjm\v Ak³ D_¡¯n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äSv. ^m{Sn Ft¸mjm\v k¶p NnX¶sS¶p H^p HmÀf]pw CÃ.. F´m]m`pw WÃtbms` D_§n.

“”Zm Fjpt¶ÂNv .. FNv–thfnWv tbmNt*?””

Ak³ Fjpt¶äp N«n`n C^p¶p.

Aksâ ssN]n bnXn¨p k`n¨psNm*p t^gvf b_ªp.

Wo kt¶.. BUyw Ss¶ FWns¡m^p b\n D*v.””

AkÄ F´m sI¿p¶sS¶_n]msS Ak³ NqsX WX¶p.

AksW H^p Nth^]n sNm*n^p¯n AkÄ H^p {Znwfm_pfm]n k¶p.

Ak³ In^n¨psNm*v tImUn¨p.

“”WnW¡v k«pt*mXn?””

“”Wo Fsâ NmÀ¯n B\v.. Wo F§sW WX¡\sf¶v So^pfmWn¨n^p¶Sv MmWm\v.. CWn At§m«pw ASv A§sW Ss¶ B]n^n¡pw, ASn Fs´¦n`pw FSnÀ¸ps*Nn Ct¸mÄ b_]\w.””

Ak³ In^n¨psNm*v Aksa sN«nbnXn¨p.

“”Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv