ഉമ്മച്ചിക്കുട്ടിയും ഞാനും 4 [റാഗ്നർ] 886

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B\tÃm. As¸m ko«n`n^p¶p A½ A_n]msS ^s*®w AXn¡mw. fUyw S`¡p bnXn¨n^n¡pt¼m H^p km\w knXpw. ^s*®w AXn¨m bns¶ sbs«¶v skÅw tbmknà BhzUn¨p km\fXn¡mw. ASm\v kos¡³Zns` Fsâ b^nbmXn. bt£ C¶v Mm³ Np¸n tfXn¨Sv {btSyN Dt±lt¯msX B\v. Wmsa cmUn] ko«n k^pw. A½ ^mkns` dm¦n tbmkpw. bns¶ MmWpw Fsâ D½¨n¡p«n]pw fm{Sw. Wmsa FWn¡v Fsâ hzbvWhpµ^ns] Btkmaw b®n hpPn¡mw. bt£ AkapsX fmUN huµ^yw GSv sNm`sNm¼Wpw lo{Ohv–N`Ww k^p¯pw. ^*p sb¤nsâ bn³d`w Ds*¦nt` Aksa sl^n¡v BhzUn¨p b®m³ bäp. BgnOnsW Aksâ ko«n t{Zm¸v sI]v–Sv Mm³ Fsâ ko«n F¯n. A½ F¯n]n^p¶p. NknS Bân tKm`n Hs¡ Njnªv Ak^psX ko«n tbm]n. A½t]mXv H^p Im] FXp¡m³ b_ªp Mm³ fpNant`¡p N]_nt¸m]n. Fsâ _qfn sI¶p Np¸n FXp¯v thcv B]n Han¨p sk¨n«v Mm³ {Zhv fm_n Smtj¡p sI¶p. Im] NpXn¨n«v tWs^ ¢ºnt`¡v tbm]n. Sn^ns¨¯n] Mm³ Npan¨p cpZv Hs¡ Njn¨p. Np_¨v tW^w Xn kn Hs¡ N*v Fsâ _qfn k¶p NnX¶p.

^mkns` 8 f\n¡pÅ A`m_w tN«m\v Mm³ F\o¡p¶Sv. C¶s` NnX¶Sv fmt{S HmÀf DÅp. Ft¸m D_§n F§sW D_§n Fs¶m^p bnXn¯kpw CÃ. Mm³ N®pSn^p½n F\oäv– Smtj¡p tbm]n. ssZWnRv tXdnan A½ cpZv FXp¯v sk¨n«p*v. bÃp tS¨p {cgv B]n Mm³ cpZv FXp¯v Njn¨p. At¸mtj¡pw 10 f\n Njnªn^p¶p. F¶n«v _qfnt`¡v tbm]n. Han¨p sk¨n^p¶ fUyNp¸n]pw hnP^äv bm¡äpw FXp¯v Smsj k¶p. AXp¡a]n tbm]n {cnZvKn Wn¶p skÅkpw ¥mÊpw FXp¯p. ^*p sb¤v AXnIv H^p hnP^äv k`nt¨m*n^n¡pt¼mÄ sbs«¶v ko«ns` Nm`nRv sd tN«p.

“”Wmlw! B^m Cu hf]¯p?””, Mm³ bn_pbn_p¯p.

Mm³ hnP^äv Np¯n sNXp¯n. Np¸n tXdnansâ AXn]n Han¸n¨p. tZmÀ Sp_¶ Mm³ S^n¨p Wn¶p tbm]n.

NknS Bân B]n^p¶p ASv. H^p s_Zv NaÀ hm^n. sbm¡nÄ Npjns] bmSn f_¨p sNm*m\v– hm^n DXp¯n^p¶Sv. AknXp¶p Ns®Xp¡msW tSm¶n]nÃ.

“”tfmtW Xm…””,NknS Bân knan¡pt¼mjm\v Mm³ BânsX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡p¶Sv. Mm³ BânsX kX tWm¡pN B^ps¶¶p Bân¡v fWhn`mt]m Btkm. ASv f_¨p bnXn¡m³ tk*n H^p tNm«pkm Ct«m*m\v Bâns] tWm¡n]Sv. At¸m D_¡¨Xkv Bs\¶v Bân knIm^nt¨mapw.

“”tfmtW Mm³ fmÀ¡än tbmNm³ s_Zn B]n Wn¡pt¼mjm tfmsâ A½ tcm³ knan¨Sv. Np_¨p Sp\n NnX¸p*v NknSm H¶p NjpNn CXptfm¶p. ASm Mm³ k¶Sv.””,Bân b_ªp N¼nNp«³.sWäv