വികാരവതി [Master] 328

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A_nkn WsÃm^p sb®m\v–. Wà shuµ^yfp*v; ASnsâ Ahq] fäp sb®p§Ä¡v Wym]fm]pw D*mNpw. Mm³ cm³ Hmcv sI]vSn«v Npan¡m³ N]_n.

t_mhn tI¨n]psX ko«n sIÃpt¼mÄ bpÅn¡m^n Fs¶]pw Nm¯v k^m´]ns` Nth^]n C^n¸p*m]n^p¶p. N_p¯v SXn¨ l^o^kpw N_p¸v bpÅnNapÅ fpOkpfpÅ tI¨n¡v ]TmÀ°¯n DÅSntW¡mÄ {bm]¡qXpS tSm¶n¡pw.

“”””F´m tI¨n?” k^m´]n fsäm^p Nth^ Wo¡n]n«psNm*v Mm³ tImUn¨p.

“”””Fsâ S¼o, Bt^mtX`pw b_]m³ bäp¶ Nm^ykt\m? C¶s` MmWnknsX CÃm^p¶p. NãNm`¯nWv B Np«¸sW sS§nWv SXsfXp¯v kafnXm³ WnÀ¯n]Spw C¶s`]m]n^p¶p. C¶v ^mkns` Nmlv tfXn¡m³ k¶t¸m AksWt¶mXv sI`Sv b_ªp..tfs¯ sSm`n D^nªptbm¶tbms` tSm¶n FWn¡v…” tI¨n lÐw Smjv¯n tNmbt¯msX b_ªp. ko«n`n^n¡p¶ hzemkfnÃm¯ tI¨n Øn^w AknsX]pfnknsX]pw ]m{S]n`m]n^n¡pw Fs¶Wn¡_n]mw. At¸msjms¡ ko«n AWnS SWn¨m]n^n¡pw.

“”””F´v b_ªp Ak³?”

“”””Ak³ tKm`ns¡sX skÅw tfXn¡m³ k¶t¸m Akamt^mtXm tcm¬ sI¿pkm^p¶t{S. tcm\o¡qXn sbm_¯v b_]m³ bäm¯ kÀ¯fmWfm^p¶{S b_tªm*n^p¶Sv..”

“”””F¶v b_ªmÂ? Akams^s]¦n`pw sS_n knant¨m? G]v–…”

“”””Hm..ASÃXm..WnW¡nWn]pfSv fWhn`m]ntÃ. CsSms¡ F§Wm b_ªp fWhn`m¡p¶Sv ssUktf.. FXm AkÄ B^m*v B\p§tamXv ftä kÀ¯mtWmw b_tªm*v C^n¡pkm^ps¶¶v. B Np«¸³ CSv F{S tbt^mXv b_ªp b^¯pw F¶v WnW¡_n]mtfm? AS_nªSpfpS Aksa sk«ns¡mÃmWpÅ tUgyw FWns¡m*v. Fsâ tfmsâ KoknSw Wln¸n¡m³ k¶ H^ps¼«kÄ…” CuÀgyt]msX tI¨n fpOw sk«n¨p.

“”””Akantà DÅnÂ?” ANt¯¡v tWm¡n Mm³ tImUn¨p.

“”””CÃ. ^mkns` sN«ns]m^p§n F§m*v tbm]n. Mm³ tImUn¡m³ tbm]nÃ, Aksam«p b_ªSpfnÔ

Mm³ Bt`mIWt]msX Nth^]n Imªn^p¶p. Np«¸³ A§sW b_ªn«p*v F¦n ASv NÅfmNm³ kjn]nÃ. bs£ Aksâ km]X¸n¡\w. ASv ASymklyfm\v. AtStbms` tI¨n]psX hwl]kpw fmä\w. In`t¸mÄ AkÄ dnKpkntWmXv Ss¶ hwhm^n¨Sms\¦nÂ?

“”””tI¨n AktamXnSv b_tªm?” Mm³ tImUn¨p.

“”””CÃ. Wns¶ N*n«v Ft´`pw sI¿msf¶v N^pSn”

“”””In`t¸mÄ AkÄ dnKpkntWmXv Ss¶ B]n^n¡pw hwhm^n¨Sv. F´m]m`pw Np«¸sW MmsWm¶p Nm\s«..N*n«v bnXo¶p k^mw”

A{S]pw b_ªn«v Mm³ h-vNq«_n bp_t¯¡n_§n. {bSo£n¨Sptbms` N¼nNp«³.sWäv