അമ്മക്കുതിരയുടെ ഇന്ത്യന്‍ സഫാരി 5

N¼nNp«³.sWäv At±i¯nsâ sk_pw tW^t¼m¡v. bns¶ fäv In`SpNqXn CSn`qsX At±iw hmVn¡p¶p*v. kaªkjns]m¶pfnà FÃmw tW^mkm tWt^m tbm… bns¶ H^p dnhnWhv BNpt¼mav FÃmw H^p sNmXp¡`v km§`n`v Atà W½av Nm\p¶Sv. hiN^n¨m`v ekmWn]½]v¡v sNmÅmw…”
”AÃ Wn§sa´m b_ªpk^p¶Sv….?”
”AtS ASm]Sv ekmWo… Wn§apsX sNm¨nsW ^mKhm_nW§v Cãfm]n.”
”At¿m ASv tk*…” ekmWn CX]v¡v N]_n b_ªp.
”Wn§av tSm¡n`v tN_n skXnsbm«n¡msS… b_]s«… Wn§anknsX gq«nwPnWv H^mjvI gq«nwPnWv Wnt¶ bäq. B hf]f{S]pw Wo`nf ^mKhm_nsWm¸w A]mapsX hz´w em^y]m]n Njn]\w. hm_nWv CSnWnsX H¶v ^*v Xqs_ms¡]p*v. AknsXms¡ Wo`nf]pw H¸w Nm\\w. F´v b_]p¶p…” lnkWvb«^v Ssâ N®X Du^nSpX¨v ekmWn]½]psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.
”AsSm¶pw bänÃ… Fs¶ F´v tkt\`pw sI]vtSm bs£ Fsâ tfmta…”
”G]v… ekmWn]½ A§W§v So^v¯v b_]msS… H¶pftÃ`pw Akant¸m N`ym\w Njn¨n^n¡p¶Sv H^p sNm¨pÅ H^p¯sW AtÃ. kÃksâ]pw sNm¨nsW ka^vt¯*kav¡v F´v bmSn{kSyfm ekmWnStÅ…” lnkWvb«^v Pq[fm]n In^n¨p.
”ASv Wn§sa§sW A_nªv…”
”Wm«nt`¡v tcm\v sI]vSt¸mav Wn§apsX f^ptfmWv Ss¶ ASv b_ªp…”
”Hm… B tNm´Wv…” ekmWn S`]n`v ssNsk¨p.
”AtS ASm]Sv ekmWn]t½… CWn]nt¸m ^mKmhm_nsâ sNm¨nWv Wo`nf K·w W`vNn]m`pw hm^fnÃ… Akav {bhkn¡m¯ B\vNpªnsW]tà Akav¡v ka^vt¯*n k^p¶Sv ASv tbms` Wo`nf {bhkn¡p¶ dm`sâ AÃm¯ NpªnsW dm`Wpw ka^v¯s« At¸mav FÃmw CNz`v B]ntÃ….”
”sbmt¡m\w H^p CuNz`v….” ekmWn]½]v¡v l^n¡pw tUgyw k¶p.
ASpN*v ^mKm_mw IuV^n lnkWvb«s^ AXpt¯¡v knan¨p sIkn]n`v Fs´ms¡t]m b_ªp. FÃmw A]mav fqantN«p.
”ASm]Sv ekmWn]t½…” lnkWvb«^v ekmWn]½]psX AXp¯v k¶n^p¶p.
”^mKm hms_m^p km¡v b_ªm`v ASv Wq_plSfmWw hSyfm\v. hm_nt¸mav H^p Hmc^v sk¨n«p*v. hm^v b_ªSv Wn§av¡pw Wo`nf]v¡pw h½Sfms\¦n`v b¯p`£w ^qb Wn§apsX dm¦v A¡u*nt`¡v hm_n«pS^pw… tlgn¡p¶ Nm`¯v ASpwsNm*v Fs´¦n`pw dnhnWhv sI]vSv Wn§av¡v hpOfm]n Kokn¡mftÃm… F{SNm`fms\¶v N^pSn]m C§sW gq«nwPnsâ tb^n`v…” A^v°k¯m]n hwhm^w Wn^v¯n lnkWvb«^v ekmWn]psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.
”bs¯m¶pw tbm^… N`ym\w Njnªn«v fq¶m`v Unkhtf B]pÅp AkapsX … tbm^m¯SnWv kÃSpw sI]vSv k]än`m]m`v B sNm¨nsW M§atà N¼nNp«³.sWäv