അമ്മക്കുതിരയുടെ ഇന്ത്യന്‍ സഫാരി 5

N¼nNp«³.sWäv f¡ap*mkpw tfmta…. ”
”tN_qsæn`v bns¶§Wm…”
”ASnsWms¡ kjn]p*v… C¶v SSv¡m`w kn{lfn¡mw… Wmsa]mks«…”
A§sW bnsä¶v ^m{Sn]n`pw dm`p Wo`pknsâ ho`v sbm«n¡mWv tWm¡n. F¶m`v A¶pw b^mK]s¸«p.
”Wmsa bN`v Np«Wpw AÑWpw At½w NqsX A¼`¸ptj`v tbmk\ntÃ… At¸m Wfp¡v tWm¡mw Wo`q….” ASpw b_ªv dm`p Wo`pknsâ bp_¯pWn¶v C_§n AkapsX bq^vSXkn NnX¶p_§n.
(SpX^pw)
bXk`w ko«ns` {bemSw.
{bNrSn ^f\ofm] Ø`w. D\^pt¼mav dm`pknWv DXpSp\n]nÃm]n^p¶p, Wo`pknWpw. hq^yNn^\w SXnKWm`]n`qsX DÅnt`¡v k¶p. ASnWm`v C^pk^v¡pw sSsÃm^pWm\w. Wo`p AXn¸mkmX]pw »uhpsfXp¯\nªp. dm`p fp*pw dWn]Wpw.
AXp¡a]nt`¡v sI¶ Wo`pknsW ekmWn]½ AXnfpXns]m¶v tWm¡n.
”F´m At½ C§sW tWm¡t\…” Wo`p ASnl]t¯msX tImUn¨p.
”Wos]m¶v WXt¶ tfmta…”
”F´nWv…”
”Wnsâ A½]tà b_]t\… WX¡v tfmta…”
”Cu A½]v¡nsS´m Nm`t¯…” ASv b_ªv Wo`p skÅw tNm^mWv NpXkpfm]m Nn\_nWXpt¯¡v WX¶p. Nm`pNav AXp¸n¨v Np*nNp`p¡n WX¶pWo§p¶ Wo`pknsW tWm¡n ekmWn]½ fWÊn`v b_ªp… ”Rm… At¸msam¶pw WX¶nÃ… Biv… Aksâ B{Nm´sfms¡ So^v¶StÃ… Aà F¶m`pw Ckav¡v B{Nm´sfm¶pfnÃm]n^pt¶m…? ” ekmWn]½ ASpw In´n¨v Sna¨pk¶ bm`nt`¡v tS]n]n«p.
Wo`p skÅw tNm^ns¡m*v Wn`v¡pt¼mav bn¶n`v dm`p k¶p. shän hm^n]psX CX]n`qsX Wo`pknsâ skap¯ k]^vNm\mw.
”Aan]m A¼`¸pj A¼`¯ntbmkmWv k^t\…” Wo`pknsâ AWn]Wv Np«Wv B]n^p¶p ASv.
”Hm… MmsW§pw k^\nà Np«m… Snt^mt´m^s¯ AÑWpw A½]pw F¶v Ft¶mXv fn*pt¶m At¶ CWn MmWv A¼`¯nt`¡pÅp…”
dm`I{µWv S¼n Wo`nfs] knkmiw Njn¨Sn`v A]mapsX ko«pNm^v¡v FSn^v¸p*m]n^p¶p. H¶mftS SfnjvWm«n`v tbm]n knkmiw Njn¨Sv Ak^v¡v CãfÃm]n^p¶p. ASnsâ NqsX Ct¸mav C§sW]pw H^p knkmiw Njn¨Sv Ak^v¡v Sos^ hpOn¨n«nÃ.
Wo`p skÅw tNm^n¡jnªp. ASv H¡¯v FXp¯v Akav AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¶p. AXp¡a]ns`¯n]t¸mav ekmWn]½ NpXwkm§n Smtj¡v sk¨n«v tImUn¨p….
”^*pw ^m{Sn Nq^v¡w k`n¨p_¡fm]n^p¶p AtÃ…”
”tbm A½m… F´m Cu bt_\Sv…” Wo`p Wm\n¨v In^n¨p.
”tim..sb®nsâs]m^p Wm\w. BUy^m{Sn Njnªn«pw Wm\w fm_n]ntÃXo f^¸«o…”
”tbm A½m AsS¶m BUy^m{Sn Njn]pt¼mav Hmt«mfmänNv B]n«§v Wmt\mw fmt_m… N¼nNp«³.sWäv