കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 12

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N®pNÄ bSns] AX¨p. N¯q\n Im^nWn¶v S³s_ bpSn] b^n\mf¯n³s_ hpOmWpeqSnNÄ AkÄ A_nªp. Sm³ AXnfpXn bq¯p`]p¶Spw l^o^¯n³s_ WnPqZSNan AÚmSfm] H^p Dgv\{bkmiw fqXp¶Spw AkÄ A_nªp. F³s_ fm{Sw…F³s_ fm{Sw… M^¼pNÄ fpjpk³ k`nªpfp_pNn, knNm^b^kl]m]n, tUiw fpjpk³ bjp¯psbm«p¶Sv Unky A_nªp. Hm…Culz^m…F´m CSv ….? A^s¡«n kÃmsS SaÀ¨. ^ihyemP§sams¡ WWªvNpSnÀ¶n^n¡p¶p. Sm³ sNm«m^¯ns` CXWmjnNÄ¡v bn¼ns` N¯q\pNÄ¡v bn¼n`ms\¶v AkÄ knhvf^n¨p. H^p {b\]{bkmi¯n³s_ So^¯v Sm³ Wn¡p¶Spw hzÀ®¯n^NÄ¡v fpNan`qsX NpSn^¸p^t¯_n k^p¶ S³s_ bp^pg³s_ hm¶nVyw AkÄ A_nªp. sNmSn¸n¡p¶ B ^qbw Nm\m³ AkÄ N®pNÄ Sp_¶p. “”Unky, F´m CknsX Wn¡p¶Sv?”” A]mÄ tImUn¡p¶Sv AkÄ tN«p. A¸ Wnfng§Ä tk*n k¶p Unky¡v FÃmw fWÊn`mNm³. AkÄ Ipäpw tWm¡n. fp¼n {b\]{bkmitfm hzÀ®¯n^fm`Ntam H¶pfnÃ. N¯q\pNapsX bÝm¯`¯n ^mip Wm^m]\³ SWn¡enfpOfm]n Wn¡p¶p! Culz^m, Ct±iw Ft¸mjm\v Ct§m«v k¶Sv? Pp^pKn FknsX? AkÄ ko*pw Ipäpw tWm¡n. “”Pp^pKn Npfm^n]psX A¨³ S¼p^msW Nm\m³ tbm]n,”” AkapsX In´NÄ km]nIns«t¶m\w ^mip b_ªp. Npfm^nt]m? ^mip Ss¶ knan¡m³ Dbt]mPn¨ bUw tN«v sPu^kw Wn_ª B A´^oNgSn`pw In^n¡\sf¶v AkÄ¡v tSm¶n. Npfm^n! CsS´m dms`t]m? “”Mm³ NzmÀt«jvhns`¡v fX§m³ SpX§pt¼mjm\v CknsX Bt^m Wn¡p¶Sv tbms` tSm¶n]Sv,”” “”Mm³…”” AkÄ km¡pNÄ b^Sn. “”£fn¡\w, A§t]]pw Pp^pKnt]]pw H¶v- Nm\m³…”” “”k^q,”” ^mip b_ªp. “”C^pÄ kojm³ tbmNp¶p,”” AkÀ CXWmjn]n Wn¶v- bp_t¯¡v WX¶p. sNm«m^fpä¯pNqXn AkÀ ko«nt`¡v WX¶p. “”Pp^pKnt]]pw Fs¶]pw N*n«v F´m kntlgw?”” “”ASv…Mm³…”” AkÄ ko*pw km¡pNÄ¡v tk*n b^Sn. “”ASnt¸mÄ Mm³ ..kntlgns¨s´¦n`pw {kS§Ä…?”” ^mip Aksa AÀ°PÀefm]n tWm¡n. AkÄ KmayS f_]v¡mWmkmsS A]msa]pw. “”A§sW kntlgn¨p {kS§tam¶pfnÃ,”” tWm«¯ns` emkw Wn`WnÀ¯n ^mip b_ªp. “”…bns¶ dp²n½p«mknöps*¦n H^p Nm^yw sI]v–Sm sNmÅmw,”” “”N¸n¡\w,”” AkÄ sbs«¶v b_ªp. “”G]v–, N¼nNp«³.sWäv