കോബ്രാ ഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 14

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Pp^pKn¡v– Wo^hw tbm`pw H*m]n,””
“”F³s_ ePkSo-“”
AkÀ S`]n ssNsk¨p.
“”Pp^pKns] Wo^hs¸Xp¯nt]m AkÄ? FknsX AkÄ? Untky-“”
AkÀ D¨¯n knan¨p.
“”Smsj]p*v. bm`hnÂ. ss`{d_oÂ,””
t_mhv–`n³ Smtj¡v tWm¡n.
Pm]{Sn tUkn fp¼ns` tfltf`n^p¶ sfmssds`Xp¯v Z]Â sI]vSp.
Unkyt]mXv S³s_]Xps¯¡v k^m³ Bklys¸«p.
“”{bn]t¦w sg_nWpw kn³sh³äpw Hs¡ Smsj]p*v,””
t_mhv–`n³ b_ªp.
“”kn³sh³änWv tbm`pw kngffm]n. Untky¶v- sk¨m AkWm Gtämw Kok³. F¶n«pw Ak³ tbm`pw kj¡v b_ªp,””
At¸mÄ Unky Ak^psX]Xpt¯¡v k¶p .
bn¶ms` {bn]¦, sg_n³, kn³sh³äv….
“”F´m f½o?””
AkÄ BNmw£t]msX tImUn¨p.
“”Wos]´m Pp^pKnt]mXv b_sª?””
Pm]{SntUkn tUgyt¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”Hm…ASmt\m?””
WnÊm^ Nm^ywtbms` Unky b_ªp.
“”f½osX knan tN«¸w Mm³ N^pSn kà ASymintSmw WXt¶m¶v-! NrSyfm]n¯s¶ ASv f½osX sIko F¯n¨p AtÃ?””
t_mhv–`nsW tWm¡n Unky tImUn¨p.
“”Wnt¶mXm tImUnt¨. Wos]´m Pp^pKnt]mXv b_sª?””
Pm]{SntUkn]psX hz^w D]˦p.
“”F³s_ f½n, f½n]n§sW {bg_p Nq«msS. Pp^pKns] AWph^n¡m³ Mm³ H^p¡fm. bs£ FWn¡v ^mip hm_n³s_]Xp¯v¶v- fm{Sw bYn¡m³ k¿,””
“”ASnsW´m sNmj¸w?””
hz^¯ns` b^pgS knXmsS AkÀ tImUn¨p.
“”F´m sNmj¸w Ft¶m?””
Unky]pw hz^fp]À¯n.
“”H^p tÇmNsf§mWpw sSänt¸m]m B]n^w {bmklyw Ct¼mhng³ FjpSp¶tSm I´n¡n«v ^s*®w Nn«p¶tSm B^pt¶Â Npj¸w CÃm^p¶p. ^mip hm_v B^m¶m f½osX knIm^w? tUgyw k¶v- fq¶mw Ns®§mWpw Sp_¶m Mm³ ehvffm]n….””
“”A{S]v¡v tk*…””
B^pw tNÄ¡msS t_mhv–`n³ Unkyt]mXv f{´n¨p.
“”….kan¸mNp¶p*v….””
“”sb®n³s_ kmN-vhmfÀ°yw NqXp¶p-“”
Pm]{Sn tUkn ko*pw sImXn¨p.
“”tÇmN§apw Aeymh§aptfm¶pw Wo sSän¡nÃ. CWn ATkm sSän]m`pw Pp^pKn Wns¶¸nXn¨p knjp§s¯m¶pfnÃ. Culz^ Sp`yWm\v At±iw. U]m`p,””
“”f½n F´v b_ªm`pw ^mip hm_n³s_]Xp¯v Mm³ t]mPVymWw bYn¡nÃ,””
“”tNt«m B³äo,””
kn³sh³äv {Np²Wm]n.
“”Wo Mm³ b_]p¶Sv tNÄ¡v tfmsa. ]mP¯nWv c` hn²n]p*mk\w . W½psX NpXpwd¯nWpw WmXnWpw sFlz^yfp*mk\w. ASnW¸w SymPw hin¡m³ WnW¡v Njn]ntÃ?””
“”f½o, Mm³…””
Pm]{SntUkn]psX Atb£mhz^¯nWv N¼nNp«³.sWäv