കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 19

N¼nNp«³.sWäv D*v,””
AkapsX hz^¯n b^n{em´n]p*m]n^p¶p.
BNmw£ Wn_ª N®pNtamsX Nq«pNmÀ Aksa sbmSnªp.
“”bm¼m«nNsams¡ bm¼nsW hq£n¡p¶ H^p sshhv NqXntÃ? ASv tbms` Hs^®w sbmtjsX AXp¯v¶v-…GNtUlw ^mip hm_nsW kngw sSm«nX¯v¶v- C¸w tbm`ohv Ns*Xp¯p…””
“”Umäv fo³hv!””
hn²mÀ°³ f{´n¨p.
Nq«pNmÀ b^hvb^w tWm¡n.
“”^mip hm_n³s_ tWÀ¡p*m]Sv H^p fÀZÀ Aäwäv B\v,””
“”AsS§sW hn²mÀ°³?””
{bn]¦ tImUn¨p.
“”b«nNsas]ms¡ s{X]n³ sI¿n¡p¶ tbms` bmw¼pNsas]ms¡ s{X]n³ sI¿n¡m³ bäptfm? H^msasNmÃm³?””
“”bäpw,””
tXmfn b_ªp.
“”In`n]n hmân]mtPm WP^¯nWXp¯v H^p {Pmf¯n bm¼pNsa C§sW s{X]n³ sI¿n¨ H^msa¸än Mm³ Znhv¡k_n ImW`n N*n«p*v,””
“”Pp^pKn]psX tWÀ¡p*m]Sv sNm`bmSN {lftfm?””
e]w Wnj`n¨ hz^¯n kntWmUv tftWm³ tImUn¨p.
“”F¦n Mm³ F]ÀtbmÀ«nt`¡v tbmNp¶p. hm_n¶v tcm_n³ {Xn¸v– Njnªv Sn^ns¨¯pN]m\v,””
A]mÄ S³s_ Nm_nWXpt¯¡v WX¶p.
`¯ocv ftWmKnsW]pw tXmfnt]]pw sc`nN-vhnsW]pw fmän WnÀ¯n In` WnÀtUl§Ä WÂNn.
kntWmUv tftWm³s_ bn¶ms` ssd¡pNan AkÀ NpSn¨p.
Bwdp`³hn³s_ kmSn Sp_¡s¸«p.
tZmNväÀ bp_t¯¡v k¶p.
Ipäpw Wn¶kÀ BNmw£t]msX tZmNvä_n³s_ tWs^ Sn^nªp.
“”hmÀ,””
Pm]{Sn tUkn fpt¼m«mªp.
“”tbXn¡msWm¶pfnà S¼p^m«n,””
tZmNväÀ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”Unky¡v WÃ fWhm¶nVyfpÅSv Pp\w sI]vSp. dpÅäv ^*pw _nfqkv sI]vSp. tdm¬hnsW X¨v sI]vSn^p¶nÃ. ^*v fq¶v- Unkhs¯ sdZv _Ìv–. »Zv H¯n^n tbm]n. ASpsNm*v,””
Pm]{Sn tUknt]msXm¸w `¯ocpw ANt¯¡v N]_n.
Unky sdZn NnX¡p¶p.
S³s_ AXpt¯¡v k^p¶ Pm]{Sn tUknt]]pw `¯ocnsW]pw N*v– AkÄ bp©n^n¨p.
“”tk*..tk*,””
Unky Fjpt¶Â¡m³ emkn¡p¶Sv N*v– `¯ocv kn`¡n.
“”f½n, hm_nWv Ct¸mÄ F§sW D*v,””
AkÄ Sn^¡n.
“”hmÀ ..Hmt¡ B]n…hwhm^n¡p¶p..Wn³s_ Nm^y¯n`m\v…””
`¯ocv AkapsX fpXn]njNÄ St`mXns¡m*v b_ªp.
“”tkUW F§sW D*v tfmsa?””
AkapsX kn^`pNan kn^ tNmÀ¯v Pm]{Sn tUkn tImUn¨p.
“”H^p D_p¼n³ Nt®maw,’
AkÄ In^n¨p.
“”Wfp¡v tbmNmw f½n. FWn¡v hm_nsW Nm\\w,””
AkÀ C^pk^pw Aksa tSman`pw ssNNan`pw bnXn¨v WX¡m³ him]n¨psNm*v N¼nNp«³.sWäv