കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 24

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^mip`ntWmXv b_ªp.
AkÀ WX¸v SpX§n]n^p¶p.
“”Cu kjn AknsXks^]p*v, hmÀ,
{bn]¦ A_n]n¨p.
“”Ppimt£{S§Ä¡N¯v f½nNam\v,””
sg_n³ b_ªp.
“”bp^mSW Nm`s¯ tPm{S^mKm¡·m^psX]pw ^mÚnfm^psX]pw,””
“”bN SWn¨v AknsX B^pw tbmNm_nà hmÀ,””
hSogv– b_ªp.
“”ko^Imfp*³ tNmbn¡pw. Ppimt£{S§Ä¡Ns¯ f½nNapsX Nmk¡m^Wm\v– B f{´kmUnNapsX ssUkw! A]mÄ B]n^¯m*pNam]n B f`]psX Nmk¡m^Wm\v,””
AkÀ WX¸v SpXÀ¶p.
S\p¸v ASnNYnWfm]n.
fªpsb¿p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
Nmäv kojv¨]pw SpX§n.
F¦n`pw kÀVn¨ Btklt¯msX AkÀ WX¸v SpXÀ¶p.
Gäkpw fp³bn ^mip`pw `¯ocpw hSogpw.
AkÀ¡v bn¼n sb¬Np«nNÄ.
sb¬Np«nNapsX bn¶ms` dm¡n B¬Np«nNÄ WX¶p.
S§apsX ssN¿ns` B]pV§Ä bp_s¯Xp¯m\v AkÀ Wo§n]Sv.
“”F´m]n^n¡mw Ak^psX Dt±lw?””
BdnUv tImUn¨p.
“”ko^Imfp*³s_ f`]nÂ, Cu ^m{Sn]nÂ?””
“”WnVn]pÅSv B emP¯v FknsXt]m Bs\¶v kntWmUv fWÊn`m¡n]n«p*mkpw,””
^mip b_ªp.
“”Asæn K]Nrgv\sW GsS¦n`pw Ppi]n Han¸n¡mWm]n^n¡pw,””
“”AsS, AsS,””
`¯ocv ^mip`ntWmXv t]mKn¨p.
“”tbm`ohv K]Nrgv\³s_ bn¶ms`]ps*¶v kntWmUv fWÊn`m¡n]n«p*tÃm,””
S\p¸pw fªpw C^p«pw N`À¶ B A´^o£¯nWv tf Nmän³s_ lànNqXn.
t^mf¡p¸m]§an`pw S§sa S\p¸v sk_psS knXp¶nöp AkÀ A_nªp.
“”hmÀ, H¶v- tImUnt¨ms« , Ccv– ]q sbÀfnäv–,””
hn²mÀ°³ ^mip`ntWmXv tImUn¨p.
“”B tImUyw Mm³ Ss¶ b_]s« hn²mÀ°³?’
^mip In^n¨p.
“”Hmt¡, hÀ,””
hn²mÀ°Wpw In^n¨p.
“”Mm³ F§sW Cu tNhn C³tkmÄkvZv B]n. AStà hn²mÀ°³ tImUn¡m³ Dt±ln¨Sv–?””
“”ssf tPmZv- sku- _n]`n…]hv ..]hv hmÀ! ASv Ss¶]m\v Wm³ tImUn¡m³ Dt±ln¨Sv–!””
hn²mÀ°³ AUvepSs¸«p.
fäpÅk^pw.
“”A¡mUfnNv C³ä_Ìv–…s¹]n³ Nyq^nt]mhnän Fs¶m¶pw Mm³ b_]nÃ,””
^mip b_ªp.
“”`oZÀ `¯ocnWv A_n]mw. Mm³ Wn§tamXv b_t]* _oh¬. `¯ocv ASv Wn§tamXv bn¶oXv b_]pw. Asæn Wn§Ä SWns] A_n]pw. GSm]m`pw AVymbNWm]n Mm³ lm´nbp^¯v k¶p. FWn¡v H^pbmXv Cãs¸«p Cu Ø`w. Cu WP^ {bm´w. CknXps¯ f^§Ä, bpj, BNmlw…tNm{dm inÂhv–….F®fnÃm¯ bp^mkr¯§Ä…Wn§sat¸m`pÅ Np«nNÄ…tNm{dm N¼nNp«³.sWäv