കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 24

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fm{Stf M§apsX ssN]n`pÅq Untky,””
^mip b_ªp.
“”bs£..C¸ WX¡p¶ Hmt^m Nm^y§Ä …AsSms¡ B AWpfmW§sa l^ntk¡p¶ntÃ, hÀ?””
hn²mÀ°³ ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
“”hmÀ, Cucv ]q tZm*v ssf³Zv..””
{bn]¦ ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
“”…Fs´ms¡]m\v B AWpfmW§Ä…? Aeyqi§Ä…?””
^mip `¯ocnsW tWm¡n.
“”K]Nrgv\³s_ emP¯v Wn¶v- Unky]psX tWs^ kVm{lffp*m]n,””
`¯ocv b_ªp.
“”H¶nt`s_¯k\. bns¶ Cu AXp¯ Nm`¯m]n Wfp¡v A_n]nÃm¯ BapNapsX emP¯v Wn¶pw. At¸mÄ H^p Nm^yw FWn¡v SoÀ¨]m]n. S¼p^mWv fsäm^p fNtWm fNtam Ds*¶v–. Unkys]¡qXmsS. MmtWm Wn§tam Nm\m¯, A_n]m¯ H^mÄ! Unkytbm`pw A_n]m¯ H^p {dUÀ Asæn hnÌÀ…””
Ko¸v N]äw N]_ns¡m*n^p¶p.
S\p¸n³s_ NmYnWyw kÀ²n¨p.
F¦n`pw S§Ä AenfpOoN^n¡m³ tbmNp¶ hmihnN ^wP§sa¡p_n¨pÅ Btkl¯n³s_ IqXv Ak^n kÀ²n¨psNm*n^p¶p.
“”H¶^ kÀg§Ä¡v fp¼v….””
`¯ocv SpXÀ¶p.
“”ASm]Sv ^*m]n^¯n bSnWm_v WkwdÀ bSntWjv–…Unky sZZv `n tbm]nh¬ AN¯v sI¶v- timhvbnä`n`mkp¶p. ^*m]n^¯n bSntWjv– KWpk^n bSnWm`v…FN-vh-vNÀg³s_]nX]n Unky N]_n] tdm«nWv AbNXw bäp¶p. ^*m]n^¯n bSnsW«v KWpk^n C^pb¯ns]«v…K]Nrgv\Wpw {NnÌc_pw Pm§pw Unkys] B{Nfn¡m³ {lfn¡p¶p. ^*m]n^¯n bSntWjv– fmÀ¨v F«v….ko*pw {NnÌc_pw Pm§pw Unkys] sft{Xmt¸m`nä³ ¢ºns` tÌmÀ _qfn bq«n]nXp¶p. bns¶ ^*mjv¨ fp¼v ^*m]n^¯n bSnsW«v sf]v bSntWjv–….^m{Sn]n tNm{dminÂhn sk¨v Unky]v¡v skXnt]¡p¶p….C¶s` Kq¬ ^*v….Unky]psX KmPzm_n tdmwdv– sk]v¡s¸Xp¶p…””
fmh§apw So]SnNapw NrSyfm]n HmÀ¯v `¯ocv knk^\w SpXÀ¶t¸mÄ Nq«pNmÀ¡v A¼^¸v Wn]{´n¡m³ hmVn¨nÃ.
“”`¯ocv UmUm…-“”
AknlzhWo]St]msX, knNm^e^nSfm] hz^¯n Unky knan¨p.
AkÄ Ak³s_ tSman bnXn¨p.
“”””F´m Untky?”
`¯ocv Aksa tWm¡n.
“”””CsSms¡ C{S NrSyfm]n…! tZäpNÄ tbm`pw HmÀ¯v….!”
AkWn {btSyNn¨v emkfmäsfm¶pfp*m]nÃ.
“”””Wn§Ä Fs¶ `oZÀ F¶v- knan¡p¶p,”
Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””H^p `oZÀ¡v S³s_ GäkpfXp¯hpir¯p¡sa¡p_n¨v tbm`psfm¶pf_n]nsæn¸ns¶ A]mÄ F´v `oZ_m\v?”
PmZfm] hvtWi¯n³s_ hvbÀlw AkÀ¡v AWpeks¸«p.
AkÀ B^mVWt]msX `¯ocnsW tWm¡n.
“”””Cu tZäpNÄ¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv