കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 24

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fsäm^p {btSyNS NqXn]p*v,”
hn²mÀ°³ In^n¨p.
Nq«pNmÀ AksW tWm¡n.
“”””At¸msjms¡]m\v KW_ timhvbnä`ns` tZmNväÀfmÀ¡pw tWjvhpfmÀ¡pw Ak^vssXw b\n sIt¿*n k¶n«pÅSv. {btSyNn¨pw HmÀt¯mboZn]m{XnN-vhv–, sZ³ä F¶o Zn¸mävsf³_vNans`…”
tNÄkn¡mÀ¡v hn²mÀ°³ F´m\v Dt±ln¨sS¶v- fWÊn`m]nÃ.
“”””emPyklm BSp^lp{lqg FWn¡pw Nn«n,”
hn²mÀ°³ SpXÀ¶p.
“”””Nm^\w `¯ocv UmUm C¸w b_ª tZäpNan WX¶ H¸t_gWpNan In`Sn MmWpw bs¦Xp¯n«p*v,”
Nq«pNmÀ¡v Nm^yw fWÊn`m]n.
“”””AsS´m emPyklm F¶v- b_ªSv?”
{bn]¦ tImUn¨p.
“”””A¶v A§nsWs]ms¡ hwekn¨nÃm]n^ps¶¦n Cu emPyw FWn¡v Nn«pfm]n^pt¶m? CSptbms`]pÅ Nq«pNms^ ….bns¶..”
Ak³ t_mhv–`nsW tWm¡n.
AkapsX fpO¯v ftWmi^fm] H^p Wm\w SanÀ¡p¶Sv Nq«pNmÀ N*p.
“”””FWn¡v tZäpNapw fmh§apw ….KoknSkpw Hs¡ C§sW Nq«n¯¶Sv Wn§tams¡]m `¯ocv UmUm…”
NrSÚS Wn_ª fnjnNtamsX AkÄ AksW tWm¡n.
`¯ocv Ipk¶ I^Xv sN«n] S³s_ ssN¯`w AkapsX fpO¯nWv– N®pNÄ¡v fp¼n`p]À¯n.
“”Wo]o ^mOn¨^Xv F³s_ ssN¿n sN«m³ SpX§o«v F{S kÀgfm]n?””
FÃmk^pw AksW tWm¡n.
sNuSpNt¯msX ^mip`pw.
“”ASnt¸m …Npªnt` fpS …FWn¡v HmÀ½]pÅt¸mÄ fpSÂ…””
AkÄ HmÀ¡m³ {lfn¨p.
^m{Sn]psX PmZSfÊv.
WnPqZS]pw hmihnNS]pw f^\kpw Han¸n¨v S§sa Nm¯n^n¡p¶ `£yØmWw.
hwQ¯n³s_ Btklw Ak]n Wn¶v- bn³km§n `¯ocn³s_ km¡pNÄ¡v Ipäpw N_§n.
“”hp¯m³ fpi½Uv– tPm_n]psX BUys¯ C´y³ ]m{S]n H^p bpt^minS NpXpwdkpw A]mtamsXm¸fp*m]n^p¶p…””
`¯ocv B dÔ¯n³s_ BOymWw SpX§n.
“”bpt^minSsâ tb^v h¿Uv A`mkp±o³ sg_ocv. thmfWmT t£{S¯n³s_ b^nh^¯v S¼Xn¨p hp¯m³. bpt^minS³ h¿Uv A`mkp±o³ sg_ocv thmfWmT t£{S¯n³s_ {bVmW bqKm^n K]tUkv lÀ½]pfm]n shuirU¯n`m]n. H^p fim huirUw. B dÔw bpt^minS³s_ Nmjv¨¸mXpNsa fmän f_n¨p. C´y]pw thmfWmT t£{S b^nh^kpw AtISWfm] bm_¡g\¯nÂt¸m`pw Culz^³s_ fimtSKÊv Nm\pkm³ fWpgys^ {bmbvS^m¡p¶ H^p fim hwhv¡m^kpw bpt^minS³ h¿Uv A`mkp±osW knhvf]n¸n¨p….””
^mip Sm¸^yt¯msX `¯ocn³s_ km¡pNÄ tNÄ¡p¶Sv Unky {l²n¨p.
“”H^p Unkhw bpt^minS³ hp¯msW fpOw Nm\n¨v b_ªp: N¼nNp«³.sWäv