കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 25

N¼nNp«³.sWäv lÐfp]À¶p.
“”Asæn`pw Wo tSm¡ptfm Untky?””
`¯ocv AkapsX tSman ssN¯`ffÀ¯n.
Nq«pNmÀ Aksa sbmSnªp.
B`nwPWw sI]vSp.
Aksa D½ sk¨p.
“”U {bn³hhv kn¯v F io`nwPv X¨v,””
AkapsX sWän]n Wn¶v- Ip*pNÄ tkÀsbXp¯n kn³shâv b_ªp.
Unky]pw Nq«pNms^ tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p.
bns¶ AkÄ `Öt]msX, knNm^So{kSt]msX ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
A]mÄ AkapsX N^w {Pin¨p.
“”PpZv….tKmdv–…””
A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”At{S]pÅq?””
sg_n³ NphrSnt¨mUysf_nªp.
“”Aäv–`oÌv H^p Nnsʦn`pw? hm_nWv Wm\kmt\ M§Ä N®p sbm¯nt¡mamw,””
hztS sPu^k{bNrSn]m] `¯ocpw bp©n^n¡p¶Sv FÃmk^pw N*p.
“”ASv hm_v sbjvh\Â B]n sNmXpt¯mapw,””
`¯ocv bp©n^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”]mPw Hs¡ Njnªn«v…!””
“”tlym..`¯ocv UmU..¹ohv…!””
Unky]psX fpOw Wm\w sNm*p Ipk¶pSpXp¯p.
Sbn¡p¶ N®pNtamsX AkÄ ^mip`nsW tWm¡n.
`Ö]m koÀ¸pfp«n] AkapsX knhvf] shuµ^yw FÃmk^pw N¬Wn_s] N*p.
“”`¯ocv UmUmsX Nm^yw!””
t_mhv–`n³ bp©n^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”H^p _n] t_mf³hv tW^n Nm\mWpÅ Im³hm CÃm*m¡ns],””
FÃmk^pw In^n¨p.
Unky sbs«¶v sPu^kmWznS]m]n K]Nrgv\Wns`¡v {l² Sn^n¨p.
“”bm¼n³ kntgmw h]ssWZv shm`yqgWpw K]Nrgv\sâ tdmZo F¯o«v H¶^ f\n¡qÀ F¦n`pw B]o¶m Mm³ N^pSt\,””
K]Nrgv\sâ fnjnNÄ Sp_¶v- sNm*v Unky b_ªp.
“”Wq_p lSfmWw f^\w SoÀ¨]m^p¶p. Cu b^o£\¯nWv– fpSnÀ¶nÃm^pt¶Â. bs£ CWn K]Nrgv\³ b` K·§apw H^pfn¨v Kokn¡pw. hmÀ..`¯ocv UmUm…Cäv–hv _n]`n F fn_¡nÄ…CSv kt^w B^yb{Sn Mm³ B^n`pw ]qhv sI]vSn«nÃ…F³s_ HmÀt½Â B^pw Ss¶ CSv Cs¸m ]qhv sI¿p¶pt*m¶pw hwl]w…””
Nq«pNmÀ AUvepSt¯msX Unky]psX km¡pNÄ tN«n^p¶p.
“”`¯ocv UmUm, CWn sskN*,””
Unky b_ªp.
“”CWn K]Nrgv\sW t^minSv A¦nan³s_ ko«ns`¯n¡mw . dm¡n AknsX sk¨v. AtàCu S\p¸¯v W½Ä dm¡n Nm\nÃ,””
BdnUpw kn³sh³äpw K]Nrgv\sW S`¡pw Nm`n`pfm]n FXp¯p]À¯n.
^mtKgv fVy¯n Wn¶p.
tXmfn]pw ^mKpkpw C^p S`]v¡`pw NqXn.
bns¶ Smtj¡v WX¡m³ SpX§n.
“”Wfp¡v A¸w NqXn f^p¶v- b_n¡\w,””
Unky `¯ocntWmXpw ^mip`ntWmXpw b_ªp.
“”AkÀ WX¡s«,””
`¯ocpw ^mip`pw ko*pw Unkyt]msXm¸w Nm«nt`¡v WX¶p.
tk*{S N¼nNp«³.sWäv