കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 26

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^mKtlO^ kÀ½ hpir¯v fm{Sfm]n^ps¶¶v.
F¶n«v f^\¡nX¡]n sk¨v b_ªSv-
kntWmUv A]mapsX fNWm\v F¶v!
C¡m`f{S]pw ASv AkÄ Han¨v sk¨p.
Ss¶ knZv[n]m¡n, Ndan¸n¨p, S³s_ hingv\pSm ftWmemks¯ b^nihn¨p.
sbs«¶v S³s_ fp¼n kntWmUpw knf`pw Wn¡p¶Sv A]mÄ N*p.
`anS]psX f^\tf`v¸n¨ BQmSt¯msXm¸w SmsWm^p Km^h´Sn]m\v F¶ Sn^n¨_nkn³s_ UpxOw kntWmUn³s_ fpO¯v Wn¶pw A]mÄ km]n¨p.
A¶v `anS tftWm³ b_ª fpjpk³ hSy§apw KWm`]v¡¸p_¯v Wn¶v- tN«SnWv tlgw kntWmXv Unkh§tamaw bp_¯n_§msS fp_n¡N¯v Ss¶ NjnªpNqXpN]m]n^p¶p.
Bs^s]¦n`pw Nm\mtWm Bt^msX¦n`pw hwhm^n¡mtWm Ak³ Nq«m¡n]nÃ.
fmSyp kÀ¤ohv Fjpt¶äv Aks^ hfobn¨p.
A]mÄ kntWmUn³s_ tSman bnXn¨p.
“”kntWmUv,””
A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”Wo Wn³s_ A¸sW knan¡\w. sF fo³ Wns¶ KWn¸n¨]msa,””
“”F´nWv?””
knf tImUn¨p.
“”Wo b_]\w,””
kntWmUn³s_ fpO¯v tWm¡n A]mÄ SpXÀ¶p.
“”…Wo A]mtamXv b_]\w, A]mapsX fNWm\v Wo F¶v. A]mÄ Wns¶ hzoN^n¡\w. A]mapsX h¼¯n³s_ AkNmln Wo]m]n^n¡\w,””
kntWmUv H¶pw b_ªnÃ.
“”bs£, b¸m…””
knf hwl]t¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”Wfps¡´nWv…””
“”Wfp¡v B^ptX]pw b\w BklyfnÃ,””
knf`nsW SpX^m³ AWpkUn¡msS fm¯¨³ SpXÀ¶p.
bns¶ A]mÄ kntWmUnsW tWm¡n.
“”bs£ hSyw f_¨v sk¡m³ BÀ¡pw AkNmlfnÃ. hSyw K]n¡\w. A]mÄ H^p NpªnWv K·w sNmXp¯psk¦n A]maSv A_n]\w, ASnWp tlgw sIt¿*msS´m\v F¶pw,””
A]mÄ Aks^ Nm^y§Ä b_ªv tdmVys¸Xp¯n.
Cu Unkh§an hmVyfm] FÃm ^oSnNapw ^mKtlO^ kÀ½s]¡p_n¨v A]mÄ AtWzgn¨n^p¶p.
hvSwen¨p tbmNp¶ Nm^y§am\v AtWzg\¯n A_nªSv–.
Unky {Pq¸v C³Zhv{Xohv F¶ kykhm] hm{fmKy¯n³s_ AVnbWm\v ^mKtlO^ kÀ½.
B]n^¡\¡nWv G¡À knhvSoÀ® fpÅ H^p FtÌän³s_ DXf]pfm\v A]mÄ.
tNmXnNÄ kn`fSn¡p¶ I^n{S hmf{PnNÄ A]mapsX sNm«m^¯nWN¯v Ss¶]p*v–.
Cu fimh¼¯nsW WnÊm^fm¡p¶ Aakä H^p WnVntlO^w A]mapsX FtÌäv b^nVn]nÂs¸« tNm{dm inÂhn`ps*¶v N^pSs¸Xp¶p.
Aks] ssN¡`m¡pkm³ him]n¡p¶ ^*v fm¸pNÄ sNm«m^w ss`{d_n]n D*v.
“”ASv sNm*v kntWmUv,””
fmSyp kÀ¤ohv Dbhwim^Snt`¡v NX¶p.
“”Cu ^mKy¯v Ss¶ C{S]pw h¼¯v hz´fm]pÅ Ip^p¡w In` BapNans`m^mam\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv