കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 26

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^mKtlO^ kÀ½ F¶ K·w sNm*v Wn³s_ Wn³s_ bnSmkm] B fWpgy³. Wn]fb^fm]n ASn³s_ H^kNmln Wo]pw NqXn]m\v. ASv tk* F¶v- sk¡mWpÅ dp²ntfmlsfm¶pw Wo Nm\n¡^pSv,””
ASWph^n¨v kntWmUv sX`tcm¬ ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]pfm]n dÔs¸«p.
`anSm tftWm³ f^ns¨¶pw f^\ hf]¯v Sm³ ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]n Wn¶v- KWn¨Sm\v F¶Nm^yw AkÀ skans¸Xp¯ns]¶pw Ak³ At²is¯ A_n]n¨p.
WntgVkpw Sn^hv¡^\kpfm\v kntWmUv {bSo£n¨Sv.
F¶m AW¸fm] ht´mgt¯msX]m\v ^mKtlO^ kÀ½ {bSnN^n¨Sv.
kntWmUnsW DXtW Nm\m³ Sm³ B{Pin¡p¶p F¶pw lm´nbp^¯v S³s_ khSn]n F¯nt¨^pN F¶ {bSnN^\fm\v At²i¯n Wn¶pfp*m]Sv.
“”sWPäokv B] H^p s_hvtbm³hv– B\v Mm³ {bSo£n¨Sv,””
knk^f_nªv fmSyp kÀ¤ohv b_ªp.
“”Wfp¡v Wn]f¯n³s_ kjn tStX*n k^pw F¶v- Mm³ N^pSn. GSm]m`pw CWn ASn³s_ Bklysfm¶pfnÃ. Wnt¶mXv Wmsa Ss¶ bp_s¸Xm³ Bklys¸«n^n¡pN]m\v ^mKtlO^ kÀ½. Wns¶ fNWm]n hzoN^n¡pkm³ A]mÄ h¶²Wm]n^n¡p¶p,””
A]mapsX km¡pNÄ kntWmUn H^p I`Wkpfp*m¡n]nÃ.
“”kntWmUv,””
fmSyp kÀ¤ohv knan¨p.
A]mÄ kntWmUn³s_ AXpt¯¡v k¶p.
Ak³s_ tSman bnXn¨p.
“”Wo H^p k`n] tNmXolz^WmNm³ tbmkpN]m\v,””
A]mÄ SpXÀ¶p.
“”k`ns]m^p dnhnsWÊv hm{fmKy¯n³s_, k`ns]m^p FtÌäv³s_. ASnWpw bp_tf H^p k`n] WnVntlO^¯n³s_…””
kntWmUv H¶pw b_ªnÃ.
Ak³s_ fpOw knNm^ ^inSfm]n^p¶p.
bpSn] hwek§sam¶pw S³s_ CãmWph^\fÃ.
Ss¶ hwdÔn¨v Ht^s]m^p ]mTmÀ°yw S³s_ A´^mßmknt`¡v Sp_n¨v tWm¡p¶ Km^h´Sn F¶ bpSn] tkgfm\v.
A¶v ^m{Sn knf D_§msS hnsäu«n`n^n¡p¶Sv fmSyp kÀ¤ohv N*p.
“”F´m, D_¡w k^p¶ntÃ?’
Ak³s_ tSman ssN sk¨v A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
knf H¶pw b_ªnÃ.
WnlÐWm]n fmSyp kÀ¤ohnsW tWm¡n]n^p¶p.
“”bm¸m Wmsa kntWmUv tbmNp¶p,””
A¸w Njnªv Ak³ b_ªp.
A]mÄ Ak³s_ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”Ak³ tbmkpN]nÃ-“”
A]mapsX hz^¯ns` fmäw knf {l²n¨p.
knf AUvepSt¯msX A]msa tWm¡n.
“”Wo tbmNpw-“”
“”Mm³?””
knf`nWv H¶pw fWÊn`m]nÃ.
“”d«v siu?””
UrZhz^¯n fmSyp kÀ¤ohv b_ªp.
“”Wo tbmNpw- Wo ^mKtlO^ kÀ½s]¡m\pw- Wo B]n^n¡pw A]mapsX fN³- Wo B]n^n¡pw A]mapsX AkNmln- Wo]m]n^n¡pw kntWmUv- kntWmUv tftWm³,””
knf`nsâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv