കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 9

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ko*pw b_ªp. “”Cu hnäot`m tÌänt`m fm{SkÃ, ^mKyw fpjpk³ tb^v tN«Sm\v UntkysX cmfn`n. tU imsk s_byqt«g³ B³Zv U b»n¡v s_hvsbNväv– tUw. tU imkv U foZn] Asä³g³ BÄthm. ]q tWm, Unky sNmÃs¸«p F¶_nªm ss{bw hhvsbNväv W½Ä Ss¶]m^n¡pw. Cu ^mKys¯ Gäkpw hfÀ°^m] tbm`ohv Hmcothjvhv tNhtWzgn¡pw. W½Ä Sq§pw-“” hwQmwP§Ä b^hvb^w tWm¡n. bns¶ K]Nrgv\sW]pw. “”B^v Sq§n]m`pw Wn§Ä Sq§nÃ. Mm³ H_¸v S^mw,”” K]Nrgv\³ UrZhz^¯n b_ªp. “”f_n¨v `mew fm{Stf]pÅq. ssN Wn_s] b\w, W½am\v sNm¶sS¶v- Cu eqfn]n H^p Npªptbm`pw A_n]nÃ. A§nsW]m\v ASn³s_ ¹m³,”” hn²mÀ°³ HjnsN]pÅkÀ {bh¶^m]n. Ak³ ko*pw Fjpt¶äp. “”F´v bäoXm hn²q?”” K]Nrgv\³ tImUn¨p. “”K]Nrgv\m, CSv tk*,”” “”CtSm? GSv?”” “”Wn³s_ Cu ¹m³”” “”GSv ¹m³?”” “”Unkys] sNmÃpN F¶ ¹m³,”” hwQmwP§Ä A¼^t¸msX hn²mÀ°sW tWm¡n. K]Nrgv\³ Bhq{S\w sI]vS b^nbmXns¡Sns^ BUyfp]^p¶ FSnÀ¸m\nSv. “”hv{Xoäv sscäv ..{ZPvhv …AknXw ks^ Hmt¡..bs£ H^msa sNmÃpN Fs¶ms¡¸_]pt¼mÄ…K]Nrgv\m ASnWp fm{Sw {Nq^³fms^m¶pfà W½Ä…ASpsNm*v…”” “”c- b«n-“” K]Nrgv\³ A`_ns¡m*v ImXns]jpt¶äp. “”WnÀs¯Xm Wn³s_ Pn^n{bemg\w! sWW¡v ks¿¦n F_§nt¸mXm tbXn¯q_o! Ak³ K]Nrgv\sW tkUbmYw bYn¸n¡m³ kt¶¡p¶p!”” fqk^pw hn²mÀ°sW]pw K]Nrgv\sW]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n. K]Nrgv\sâ N®pNan tUgyw bS]p¶p*v. Ak³ bÃn_p½p¶Sv AkÀ tN«p. “”Mm³ tbmÆm\v,”” AkhmWw hn²mÀ°³ b_ªp. Ak³ skan]nt`¡n_§n. “”bs£ tbmNpt¶Wv fp¼v H^p km¡v. DbtUltfm Sm¡otSm H¶pkÃ. C{SWmapfp*m^p¶ {c*vgn¸n³s_ tb^n`p*m^p¶ H^p N\vth¬. A§sW N*m fSn. “” ^m{Sn]psX Bjtf_n] WnlÐS]nt`¡v hn²mÀ°³s_ km¡pNÄ AXÀ¶pko\p. “”B^ptX]pw {bm\sWXp¡pt¶Wp fp¼v fq¶v- k«w Bt`mIn¡pN.”” Ak³ SpXÀ¶p. “”…FXp¯SnWv tlgw Sn^n¨psNmXp¡mWmkm¯ H¶m\v {bm\³. Asæn bn¶oXv …”” “”c! WnÀs¯Xm-“” K]Nngv\³ ko*pw A`_ns¡m*v ImXn Fjpt¶äp. Ak³ _ntkmÄkÀ hn²mÀ°³s_ tWs^ Iq*n. fäp fq¶v- tb^pw kn^*ptbms]¦n`pw hn²mÀ°³ At£meyWm]n Wn`sNm*p. “”CWn]pw Wn¶v- sNm^¨m bq_n tfmtW Wn³s_ S`f* Mm³ INn^n Wm^v tbms`]m¡pw! N¼nNp«³.sWäv