കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 9

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn§Ä. “” `¯ocv SpXÀ¶p. “”FWn¡pw F³s_ hpir¯p¡Ä¡pw Wn§sat¸ms` {NnfnW s_t¡mZv DÅ H^p {Pq¸pfm]n H¶n¨p Wn¡m³ hmVyfÃ. bns¶ bp_¯v Wn¶pakÀ W½psX WmXnsW Wln¸n¡m³ {lfn¡p¶ Nm^yw. ASv M§Ä hz]w fmtWKv sI]vtSmamw. bp_¯pÅk^mt\m AtSm AN¯pÅkÀ Ss¶]mt\m WmXn³s_ ]SmÀ° l{Sp¡Ä F¶pw M§Ä¡v hwl]fp*v. ASpsNm*v…”” `¯ocv K]Nrgv\sW tWm¡n. “”bs£, `¯ocv…^mip Wm^m]\³…?”” “”H^p bt£]pfnà K]Nrgv\³!”” `¯ocv D_¨ lЯn AksW kn`¡n. “”A¸w fp¼v Wn§Ä b_ªtÃm M§Ä b_]p¶ GSv N*ogWpw Wn§Ä¡v hzoNm^yfms\¶v. B b_ªSn Wn§Ä D_¨p Wn¡pN]ms\¦n M§Ä In` N*og³hv sk¡pN]m\v. B N*og³hv Wn§Ä AwPoN^n¡pN]ms\¦nÂ….F¦n fm{Sw H^pfn¨p Wn¡p¶ Nm^yw …{cm*vgn¸n³s_]pw tNm¸t_g³s_]pw fmÀ¤w M§apw hzoN^n¡mw,”” K]Nrgv\sâ fpO¯v In´NÄ Wn_ªp.Ak³ Nq«pNms^ tWm¡n. bns¶ `¯ocn³s_ fpOt¯¡pw. “”F´m\v Wn§apsX N*og³hv?”” `¯ocv Iq*pkn^ D]À¯n. “”W^nfäw kÀ¡n]pfm]pÅ FÃm N\£³hpw Wn§Ä AkhmWn¸n¡\w,”” Ak³ bns¶ tfmSn^ kn^ NqXn D]À¯n. “”bns¶ CÃoP B] FÃm BNvänknäohpw WnÀ¯\w. {ZPvhv , hvf¥nwPv A§sW Wn]fkn^p²fm]n GsSms¡ {bkÀ¯W§an Wn§Ä C³tkmÄkvZv Bt\m AsSÃmw WnÀ¯\w.”” `¯ocv Ak³s_ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n. “”BÀ ]q s_Zn tcmÀ Umäv?”” Ak³s_ tWm«s¯ tW^nXmsS K]Nrgv\³ bn¼n WnWn^p¶ AWpI^³fms^ tWm¡n. “”`¯ocv ASv …”” K]Nrgv\³ b^p§n. “”NrSyfm]pw kyàfm]pw M§Ä¡v D¯^w Nn«\w. BÀ ]q s_Zn tcmÀ Umäv?”” K]Nrgv\³ ko*pw bn¼nt`¡v, Nq«pNm^psX fpO§ant`¡v tWm¡n. “”FWns¡m¶mt`mIn¡\w,”” “”H^p knt^mVkpfnÃ,”” `¯ocv b_ªp. “”So^pfmWw Ft¸mÄ A_n]n¡pw?”” “”knSn³ sXz³än tcmÀ Atkjvhv,”” `¯ocv bns¶ Ss¶ Btklt¯msX tWm¡ns¡m*n^p¶ hpir¯p¡sa tWm¡n. “”F¦n …’ Ak³ K]Nrgv\tWmXv b_ªp. “”….F¦n Wn§Ä FXp¡p¶ So^pfmWw M§apsX B{Pi¯nWpw b²SnNÄ¡pw AWphrSfms\¦n {cm*vgn¸n³s_]pw tNm¸t_g³s_]pw kmSn M§Ä Sp_¶nXpw,”” bn¶oXv {bhàfm] hwhm^tfm IÀ¨Ntam D*m]nÃ. A¸hf]w NqXn t£{Sb^nh^¯v hf]w sI`kjn¨tlgw K]Nrgv\Wpw hwQkpw ]m{S b_ªp tbm]n. “”`¯ocv UmUm …Cu ^mip H^p NXwNT]m\tÃm,”” BdnUv N¼nNp«³.sWäv