ഡെന്നിസിന്‍റെ അവധിക്കാലം

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NqsX]Ãm^pt¶m? ssUk ln£]m. ipw,””
A¨m]³ fp¡n AfÀgw {bNXn¸n¨p.
“”Hm..A¸w WN-vhss`äv BNpt¶Wp ssUkw sNmXp¡p¶ ln£ DSv¸mUW tlgn FXp¯vNa]`mt\m?””
A¨m]³ tNÄ¡msS Mm³ A½]psX tNÄs¡ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”tWm¡o«pw tWm¡o«pw knlzmhw k¶ntà sZ¶oth? Mm³ Ss¶]m CSv,””
AkÄ Ak³s_ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n¸_ªp.
“”At¿m tI¨o …lN`w N\vcyqg³…tI¨n sf`nªns«ms¡]m^p¶tÃm…ASpsNm*v.””
tfjvhn Ak³s_ ssN]n Wn¶v- dmPv km§n]t¸mÄ sZ¶ohv b_ªp.
“”Wo F¸jm ko«o¶v F_§nt]?””
sZ¶nhnsW]pw Nq«n ANt¯¡v WX¡p¶SnWnX]n tfjvhn tImUn¨p.
“”F«pf\n¡v tbm¶Sm tI¨n,””
“”F«pf\n¡v?””
tfjvhn Sn^nªp Wn¶v tImUn¨p.
At¸mjm\v– AkÄ Nm\p¶Sv sZ¶nhn³s_ N®pNÄ AkapsX knXÀ¶p kn^nª BXn¡an¡p¶ SXn¨ WnSwd§an`ms\¶v.
“”F¶m sZ¶oth, F³s_ sbm_Nn I´osX emP¯v Ft´`pw Ht*m?””
Sn^nªv hz´w WnSwd§ant`¡v tWm¡n tfjvhn tImUn¨p.
“”Um, CknsX sfm¯w N^nbän]n^n¡p¶p,””
WnSwdtPma¯n³s_ H^p fpjp¸n St`mXns¡m*v sZ¶nhv b_ªp.
I´n]psX frUp`S AksW AUvepSs¸Xp¯n.
bªn]n sSmXp¶tbms`.
“”AtS..CSv Wns¶t¸ms` cpÄ ssXw Nwbyq«_n³s_ fp³bn C^n¸Ã Mm³,””
tfjvhn In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”AXp¡tat` b\n. AXn¨p km^Â. bm{Sw Njp¡v. Sp\n]`¡v. blps¯mjp¯n Im\Nw km^ At¸m I´nt]s`ms¡ C¨ns^ N^ow sfjp¡pw Hs¡]n^n¡pw,””
“”Bt\m?””
Ak³ D_s¡ In^n¨p.
“”At¿mXm MmsWs´m^p CÅ¡p«n! FWns¡m¶pw A_o¯nÃ. Mm³ N^pSns] Cu b\nNÄ Hs¡ FÃm^pw sI¿p¶Sv ssN sNm*m¶m. C¸jtà A_n]ps¶ Cu b\nNÄ FÃmw I´n sNm*m sI¿pt¶¶v-! bmkw Mm³!””
“”FXm FXm,””
tI¨n]pw In^n¨p.
dmPv AkÀ tfl¸p_¯v sk¨p.
“”F«pf\n¡v tbm¶n«v hm_v C¸jmt\m F¯ps¶? b{´*v f\n¡v k^m^p¶tÃm. C¸w…””
AkÄ DXtW en¯n]ns` t¢m¡nt`¡v tWm¡n.
“”Wm`pf\n]m]n. Fs¶Xp¡pkm^ps¶Xm Ct{Sw tW^w? kjo sb¼ntÅ t^ N*¸w km]pw sbman¨v tWm¡n Wn¶v- Nm\pw sI¡³!””
tI¨n ANt¯¡v N]_n.
sgÂcv Sp_¶v- ASn Wn¶v- b¨Wn_¯n H^p `p¦ns]Xp¯v F³s_ tWs^ Wo«n.
“”sb¼ntÅs^t]m? MmtWm? sNmÅmw!””
AkapsX ssN]n Wn¶v- `p¦n km§ns¡m*v sZ¶nhv b_ªp.
“”Ak^v F³s_ fp¼n Nyqktà F³s_ tI¨o…?Mm³ NãvXs¸«v N¼nNp«³.sWäv