ഡെന്നിസിന്‍റെ അവധിക്കാലം

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWmt¡* kà Nmt^ymw Dt*m?””
“”At¿mXm H^p UpÂOÀ hÂfm³!””
sZ¶nhv bm³_vhv Ajn¡p¶SnWnX]n tfjvhn b_ªp.
“”Wm\n¨v Sn^nªp Wns¶m¶pw {Zhv fm_* F³s_ sZ¶oth. Wn³s_ tI«¯n]m Mm³. AÃmsS Wns¶ b©m^]Xn¡m³ k¶ sNm¨psbs®m¶pkà Mm³,””
“”sNm¨psb®p§sas]ms¡ B^v tWm¡m³?””
sZ¶ohv In^n¨psNm*p b_ªp.
“”tWm¡pkmt\ tI¨ns]t¸ms` Wà hpµ^ns¸®nsW¯s¶ tWm¡\w,””
sZ¶nhv tWm¡n]t¸mÄ tfjvhn Wm\w sNm*v SpXp¡p¶Sm\v Nm\p¶Sv.
“”AsSWn¡v fWÊn`m]n,””
bm³_vhv Du^n¡jnªv fp*v DXp¡m³ SpX§p¶ sZ¶nhntWmXv AkÄ b_ªp.
“”F´v fWÊn`m]n?””
AkapsX tWm«w S³s_ SpXNan`ms\¶v N*v– Sn^nªpWn¡t\ms]¶v- hwl]n¨v Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”Fs¶t¸m`s¯ sb®nsW]m sWW¡v Sm¸^yw F¶v-?””
“”Bt\m? F§sW fWÊn`m]n tI¨o?””
“”At¿mXm H¶pw A_n]m¯tbms`,””
gÀ«v– Du^n]t¸mÄ S³s_ kn^nª fm_n tfjvhn]psX N®pNÄ HmXnWX¡p¶Sv Ak³ N*p.
“”F¶m`pw H¶v- b_sª,””
“”AtS..Mm³ NSNv sSm_¶¸w Wo Fs¶ tWm¡n] B tWm«w! FÃmX¯pw Aa¶v fp_n¨v…””
“”ASv bns¶ F§sW tWm¡mSn^n¡pw F³s_ sbm¶v tI¨o?””
ssNs]¯n¨v AkapsX SpXp¯ Nknan bnXn¨psM¡ns¡m*v sZ¶nhv tImUn¨p.
“”Mm³ `mÌv Nt*¨pw tbmNp¼w F§sW C^p¶ sb®m! AÊ W^´v. tfs¯§pw F_¨n Ht*m¶_n]t\ S¸n tWm¡\m^p¶p. A§sW HÅ Bav CSptbms` H^p shm]¼³ hpµ^n]m]n fm_q¶v- MmsWmt*m A_n]p¶p? ASm ASv tbms` tWm¡oSv,””
“”Ck³s_ H^p Nm^yw! At{Sw Hs¡ fm_nt]mXm Mm³?””
hz´w tUit¯¡v BsNsfm¯w H¶v- tWm¡n tfjvhn tImUn¨p.
“”bn¶ntÃ?””
sZ¶nhv DXtW b_ªp.
“”bs£ tI¨n..H^p fmäwsNmsX tk\w,””
AkÄ tImUy^qb¯n AksW tWm¡n.
“”AtS…CknsX,””
Ak³ AXpt¯¡v k¶v- AkapsX AXnk]än hvbÀln¨p.
“”CknsX H^p Npªv kmk H*mk\w. At¶^w k]_nWv WÃ k`n¸w sk¡pw…bms`ms¡ Wn_ªv B A½nª ^*pw sNmt_s¡msX fpjp¡pw,””
ssWän¡pÅn sbm§n]p]À¶v- Wn¡p¶ AkapsX fp`Nant`¡v bp©n^nt]msX tWm¡n sZ¶nhv b_ªp.
sZ¶nhnsW AUvepSs¸Xp¯ns¡m*v AkapsX ^*pfnjnNapw Wn_ªp Spap¼n.
N®pWoÀ¨m`pNÄ Nknan³s_ SpXn¸mÀ¶ fmwhaS]n`qsX Smtj¡qÀ¶p.
“”tI¨n-“”
sZ¶nhv kÃmSm]n.
“”F¶Sms¶ CSv? Mm³ A½nª Fs¶ms¡ b_ªSv sNm*mt\m? thm_n thm_n thm_n…¹ohv tI¨n N¼nNp«³.sWäv