ഡെന്നിസിന്‍റെ അവധിക്കാലം

N¼nNp«³.sWäv t^mfm©wsNm*v bpaNnSfm] Ak^psX ssN¯*]n St`mXns¡m*v sZ¶nhv b_ªp.
“”ASn¸w Wo S¶Sv WÃ IqXpÅ D½]tÃ…?””
Ak^psX AV^w kn_¡p¶Sv tbms` sZ¶nhnWv tSm¶n.
“”bns¶ F³s_ D½ Cãs¸«SnWv tks_ H^p sSankv NqXn]p*v,””
Ak^psX ssN¯*]n AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨psNm*v sZ¶nhv b_ªp.
“”AsS¶SmXm?””
“”b_]mw,””
“”tUgys¸X¯ntÃÂ H^p Nm^yw tImUn¡s«?””
“”Wnt¶mXv tUgytfm? Wns¶ N*p H¶v- sNmSntbm`pw fm_oà At¶^km. F´v tkt\`pw tImUnt¨m Np«m. Wn³s_ tI¨nt]mXtÃ?””
Ak³ bp©n^n¨p.
bns¶ Ip*pNÄ ko*pw Ak^psX Nknan³s_ sfjp¯ fmwhaS]nt`¡v sNm*ptbm]n.
C¯k\ AknsX Ak³ AfÀ¯n]fÀ¯n bSns] NXn¨pIpwdn¨p.
“”tI¨osX A½nª {co]m]n sNX¡pkm AtÃ?””
Ip*pNan Nknan Wns¶Xp¡msS Ak³ tImUn¨p.
B tImUyw tN«v ko*pw Akan tNm^n¯^n¸v D\^p¶Sv sZ¶nhv N*p.
ssWän¡v fpNan ko*pw fp`¡ÃpNÄ koÀ¯v Sp_n¡p¶p.
AkapsX fpOw `ÖsNm*v SpXp¯v Ipk¡p¶Sv Ak³ N*p.
“”F§sW fWÊn`ms]Xm?””
AkÄ Wm\t¯msXs]¦n`pw Ak³s_ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n tImUn¨p.
“”AtSm…””
AkapsX N®pNan tWm¡n Ak³ b_ªp.
“”Mm³ Cu shm]¼³ Nknan C§sW bp¶m^n¨v D½ sk¨t¸mÄ A½ntªsX fp¼ns` ^*p NpªnW£{S§Ä fpNant`¡v sbm§nsbm§n k¶p,””
ASv b_ªv Ak³ AkapsX sW©nt`¡v tWm¡n.
Akapw tWm¡n.
“”CÃXm {co]m. {dm]n«n«nÃ,””
AkÄ H¶v- CaNn]n^p¶p.
“”ko«n`n^n¡p¼w {dm CX¯ntÃ?””
“”CÃXm. ko«n A§sW CXm_nÃ. H¶mfSv e]¦^ lzmhw fp«Â tSm¶pw. bns¶…””
“”bns¶…?””
Ak³ hmVm^\ Nm^yw tbms` tImUn¨p.
AkÄ H^p Wnfngw hwl]n¨p.
“”bns¶ {dmsX N¸v sNm*v H^ªv ^*p NÃpw tkUWn¡qXm,””
“”{dm C«ntàA½nª ^*pw Sq§nt¸mNntà tI¨n. C¸¯s¶ e]¦^ fpjp¸pw k`nt¸mw D*v…””
“”Wo A½nª A½nª F¶v- Ft¸mjpw b_]tÃ. H¶mfSv A§sW tN¡p¼w sNm¨p§Ä CÃm¯Sv sNm*v e]¦^ skgfkm…””
“”At¿m F¶m A½nª F¶v- b_]p¶nÃ..””
sZ¶nhv In^n¨p.
“”b_. {dm C«ntÃÂ sfm` ^*pw Sq§nt¸mNntÃ?””
“”C¸w Sq§oSm]n«v tSm¶ptkm?””
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
sZ¶nhv AkapsX ssWän]psX fp³emPt¯¡v H¶v- ^*p {bmklyw Imªpw I^nªpw tWm¡n.
“”C¸w tI¨osX sfm` ^*pw Sq§n¡nX¡p¶q¶v B^pw b_]nÃ. W¶m]n sS_n¨v Wn¡pkm ^*pw,””
“”Bt\m?””
Akapw N¼nNp«³.sWäv