ഡെന്നിസിന്‍റെ അവധിക്കാലം

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ko*pw hz´w fm_nt`¡v tWm¡n.
“”tI¨o ASv tI¨n]n¸w sI_p¸w B]Sv sNm*tÃ? F¶m {bm]km]n Ct¸mÄ?””
“”C¸w C^pbs¯«v NjnsªXm,””
“”Bt\m? At¸mÄ Fs¶¡mÄ B_p k]Êv NqXpSÂ. tI¨osW sb®vNm\m³ k^p¼w H«pw sfm`]nÃm^p¶p,””
“”At¶^w Wo F³s_ sfmt`Â tWm¡n]m^pt¶m?””
“”bn¶ntÃ..Wà hpµ^n]m^p¶p. Wà N®pw Ip*pw Bt^w Hs¡. bs£ sfm` CÃmsS k¶¸w Ft´m H^p skgfw Hs¡ H*m]n tI¨n,””
“”Bt\m AsS¶mXm?””
“”A_n]nÃ,””
“”hmVm^\ B¼ntÅs^ms¡ sfmO¯v tWm¡pt¶Wp fp¼v sb®p§sX sfm`]v¡m tWm¡p¶Sv tI¨n,””
“”Wo]pw?””
“”MmWpw tImt^w Wo^pw HÅ H^p sI_p¸¡m^Wtà tI¨n? MmWmt\ tks_ H^nX¯pwNqXn tWm¡pw,””
“”AsSknXm?””
“”Np*nt]Â,””
“”iii…””
tfjvhn In^n¨p.
“”AsSWn¡_n]mw,””
“”§vti? F§sW?””
“”Wo k¶¸w Wnt¶w Nq«n Mm³ ANt¯¡v k¶ntÃ? At¶^w Mm³ fp¼n`pw Wo sbm_Nn`pw B^p¶p. CX]vs¡m¶v- Sn^nªp tWm¡o¸w Wn³s_ N®p^*pw F³s_ Np*nt] B^p¶p,””
“”iii,””
sZ¶nhpw In^n¨p.
“”Ct{Sw fpjp¸pw k`nt¸mw DÅ Np*n]mt\Â BÀ¡v tWm¡mSn^n¡m³ bäpw tI¨n?””
“”FWn¡_n]mw,””
tfjvhn b_ªp.
“”Mm³ sbm_¯v bÅot`m NtXt`m Hs¡ tbmNp¼w H^p fmSn^n BÀ¯nbnXn¨ tWm«km BÄ¡m^psX. ASn¸w sNm¨pbntÅs^t¶m sNak³fms^t¶m H¶pknÃ. hN`s]®kpw,””
“”FknsX? Np*nt]Â?””
“”Np*nt]`pw sfmt“pw,””
“”At¶^w F¶m tSm¶pw?””
“”F¶m tSm¶qt¶m? WÃ tImUyw! AXn¨p bÃpb_n¡m³ tSm¶pw,””
“”At¿m ..At¶^w….Ft¶mXv ..Mm³ sfmt“pw Np*nt]`pw tWm¡o¸w tUgyw…””
“”tbmXm H¶v-,””
AksW SpX^m³ AWpkUn¡msS tfjvhn b_ªp.
“”Aks^t¸ms`]mt\m Wo? Wo F³s_ AWn]WtÃ? FWn¡v CãfpÅ]matà Wo?””
sZ¶nhv AUvepSt¯msX Aksa tWm¡n.
“”CãfpÅ]mÄ F¶v- b_ªmÂ…?””
Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”tbm H¶v-! sbm«³Nan¡msS,””

“”tU, Npªqtª, CkWv HXsW tbm\¶v-,””
Sp\nNÄ km^n kmgnwPv tfgoWnt`¡v CXp¶SnWnX]n tfjvhn b_ªp.
tUkÊym]psX N®pNÄ GgymsWäv kmÀ¯]n`m]n^p¶p.
sZ¶nhv AkapsX AXp¯v Wn¶v- sfmssd`n Ft´m tWm¡ns¡m*n^p¶p.
DXp¯n^p¶ ssWän tfjvhn sbm¡n¡p¯n]n^p¶p.
AkapsX SXn¨p sNmjp¯ SpXNÄ SpX§p¶ emPw bp_t¯¡v Nm\mfm]n^p¶p.
fp¼ns` hnºv bNpSnt]maw Sp_¶pNnX¶n^p¶p.
fp`NÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv