നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 2

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AfÀ¯n WpÅn. “”Wo tbmXo ..Mm³ HÅSv b_ªSm,”” AkapsX ssN bnXn¨pfmän Ak³ b_ªp. {lo^mKpw Kho´]pw In^n SpX^pN]m\v. “”Wo I½pskm¶pw tk* gmcn,”” In^n¡nX]n Kho´ b_ªp. “”Wo N^pSp¶pt*m Ck³ Wn³s_ f½osXw sfmt`t`¡pw tWm¡o«nÃm¶v-? tW^v b_ {lo ^msK , Wo tWm¡o«ntÃXm?”” Ak³s_ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n Kho´ tImUn¨p. “”Nt*m Nt*m Ck³s_ H^p NŨn^n!”” Kho´]psX kn^`pNÄ ko*pw Ak³s_ sIkn]psX tWs^ Wo*p. “”F³s_ sbm¶pf¡ta..Wn§sat¸ms`]pÅ bntÅ^v Cu {bm]¯n`v H^p sb®n³s_]pw sfmt`w I´ow H¶pw sk_psS knX¯nà F¶v- BÀ¡m A_o¯nÃms¯? Nm_pkm]n«p Wn§av k¶¸w sSm«v Wn§av F³s_ sfmt`¶v- Ns®Xp¯n«pt*mXm?”” “”f½osX fm{Stkm?”” sbs«¶v- sZ]vhn tImUn¨p. “”F³s_ sfm`¡v tWm«w Nn«n tWm«w Nn«n sSma kos\¶m tSm¶pt¶,”” FÃmk^pw In^n¨p. gmcn bSns] ssN D]À¯n. Aksa tWm¡n Ak³ Ak³ ssN bj]Sptbms` hoän¯s¶ sk¨p. sZ]vhn]psX fpO¯v Wn^ml bXÀ¶p. gmcn ko*pw ssN D]À¯n. bnXn¡t\m tk*t]m F¶v- hwl]n¨v ko*pw Ak³ hoänt`¡v ssN Smjv¯m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ sZ]vhn Ak³s_ ssNs¿Xp¯v S³s_ fp`]n sk¨p. “”bnXnt¨m, Npj¸knÃ,”” bp©n^nt]msX, `Öt]msX AksW tWm¡n AkÄ b_ªp. gmcn¡v knlzhn¡mWm]nÃ. F{StW^fm]n sNmSn¨p Nm¯n^n¡pN]m\v! C{S]pw ewPn]pw k`n¸kpfpÅ fp`NÄ C§sW bNpSnt]maw Sp_¶v- kloN^n¨v Wn¡pt¼mÄ F{SSk\ Sm³ Aks] bnXn¨pX¨psM^n¡pkm³ B{Pin¨Sm\v–. bnXn¨t¸msjms¡ AkÄ SXªp. CWn {lfw tk* F¶v- F¶v- N^pSn]n^n¡pt¼mjm\v sZ]vhn Ss¶ bnXn¨pfp`]n sk¨n^n¡p¶p! Ak³ BhzUn¨v,fp`]psX NojvemPw fpS fpNant`¡v SjpNn]fÀ¯n. sZ]vhn CX]v¡nX¡v N®pNaX¨p AV^w NXn¨fÀ¯n. AkapsX tUi¯v tNm^n¯^n¸v bX^p¶Sv gmcn N*p. Ak³ ftässN Smjv¯n S³s_ A^s¡«n fpj¨pka^p¶ emP¯v sM^n¨fÀ¯n. {lo^mKv ss{Zkv sI¿p¶SnWnX]n Kho´]psX fm_nt`¡v tWm¡n. “”tim! emPyw-“” Ak³ b_ªp. “”B³_n F¶m knIm^n¡q¶v- HmÀ¯v H¶v- tbXn¨m^p¶p. CWn]n¸w ssV^yfm]n tWm¡mtÃm AtÃ?”” “”tbmXm NÅs¯½mXo!”” AkÄ Ak³s_ sIknko*pw bnXn¨pSn^p½n. “”FWn¡v hwl]w ASÃ. Wos]ms¡ hz´w At½sX sfmt`t`¡pw tWm¡pw AtÃymXm?”” “”H¶v- tbm Bâv_n,”” {lo^mKv `Öt]msX Aksa tWm¡n. “”ipw- H¶v- tbm B³_n- MmtWSm]m`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv