നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 2

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tNs«Xm {lo, C¸w Hms¡]m]n,”” kn^ Du^ns]Xp¯v AkÄ b_ªp. bns¶ AkÄ Kho´]psX AXn]n NnX¡p¶ {lo ^mKn³s_Np`¨psbm§nWn¶ Np® ssN]ns`Xp¯v Kho´]psX PpUUzm^¯n fp«n¨p. “”SÅXm sI¡m…Mm³ sfm¯w sNmS¯n sk¨v S^q¶v knIm^nt¨m*v AW§msS hpOn¨v Wn¡pkmt\m Wo..SÅns¡äv–…Dw -“” {lo^mKv Np® SÅn. gmcn Du^n]Xn¡p¶ Smaw In`t¸mÄ Ak³s_ Np®s] sNmS¯n Wn¶v- sS¶n¡aªp. “”hvboZv sNm_¨v AXn¡v gmcn..AkWpw NqsX H¶v- tNät«,”” sZ]vhn gmcnt]mXv b_ªp. gmcn tkPS Np_¨p. {lo^mKv Np® sNmS¯nt`¡v SÅn. BUyw B]mhw tSm¶ns]¦n`pw Ak³s_ SXn¨ Np® hmkVmWw sNmS¯nt`¡v N]_nt¸m]n. “”HmHmsimsimsimsimsimsim…”” BUyw tkUW sNm*pw bns¶ ASn^nÃm¯ hpOw sNm*pw Kho´ A`_nknan¨p. gmcn ko*pw hvboZv Nq«n. AXn]n NnX¶v- {lo ^mKpw Np® tkPS]n Kho´]psX sNmS¯nt`¡v AXn¨psNmXp¯p. gmcn AkapsX C^pfp`Nan`pw sM^n¨fÀ¯n¸nXn¨m\v SÅn]q¡p¶Sv. C^p l^o^§Ä¡nX]nÂ, C^p Np®NapsX]pw hpOf_nªp Kho´ bpaªp kn_¨v fUn¨p. A´^o£w Wn_s] bp^pg·m^psX Nmfmhàn Wn_ª A`À¨NapsX]pw Kho´]psX ho¡m^ lЯn³s_]pw dia¯n fp§n. sZ]vhn bp¸p_¯v f`À¶v- NnX¶v- bq_n làn]m]n kn^`n«v AsSms¡ tWm¡n¡*p. “”A¸w £fn¡v tfmsa,”” Aksa tWm¡n gmcn b_ªp. “”Wn³s_ bq_pw sNmSkpw sNmsX sbman¨p No_n¯^mw,”” “”S¶ntà Np®]pw sNm*v Wos]m¶pw CknXw kn«v tbmNnÃ, b_tª¡mw,”” bq_nt`¡v H^p kn^ NqXn NX¯ns¡m*v AkÄ b_ªp.

f\n¡q_pNÄ Wo* SnfÀ¯v Nmf^hw A_nªSnWp tlgw AkhmWw AkÀ khv{S§Ä V^n¨p. hv{SoNÄ ^*ptb^pw Sos^ Akl^m]n^p¶p. Kho´s] H^pfn¨p AWpekn¨SnWp tlgw A^f\n¡qs_¦n`pw Njnªm\v AkÀ C^pk^pw sZ]vhns] {bmbn¨Sv. Kho´]v¡v WÂNn]Sn³s_ C^«n DuÀÖkpw Bt^mPykpw WÂtN*n k¶p AkÀ¡v sZ]vhns] A¸sf¦n`pw SrbvSns¸Xp¯m³. At¸msjms¡ bp`v¸p_¯v bqÀ®WPvW]m]n D_§pN]m]n^p¶p Kho´. NmÀ A¦fm`n NX¶t¸mÄ Kho´ bj] lm^o^nN AkØ]nt`¡v fX§nk¶p. AkÄ¡v NYnWfm] NpätdmVw tSm¶n. B¬Np«nNÄ ^*ptb^pw fp¼n`m\v. sZ]vhn S³s_ fXn]n S`sk¨v D_§p¶p. Kho´]psX ssN fNapsX S`fpXn]n kmÕ`yt¯msX St`mXn. ssUktf, FWn¡v tSm¶p¶nÃ, S³s_]pw fNapsX]pw AhmVm^\fm] Nmfmhàn b^ni^n¡m³ VymWkpw ssh¡ym{Xn]pw c`{bU fmNpsf¶v. bs£ H¶n N¼nNp«³.sWäv