നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 2

N¼nNp«³.sWäv f{´n¨p. ssUk¯nWp hfÀ¸n¡s¸«kÄ. hpµ^fm] tb^v. “”fn¡ NTNapsX]pw tdhv _n] ss`cnsW tdhv sI]vSmNpw ChsdÃ. H^p C^pbSv fp¸Sv lSfmWkpw,”” “”hm_n³s_ NTNan FÃmw Ss¶ Wà KokWpÅk]m\v.”” “”Nwdn¡p«³ sshän FjpSp¶ NTNsa¡p_n ¨mt\m ChsdÃm tImUn¡p¶Sv–?”” AktamXv– N¼n F¶v- b_ªt¸mÄ A^s¡«ns` fp_p¡w H¶pNqXn kÀVn¡p¶Sv A]mÄ A_nªp. AkapsX klyfm] shuµ^ykpw B km¡ns` AÇo`kpw hrãvXn¡p¶ H^p S^n¸n³s_ fnN-vhv …A]mÄ HmÀ¯p. “”AsS..hmÀ ..hÀ N¼n¡p«Wn FjpSp¶ N¼n¡TNsa¸än Ss¶]m\v Mm³ b_]p¶Sv,”” B km¡pNÄ AkÄ D^pknXpt¼mÄ A]mÄ AkapsX frUpkm] Ipk¶ AV^¯nt`¡v Ss¶ tWm¡n. AkapsX tUi¯n³s_ frUpSzw ko*pf_n]m³ A]mÄ A¸w NqXn Akant`¡v AfÀ¶p. CX]v¡v AkapsX SpXNan Wn¶v- tXm¸v kjpSnfm_n. AkapsX sNmjp¯ skap¯ ewPn]mÀ¶ SpXNant`¡v tWm¡tk CWn D\^m³ S³s_ tUi¯v M^¼pNÄ dm¡n]nà F¶v- A]mÄ¡v SoÀ¨]m]n. S³s_ sSm* k^ap¶Spw tUi¯v Dgv\hw{Nf\¯n³s_ tkPw NqXpN]pw sI]vSp. S³s_ SpXNÄ A]mÄ¡v fp¼n AWmkrSfm]sSm¶pw AkÄ {l²n¨n«nÃ. CWn H^p FN-vhndngWnÌv hzemkfpÅ Np«n]m]n^n¡ptfm CkÄ? N®pNapw fpOkpw N*m H^p fm`mO Np«ns]t¸m`p*v. CWn FN-vhndngWvÌv B]m`pw Npj¸fnÃ. SWn¡v AÊ tkm]_nÌv BNmsf¦n AkÄ¡v FN-vhndngWnÌv B]n¡qsX? A]msa ASnl]s¸Xp¯n] H^p Nm^yw hfob¯v C^p¶kÀ H^mapw AkapsX SpXNant`¡v tWm¡p¶nà F¶Sm\v. §vti? dhv A£mwl t^ONÄ NX¶v- ]qt_m¸n`qsXt]m Atf^n¡]n`qsXt]m HmXm³ SpX§nt]m? C´y F¶v fpS`m\v–, Aà tN^ao]³ F¶v- fpS`m\v– HanªptWm«w WnÀ¯n]Sv? ]m{S¡m^n dipeq^nb£kpw tN^ao]^m\v F¶v- A]mÄ A_nªn^p¶p. C´y]n Aktlgn¡p¶ GN HanªptWm«¡m^³ Ìoc³ fmWpk F¶ dmk³ ASm]Sv Mm³ fm{Sfmt\m? “”DUmi^\¯nWv hm_n³s_ NTNans` hv{So. fn¡km_pw FÃm hv{SoNapw hz]wtemPw sI¿p¶kÀ B\v F¶v- Nm\mw. AkÀ hz]wtemPw sI¿p¶ ^oSn km]n¡pt¼mÄ ASv FjpSn]Sv H^p hv{So Fjp¯pNm^n]m\v F¶v- tSm¶nt¸mNpw. A{S _n]`nÌnNv co D*v. F§sW]m\v B H^p AWpeqSn hmÀ Fjp¯n hrãvXn¡p¶Sv?”” FSm]m`pw CkÄ Sp_¶m\v hwhm^n¡p¶Sv. Sm³ F´nWv f_sk¨p hwhm^n¡\w? A]mÄ HmÀ¯p. “”Mm³ b_]mw, ChsdÃ,”” A]mÄ b_]m³ SpX§n. “”CX]v¡v hwl]w k¶m F³s_ b_¨n`n³s_ cvt`m tbmNpsf¶v- tbXns¡m¶pw tk*, ssV^yfm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv