നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 3

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Xo¨Àfm^vsX AX¡w,””
“”bnt¶…tk*m¯Sv– b_tª¡^pSv. Xo¨Àfm^vsX sfm`s]m¶pw Mm³ tWm¡o«nÃ…””
“”ASv l^n!””
B`ohv sImXn¨p.
“”bns¶ bßnWn fnÊv– Ft¶mXv b_ªSv NÅfm?””
“”NXkpta!””
t_mg³ S`]n ssNsk¨p.
“”bßnWn fnÊv– F¶Sm b_sª?””
“”t_mgm Wo Ip½m sNX¶v- kÃm*v D^patÃ! FXm b¸m F¶mSm W½tamXv b_sª¡ps¶? FÃmw sg]À sI¿p¶ cmfn`n. F¶n«v Wo C§Ws¯ Nm^y¯n NÅw b_]pt¶m?””
“”ASv f½n…””
Ak³ `Ön¨p.
“”Wos]´nWm tfmtW C§sW I½ps¶? Mm³ Wns¶ kjs¡m¶pw b_ªnÃtÃm,””
“”f½o Xo¨_n³s_ hm^n F¸jpw {Xm³hvb^³äm. s»uhnWmt\ F¸jpw H¯n^n F_¡kpw. f½osX At{Sw k^ntÃ`pw bßnWn Xo¨_n³s_ sfmt`w e]¦^ fpjp¯Sm,’
t_mg³ ASv b_ªt¸mÄ B`ohv fpOw NpWn¨p hz´w fm_nt`¡v tWm¡n.
“”tWm¡pskm¶pw tk*,””
ASv N*v– t_mg³ AktamXv– b_ªp.
“”F¶m Mm³ b_ªSv knlzmhkm]ntÃ?””
“”tbmXm,””
AkÄ `Öt]msX AksW tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”A¸w F§sW]m tWm¡m*n^n¡ps¶. bs£ Mm³ tWm¡p¶ Nm^yw Xo¨_nWv A_n]m¶v FWn¡_o¯nÃm^p¶p,””
“”F{S ^ihykm]n«mt\`pw H^p¯³ sb®n³s_ sfmt` tWm¡n]m AkÄ¡v fWÊn`mkpw,””
t_mg³ b^n{eft¯msX B`ohnsW tWm¡n.
“”_n]`n?!””
B`ohv AÀ°PÀefm]n AksW tWm¡n.
“”Wo C¸w f½p«n hnWntf AenW]n¡p¶ tbms` ‘_n]`n’ F¶v- tImUn¨Sv Ft¶¯nWm¶pw FWn¡_n]mw,””
“”Fs¶¯nWm?””
KmayS f_]v¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”Wo F³s_ sfmt`t`¡pw F¶pw F{S {bmklyw Mm³ Nm\msS tWm¡os«m*v!””
t_mg³ fpOw NpWn¨p.
B`ohv kÃmSm]n.
“”FXm Wos]¶m C§sW?””
AkÄ Ak³s_ SmXnbnXn¨p]À¯n.
“”thm_n,””
Ak³ b_ªp.
“”Nm^yw Wo F³s_ tfmWm. bs£ Wo Cu tN^am hwØmWs¯ Gäkpw hpµ^Wm] sI_p¡Wpw NqXn]m. sb¼ntÅ^v Wos]¶v- sk¨m ImNm³ WX¡pkm F¶pw FWn¡_n]mw. C¶mav _nt]w b_ªp. ‘f½n W½sX t_mgsWt¸ms` H^p Ipų Ip´^sW F³s_ ss`cn N*n«nÃ. FWn¡ksWt¸m`s¯ H^p sI¡sW N*pbnXn¨pS^mtkm F¶v-‘…””
“”tWt^m? tI¨n A§sW b_tªm?””
“”Dw b_ªp. Mm³ At¶^w b_ªp. A{S]v¡nãkmt\Â AksW¯s¶ Wo sN«nt¡m F¶v-…””
t_mg³ SpXNÄ Nq«n sM^n¡p¶Sv B`ohv N*p. dÀfpZ]v¡v tf fXn]n Ak³ C^p ssN¯`§apw sk¨p.
“”A§Ws¯ H^p¯³ F³s_ sfm` Hs¡ tWm¡n skÅfn_¡p¶Sv N*¸w N¼nNp«³.sWäv