നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv _n]]pw t_mgWpfXps¯¯n Njnªn^p¶p. At¸mjm\v– B`ohv {l²n¡p¶Sv, t_mg³s_ dÀfpZ]psX fp¼n ASneoN^fm] fpj. bs£ Ak³ AsSm¶pw {l²n¡p¶nà F¶v- B`ohv N*p. B`ohv Ak³s_ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. Ak³ Aksa tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Ak³ BNmw£t]msX “”F´m?”” F¶]À°¯n B`ohnsW tWm¡n. B`ohv N®pNÄ sNm*p Ak³s_ dÀfpZ]psX fp¼ns` fpj¸nt`¡v “”CsS´m?”” F¶v- tImUn¨p. t_mg³ B`ohn³s_ tWs^ tWm¡n]n«v _n]]psX fp`NapsX]pw I´nNapsX]pw emPt¯¡v N®pNÄ Nm\n¨p.
“”f½ow NqsX C§sW Wn¶m CSv NqXs¯s]mÅq,””
B`ohn³s_ AXps¯¯n t_mg³ AkapsX sIkn]n f{´n¨p.
“”At{Sw shN-vhn]mt\m F³s_ tkgw?””
B`ohv AktWmXp tImUn¨p.
“”bn¶tÃ? sk_psS]Ã t`mN¯v C³shÌv NqXps¶!””
“”NqXpt¶m? FknsX Atf^nt¡t`m?””
“”Cu CWthÌv F¶v- tN«m HXsW Atf^n¡, ]qt_m¸v Fs¶m¡ knan¨pNqkp¶sS´nWm?””
dmk³ tImUn¨p. A]mÄ _n]s] tSman bnXn¨v S³s_]Xp¯v C^p¯n.
“”C¶t`w NqXn ssUWnNv– emhv¡À F¶ b{S¯n km]n¨ntà skt̬ ]q¸n]n A½]pw fNWpw A¼`¯ns` bqKm^ns]¡*v N`ym\w Njn¸n¨p S^\sf¶v b_ªSv? Cu SfnjvWm«ns` A¡m fNÄ bns¶ F´pkm? Hmt¡ CWn Atf^n¡s]¸än b_ªmt` hfmVmWkmNq F¦n knÀKoWn]]nÂ, hmÄ«v t`]v¡v hnäo Hs¡ WX¶ A½ fN³ C³shÌv W½Ä Hs¡ km]n¨StÃ? C¸jm CsSms¡ H¶v- sNm_tª, b*v ssItW`pw CuKnbvSn`pw ^mKm¡·mÀ¡pw ^mÚnfmÀ¡pw hz´w htimUs^sWt]m htimU^nt]t]m fm{Stf knkmiw Njn¡m³ AWpkmUfp*m^p¶pÅq. H^p ^m{So Gäkpw NqXpS bp^pg·m^pfm]n shN-vhv sI]vSv I^n{Sw hrãn¨ ¢nt]mbm{X ^mÚn]psX eÀ¯mkv tXmafn B^m^p¶p? hz´w Ca] htimU^³! ASpw b¯v k]ÊnWv Ca]Sv. Nm^\w tks_ htimU^³ NpXpwd¯v CÃm^p¶p…bns¶ A_n]mtfm {cm³hv tbm`pÅ ]qt_m¸y³ ^mKy§an C³shÌv `oP B\v. ASptbms` C^pbSnt`s_ ^mKy§ap*v t`mN¯v. W½psX Nmfhq{S]n F§sW]m\v AXp¯ dÔp¡sa kloN^nt¡*Sv F¶SnsW¡p_n¨v tbm`pw bmY§ap*v… “”
bpSn] A_nknWv– fp¼n t_mg³ AUvepSt¯msX dmksW tWm¡n.
_n] bp©n^nt]msX dmksâ]Xp¯n^p¶p. C^p¶t¸mÄ AkapsX SpXNÄ Npt_¡qXn WPvWfm]n.
A]mÄ AkapsX SpXNans`¡v tWm¡p¶Sv B`ohv N*p.
dmk³ _n]]psX SpX]n bSns], `man¨p tSmt`mXn, ASn³s_ fnWp¸pw SpXn¸pf_nªp. _n] CaNnIn^n¨psNm*v A]msa tWm¡n.
“”C¡nan]mNp¶p A¦nÄ,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”AkÄsX sSmtXÂ F¸w bnXn¨m`pw C¡nan]m N¼nNp«³.sWäv