നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_. F³s_ tNm¬sh³t{Xg³ tbmNp¶p. H¶mfSv dmk³ A¦nÄ F³s_ sSmtXÂ bnXn¨p sM¡p¶ Nm^\w sfm¯w C¡nan bnXn¨n^n¡pkm…””
“”Wo fn*mSn^n¡Xm. tfmav b_]s«,””
“”§vim, b_. H^p kÃy b_¨n`vNm^n,””
“”bqsk¡p¼w F³s_ tf¯v¶v- N®p b_n¡msS tWm¡pkm. FWn¡v lN`w Wm\w k¶p f½o. hnÌÀ At¶^w Ft¶w bnXnt¨m*v fY¯nt¸m]n. AknsX At¶^w B^pw CÃm^p¶p. FÃm^pw fng³ `oPn³s_ Ft´m t{bm{PmfnWv tbm]Sm¶m b_sª. AknsX sI¶¸w hnÌÀ Fs¶ DuXvbmXv D½ S¶p. sfmO¯pw Ips*`pw Nt®`pskms¡. FWn¡msN Ft´mtbms`]m]n. sbm¶ptfmsa FWn¡v Wns¶t¸ms` H^p AWn]¯n H*v. Akav ssätcm]nZv k¶p timhvbnä`n sNX¡p¼w f^n¨ptbmNm*n^n¡m³ Mm³ tWÀ¨ tWÀ¶m^p¶p. AksX {bm]¯nt`mÅ H^p sbs¦m¨nsW bSnWm]n^¯n H¶v- {bmklyw D½ sNmXp¡m¶v. e]¦^ tWÀ¨]m] sNm*v kr¯n]nÃm¯ Ø`¯pw sNmsX D½ sNmXpt¯¶pw hnÌÀ tWÀ¶m^p¶p. f^\¯o¶v- H^msa ^£s¸Xp¯ns¡m*pk^v¶ Nm^yftà f½o. ASv sNm*v F¶m AhmVyNm^yw tbm`pw sI¿m³ hnÌÀ s_Zn B^p¶p. MmWpw h½Sn¨p. bmkftÃ. hnÌÀ Fs¶ fY¯n sNm*ptbm]n N«nt` sNX¯n. sNms_ D½ sk¨p. F¶n«v F³s_ tXm¸v Ajn¨p. F³s_ sfmt` sNmt_ tW^w tWm¡n Wn¶p. F¶n«v ^*p sfmt“pw sNmt_ D½ S¶p. ASv Njnªv hnÌÀ DXp¸v Du^n…””
t_mg³ fpt¼m«v– Imªn^p¶p.
“”DXps¸ms¡ Du^n F³s_ fp¼n hnÌÀ sfmt`w Nm\n¨p Wn¶p,””
“”hnÌ_n³s_ sfm` k`pSm^pt¶m?””
t_mg³ sbs«¶v- tImUn¨p.
_n] b_ªpsNm*n^ns¡ B`ohn³s_ ssN S³s_ A^s¡«nt`¡v k^p¶Sv dmk³ N*p. A]mapsX t{Nm¨n AkapsX ssN¯`ffÀ¶p. bSns] AkÄ Ak³s_ hnºv Sp_¶p. IqXpÅ. UrZfm] `nwPw Np¯sW WnkÀ¶p Wn¶p. B`ohn³s_ ssN Ak³s_ `nwP¯n hvbÀln¨p.
“”F¶m N«n]m dmk¨m?””
AkÄ Ak³s_ sIkn]n f{´n¨p.
“”F´m C§sW Ct{Sw CSv N«n]ms]? F³s_ bq_pw sfmt`w N*Sv sNm*p fm{Sskm¶pkÃ; AtÃ?””
“”Wo]pw Wn³s_ tfmapw Ct{Sw hq¸À sfmt`w sk¨v F³s_ fp¼n C^p¶m F³s_ Np® CSptbms` Bkntà B`oth?””
AkWpw AkapsX sIkn]n f{´n¨p.
“”FXo sI_p¡³ A_n]^pSv,””
dmk³ ko*pw AkapsX sIkn]n f{´n¨p.
AkÀs¡Sns^]m\v t_mg³ C^p¶Sv.
“”FWn¡v k¿ dmk¨m. F{StW^sk¶p sk¨m MmWn§sW Nt{*mav sI¿pt¶? B^v N*m`pw sNmj¸knÃ..FWn¡v Wo AXpSn^n¡p¼w Wn³s_ Np®Â bnXn¡msS bä¯nsÃXm…””
AkÄ A]mapsX `nwPw fpNant`¡pw Smtj¡pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv