നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B`ohv C_§n k¶p.
“”Bim..Wo CknsX Wn¡pkm^pt¶m?””
AkÄ t_mgtWmXv tImUn¨p.
“”Np¸ow ¥mÊpw sNm*v ANt¯¡v k^m³ b_ªn«v…””
“”k^pkm^p¶p f½o..At¶^km dmk³ hm_v…””
Ak³ dmksW tWm¡n.
“”B`oth ..MmWm CktWmXv CknsX Wn¡m³ b_sª. Wfps¡ AN¯v C^n¡*. …Wfp¡v…””
dmk³ Ipäpw tWm¡n. AXp¯pN* tfl]pw Nth^Napw Iq*n A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”t_mgm, bnXnt¨. Wfp¡o tftlw Ntht^w KW`n³s_ AXp¯v CXmw. Wà Nmäpw S\p¸pw D*v. sdZv _qfn B hpOw Nn«nÃ,””
“”sdZv _qfn`m Gäkpw k`n] hpOsf¶m Mm³ N^pSns],””
B`ohv In^n¨psNm*p b_ªp.
dmk³ t_mgsW tWm¡n. Ak³ bp©n^n¨p.
“”Hm, dmk¨³ Ak³ F¶m HmÀ¡qs¶m¶pw In´n¡*. Ak³ F³s_ tfmWm. {bt]mw bNztSw bmNtSw Hs¡ D*v F³s_ tfmWv,””
bns¶ AkÄ fNsW tWm¡n.
“”AtÃXm?””
“”At½sX Atà tfm³? C¨ns^ NqXpS`m C¡m^y¯n bmNS..!””
Ak³ b_ªp.
dmkWpw t_mgWpw tfl]pw Nth^Napw KW`n³s_]Xp¯v FXp¯n«p.
bns¶ fqk^pw C^p¶p. t_mg³ ¥mÊpNan tkmZvN bNÀ¶p.
B`ohv _n]]psX {blvWw dmksâ fp¼n AkS^n¸n¨p.
“”Wo Wn³s_ tfmÄsX {blvWw Ss¶]mt\m b_]ps¶?””
FÃmw tN«v Njnªv AknlzhWo]St]msX dmk³ tImUn¨p.
“”AtSXm…Ct{Sw Np¯n¡j¸pÅ H^p hv{So]psX tfmÄ Bt\m _n] F¶v- Wo fm{Sfà B^pw hwl]n¡pw….bs£ …””
AkÄ kngmUt¯msX dmksW tWm¡n.
“”….bs£ ASv kmhvSkfm,””
dmk³ Ft´m PmZfm]n Bt`mIn¡p¶Sv AkÄ N*p. t_mgWpw.
“”At¸mÄ _n]s] Wfp¡v t{bfkpw NmfkpfpÅ H^p sb®m¡\w; AtÃ? bqkn Wn¶v- k*v F´nWm\v tSsWXp¡p¶sS¶v- Aksa fWÊn`m¡n¡\w; AtÃ? kh´w bWnWoÀ¸qkpNtamXv sI¿mWm{Pin¡p¶sS´m\v F¶v- Wfp¡v Aksa bYn¸n¡\w. Cu {bm]¯n ^àVfWnNÄ knNhn¡p¶Sv F´nWv tk*n]m\p F¶v- Wfp¡v Aksa b_ªp fWÊn`m¡\w..s]hv…Wn³s_ ASn hpµ^n]m] fNÄ¡v t{bfw A_n]nÃ, Nmff_n]nÃ, N®pNÄ Nm\m³ fm{Sfà Dbt]mPnt¡*Sv F¶_n]nÃ…Ip*pNÄ hwhm^n¡m³ fm{Sfpbt]mPn¡p¶ Ak]kfà Ak Ipwdn¡mWpw NqXn]pÅSm\v F¶kÄ¡_n]nÃ… fp`NÄ AjNnWv fm{SfpÅSà Ak N^p¯Wm] B\n³s_ Ip*pNÄta]pw bÃpNsa]pw WO§sa]pw Nm¯n^nt¡* ^hbÀÆS§am\v F¶v- AkÄ¡_n]nÃ…t]mWn, fq{S knhÀKW¯nWv fm{SfpÅSÃ, Nmfsk_n]naNn], Nm«pN^p¯pÅ B¬tk«¡m^Wv ^hfrPs¯¸nXn¡m³ Np¯n]n_t§* WWª PpimfpOfm\v F¶kÄ¡_n]nÃ…A_n]n¡\w…A_n]n¡\w….””
A]mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv