നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 5

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpNan`qsX Kho´]psX kn^`pNÄ sM§n]fÀ¶p.
“”Cãmt]m sWW¡v F³s_ sfm` ^*pw Kho´m,””
N®pNÄ Sp_¡msS AV^w NXn¨fÀ¯n B`ohv tImUn¨p.
“”Mm³ AknXp¶v- N®p fmäo«v Wo Fs¶ F¸tj`pw N*n«pt*m tfmsa…? k¶¸w sSm«p tWm¡p¶Sm sNmSnt]msX…””
“”sbt®…H¶tS NXn¨v sMs¡Xo…Wo]n§sW bnXn¨pw AfÀ¯ow Fs¶ sNmSn¸n¨v sNmÃmsS…””
Kho´ s»uh-vNq«n B`ohn³s_ fp`Nan fm_nfm_n sM¡n¡Xn¨p.
fp`¡Ãnsâ emPw AkapsX DfnWo^v ko\v NpSnÀ¶p.
bm_¡g\¯n³s_ UrZSt]msX]pÅ fp` N®pNÄ bp_t¯¡v N*p.
“”tim…””
B`ohn³s_ fp`¡®pNÄ N*v– Kho´ N`nt¸msX f{´n¨p.
“”S^n¨p Nj¡pkm fpt¯ Wn³s_]o W£{S¡pªp§sa N*n«v…””
b_ªpNjnªv AkÄ {em´fm]n B`ohn³s_ fp`¡®pNÄ ko*pw s»uhnsâ bp_¯v NqXn NXn¨pk`n¨p.
“”Biv..Kho´m…Fs¶ NnX¯n sI¿v– tfmsa,””
fUwsbm«n]mÀ¡p¶ BWs]t¸ms` A£f]m]n^p¶p Kho´]v¡v , B`ohnWp tkUWn¡psft¶m kngfw D*mNpsft¶m In´n¡m³ sfWs¡XmS AkapsX bÃpNapw Ip*pNapw AkapsX fp`Nsa fm_nf_n NXn¨p k`n¨p.
{em´fm]n ho¡m^fn«psNm*v B`ohv hm^n k`n¨psbm¡n.
F¶n«v Kho´]psX ssNs¿Xp¯v fUskÅw kos\mjpNn¡pSnÀ¶, SXn¨p koÀ¯ t]mWn]nÂ, bnaÀ¸n sk¨p.
“”””Nj]v¡p¶p,””
Kho´]psX ssN¿n bnXn¨v AkapsX kn^`pNÄ bnaÀ¸nt` skůn`pw IqXn`pw Sp^pSps^ Np¯ns¡m*v B`ohv b_ªp.
“”Bt\m,””
fp`NÄ s»uhnWv fotSNqXn NXn¨p k`n¡p¶SnWnX]n Kho´ tImUn¨p.
“”AsS´mXo bq_nWv C¶v- {btSyNn¨v H^p NXn?””
“”sWW¡_o¯ntà Kho´m, sW]v–fpän] fmUN¯nX¼tà Mm³? At¸mÄ FÃmXkpw Nj¨v sbm«ntÃ? l^n¡v sNm\¨m`tà FaNn] Nj¸v H^pNns]m`n¨v So^pskmÅq?””
“”Mm³ sWW¡v l^n¡pw sNm\¨v S^mXo,””
B`ohn³s_ knXÀ¶p sbmanª bnaÀ¸n fq¶v- kn^`pNÄ N]än]n_¡ns¡m*v Kho´ b_ªp.
“”Wn³s_ bqän`pw sNmS¯n`pw kn^`v tNän sWW¡v Mm³ l^n¡v sNm\¨v S^mw. Wn³s_ bq_pw sfmt`w sNmtSmw Hs¡ W¡n Du¼n NXn¨v k`n¨v Wns¶ Mm³ hpOn¸n¨v sNm\¨v S^mw…””
Btklt¯msX Kho´m Bs`hnsW NnX¡]nt`¡v f_n¨n«p.
AkapsX tUit¯¡v N]_n s»uhv Ajn¨v fmän.
bp_t¯¡v ImXn] fp`NÄ ^*pw Btklt¯msX Ca¡n¡pj¨p.
fp`NÄ fm_nfm_n sM¡n¡Xn¨v Ipwdn¨p.
bns¶ hm^n]jns¨_nªp Aksa bqÀ®WPvW]m¡n.
NkNÄ AN¯n knXÀ¯n sk¨v N¼nNp«³.sWäv