നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 5

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F¶v- b_sª?”
“”””f½n e]¦^ Nj¸n]m..f½osX bq_p Ct¸mjpw sbm«n H`n¡pw Fs¶ms¡ b_ªntÃ? ASv fWÊn`m]nÃ.”
“”””NXow Nj¸pw F¶v- b_ªmÂ…ASv..tfmÄsX f½n¡v Ft¸mjpw bq_n A¦nan³s_ sk^ tk\w F¶v- sSm¶pw. tfmÄsX f½n¡v Ft¸mjpw A¦nansWs¡m*v sfm` bnXn¸n¡m³ sSm¶pw. tfmÄsX f½n¡v Ft¸mjpw A¦nansWs¡m*v NqSn W¡n¡m³ tSm¶pw…”
_n]]psX SÅ`nWv tkPw NqXn.
“”””C§sWs]ms¡ Ct¸mjpw sI¿m³ tSm¶p¶ks^ B\v NXn]pÅ sb®p§Ä F¶v- b_]p¶Sv,”
“”””FWn¡v NXn]pt*m A¦nta?”
“”””tfmsa b¯v bSnsW«v k]Êv Njnªm sb®p§Ä¡v Wà NXn tk\w. ASm Wm¨p_Â. AtàFt´`pw {blvWkm…”
“”FWn¡pw NXn]p*v A¦nÄ..l^n¡pw…A¦nÄ Ft¸mjpw F³s_ sfm` l^n¡v k`n¨p NpXn¨v I¸n¯n¶Ww. A¦nÄ F³s_ bq_n F¸jpw kn^ C«p S^\w….A¦nÄ Ft¸mjpw FWn¡v NqSn W¡n¯^\w,”
Ìoc³s_ fpOw AkapsX I´nknXkn Btklt¯msX AfÀ¶p]À¶p.
“”””tfmsa CSv fm{SfÃ..CWow H*v hpOw. ^hw. CSn`pw k`n] hpOw?”
“”””Bt\m? F§Wm A¦nta…¹ohv A¦nÄ.FWn¡v Sm,”
Ìoc³ AkapsX I´nknXkn Wn¶v- fpOw fmän.
Fjpt¶äp.
“”””At¿m F´nWm WnÀ¯oSv–? hpOw tbm]ntÃ?”
“”””ASn`pw k`n] hpOw S^mWtà tfmsa,’
A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”””tfmao sdZn f`À¶v NnX¶v Nk l^n¡pw AN¯n sk¨v bqs_ms¡ knXÀ¯n skt¨,”
_n] sdZn f`À¶pNnX¶p.
Ìoc³ AkapsX Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v N]_n.
fpOw Smjv¯n.
A]mapsX Ip*pNÄ AknsX AfÀ¶p^ªp.
“”””kq…H]v..¿q…”
_n]]psX A^s¡«v sk«n.
A_n]msS AkapsX NkNÄ H¶pNqXn]N¶p.
“”””tfmsa, bq_p ssNsNm*v knXÀ¯n¸nXn. A¦nÄ l^n¡pw W¡s«,”
_n] ssNNÄ Smjv¯n t]mWn]nSapNÄ bnXn¨N¯n knXÀ¯n.
Ìoc³s_ Wmkp IqXvWn_ª fUK`¯nt`¡v Spaªn_§n.
“”””iii t½mH…At½G…”
_n]]psX ho¡m^w B`ohn³s_ NmSpNsa sbmÅn¨p.
AkapsX kn^`pNÄ Nk¡nX]n tkP¯n I`n¨p.
hf]w Njn]pt´m_pw ÌocWp Wn]{´\w Wãs¸Xp¶S_nªp.
F´v bän?
Sm{´nN knUy]m\nSv.
bs£ Ct¸mÄ Cu sb¬Np«n]psX fp¼n F´v sNm*m\v S³s_ tkPw NqXp¶Sv?
hmkVmWw sIt¿* {Nn]]m\nSv–.
A]mÄ AkapsX tUit¯¡v N]_n.
“”””tfmsa,”
“”””F³s_ sbm¶¦nsa…F´m…? F´v tkt\`pw b_tªm. Mm³ sI¿mw,”
“”””tfmav A¦nan³s_ Np®s]Xp¯v N¼nNp«³.sWäv