നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 5

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ckav Wn§sX tfmav Ss¶]tÃ?””
sZ]nhn]psX tWs^ tWm¡n K]tUk³ tImUn¨p.
“”A¸w s_hvsbNväv Hs¡ BNmw,””
lln S^qÀ bmÀ`sf³än {bhwPn¡p¶ Cu\¯n sZ]vhn K]tUksW tWm¡n.
K]tUk³ Aksa AkÚt]msX tWm¡n.
Ft´m b_]m³ ks¶¦n`pw tks*¶v sk¨v ko*pw ÌocsW tWm¡n.
“”F¶v- b_ªm F§sW l^n]mNpw?””
Ìoc³ K]tUktWmXv tImUn¨p.
“”Cks^Ãmw W½psX Gäkpw AXp¯ BapNam. Ck^v B\v W½psX ht´mtgmw skgtfmw BUyw A_n]s*. Wo F¶Sm Cks^¸än N^pSnt]¡ps¶? b^Uqg\¡m^mt¶m? N^¡¼nNamt¶m? FXm MmWpw Wo]pw Hs¡ FjpSn knXp¶ N¼n¨a§Ä km]n¡q¶ÃmsS Cks^ms¡ c]¦^ Zoh³äm,””
“”F¶m F¶m sk¨m sI¿v–,””
tKm N`n¸n Ss¶ b_ªp.
“”b_ dmk¨m F¶Sm tKm¡p«³s_ {blvWw?””
B`ohv ko*pw tImUn¨p.
“”A`oth,””
Ìoc³ b_]m³ SpX§n.
“”tf`vNmkv sh]n³_vAt`mgyhv tNmtaKn sk¨m tKm ChsdÃs] b^nI]s¸Xps¶,””
“”ChsdÃ?””
_n] sbs«¶v- tImUn¨p.
“”W½sX hm]n¸v A¦nan³s_ tfmsa¡p_n¨mt\m f½n Ìoc³ hmÀ b_]ps¶?””
“”AÃmsS tks_ B^m tfmsa CknsX Chsdà F¶ tb^nÂ?””
“”F¶n«v? Akapw tKm hm_pw S½ns`¶m?””
_n] ko*pw tImUn¨p.
“”b_]mw tfmsa, A¦nÄ ASpSs¶]tà b_]pt¶?””
FÃmk^pw ÌocsW tWm¡n.
“”Ck³ tf`pNmkn Zn{Po sI]vtSm*n^p¶¸w t`mP³ hm]n¸v fNsa {bo Zn{Pn¡v sNm*pkn«p ChsdÃs]. A¶nk³ N¼n¡p«Wns` tKm, ASm]Sv K]tUk³ HmftÈ^n e]¦^ Sos¸m^n {bmhwPnNWpw knUymÀTn tWSmkpw Hs¡ B]n^p¶p,””
“”B^v?””
Kho´ In^n]X¡m³ k¿msS tImUn¨p.
“”CktWm? Cu W^´v tbm`s¯ sI¡tWm? H¶v- tbm hmt_!””
K]tUk³ Hmt^m N®pw Wq_pkm«v dÄdpNam¡n Kho´s] tWm¡n.
“”AsS¶m ^m{ão]¡m^WmNt\Â Wn§sat¸ms` ssit_©v³s_ inÌ_n sfm¯w FjpSm³ k`n¸skmÅ tdmZn Ss¶ tk\ws¶mt*m?””
“”Wo tbmXm !””
Kho´ sImXn¨p.
“”FWn¡{S SXn H¶pknÃ. Ht*m B`oth?””
Kho´ B`ohnsW {bSo£t]msX tWm¡n.
“”sI`]nXp¯v e]¦^ SXn]mXn,””
B`ohv Kho´]psX fm_nt`¡pw A^¡v Smtj¡pw tWm¡n¸_ªp.
Kho´ Wm\wsNm*v Ipk¶ fpOt¯msX B`ohnsW tWm¡n.
“”hm_v dm¡n b_,””
_n] ÌocsW tWm¡n.
“”ASnWv H^p Pymbv Nn«t*?””
Ìoc³ bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.
“”F³s_ Ìoc³ hmt_,””
N`n¸v knXmsS K]tUk³ b_ªp.
“”Ckapfms^ fp¼n skt¨m*v Ft´`pw b_ªpSoÀ¡m¶v- N¼nNp«³.sWäv