നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 7

N¼nNp«³.sWäv f½n]v¡v fpÅt*. ASpsNm*v Fjpt¶täm.”
B`ohv Fjpt¶äp. ¥mÊn Aktlgn¨n^p¶ knhv¡ns]Xp¯v NpXn¨p. .
ASnWv tlgw dm¯v_qfnt`¡v tbm]n. _n] AkapsX D^p*v, SXn¨v. kn^nª I´nNapsX Ca¡¯nt`¡v tWm¡n. At¸mÄ SXn¨ AV^w AfÀ¯n¡Xn¨v B`ohv fpOw Sn^n¨p tWm¡n.
Wà sNmjp¯p^p* bnXn]mWNapsX bn³emPw tbms` fpjp¯v sNmjp¯v CXw k`w sk«n]naNpN]m\v AkapsX WnSwd§Ä.
“”””tfmsa f½osX Np*ow NqSow l^n¡v tWm¡nt¡m tNt«m. tfmÄ f½osX NqSow Np*ow tWm¡p¶q¶v A_n]p¼w Ft´m^w Nj]vNp¶ hpOfm f½n]v¡v Nn«p¶q¶v tfmÄ¡_n]mtfm?”
“”f½o, H¶v- NpWnªv H¶v- Np*n ^*pw knXÀ¯n sbman¨v Nm\nt¨…””
B`ohv _n]]psX fpO¯nWv– tWs^ NpWnªv Wn¶v- SpXNÄ AN¯n.
^*p ssNNÄ sNm*pw AkÄ S³s_ tb^pw I´nNÄ bnXn¨N¯n AksW Nm\n¨p.
sbmanª PpUUzm^¯n`pw Caw fmwhfX¡pNÄ In{Sw k^]v¡p¶ Nrh^n, fq{SWman, t]mWo emP¯pw skap¯p_ª lp¢¸lnf Ak³ N*p.
AkÄ dm¯v_qfnt`¡v N]_n.
“”””tfmsa , f½n tZmÀ AX¡p¶nÃ. tfmÄ¡v f½n fpÅp¶Sv Nm\t*? f½osX bqäo¶v- Wà hzÀ®¡as_mÅ IqXv fq{Sw Wà k«¯n Ioäns¯_n¡p¶Sv– Nm\t*? tWm¡v tfmsa . l^n¡v tWm¡v. f½n Nk knXÀ¯n l^n¡v Nm\n¨v S^mw.”
B`ohv NkNÄ knXÀ¯n Nt½mZn`n^p¶p.
C^p ssNNÄ sNm*pw bq_v sbman¨p knXÀ¯n Aksa tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
_n] N´n`pw kjp¡ns¯¶p¶ bnaÀ¸n`pw tkP¯n ssNkn^`pNÄ I`n¸n¨v sM¡n¯t`mXns¡m*v B`ohn³s_ bq_nt`¡v tWm¡n.
A¸ Wnfng§Ä Njnªt¸mÄ AkapsX bq_n`qsX fq{S{bkmimfp*m]n.
_n]]psX I¦nXn¸pw lmhkpw NqXn.
M^¼pNÄ¡v ASpks^]nÃmSn^p¶ bn^nfp_¡fWpeks¸«p. AÀ²kr¯mNrSn]nÂ, H^p fªfjknÃptbms` AkapsX bq_nÂWn¶v- fq{Sw {bkin¨psNm*n^p¶p.
bns¶ d¡äns` skÅsfXp¯v AkÄ bq_v NjpNn.
thm¸pw t`mgWpw sNm*v kr¯n]m]n NjpNn.
bns¶ klyfm] IpkXpNtamsX AkÄ _n]]psX ]Xpt¯¡v k¶p.
“”””km tfmta , A¸tW^w NnX¶vsNm*v kÀ¯mWw b_]mw,”
AkÄ b_ªp.
F¶n«v NnX¡]n sI^nªp NnX¶p.
AkapsX WPvW tUi¯n³s_ kXnkpNapw ewPn]pw At¸mÄ NqXpSÂ Urlyfm]n.
In{S§an Nm\p¶ fÕyNWyN]psX ^qbw.
_n] HmÀ¯p.
“”””Hm, tImUn¡m³ f_¶p,”
NÃn¨ fp`¡®pNan hz]w M^Xns¡m*v B`ohv tImUn¨p.
“”””tfmÄ¡v knl¡p¶pt*m? C¸w Njn¡t\m?”
“”””A¸w NqXn Njn]s«,”
B`ohnWv N¼nNp«³.sWäv