നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N®pNÄ ^*pw fp`Nans`¡v Smjv¯n. fp`NÄ ^*pw sM¡n¡q«n. tkUWn¸n¡p¶ d`w sNmXp¯v l^n¡v Nl¡nSn^p½n. “”f½n¡v F³s_ sfm` Cãs¸Xpkm¶p b_ªm …ASn¸^w tks_ F´m H^p {SnÂ? ASpw f½ns]t¸ms` Wà H^p I^¡v sb®v-!”” “”bns¶ CtSm? CSpw f½n¡v Cãfmt\m?”” Iq*pkn^`nWpw sb^pkn^`nWpfnX]n ^*p fp`¡ÃpNapw bnXn¨p Sn^p½ns¡m*v AkÄ tImUn¨p. “”Wà ^hkntà f½o F³s_ NÃv– ^*pw C§sW NqÀ¯n^n¡p¶Sv Nm\pt¼mÄ?”” AkÄ NÃpNÄ k`n¨pWo«ns¡m*v tImUn¨p. “”F¸jpw C§sW Nj¨pw NXn¨pw C^n¡p¶Sv sNm*m NÃv– ^*pw C§sW Sp_n¨v NqÀ¯v C^n¡ps¶,”” “”CWn Ct§m«v tWm¡nt¡ f½o,”” AkÄ NkNÄ b^fmkVn knXÀ¯n. “”F³s_ bqänt`m«p tWm¡v f½o. Mm³ knXÀ¯n sbman¨p Nm\n¡s«?”” Kho´]v¡v k`msS koÀ¸pfp«n. sSm* k^ap¶Sptbms` tSm¶n. FÃmw hÀ_n]`nÌnNv B]n tSm¶p¶p. sZ]vhn AkapsX AWpkmU¯nWp Nm¯n^n¡msS ^*p ssNNÄ sNm*pw bq_p knXÀ¯n sbman¨p Nm\n¨p. “”f½n Nt*m CSm F¸jps¯]pw AkØ. C§sW WWªv sbmanªn^n¡pw. Cu {bm]¯n tks_ BÀ¡p*v f½n Ct{Sw k`n] N´v. tWm¡nt¡, CSv Nt*m…”” sZ]vhn kn^`pNÄ¡nX]n Nrh^ns]Xp¯v sM^n¨v Nm\n¨p. “”f½o sfmssd FXpt¯,”” AkÄ tfl¸p_¯p ¹Pv C³ sI]vSv sk¨n^p¶ Kho´]psX sfmssd`nt`¡v tWm¡n b_ªp. “”F´nWm tfmsa?”” tNdnÄ knXpkn¨psNm*v Kho´ fNtamXv tImUn¨p. “”f½n f½osX B sshäv FXpt¯. F´m ASn³s_ tb^v? §vim N¼nNp«³. F¶n«v H^p Wà NTs]Xps¯. f½osX tck_näv ss_äÀ…F¶Sm A]mÄsX tb^v? ^mKmkv? Hm Aà I{NkÀ¯n. B A]mÄsX f½n¡nãvXs¸« H^p NtTsX tb^v b_sª…”” “”ASv …KoknSw hmP^w…”” Kho´ b_ªp. “”Ft´m¶m? KoknSw hmP^w? f½o N¼n¡tTsX tb^m tImUnt¨? AÃmsS Fw Xn kmhptUk³ Wm]À FjpSp¶ shân tWmk AÃ.”” “”Mm³ N¼nNtTsX tb^v Ss¶]m tfmsa b_sª. KoknSw hmP^w,”” Kho´ t{Nmfn N¼nNp«³ F¶v- ssX¸v sI]vSp. thÀ¨v– ]pkÀ tÌm_n]n KoknSw hmP^w F¶pw. sZ]vhn shän]n Imªn^p¶p. fNapsX knXÀ¶v- sbmanª bq_nt`¡v H¶v- tWm¡n]SnWv tlgw AkÄ km]n¡m³ SpX§n. hSolWpw em^y Af`]pw S½n`pÅ hwhm^w. Ak^psX hm¼¯nN {blvW§Ä. ASnWnX]n A]Ãv-kmhn]pw Dä hpir¯pfm] tKmhvfn]psX k^kv. “”At¿…At½ C§sW Sp\ow tNmWmWpw H¶pw CÃmsS b¨¡v bq_pw Nm\n¨n^p¶v- tNÄ¡p¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv