നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX ssNkn^`pNs`Xp¯v Ipt*mXp tIÀ¯p. sZ]vhn sbs«¶v- Fjpt¶än^p¶p. AkÄ h¦Xt¯msX A½s] tWm¡n. “”tfmsa Wo C¶s` ^m{SoÂ…”” sKÊo´ sbs«¶v- sZ]vhn]psX fpO¯v Wn¶v- tWm«w fmän. AkapsX N®pNans` Wngv¡a¦Ss] AenfpOoN^n¡pN F¶Sv S³s_ NjnknWv A¸p_¯v Bs\¶v sKÊo´]v¡v tSm¶n]n^p¶p. sbs«¶v- S³s_ tSman fNapsX ssN¯`ff^p¶Sv Aksa A¼^s¸Xp¯n. AkÄ tWm«w fNapsX fpOt¯¡v sNm*pk¶p. sZ]vhn ftWmi^fm]n bp©n^n¡p¶mSv– AkÄ N*p. “”f½o,”” AkÄ A½]psX N®pNan tWm¡n knan¨p. AkapsX knan]ns` hvtWi¯nWv fp¼n Kho´ AUvepShvSevV]m]n. Kho´]psX fnjnNÄ knXÀ¶p. Sm³ {bSo£n¨Sv– sk_p¸v, N¯p¶ tUgyw, fp_ns¸Xp¯p¶ Sn^hv¡m^w. bs£ Nn«p¶tSm N^ansW NpanÀ¸n¡p¶ hvtWikpw. “”A¸WnÃmsS f½n Fs¶ Hä¡Ãnt]m ka¯ns]? f½n FWn¡v S¶sSms¡ Gtämw fp´n]StÃ? Wà {ZÊv, Wà tImt¢äv, Wà FKyqt¡g³…”” sZ]vhn H¶p WnÀ¯n Kho´]psX Nknan St`mXn. “”f½n F§sWs]mÅkam]m`pw Cu f½n]m\v Fs¶ CSpks^ Fs´¦n`psfms¡ B¡ns]. ASpsNm*v…”” dm¡n b_]p¶SnWv fp¼v sZ]vhn]psX N®pNÄ Wn_ªp. “”N^ªp knan¨m Mm³ tfmÄsX AXp¯v kt¶. F§sW tfmsa sc]vhv sI¿qt¶mÀ¯v. C¸w tfmÄsX N®o^m\v…F³s_ Cutlmt]…MmsW§Wm Wµn b_]pN Wnt¶mXv, CSv tbms` H^p tfmsa Wo FWn¡v S¶SnWv?”” AkÀ b^hvb^w km^n¸p\À¶v- b^hvb^w em^fn_¡n. “”FWn¡nSptbms` ht´mgw fp¼v D*m]n«nà tfmsa,”” B`nwPW¯n Wn¶v- AN¶t¸mÄ Kho´ b_ªp. “”f½n¡nãvXfpÅSv tbms` Koknt¨m. MmsWm¶nWpw FSn^nÃ. hz]w hq£n¨v, kÃns¡«ptNhns`m¶pw tbm]n kojmsS tWm¡n]m fSn,”” ASv tN«t¸mÄ Kho´]psX DÅn Fs´¶_n]msS H^p tNm^n¯^n¸p]À¶p. Sm³ hz´w fNapsX fp¼n H^p sNm¨pNp«n]m]n¯o^p¶Sv tbms` AkÄ¡v tSm¶n. AkapsX fpOw `ÖsNm*p Smjv¶p. “”sNmÅmtÃm. f½n¡p«n]v¡v F´m Wm\w! CSn¸w CknsX B^m f½n B^m tfmav?”” AkÄ A½]psX SmXn bnXn¨p]À¯n. Kho´ tW^n«v b_ªnsæn`pw S³s_ K·^ihyw sZ]vhn A_nªn^p¶p. f½n¡v bSnW©p k]ÊpÅt¸mÄ B\v Ib`fm] H^p {b\]¯n kojp¶Sv. bmYbphvSN§apw h-vNqÄ Nm¼hns` S\ f^§apsX Nojns` hÃmb§apw BhzUnt¡* {bm]¯n Kho´ PÀen\n]m]n. AS_nª Wnfngw NmfpN³ A{bS£yfm]n. K·WmXm] sSmXpbpj]n Wn¶v- At¸mÄ WmXpkn«Sm\v Kho´]pw A¸Wpw hq^yPn^n]ns`¡v. N¼nNp«³.sWäv