നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fNÄ B km¡v D¨^n¨t¸mÄ BUyw Kho´ H¶v- sM«n. “”bns¶ C§sWs]ms¡ sS_n b_]pN…bqÀ, Np®, ssf^v, Fs¶ms¡…At¸msjms¡ e]¦^ i^w co sI¿pw. bns¶ s`hvdn]³. {Pq¸v shN-vhv. b»n¡v shN-vhv…H^p Unkhw F{S {bmklyfm N´v sM¡ow bqän sk^`n«pw hpOf_n]pt¶¶v- H^p N\¡pknÃ. ASptbms` Du¡p¶ ho³ Hs¡ sfmssd Nm\pN. B]nW¯n H^p Nm^yw fm{Stk Mm³ sI¿m¯SpÅp. f½n sI¿p¶ H^p Nm^yw?”” “”km]ns`Xp¡p¶Sv?”” Kho´ tImUn¨p. “”sly AsSm¶pkÃ. ASn Fs¶¡jnªp FN-vhvsbÀ«v B]n tks_ B^pw Cà F¶v- Ft¶mXv b`^pw b_ªn«p*v. km]n`pw NqSo`pw bq_n`pw Hs¡ l^n¡pw FXpSnt«m*v.”” S³s_ fNÄ NWyN]öv- fm{SfÃ, Cu Caw {bm]¯nÂ, ss`wPnNS]psX Nm^y¯nÂ, SnNª AWpek h¼¶]m\v F¶v- fWhn`m¡n]t¸mÄ Kho´]psX b^n{em´nt]_n. “”bns¶ F´m ASv?”” AkÄ¡v tImUn¡mSn^n¡mWm]nÃ. “”N¼n km]W,”” AkÄ In^n¨psNm*p b_ªp. “”hSy¯n ASv C³ä_Ìv– DÅ b^nbmXn]mt\m f½o?”” “”bn¶tÃ,”” H¶ptfmÀ¡msS Kho´ sbs«¶v b_ªp. “”f½osX tck_näv ss_äÀ I{NkÀ¯n]mt\m B Fjp¯n tNf³?”” “”Nps_ Wà Fjp¯pNmÀ D*v Nwdn¡p«WnÂ. {Nq^³ F¶ tb^nÂ, hzmfn F¶ tb^nÂ. sNm`sNm¼³ F¶ tb^nÂ, AWhq] F¶ tb^nÂ, bmÀXv\À F¶ tb^nÂ. hvfnS F¶ tb^nÂ. bs£ I{NkÀ¯n FjpSpt¼mÄ ….F´m b_]pN…AsSm^Wpekfm\v…”” Kho´t]mÀ¯p, fNÄ F§sW Cu ^oSn]n B]n¯o^msS]n^n¡pw? kas^ sI_p¸¯ns` ^SnhpO¯nWp AXnf]m]kam\v Sm³. Fs¶¡mÄ Nj¸pw sIm_n¨n`pw kas^¡qXn]kWm]n^p¶p KWn¸n¨ B¸³. S§apsX ^*ptb^psX]pw KoWpNam\v fNapsX ^à¯nÂ. At¸mÄ fNÄ F§sW CSptbms` BNmSn^n¡pw? AXp¯ Unkhw Ss¶ AkVn FXp¡\sf¶pw tNm«]n VymW¯nWv tbmN\sf¶pw Kho´ So^pfmWn¨p. “”Fs´m^p IqXm At½?”” tXm¸n³s_ d«\n ssNsk¨psNm*v sZ]vhn b_ªp. ‘CS§p Du^n¸_n¨p Na]mWm tSm¶pt¶?”” Kho´ In^n¨p. “”ASv Ct«¡pt¶w CXmSn^n¡pt¶w S½n k`y kySymhw H¶pknÃ,”” “”F¶m Mm³ CS§p Du^pkm. Nmäv tN_s« FÃmX¯pw,”” fNÄ tXm¸n³s_ d«WpNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n Du^pt¼mÄ Kho´]v¡v AkapsX l^o^¯nt`¡v tWm¡mSn^n¡mWm]nÃ. fp`NÄ ^*pw bp_¯p k¶t¸mÄ AkapsX N®pNÄ knXÀ¶p. Wà sS_n¨ UrZfm] fp`NÄ. Caw bn¦v Wn_¯n`pÅ NÃpNÄ¡v Fs´m^p k`n¸kpw D_¸pw! Cu sI_n] {bm]¯n C{S fpjp¯ fp`NÄ F§sW k¶p? N¼nNp«³.sWäv