ഒരു പ്രതികാരത്തിന്റെ കഥ

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NmjvI sk¨m Cs¡mÃs¯
DÀkln AkmÀZv D_¸m]n^p¶p.”
Wn_ªp Spap¼n] F³s_ fnjnNÄ bns¶]pÅ A£^§sa F³s_
NmjvI]n Wn¶pw fm]n¨p. B Imänsâ AkhmWt¯¡v F¯pt¼mÄ
AkÀ S½n C¶p ^mkns` WX¶ Imäv N*p.
knbn³: “”””Njnª ^*p Unkhw AXnsbman B]n^p¶p. FWn¡v H^n¡`pw
f_¡m³ bäm¯ hpOw S¶pktÃm.”
`£vfn: “”””tbm AknXp¶v. Fs´ms¡]m\v Fs¶ sI]vSSv. HmÀ¡pt¼mÄ
Ss¶ FWn¡v Wm\w k^p¶p.”
knbn³: “”””Wo]pw tfmlfm]n^p¶nÃ. CWn C§s¶ WX¡nÃ
F¶mt`mIn¡pt¼mÄ B\v H^p kngfw.”
`£vfn: “”””FWn¡nWn]pw tk\w. F³s_ N`ym\w Njnªm`pw Wo CX¡nX¡v
F³s_ AXpt¯¡v k^\w. FWn¡v Wn³s_ NqsX sI]vS hpOw fSn]m]nÃ.”
knbn³: “”””FWn¡pw. bt£ AÀKp³.”
`£vfn: “”””ASv hm^fnÃ. Wo CX¡nX¡v bj] hpir¯nsW Nm\m³
k^pt¼mÄ FWn¡pÅSv S¶m fSn.”
bns¶ Np_¨p tW^t¯¡v sftÊKv H¶pfnÃ. ASp Njnªp knbn³s_
H^p sftÊKv.
knbn³: “”””AkWp Fs´ms¡t]m hwl]fp*v.Wn³s_ tNmtaKns` Bs^t]m Ak³
kos¡³Zn N*p. Mm³ H^p S^¯n hfmVmWn¨n¸n«p*v. Wo
H¶pw kn«p b_t]*.”
Ft¶mXpÅ {bSnt£V¯n `£vfn tcm¬ hzn¨v Hmcv sI]vSSv sNm*v
sftÊKv N*n«nÃ. B sfsÊKnWp km«vhvB¸n ^*p Wo` Xn¡v
fmÀ¡v CÃ.
Mm³ GäkpfVnNw knlzhn¨ ^*p tbÀ Fs¶ tNmfman]m]n N*v
ISn¡pN]m]n^p¶p F¶ khvSpS Fs¶ APmVfm] t{NmV¯ns`¡v W]n¨p.
Ct¸mÄ knNm^w sNmÅpN]Ã kntkNfm\v tk*Sv Fs¶sâ fWÊv
HmÀ½n¸nIp. F³s_ fWÊv {bSnNm^¯nWp tNm¸v Nq«pN]m]n^p¶p.
Mm³ AkÀ S½n`pÅ Imäv fpjpk³ hv{No³tgm«v FXp¯p sk¨p.
B hv{No³tgm«pw Pm`_n]ns` sh`vcnNapw FÃmw Hm«nKn tNdnÄ
Dbt]mPn¨p F³s_ ssN]n`pÅ sb³ss{Zknt`¡v fmän. Mm³ FXp¯
hv{No³tgm«v fpjpk³ knbn³s_ tcm\n Wn¶pw Zn`oäv sI]vSp.
F³s_ fWÊn {bSnNm^¯nWm]pÅ H^p b²Sn ^qbsbXpN]m]n^p¶p.
Mm³ knbn³s_ km«vhvA¸n Wn¶pw `£vfn]psX AÑWv sftÊKv A]¨p.
“”””im]v. F³s_ tb^v knbn³. Mm³ F©nWo]_nwPv tNmtaKn sscW C]À
knUymÀ°n]m\v. Mm³ `£vfn]pw Njnª Np_¨p Nm`fm]n
kn«pbn^n]m³ Njn]m¯ fmSn^n hvtWi¯n`m\v. AkÄ¡v tk*n
Ct¸mÄ fsäm^p N`ym\w Bt`mIn¡^pSv. A§sW sI]v–Sm M§Ä
^KnÌÀ fm^nt]Kv sI]pkm³ WnÀdÔnS^mkpw. Ct¸mÄ FWn¡v
`mdn N¼nNp«³.sWäv