ഒരു പ്രതികാരത്തിന്റെ കഥ

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C§sW Aknlzhn¡^pSv.
AKptk«Wv knlzmhw Csæn W½p¡v WnÀ¯mw. Mm³
AKptk«sW N*n«pw hvtWin¨n«pfnà F¶v- knIm^n¨p C^p¶p
sNmÅmw.”
Mm³: “”””Wns¶ FWn¡_n]ntÃ. knlzmhw CÃmªn«Ã. F³s_
sb®v- hp^£nS]mt\m F¶_n]m³ B\v. ASv tbms` Du«n]ns` ftWmim^nS]nÂ
F³s_ hpµ^n]psX fpOw Nm\m³ DÅ B{Piw sNm*tÃ.”
`£vfn Wm\t¯msX: “”””ASnWp AkÀ Nmf_]n FXp¯ tcmt«m {bnâv–
FXp¡pt¼mÄ BÂd¯n`m¡n Nm\n¨p S^mw.”
Mm³: “”””B^m Wns¶ Nm\m³ CX¡nX¡v timhv_`n k^p¶ BÄ.”
`£vfn: “”””Fs¶ Nm\m³ B^v k^mW. In`t¸mÄ hSotl«³ B]n^n¡pw.”
hSotl«³ AkapsX fp_sI_p¡³ B\v. b{´*mw ¢mÊnÂ
tSmätSmXv NqXn bYn¯w fSn]m¡n. Ct¸mÄ Wm«n Ss¶ AÂbw
Nrgn, bns¶ Np_¨p kmXN sN«nX§Ä, bns¶ H^p fq¶v- Xq_nÌv
Ct¶mk Hs¡ B]n Wm«n Kokn¡p¶p. ^m{ão] {bkÀ¯Wkpw
hfpUm] {bkÀ¯Wkpw Ds*¦n`pw kas^ WsÃm^p sI_p¸¡m^³ B\v
hSotl«³.
Mm³: “”””hmVm^\ hSotl«³ k^p¶Sv Wo b_]m_p*tÃm. bt£ CsS´m\v
Wo b_]mªSv.”
`£vfn: “”””Mm³ b_ªn^p¶p. In`t¸mÄH^p bt£ f_¶p
tbm]n«p*mNpw.AKptk«m Fs¶ sfÊnt`¡v tbmNm³ knan¡p¶p.
Mm³ sk¡pN]m\v.”
AkÄ F³s_ tImUy§an Wn¶pw ^£sb«p HmXpN]m\v Fs¶Wn¡p
fWÊn`m]n. bt£ AkÄ¡_n]nÃt`m Mm³ AkÄ¡v WsÃm^p b\n
sk¨n«p*v F¶v-. b\n Gtäm CÃt]m F¶_n]m³ Mm³ H^p
tcm¬NmÄ {bSo£n¡p¶p*v.
Mm³ sfÊn tbm]n e£\w Njn¨p k¶p. F³s_ NqsX _qfnt`¡v
knbnWpw k¶p. Ak³ F³s_]pw `£vfn]psX]pw Nm^y§am\v NqXpSÂ
tImUn¨Sv. ASv tN«t¸mÄ Ss¶ FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n M§apsX tcm¬
hwemg\w fpjpk³ `£vfn AksW A_n]n¨n«ps*¶v-.
Mm³ Ak³s_ tImUy§Ä¡v fpjpk³ SrbvSnN^fm] ^oSn]n¯s¶
f_pbXn sNmXp¯p. fWÊn Mm³ AktWmXm]n.
“”””tfmsW Mm³ AkÄ¡v WsÃm^p b\n sk¨n«p*v. emPyfps*¦nÂ
WnW¡pw ASns`m^p b¦v Nn«pw.”
Np_¨p tW^w hwhm^n¨n^p¶p knbn³ tbm]n. hf]w Cjªp Wo§n
sNm*n^n¶p. Mm³ {bSo£n¨ tcm¬ k^p¶nÃ. b¯v f\n
Njnªt¸mapw tcm¬ k¶nÃ. Mm³ sk¨ b\n Ioänt¸m]n F¶v-
Ss¶ knIm^n¨p sNm*v Mm³ AXp¯ b\n Bt`mIn¨p sNm*v NnX¶p.
NnX¶t¸mÄ B\v Mm³ tcm¬ f\n AXn¡p¶Sv tN«Sv. FXp¯p
tWm¡pt¼mÄ Mm³ {bSo£n¨ NmÄ Ss¶. N¼nNp«³.sWäv