ഒരു പ്രതികാരത്തിന്റെ കഥ

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hv{No³ bmÊv–tkÀZv– FWn¡v
fWbmYfm]n^p¶p. B tcm\ns` ^ihy§Ä F³s_ fp¶nÂ
AWmkrSfm]t¸mÄ F³s_ hÀÆWmZnNapw Sa^p¶Sv tbms`]m\v FWn¡v
tSm¶n]Sv.
Mm³ KoksW tbms` hvtWin¨ F³s_ sb®pw F³s_ htimU^ØmWo]Wm] F³s_ BßmÀ° hvtWinSWpw Njnª Nps_ Nm`fm]n Mm³ A_n]msS
dÔ¯n`m\v F¶ khvSpS Fs¶ SNÀ¯pNaªp. s`¨p tNmtaKnÂ
Wn¶pw XqÀ tbmNmWà F³s_ ssN]n Wn¶pw Nmlv km§n]Sv, ASv
knbn³s_ NqsX XqÀ tbmNmWm]n^p¶p. knbnWpw s`¨pkpw NqXn GtSm
A\sN«nsâ N^]n Wn¶pw ASv tbms` Ss¶ GtSm H^p ftWmi^fm] bqt´m«¯nWp WXpkn Wn¶pw FXp¯ H^pbmXv shÂcnNapsX
Nq¼m^fm]n^p¶p Ak³s_ tcm¬ Pm`_n. Mm³ Ak³s_ km«vhvB¸v
Sp_¶p AkÀ S½n`pÅ Imäv fpjpk³ tWm¡n.
AkÀ ^*p tb^pw NqXn Cu b^nbmXn SpX§nNpt_¡m`fm]n. Njnª BjvI]ns`
sftÊKv km]n¨p. H^pfn¨p XqÀ tbmNmWm]n knbn³ `£vfns] WnÀdÔn¡p¶p, `£vfn bNpSn fWÊn ASv Wn^hn¡p¶p.
knbn³: “”””Wo km `N-vhv. Cu BjvI]pw NqXnt] bäpÅq. ASv NjnªmÂ
Mm³ t{bmsKNvän³s_ Sn^¡n BNpw. ASv hdvfnäv sI]vSmÂ
bns¶ timhv_`n Wn¡m³ bänÃ. Wn³s_ ÌZn `okpw
SpX§pw. bns¶ Ft¸mÄ B\v Nm\m³ bäpN F¶pw NqXn A_n]nÃ.”
`£vfn: “”””AsSms¡ l^n]m\v bt£.”
knbn³: “”””H^p bt£]pw CÃ. bns¶ CWn In`t¸mÄ CsSm¶pw WX¶nÃ
F¶v k^pw. In`t¸mÄ B sbm«³ dpKn Wn³s_ ko«nt`¡v sb®v-
Bt`mIn¨p k^pw. ASnWp fpWvbv W½Ä fm{SfpÅ In` hpµ^
Wnfng§Ä. Wo]pw ASv B{Pin¡p¶ntÃ.”
`£vfn: “”””FXm FWn¡pw B{Piw CÃmªn«mt\m. F³s_ Nm^yw WnW¡_n]ntÃ.”
knbn³: “”””hm¼¯nNw Bs\¦n Wn³s_ f®p®n F«nFfntWmXv
tImUn¡v. Ak³ S^pw.”
`£vfn: “”””Dw. tImUn¨p tWm¡mw.”
ASv Njnªp M§Ä N*p fp«n] lWn]mjvI sskNpt¶^w.
`£vfn: “”””hN-vhhv. F³s_ NmfpN³ Ak³s_ NmfpNn¡v AjnªmXm³ Nmlv S¶p.”
knbn³: “”””Wo F³s_ fnXp¡nNp«n]tÃ. D½…”
`£vfn: “”””Zm C¶v WX¶Sv A_n]mtfm. Njnª]mjvI Ak³s_ dÀ¯vtZ
Bs\¶v WnWs¡m¶p HmÀ½n¸n¨p NqXm]n^pt¶m.”
knbn³: “”””Ak³s_ dÀ¯vtZ B]n^pt¶m. Mm³ AksW N*p Np_¨p
Unkhfm]n, ASv sNm*v Mm³ HmÀ¯nÃ.”
`£vfn: “”””ASv sNms*´m]n FWn¡v Npt_ AenW]nt¡*n k¶p. F³s_
tUkn Cu AenW]sfÃmw Mm³ kà hnWnf]n`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv