പാര്‍വ്വതിയും മകളും

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sM^n¨p.
A]mÄ Bªmªv AXn SpXÀ¶p.
hmkn{Sn]psX ho¡m^kpw AkapsX A^s¡«nsâ kn_]`pw NqXn.
N´nt·`pÅ bmÀÆSn]psX kn^Â tkPkpw NqXn…
“”Hm- Hm- Hm-“”
hmkn{Sn]psX DXÂ kn_¨p.
“”ssft^ bSps¡ Nm_v..sbmSpkjn]m….BÄ¡m^v SÃns¡mÃpw….skXn sbm«m_m]n AtÃXo?””
hmkn{Sn]psX DX`n³s_ kn_]Â bSns] Wn`¨p.
“”tim..””
AkÄ kn]À¯p SaÀ¶v- ko\p.
“”At½ Mm³ I¯p…””
At¸mjpw Akant`¡v S_ªp N]_pN]m]n^p¶p A]mÄ.
sbs«¶v Bs^ms¡t]m k^p¶ lÐw tN«p.
A]mÄ Akan Wn¶v- SnXp¡¯n tkÀsb«p.
“”tU…B Nq«n sbmt_m«]pw In¡Wpw D*v…Wn§av tkPw Mm³ b_ª B sgZnt`¡v tbm…Mm³ At§m«p kt¶¡mw,””
bp_t¯¡v tWm¡n]m\v A]mÄ ASv b_ªSv.
A]mapsX fpO¯v BNmw£]pw e]kpfp*m]n^p¶p F¶v- AkÀ N*p.
“”sb®p§am] M§Ä¡v Ct{Sw sX³g³ CÃ,””
bmÀÆSn hz]w b_ªp.
bmÀÆSn hmkn{Sns] Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p.
AkÀ bp_t¯¡v tWm¡n.
Wm`©mapNÄ sNmXn]pw bnXn¨v KmT tbms` tbmNp¶Sv AkÀ N*p.

kmjt¯m«SnWpÅns` A sgZv tddn tI«³s_]m]n^p¶p.
A]mÄ kÃt¸mjpw fm{Stf At§m«p k^nN]pÅq. kmj]psX b\nNÄ WX¡p¶ hf]w.
Wm«ns` Ipän¡ant¡hpNÄ Hs¡ WX¯m³ A]mÄ AWpkUn¡m_p*v.
A]msa]pw bs¦Xp¸n¡\tfs¶]pÅq.
sgZv B]n^ps¶¦n`pw ASymklyw C^n¸nX§apw Bim^w bmNw sI¿mWpÅ shuN^y§apw NnX¡mWpÅ bm]vNapw S«psfms¡ ASn`p*m]n^p¶p.
B sgZn³s_ sSm«pbn¼n s_]nÂtk ss`³.
hmkn{Sn]pw bmÀÆSn]pw sbmt_m«]pw In¡Wpw Njn¨p Njnªt¸mtj¡pw A]mÄ k¶p.
“”CWow sbmt_mt«w N_ow C^n¸pt*mXo?””
bmÀÆSn hmkn{Snt]mXp tImUn¨p.
sgZntWmXv tIÀ¶pÅ timhv ssb¸v sNm*pÅ Xm¸n Wn¶v- ssN]pw km]pw NjpNpN]m]n^p¶ hmkn{Snt]mXp bmÀÆSn tImUn¨p.
“”bn¶ntÃ..CWow C^nt¸m*v Wm`s©®w. Cãwtbms` N_ow H*v,””
“”i! ASv fpjpk³ Njn¡m³ tf`m]n^pt¶m? Mm¦jn¨Sm,””
A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”CsS¶m Npans]ms¡ Njntªm? ^*pw WÃ shm]¼³ hpµ^nI^¡pNÄ B]tÃm C¸w..!””
A]mÄ C^pks^]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡ns¡m*v– tImUn¨p.
“”CknsX Wà S\p¯ skÅw H*m^p¶p. fm_msWmÅ Sp\n dmPn H*m^p¶p. bÃv sS¡mtWmÅ hmVtWmw H*m^p¶p…ASpsNm*v FÃmw sI]vSp…””
“”§vti? MmW¸w ASnWv fm{Sw Smfhnt¨m?””
A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
“”bn¶ntà H^pf\n¡qÀ N¼nNp«³.sWäv