പാര്‍വ്വതിയും മകളും

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbma¡®mX¡m³ h½Sn¨nÃ,””
fm_n Wn¶v- DuÀ¶vtbm] hm^n tWs^]nXm³ SpX§ns¡m*v hmkn{Sn b_ªp.
“”B hm^n A§sW sNXt¶ms«. tWs^ CX*,””
IpäpbmXpw l^n¡v Nt®mXn¨v AX¡n] hz^¯n A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”ASnWpw InÃ_ tkt\Â S^mw,””
A]mÄ In^n¨p.
“”Hm …Nm\pt¶Wv ssbhs]m¶pw tk* tI«m. A§sW Bt\ M§sX Nt^ HÅ hN` F®¯ntWmXpw Nmlp kmt§*n k^pw,””
“”fWÊn`m]nÃ,””
A]mÄ b_ªp.
A]mapsX ssN bmÀÆSn]psX s»uÊnWpÅnt`¡v N]_nt¸mNp¶Sv bmÀÆSn N*p.
“”M§av fn¡km_pw Npan¡mWpw A`¡mWpw Hs¡ tbmNp¶Sv koXnWXp¯pÅ Bän`m tI«m. Sp\ns]ms¡ b_n¨m Npan¡ps¶. At¶t^w Han¨pw tWt^w Hs¡ BÄ¡m^v tWm¡n Nm\m_p*v,””
“”Hmtim…A§sW…””
A]mÄ s»uÊnWpÅn ssN]n«p bmÀÆSn]psX fp`NÄ ^*pw fm_n fm_n bnXn¨p l^n¡v Nl¡m³ SpX§n.
D_¡¯n AkÀ bp©n^n¨p.
CX]v¡v H¶v- Np_pNn.
bmÀÆSn]psX fp`NÄ fm_n fm_n Nl¡pt¼mjpw A]mapsX tWm«w hm^n]qÀ¶pfm_n, C_¡nsk«n] s»uhnWpÅn`qsX bp_¯v Nm\mkp¶ hmkn{Sn]psX fp`Nan`m]n^p¶p.
“”H^pfn¨mt\m Npan Hs¡?””
bmÀÆSn]psX fp`NÄ sM¡n Nl¡n A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
“”sI`¸w,””
“”Wn§av AXp¯Xp¯mt\m Smfhw?””
AkÄ H^p fnWnäv tW^w H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.
sk_psS bp©n^n¡pN fm{Sw sI]vSp.
‘F´m b_]pt¶Wv dp²n½p«v Ht*m?””
“”F´nWm dp²n½p«v? H^p Nan S^pkmt\Â b_]mw,””
“”Wn§Ä F{S]m ImÀKv sI¿pt¶?””
“”H^p ssWäv cpÄ Bt\ H^mÄ¡v b¯v,””
“”bSnWm]n^w?””
A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
“”^*mÄ¡pw?””
“”b¯nsâ F^«n,””
“”At{Ss]mtÅm?””
“”Hm, M§¡v A§sW ssbthsX B{Nm´w H¶pw CÃ. Wym]km]sS ImÀKv sI¿pskmÅq,””
“”AZzm³hv F{S]m?””
A]mÄ tbjvhv Sp_¶p.
“”bNpSn,””
A]mÄ tbjvhv Sp_¶v- ^*v Aªq_n³s_ tWm«pNÄ BkÄ¡v sNmXp¯p.
“”Wmsa ^m{Sn…Im`¡pXoÂ. tim«Â ^ko{µ]nÂ. t`mdn]n F«pf\n¡v Mm³ Nm\pw. Wn§sX tcm¬ W¼À?””
hmkn{Sn AkapsX tcm¬ W¼À b_ªp.
ASnWnsX A]mapsX bmâvhn³s_ fp³emPw l^n¡pw koÀ¯n^p¶p.
A]maSv bmÀÆSn]psX tSman l^n¡v Np¯n]p^p½p¶p*v.
“”CSv ^*v tbÀs¡mÅ hoäm]n tbm]n,””
hmkn{Sn fp¼nt`¡pw bn¼ns`¡pw tWm¡n b_ªp.
“”AtÃÂ tI«Wv M§sX NqsX C^n¡m^p¶p. H¶v- bnXn¨p S^m^p¶p,””
“”hm^fnÃ,””
A]mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv