പാര്‍വ്വതിയും മകളും

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bp©n^n¨p.
“”tImUn¡p¶p. B^m]n^p¶p BÄ?””
“”tfmi³ {bSmbv,””
“”WÃ tb^v. Zm³hv fmgm^pt¶m AkapsX?””
“”AÃ,””
“”Hm! AtÃ? F¶m N_k¡m^Wm^n¡pw,””
“”AsS N_k¡m^³. AksX bq_pw sfmt`w NqSow Hs¡ N_¡pkm^p¶tÃm. As¸m gpkÀ B]pw N_k¡m^Wm,””
hmkn{Sn Ipäpw tWm¡n.
A]mÄ A¸w D¨¯n B\v sS_ns]ms¡¸_ªSv.
A]mapw A¸w Bt`mIWmfPvWWm]n.
“”F³s_ sb§sa Ak³ N_k¡m^Wpw ssf^pskm¶pkà AksX shm´w HXs¸_t¶mWm]n^p¶p,””
hmkn{Sn A]msa AknlzhWo]St]msX tWm¡n.
“”B^pt¶m? shm´w B§a?””
A]mÄ S`]m«n.
“”F¶n«v?””
hmkn{Sn tImUn¨p.
“”F¶ns«´m? FWn¡v lzmhw fp«n. tUgyw k¶nÃ. N^¨n k¶p. bns¶ ht´mgw k¶p. ssUkw B]n«m\tÃm FWn¡nSv tW^n«v Nm\n¨p S¶Sv. ASv sNm*v hÀÆ làtWmXv Wµn b_ªp. bs£ AknXp¶v fpOw Sn^n¡p¶Sv B b¶³ N*p. Ak³s_ Du¼`n ^hw bnXn¨v sNmSw sbman¨n^n¡p¶ Akapw..””
“”At¿m At¸mÄ….””
A]mÄ A¸ hf]w sfuWn]m]n.
“”tI«m H^p fnWnsä..tI«³ F³s_ sfmt`t`¡v tWm¡p¶ntÃÂ Mm³ hm^n]n«v f_t¨ms«? S\p¯ Nmäv It¦t`¡m Z]_Nväv AXn¡ps¶,””
“”Mm³ tWm¡ns¡m*n^p¶m`pw NmäXn¡ntÃ?””
A]mÄ AWnãt¯msX b_ªp.
“”tI«³ tWm¡nt¡m*v C^p¶m tWm«¯n³s_ IqXv S«ntÃ?””
“”tNm¸v…- dhm]nt¸m]n..sfm¯w Bam]nt¸m]n…AÃm^ps¶Â l^ns¡m¶v- bnXn¡m^p¶p. N*v– N*v– Np® kÃmS§v N«n]m]n. ASpsNm*v kÃm¯ H^p …ssN]pw Nm`psfms¡ Nj¨v sbm«pkm,””
hmkn{Sn A]mapsX bmâvhn³s_ fp³emPt¯¡v tWm¡n.
l^n]m\v koÀ¯psN«n Wn¡pN]m\v fp³emPw.
“”Nt*m?””
A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
“”N*p,””
hmkn{Sn b_ªp.
“”tlym…kÃm¯ H^p Sn¡vfp«m]n AtÃ?””
“”Dw..””
“”M§av Nmkn¸p_¯v C_§pw. AknsX tk\sf¦n GÀ¸mXv B¡mw. Sos^ hin¡m³ bäp¶ntàNan¨n«v sbmt¡m,””
“”AknsX FknsX]m?””
“”AknsX tSm«n_¼n H^p kmjtSm«w H*v. ASnWm¯v H^p sgZv H*v. H^p kl¯v s_]nÂtk bmakm. F¶m`pw Wà f_]pw ss{bkhow Hs¡ H*v. AknsX sk¨v Nan¡mw,””
A]mÄ Bt`mIn¨p.
“”F´m HmÀ¡t\? Ft´`pw ASymkly¯nWp tbmNpkmt\m?””
“”C¶v- bä¯nÃ. H^p Nq«pNm^³s_ tfmap*v Blq{SoÂ. Wmsa H¸t_gWm. Nm\m³ tbmNpkm,””
“”F¶n«v dm¡n F¶m H*m]n? ASv b_,””
D_§n¡nX¶ bmÀÆSn N¼nNp«³.sWäv