പാര്‍വ്വതിയും മകളും

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sbs«s¶jpt¶äpsNm*v b_ªp.
hmkn{Sn]pw A]mapw sbs«¶v- AÔman¨p.
“”C§vti? A½]¸w H_§pkÃm^pt¶m?””
hmkn{Sn sbs«¶v- tImUn¨p.
sbs«¶kÄ Wm¡pNXn¨p.
AS]mÄ N*p.
“”A¸w Wn§av At½w tfmapw B\tÃ? ASm Wo sbs«¶v- Ab¯w bän] tbms` Wm¡v NXn¨Sv,””
“”Hm..Wos]t¶¯nWmXo sbt® I½ps¶?””
bmÀÆSn hmkn{Sn]psX KmayS Wn_ª fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.
“”W½av Fs¶¯nWm W½sX sSmjn`nsW bp¨n¡ps¶? At½w tfmapw tZmNväÀfm^mNm¦n, A½]v¡pw tfm¡pw Xo¨Àfm^mNm¦n, A½]v¡pw tfm¡pw hnWnfm WXnfm^mNm¦n A½Npw tfm¡pw skXow BNmw…AtÃXm sNm¨tW,””
bmÀÆSn A]msa tWm¡n.
“”F¶SmXm Wn³s_ tb^v?””
“”hpPp\³,””
“”hpPp\tWm? sk_psS AÃ B sb®v- Wns¶ bänt¨. F¶Sm^p¶p Ak¡sX B§tasX tb^v?””
“”tfmi³ {bSmbv,””
“”Nt*m? Mm³ b_ªntà F¶m hpµ^³ tb^m? So«¯n³s_ AXpt¯¡v Cu¨ k^p¶Sv tbms` sb®p§Ä BÀ¯`¨v HmXnk^p¶ tb^v. Wn³s_ tbt^m? hpPp\³…H^p Ppt\mw CÃm¯ tb^v …ipw-“”
AkÀ fqk^pw In^n¨p.
“”MmWmUyw H_§n]m^p¶p,””
bmÀÆSn b_ªp.
“”At¶^km F³s_ sfmt`Â Ck³s_ ssN k¶Sv. At¶^w H_¡w tbm]n. bnXp¯w Njnªv Nmlv tfXn¡mWn^p¶Sm. ASnWp fpt¶ Wo tfXn¨p,””
AkÀ hmkn{Sns] tWm¡n.
hpPp\³ bmÀÆSns] l^n¡v H¶v- Wn^o£n¨p.
A³bSv k]ÊnWXp¯v {bm]fp*mk\w.
bs£ WÃ {loSzfpÅ k«fpOw.
fpO¯v WÃ fmwhaS]pw SXn¨ AV^kpw .
skap¯ Wn_w.
WÃ SXn]p*v.
SXn¡mWpbmSnNfm]n sW©n³tf ^*p bÀÆS§Ä tbms` fp`NÄ.
I´nNÄ¡v k`n¸w A{S]VnNfnÃm]n^ps¶¦n B hoän C^n¡mfm]n^p¶p.
NXpw Ipk¸v hm^n]pw N_p¯ s»uhpfm\v tkgw.
sNmjp¯p^p* I^¡v…
hpPp\³ fWÊn b_ªp.
Hä tWm«¯n Ss¶ b_]pw skXn]m\v F¶v-.
A]mÄ AWpfmWn¨p.
“”F¶m tWm«kmXm. tf¯v¶v- sfm` ^*pw kn«ptbmNqtÃm.””
bmÀÆSn In^n¨p.
“”sWW¡v Np®¡Xn NqXpkmt\Â Blpb{Snt¸m¡v fmänsk¡v. Npt®sX Nj¸v fmäv BUyw,””
“”bSps¡ b_ At½, dhm,””
IpäpwtWm¡n hmkn{Sn HmÀ½s¸Xp¯n.
“”ASv bä¯nÃ,””
bm³ävhnsâ SXn¨p fpjp¯ fp³emPw ko*pw bmÀÆSn]psX tSman sM¡ns¡m*v hpPp\³ b_ªp.
“”GSm]m`pw Ct{Sw B]ntÃ..CWn Wmsa]mNs«…””
“”b_s]Xm bns¶ F¶Sm H*ms]?””
bmÀÆSn HmÀ½n¸n¨p.
“”sbs«¶v- Fs¶¡*p N¼nNp«³.sWäv