രാജി രാത്രികളുടെ രാജകുമാരി 5

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NÃn¨p.
AkÄ fpOw NpWn¨p fm_nt`¡v tWm¡n.
bns¶ fpOfp]À¯n ftignsW tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”b_ ftigv– tI«m, Fs¶ F´nWp Nm\m³ k¶Sm,””
A]mÄ¡v Aksa AenfpOoN^n¡m³ kngffpÅSv tbms` tSm¶n.
“”ASpsNmÅmw,””
AkÄ b^nimhw Wn_ª hz^¯n b_ªp.
“”Nm]wNpaw sNm¨p®nfm^pw C¯n¡^¸¡nfm^pw folfmVk³fm^pw fm{Sw bp_¯n_§p¶ Cu hf]w NãvXs¸«p k¶Sv C§sW Ip½m Wm\n¨n^n¡mWmt\m? ASv sNmÅmw-“”
“”WnWs¡t¶mXv H^p tUtgymfntà ^mKn?””
AkÄ AksW GSmWpw Wnfng§Ä tWm¡n.
“”ftigv– tI«tWmXv tUgyw Dt* Cu bmSn ^m{So C§sW AXp¯v Mm³ AXp¯v k¶n^n¡ptkm?””
bp_¯p Wn¶v- làn]m] S\p¯ NmäXn¨p.
Sp_¶n^p¶ AkapsX khv{S§sa Nmäv ko*pw D`¨p.
“”S\p¡p¶p ftigv– tI«m,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
AkÄ fp`NÄ fnt¼m«p sS_p¸n¨v Wn¶v- b_ªp.
“”dmdp H_¡kmt\m?””
AkapsX ^qbewPn WÂNn] hpO¯n A^s¡«n`p*m] k`n] fpj ssNNÄ sNm*v f_¨p bnXn¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v ftigv– tImUn¨p.
“”dmdptk«³ D_§n ftigv– tI«m? F´nWm?””
A^]nÂ, kaÀ¶p k`pSmkp¶ fpj]v¡v fpNan AfÀ¶n^p¶ A]mapsX ssNNant`¡v tWm¡n AkÄ bp©n^nt]msX tImUn¨p.
“”AsS¶m Ak³ tW^s¯ D_§ns]?””
“”tW^s¯t]m?””
AkÄ sImXnt¸msX tImUn¨p.
“”hf]w F{S]m]o¶m knIm^w. k¶p, Npan¨p, tIm_p*p, sNmt_ tW^w Xo ko WyqhpN*p. bns¶ NnX¶p. bns¶…A_n]mtÃm..dmdptk«³s_ Nm^yw. AXp¯ Nq«pNm^WtÃ? Fs¶]n¸jm H¶v- {co B¡ns],””
“”^mKn]v¡v D_¡w H¶pw CtÃ?””
“”F§Wm D_§ps¶? ftigv– tI«³ C§sW fp¼n k¶p Wn¡p¼w?””
A]mapsX A^s¡«ns` fpj]n Wn¶v- N®pNÄ fmämsS AkÄ b_ªp.
A]mÄ AkapsX AXpt¯¡v Wo§n]n^p¶p. ^mKn A]mapsX N®pNant`¡v Ss¶ tWm¡n]n^p¶p. ^mKn]psX fpO¯v A]mapsX IpXpWnlzmhfXn¨p. t^mf§Ä¡nX]n kn§nkoÀ¯ ^ihyDUymWw WWªv NpSn^p¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp. fp`¡®pNÄ NÃn¨p S^n¡p¶Spw.
S³s_ fp`NÄ bp^pg·ms^ Nm\pt¼mÄ Ft¸mjpw C§sW kn§n koÀ¯pS^n¡p¶sS´m\v? ^mKnt]mÀ¯p. b` Nq«pNm^nNtamXpw Sm³ CSnsW¸än hwhm^n¨n«p*v. At¸msjms¡ fWÊn`m¡n] H^p Nm^yw SWn¡v Aks^¡mÄ knNm^fp*v F¶m\v. Ss¶t¸ms` Nj¸pÅ H^p sb®ntW]pw Sm³ H^n¡`pw H^nX¯pw N*n«nÃ. B\n³s_ f\fXn¨m fp`¡®p S^n¨p NÃn¡pw. ASnWp B\n³s_ shuµ^ysfm¶pw {blvWfÃ. Ak^psX {bm]kpw {blvWfÃ. ssUk¯n³s_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv