ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 10

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Cäv–?””
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”Hmt¡,””
Ak³ ss{ZknwPv hoän C^p¶psNm*v b_ªp.
“”CWn Ft´`pw N\vcyqg³ D*m]m t{b]nhv U t`mZv F¶v- b_ªm fSn tNt«m,””
AkÄ In^n¨p.
AkWpw.
NmÀ BUyw A¸w AWph^\t¡Xv– Nm\ns¨¦n`pw A¸ Wnfng§Ä Njnªt¸mÄ sgÃn]psX ssNNan ASv bqÀ®Wn]{´\¯n`m]n.
A¸w Njnªt¸mÄ sXNvtWm¸mÀ¡v NmwbÊnWp fp¼n`qsX NmÀ Wo§n.
B¡paw t`]v¡v NX¶p NnwhnWXp¯v F¯n]t¸mÄ fnWn b_ªp:
“”sgÃn..ASm AknsX H^p bmÀ¡nwPv G^n]m]p*v….AknsX WnÀ¯q,””
Knt]m hn½nsâ H^p Nqä³ timÀZÀ Ømbn¨nX¯v, Wm`©v f^§Ä Wn¶nX¯v– sgÃn NmÀ bmÀ¡v sI]vSp.
“”km, sgÃn,””
AkÄ Ak³s_ ssNbnXn¨psNm*v AXp¯pN* ‘XmtPmÀ dpN-vhn’t`¡v N]_n.
“”fnWn WÃ km]W¡m^n]m\v F¶v- tSm¶p¶p,””
“”A{S WÃ km]W¡m^n Fs¶m¶pw b_]m³ bänÃ,””
AkÄ In^n¨p.
“”F¶v sk¨m sgÃosX At{Sw,””
dp¡vÌman knknV _m¡pNÄ¡nX]n bphvSNw Sn^ªpsNm*n^p¶kÀ AkapsX tWs^ Sm¸^yt¯msX tWm¡p¶Sv sgÃn N*p.
“”MmWpw NqXmw. GsSms¡ dpN-vhm?””
“”Zm³ s{du\nsâ t`äÌv,””
“”H_nKn³ Bt\m?””
“”AsS,””
Ak³ t`äÌv Ass_kÂhv F¶ ssh³ tdmZv sk¨ emPt¯¡v Wo§n.
sgÂcn {bUÀln¸n¨n^p¶ “”H_nKn³”” FXp¯p.
“”MmWmt\ ASv thÀ¨v– sI]vSv C¶v- fpjpk³ CknsX hvsb³Zv sI]vtSsW,””
bns¶]pfp*m]n^p¶p. Cämt`m NmÂkntWm. D¼Àt«m Ft¡m. kÀPmhv– f_n]m tKmth…
“”hnZvWn sgÂZ³ H¶pw km]n¡ntÃ?””
AkÄ sgÃnt] Wm\t¯msX tWm¡n.
Sm³ Fs´¦n`pw Ad²w b_tªm F¶v- Ak³ hwl]n¨p.
“”F´m fnWo?””
“”sgÃn A§Ws¯ dpN-vhv km]n¡m_pt*m?””
“”F¶v- sk¨mÂ? sgÂZ³s_?””
AkÄ Wm\t¯msX bp©n^nt]msX S`]m«n.
“”CÃ, MmWnSv kt^w km]n¨n«nÃ, d«v {c*vhv Hs¡ b_ªp sgÂZ³ e]¦^ hwekw Bs\¶v,””
AkÄ ko*pw AksW bp©n^nt]msX tWm¡n.
“”GsS¦n`pw H¶v- km]n¨ptWm¡q. At¸mÄ A_n]mw,””
AkÄ AÀ°PÀefm]n AksW tWm¡n.
sgÃn]v¡v Ft´m kÃm]vf tSm¶n.
dp¡vÌman Wn¶n_§n AkÀ bp_t¯¡v WX¶p.
“”CWn?””
ss{ZknwPv hoän C^p¶n«v Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”s_]n³ tdm C¶nt`¡v,””
AkÄ bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.
“”FknsX]m ASv?””
“”A¸w fp³bnÂ,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”Hmtim…””
sgÃn N¼nNp«³.sWäv