ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 10

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fmZw,””
bÝm¯`¯n {b\]mSp^fm] lЯn In{S]psX i½nwPv SpX§n.
bns¶ hvtWimÀ{Ufm] hnµq^ t^Otbms` t]lpUmhn³s_ klylÐw.
bm«n³s_ bÝmSm`¯n fnWn sgÃn]psX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
“”Mm³ Cus]m^p Wnfng¯nWv…Cu hf]¯nWv sNmSn¨v Nm¯v…””
bm«n³s_ bSnª lÐw Ipäpw bq´p¼nNsat¸ms` b_¡pt¼mÄ fnWn b_ªp.
“”A{S]pfp*v FWn¡v sgÃnt]mXv …sgÃnt]mXv…””
Ak³s_ irU]w fnXn¡m³ SpX§n.
At¸mtj¡pw sd]_À knek§apfm]n k¶p.
A]mÄ Hmt^m bm{Skpw Ak^psX fp¼n sk¨p.
bns¶ shuirU¯n bp©n^n¨n«v AknsX Wn¶v- tbm]n.
sgÃn hvbq¬ FXp¯p.
“”Wn¡v,””
AkÄ AksW kn`¡n.
“”F³s_ H^p B{Piw…””
AkÄ hvbq\n ss{cZv ss_hv FXp¯v Ak³s_ km]psX hfobw sNm*pk¶p.
Ak³ A_n]msS km]v– Sp_¶p.
AkÄ Wo«n] hvbq\n Wn¶v- e£\w hzoN^n¨p.
“”C§sWs]m¶pw tbm^m,””
ASnWp tlgw AkÄ b_ªp.
“”A{S]v¡pw NXs¸« H^mapsX NqsX A]mapsX fp¼n B\v Mm³ Ct¸mÄ C^n¡ps¶…C¡m\n¡p¶sSm¶pw ASnWpÅ {bSnc`w Aà tNt«m…A§sW ko«m³ bäp¶ NXsfm¶pfà ASv…””
^mKln¸n]ns` bm«nWp tlgw ‘t{bf’ ¯ns` “”f`t^”” SpX§n.
e£\w Njn¡pt¼mÄ b`t¸mjpw fnWn]psX N®pNÄ Ak³s_ N®pNapsX Bj§sa hvbÀln¨psNm*n^p¶p.
sgÃn¡v At¸mjpw SoÀ¨]nÃ.
Cu hpµ^ns¸®n³s_ fWÊn F´m\v?
sb«¶v sgÃn]psX sfmssd lÐn¨p.
hv{NoWnt`¡v fnWn tWm¡n.
gmt^m¬ NmanwPv…
“”Bt\m? Fiv? FknsX BäpNm`nÂ…Hmt¡…hmÀ F´v b_]p¶p….{bmÀTnt¨m? Hmt¡….M§Ä s_]n³tdm C¶nÂ…F´v ? Fdn hmÀ..sskNn«v …Hmt¡ ..Cà ..gpkÀ..GsäXm…””
Ak³ sfmssd sk¨p.
“”F´m sgÃn?””
“”hm_pw gmt^m\pw hnäo D*v,””
“”Bt\m? FknsX?””
“”Cs¸m BäpNm t£{S¯nÂ…””
“”Bt\m? Ct§m«v knan¡m³ tf`m^pt¶m? W½Ä CknsX D*v F¶v- b_ªntÃ?””
“”b_ªp bs£, AkÀ DXtW _nt«¬ B\v,””
H^p Wnfngs¯ WnlÐS AkÀ¡nX]n QWoekn¨p.
“”Cu bm«v Cãfmt\m sgÃn¡v?””
“”A¸w ss`äv B\v. Wà `]fp*v. fnWn]vt¡m?””
“”C§sW CknsX sgÃosX NqsX C^n¡p¼w …Cäv– Cuhv thm…””
AkÄ dm¡nb_]msS AksW tWm¡n.
“”Cu bm«nWp e]¦^ coÂ; AtÃ?””
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”AsS,””
“”In` sf½_ohv Hs¡ k^pw ..A§Ws¯ N¼nNp«³.sWäv