ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 17

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NknS b_]q, Wfp¡v Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ ASv In«s¸Xp¯mw,””
“”GSv ^mPfm\v Wo ]qhv sI¿m³ tbmNps¶?””
“”ASv NknS BUyw FWn¡v tNÄ¡\w. ASn³s_ emkw, AÀTw, hf]w Hs¡]_n]\w. F¶ms` ^mPw, Smaw Hs¡ Iqhv sI¿m³ bäq,””
AkÄ Fs¶ tWm¡n.
“”NknS sImÃm³ tbmNpN]mt\m? ssddnÄ tkt*?””
Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”D¯fPoS¯ns` NknS sImÃmtWm? ASns` GSv ss`Wm\v FWn¡v fWbmYfÃm¯Sv?””
AkÄ bp©n^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”Mm³ sImÃs«?””
“”sImÃq,””
AkÄ Unkm³ tNm«n Imªn^p¶p. hnµq^w ImÀ¯n] sWän]nt`¡v ko\pNnX¶ fpXn]njNÄ fmXns]mSp¡n. bns¶ Fs¶ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”F³s_ {bn]tW….””
AkÄ sImÃpkm³ SpX§n.
“”Wo hpµ^³, Wo ftWmi^³…W½psX i^nS ewPn]pÅ NnX¡]n Wo….tUkUm^pkpw h^af^§apw ewPnNq«n] W½psX ko«n Wo…Mm³ gmt^m\ns` bWnWoÀ¸qkpw Smjz^Nans` Smf^¸qkpfmNp¶p….””
WµNpfm_n³s_ km¡pNÄ gmt^m\sW WnÝ`]m¡n.
“”tI¨n A§sW..A§sW b_ªn^pt¶m?””
kn_] Wn_ª hz^¯n AkÄ tImUn¨p.
WµNpfm_n³s_ N®pNan BÀ{US Wn_ªp.
“”FWn¡v gmt^m\nt` bWnWoÀ¸qkmN\w…Wµq…Wn³s_ hwPoS¯n`qsX….b_]q…GSv ^mPfm\v Cu NknS]v¡v hyq«v? AkÄ NknS sImÃn¡jnªv Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p. FWn¡v ^*mfsSm¶v Bt`mInt¡*n k¶nÃ…hnÔpsse^kn…GNv SmanÂ…F´m\v F¶_n]nÃ…{b\]¯n³s_ hz´w ^mPfm] tfmiW^mPw At¸mÄ F³s_ fWhnt`¡v k¶nÃ….A¸w kn^iX¨pÅ hnÔpsse^kn]m\v At¸mÄ B PmW¯nWv t]mKn¡pN F¶v- tSm¶pN]m]n^p¶p….””
gmt^m\n³s_ fnjnNapw Wn_ªp.
“”A¶v- B bm«v Nt¼mhv sI]vSv Njnªv F{S Sk\ AkÄ ASv bmXns]¶v FWn¡_n]nÃ…AkhmWw b_ªp..F³s_ Wµq FWn¡v gmt^m¬ F¶ tb^ntWmXv H^p {em´v tbms` Cãw tSm¶p¶p….In`t¸mÄ hpIn{S F¶ tb^pfmän gmt^m¬ F¶v- hz]w knan¡m³ tbm`pw tSm¶p¶p….gmt^m\nt` …. bWnWoÀ¸qkv…gmt^m\nt` bqkv….””
gmt^m\n³s_ G§`Xn WµNpfmÀ tN«p.
“”FWns¡m¶v- Nm\m³…””
knSp¼`nWnX]n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”H¶v- Nm\m³ bän]nÃtÃm F³s_….””
bp_¯v tUkUm^pkn³s_ tft` Nmäv Wn_ªp. bqkpNÄ Nmän`naNp¶Sv– Ak^n^pk^pw Km`N¯n`qsX N*p. Nmän³s_ kn^`pNÄ Km`N¯n`qsX NX¶pk¶v Aks^ sSm«p. Nmän³s_ frUpfÀ½^w Aks^]n^pkt^]pw SjpNn]t¸mÄ S§Ä kn^`pNÄ b^hv¸^w Nq«n¸n\ªn^n¡pN]m\v F¶v- AkÀ A_nªp. IqXv Wn_ª AkapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv