ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 17

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kn^`pNan A]mÄ SjpNn. gmt^m\n³s_ lzmhPSn]p]À¶p.
“”hmÀ…””
AkÄ f{´n¨p.
A]mÄ Aksa tWm¡n.
“”FWn¡v A¶v ..hÀ Fs¶ BUyfm]n sSm« Unkhw…Fs¶ D½sk¨ Unkhw…]q tWm Ft¸mjpw hm_n³s_ N¿pw tdmZow Hs¡ F³s_ tf¯v¶v- fm_msS Wn¡p¶ co`m^p¶p. F´v {em´v B^ps¶¶v- A_n]ptfm…? Ip½m In^n¡pN, hz´w kÀ¯mWw b_]pN, Nmäv k¶v- tf¯v sSmXp¼w ASv hm_ms\¶v- HmÀ¯v N®pNÄ AX]v¡pN…A¶v- ^m{Sn H^p f\n¡qÀtbm`pw D_§oà F¶v- b_ªm knlzÊn¡ptkm? tUiw sfm¯w {btSyNn¨v CknsX C¡nans]Xp¯v….F³s_ Cutlmt]!””
AkÄ Njp¯n³s_]pw tSman³s_]pw emPw sSm«pNm\n¨p.
“”Cu t{bfw Ct{Sw ^hskmÅSm^pt¶m F¶_n]p¶Sv A¶m. tW^v. Mm¦^pSn BapNav t{bfn¡p¶Sv hmVm^\ hnWntf Nm\p¶tbms` kÀ¯mWw b_]mWpw . sN«n¸nXn¡mWpw D½ sk¡mWpw tk*n B^n¡q¶v-. A§sW Hs¡ sI¿p¼w A§sW {btSyNns¨m^p co`pw D*mN¯növ-….sgÃosW sN«n¸nXn¨¸w FWn¡v B§as] sSmXp¶ Atàbt¸sW sSmXp¶ cos` D*m]pÅq. A§sWt] AkWpw tSm¶o«pÅq…H^p sb®v- F³s_ tf¯v sSmXp¶tbms`..bs£ hms_sâ tf¯v sSm«¸w St`w N¿pw tf`pw Nm`pskms¡ sfjpNv D^pNn kojp¶ H^p coÂ…sbmÅp¶ coÂ…hzÀ¤w F¶Sm¶v A_nªp A¶v-….Um C¸w C§sW F³s_ Nt¿ bnXn¨psNm*n^n¡p¼jpw…””
WµNpfmÀ AkapsX km¡pNans` Smbfa¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
“”C¸w tSm¶p¶p…ssUkw F¶v- b_]p¶Sv …ASo t{bfw B^n¡pw F¶v- …ssUks¯ fpOmfpOw Nm\p¶ H^p co`m\v hmÀ FWn¡nt¸mÄ C§sW hm_nsW t{bfn¨psNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ….””
AkÄ H¶v WnÀ¯n.
“”F¶n«v Ct¸mÄ tSm¶p¶ Cu AWpekw..AsSms¡ FWn¡v hm_ntWmXv tSm¶psf¶v tI¨n fp³Nq«n N*n^p¶p F¶v- tNÄ¡pt¼mÄ…””
WµNpfm_nWv tSm¶n, gmt^m\nsW A§sW tWm¡ns¡m*n^p¶m l^n]mknÃ. S³s_]pw tUisNml§tamt^m¶pw Sbn¡mWpw {ems´Xp¡mWpw SpX§n]n«p*v.
“”F¸jm tbms*?””
A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
“”Ct¸mÄ A©v f\n,””
ssN¯*]nt`¡v tWm¡n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”hf]fp*v,””
WµNpfmÀ Fjpt¶äp.
“”H¶v- Npan¡s«…Hä]n^p¸m^p¶p…””
“”l^n,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
WµNpfmÀ NpanNjnªv k^pt¼mÄ gmt^m¬ k`ns]m^p sgÂcv Sp_¶v ASnt`¡v tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
“”CsSÃmw…CsSÃmw hpIn{S tI¨n]psX hm^nNamt\m?””
AXp¡n ewPn]m]n sk¨n^p¶ hm^nNan St`mXns¡m*v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
A]mÄ bp©n^nt]msX S`Np`p¡n.
“”Hm…””
AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv