ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 17

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fq¡v knXÀ¯n lzhn¨p.
“”bp¯³ f\w fm_o«nà H¶nWpw…FWn¡nãm F fK´ Wn_w …tWm¡v Cu b¨ tdmÀZ_pÅ Caw Wo` tKmÀKäv hm^n]v¡v Fs´m^p Sna¡fm…bns¶]o `nÃn¸qknsâ Wn_fpÅ gntcm¬…tI¨osX f\w l^n¡pfp*v CSnÂ…Cu s_Zv hn¡v hm^n F¸jm tI¨n DXp¯n^pt¶? hmÀ …dWm_hv b«v bp¯³tbms`]n^n¡p¶p…””
WµNpfmÀ ASnt`¡v tWm¡n.
“”ASv hpf DXp¯n«nà CSpkt^w tfmsa,””
gmt^m¬ H^p Wnfngw sfuWn]m]n.
“”Mm³ ^m{So sNX¡p¼w »m³s¡äv H¶pw ]qhv sI¿nÃ. hptfsX GtS`pw hm^ns]Xp¯v bpS]v¡pw…””
AjNpÅ H^p emkw AkÄ A]mapsX fpO¯v N*p.
“”ASn³ät{Sw IqXv tks_ GSo¶v- Nn«pw?””
gmt^m¬ tImUn¨p.
“”tI¨osX IqXv sfm¯w Cu hm^o Hs¡]p*v…””
AkÄ Ipk¶ dWm_hv b«phm^n sgÂcn Wn¶psfXp¯p.
“”CSv DXp¯v, sWäo hnµqt^mw sSm«v….Cutlmt] B ^qbw…””
gmt^m¬ b_ªp.
“”CSv DXp¡m³ sNmSn]mkp¶p,””
AkÄ WµNpfm_nsW tWm¡n¸_ªp. WµNpfmÀ sbs«¶v- AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n. AknsX SawsN«n] knNm^sf´m\v F¶_n]m³ gmt^m¬ {lfn¨p.
“”DXpt¯maq,””
A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”tW^m]n«pw?””
knXÀ¶ fnjnNÄ NqXpS knhvSrSfm¡n gmt^m¬ A]msa AknlzhWo]St]msX tWm¡n.
“”tW^m]n«pw…CWn Cu hm^ns]ms¡ tfmatà DXpt¡*Sv?””
gmt^m¬ B hm^ns] sWt©mXv– tIÀ¯fÀ¯n B`nwPWw sI]vSp. ASn³s_ Wkyfm] PÔw ko*pw Wmhm^{µ§ant`¡v k`n¨p. sb«¶kapsX ht´mgw fpjpk³ tbm]n.
“”F´m?”” F¶ AÀ°¯n WµNpfmÀ Aksa tWm¡n.
“”MmWnSv ks^ hm^n]pXp¯n«nÃ..FWn¡v DXp¡m³ A_n]nÃ…””
AkÄ kngmUt¯msX b_ªp.
sbs«¶kapsX kngmUw f_ªp. bpSn] H^ml]w Nn«n]Sv tbms` AkÄ WµNpfm_nsW tWm¡n.
“”hm_v hpIn{S tI¨n]v¡v hm^n]pXp¸n¨v sNmXp¯n«ntÃ?””
“”D*v””
A]mÄ bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.
“”F¦n ..F¦nÂ..FWn¡pw DXp¸n¨v S^mtfm?””
AkÄ {bSo£t]msX A]msa tWm¡n.
“”¹ohv ¹ohv ¹ohv….MmWn¶v- bmÀ«n]v¡v hm^n]pXp¯m tbmNps¶,””
WµNpfm_n³s_ N®pNan ko*pw AUvepSw knXÀ¶p.
“”hm^n]pXpt¯m?””
“”Dw…F³s_ tdmZn]v¡v WÃStà hm^n?””
N®pNÄ Smjv¯n hz´w tUit¯¡v tWm¡n gmt^m¬ tImUn¨p.
WµNpfmÀ Aksa tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”ASn³s_ fm¨nwPv s»uhv A¸_t¯ NÅo D*v, A*À h-vNÀ«pw…””
A]mÄ b_ªp. F¶n«v N¼nNp«³.sWäv