ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B^kw. hÔy]psX Wn_¨mÀ¯v fpjpk³ fp_ntkä bX]manNsat¸ms` I{Nkma¯n Wn_ªp. gmt^m\nWv tSm¶n, fp¼n BÀ¯`¡p¶ hfp{U¯nsâ hwPoS¯nWnX]n UoWfm] H^p hz^w tNÄ¡p¶pt*m? “”Wµq…FknsX]m Wo?”” gmt^m\nWv lzmhw WãvXs¸Xp¶Svtbms` tSm¶n. hfp{U¯n³s_ Bj¯n Wn¶v- hpfn{S WµNpfmÀ hm_n³s_ hfobt¯¡v WX¶Xp¡m³ {lfn¡pN]m\v. skap¯ khv{S§a\nªv, BÀ¯`¡p¶ Sn^fm`NÄ¡nX]n`qsX hpfn{S WµNpfm_nsW `£yfm¡n WX¶Xp¡p¶Sv gmt^m¬ N*p. sbs«¶v- hpfn{S Ss¶¡*p WnÂNp¶Spw gmt^m¬ N*p. “”tfmta…”” ASn^nÃm¯ kmÕ`yt¯msX hpfn{S Ss¶ sSmXm³ kn^`pNÄ Wo«p¶Spw AkÄ N*p. B kn^ÂhvbÀlw S³s_ tSman`f^p¶S_n]m³ AkÄ N®pNÄ AX¨p. A¸w Njnªv N®pNÄ Sp_¶t¸mÄ AkÄ N*Sv S³s_ N®pNant`¡v DäptWm¡p¶ WµNpfm_nsW]m\v. A]mÄ bm_¸p_¯v Wn¶v- C_§n k¶n^n¡p¶p. “”hptf…”” A]mapsX lÐw gmt^m¬ tN«p. A]mÄ S³s_ N®pNan`päptWm¡ns¡m*v b_]pN]m\v–. “”sIu^wPn]n Wmsa]m\v Wn³s_ fpXn]n Mm³ kh´bpgvbw IqXn¡mWpÅ tWÀ¨Njn¡p¶Sv. sNm¡¯]ns` Gäkpw Wà bq¡¨kX¡m^tWmXv bpSp kh´bpgv¸§Ä Ss¶ sNm*pk^m³ b_ªn«p*v, Mm³. NmaoQ«¯nÂ, A^dntµm fmÀ¤nÂ, ^do{µknim_nÂ, sPu^o l¦À WnNpWvKn …Hs¡ Wfp¡v tbmN\w. NmanfmSmkn³s_ d`n¡Ãn kn^ fp_n¨v tIm^s]Xp¯v Wn³s_ Sn^psWän]n Sn`Nw ImÀ¯\w FWn¡v….”” gmt^m¬ sbm«n¡^ªp. hfp{U¯n³s_ s^u{UhwPoS¯nWp tf AkapsX N^¨n WµNpfm_n³s_ NmSpNsa sbmÅn¨p. “”hptf,”” A]mÄ BÀ¯Wm]n knan¨p. bns¶ AkapsX tSman hvbÀln¨p. hvbÀln¨ Wnfngw Ss¶ So]n sSm«Sp tbms` ssN bn³k`n¨p. “”iq U »Zn si BÀ ]q?”” A]mÄ A`_n. fUy¯n³s_]pw N©mkn³s_]pw ^q£PÔw Aksa sbmÅn¨p. A]mÄ AkapsX tWs^ fnjnNÄ fmämsS tWm¡n. “”gmt^m¬,”” AkÄ b_ªp. “”gmt^m¬?”” Akan Wn¶v- ^*p IpkXpNÄ fm_n Wn¶v- A]mÄ tImUn¨p. bns¶ A]mÄ Aksa BsNs]m¶p Ipjnªp tWm¡n. “”Hm, FWn¡_n]mw. gmt^m¬ {bemNÀ. bm«pNm^n. Aà gmt^m¬ G^n] C{hmt] {bVmWf{´n. C¸w ImNmsS tNmf]n sNX¡p¶p. sNm¶p SÅotà sNmt_ bmkw bm`hvSoWnNsa…AWpekn¡v….AÃ…Wo B gmt^m¬ AÃ…Wo GSv gmt^m¬?”” “”Cäv– Cuhv F t_m§v NzÌy³ Xp Bh-vNv, hmÀ,”” B A´^o£Sn`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv