ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÄ A§sW b_ªp. “”Hs¡ fmZw,”” H¶v- BXn]p`ªpsNm*v A]mÄ tImUn¨p. “”sU³ km«v Cuhv U ss_äv NzÌy³?”” AkÄ A]mtamXXp¯p. “”tf sF Bh-vNv?”” “”Cucv ]q kpZv `kv Xp,”” AkÄ HmÀ¯p: tImUn¡t\m Mm³? hmÀ F§sW {bSnN^n¡pw? A`_pw? Io¯ b_]pw? SÃpw? F´v k¶m`pw tk*nÃ. tImUn¡pN Ss¶. “”hm_nsW C§sW Nm\m³ hpfn{Sm fmZw B{Pin¡p¶pt*m? hzÀ¤¯n Wn¶v- fmZw hm_n³s_ Cu AkØN*p N^]p¶p*mkntÃ?”” AkÄ A]mapsX {bSnN^\w Nm¯p. “”hzÀ¤w!”” A]mÄ bpÑt¯msX A`_n. “”FXo hzÀ¤w Ds*¶v- b_]pt¼mÄ W^Nw D*v F¶pw b_t]*n k^pw. shmÀt¤mw W^tNmw Ds*¶v- b_]p¼w sINp¯mWpw ssUtkmw Ds*¶pw b_t]*n k^pw. CÃ! ssUkw CÃ! CsÃXo- D*m^pt¶Â F³s_ hptfsW Ak³ …AksW¶p sk¨m B^m? ssUkw…ssUkw H*m^pt¶Â F³s_ hptfsW AkWp sNmÃmsS tWm¡¯nÃm^pt¶m? tWm¡¯nÃm^pt¶mXo¶v-? Wos]¶m fn*ms¯? FXo Wos]¶m fn*mt¯¶v- ?”” A]mÄ fUy¯n³s_]pw N©mkn³s_]pw `i^n]nÂ, tNmbt¯msX PÀÖWw SpXÀ¶p. “”Aà MmWnSv Bt^mXm hwhm^n¡ps¶?”” A]mÄ ko*pw gmt^m\n³s_ AXp¯v k¶v- AkapsX N®pNan hq£n¨p tWm¡n. “”§v ti? Wo]mt\m?”” A]mÄ ko*pw bnt¶m«v fm_n. “”Iocv fnWnÌ_psX tfmsa´nWm Cu hf]¯v CknsX F³s_ AXp¯v Wn¡ps¶? Hm iiii ….”” A]mÄ D_s¡ In^n¡m³ SpX§n. NX`v¯n^fm`NÄ¡v tft` AkÄ A]mapsX In^n]`NÄ tN«p. “”Wo F³s_ t{bm{Pmw tNmZntWäÀ NqXn]m\tÃm AtÃ? tfmta …”” A]mÄ WnÀ¯n Aksa H¶v- tWm¡n. “”At¿m, FWn¡v tfmsa F¶v- knan¡mtÃm AtÃ? Iocv fnWnÌ_psX tfmam..BNvIz`n Mm³ fmZw …A§sW]m knant¡t*…tfmta…”” “”Ft´m,”” fnjnWo^pNtamsX AkÄ knantN«p. A]mapsX knan]n H^p kn§p¶ sbmÅ AkÄ A_nªp. “”Wo C§v kt¶..km…”” A]mÄ AkapsX ssN bnXn¨psNm*p Sn^NapsX tWs^ tkP¯nÂ, Nm NpjªpsNm*v WX¶p. A]mapsX Ko³hn³s_ AXnemPw NX skÅw WW¨n^p¶p. “”Wo]o NX Nt*m…Nt*m…hzØS]n`msS A`_pkm…Wo tWm¡nt¡…”” A]mÄ Uqt^]v¡v Wn`mskan¨¯n A`_n]Xp¡p¶ Sn^fm`Nans`¡v kn^ Iq*n. “”Nt*m ..Sn^fm`NÄ …? Häs]®¯nWv hzØS]pt*m…A`_n Wn`knan¡pktà NXÂ? F³s_ fWÊpw H^p NX`m tfmsa…sW_¨pw Sn^fm`Nam….N®pSp_¶mÂ…N®pNÄ AX¨m …C§sW tImt^w fmwthmw Hs¡ N×p¼n C§sW Wn_ªv sNX¡pkm N¼nNp«³.sWäv