ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wà Btkl¯n`m\v. tUlo] fmVyf {l²Nn«m³ tbmNp¶ H^p hwPoS b^nbmXn]psX emPfmNpkm³ tbmkpN]m\v S§sa¶v- FÃmk^pw A_nªn^p¶p. Njnª Unkhw WµNpfmÀ b^nbmXn]psX GNtUl^qbw knk^n¨ptNĸn¨t¸mįs¶ FÃmk^pw Btkl¯n`m]n^p¶p. {bVmW emP§sams¡ A]mÄ AenW]n¨p Nm\n¨t¸mÄ FÃmk^pw BSnl]n¡pNNqXn sI]vSp. C¶m\v BUys¯ bm«n³s_ _ntijvh SpX§p¶Sv. k]`n³s_ hwPoSfm\v t{bm{Pmfn³s_ Kok³ F¶v- WµNpfmÀ BUy Unkhw Ss¶ b_ªn^p¶p. BUys¯ bm«n³s_ Cu\w A]mÄ Pm]Ns^]pw kmtUymbN^\§Ä km]n¡p¶kt^]pw fqant¡Ä¸n¡pN]pw sI]vSn^p¶p. B ^*p hµÀe§an`pw WµNpfmÀ l^n¡pw fUy`i^n]n B]n^p¶p. “”skÅfXn¨ms`¶m, F¶m sb^vtcmÀfWvhm…bm«n`m]m`pw AenW]¯n`m]m`pw,”” {bVmW Pm]nNfm^n H^mam]n^p¶ UobvSn b_ªp. A^f\n¡qÀ Njnªp. Af CWn]pw F¯n]n«nÃ. gmt^m¬ WµNpfm_nsW U]Wo]fm]n tWm¡n. “”k^s«, k]`nWnÌtÃ… k¶n«v fSn,”” WµNpfmÀ b^p¡³ lЯn AktamXp b_ªp. sbs«¶v- Af`nsâ ^qbw kmSn¡ {bSy£s¸«p. gmt^m¬ tUgyw Wn]{´n¡m³ {lfn¨p. “”it`m, UobvSn,’ AXps¯¯n Ak³ UobvSnt]mXv tImUn¨p. “”Bw sF t`äv?”” “”tWm, ]q BÀ Hm¬ ssXw…”” AkÄ Ah´pãvXn bp_¯v Nm\n¡msS b_ªp. “”im]v, fmaknN, Bw sF t`äv?”” PnämÀ fo«pN]m]n^p¶ H^p sb¬Np«nt]mXv Ak³ tImUn¨p. “”CÃ, NrSytW^¯m…”” AkÄ In^n¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v b_ªp. bns¶ Af gmt^m\n³s_ AXps¯¯n. “”it`m, gmt^m¬,”” Ak³ km]v– Sp_¶v- In^n¨psNm*v tImUn¨p. “”Bw sF t`äv?”” “”s]hv,”” Ak³s_ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n gmt^m¬ b_ªp. “”]q BÀ t`äv. t`äv ssd imcv B³ AkÀ,”” imÄ SnN¨pw WnlÐfm]n. “”do Hm¬ ]pkÀ t¹hv sWu!”” AkÄ Ah´pãvXnt]msX b_ªp. WµNpfmÀ In«s¸Xp¯n] Cu\¯n³s_ do Ko Fw Af`ntWmXv k]`nWn tNĸn¡pkm³ b_ªp. bÃkn kas^ A]SvW `anSfm]n Ak³ A]msa km]n¨ptNĸn¨p. bns¶ AWpbÃkn]pw. “”Nm` {bfm\¯n sI_n] H^p tk^nt]g³ k¶p AfÂ,”” WµNpfmÀ b_ªp. AkWSv tN«Sm]n emkn¨nÃ. “”Cu Cu\¯nWv H^p {btSyNS D*v. b_]mtfm Af`nWSv?”” A]mÄ tImUn¨p. “”tNmsaKn³s_ H^p Kqdn`n t{bm{Pmw fm{Sftà CSv?”” ^hn¡m¯ f«n WµNpfmÀ tNÄ¡msS Ak³ bn_pbn_p¯p. “”AÃmsS hpdn³tf¯]psX cn`mÀf\ns]m¶pfÃtÃm!”” gmt^m¬ N¼nNp«³.sWäv