ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tNÄs¡]m\v Ak³ ASv b_ªSv. WµNpfm_nsâ tWs^ A{l²fm]n tWm¡n]SÃmsS Af D¯^w b_ªnÃ. “”hmÀ, sf]v sF?”” gmt^m¬ tImUn¨p. A]mÄ h½Sn¡p¶ ^oSn]n S`Np`p¡n. “”SymP^mK³s_ {bËmU eà knK]w tbms` tPmbm`Nrgv\ em^Sn]v¡v H^p Hms¸_ D*v. ASn³s_ FÃm Nt¨^n¡pw BUyw bmXp¶Sv fq¶p ^mP§Ä fnN-vhv sI]vS H^p NoÀ¯Wfm\v. ASm\v– hmÀ Ct¸mÄ bmXn]Sv. B fq¶v- ^mP§Ä iwhVzWn, sse^kn, NmWZ.”” WµNpfmÀ Aksa AenWµn¨v tWm¡n. AkÄ AenfmWt¯msX, A¸w `Öt]msX]pw A]msa tWm¡n. WµNpfmÀ ko*pw Af`n³s_ tWs^ Sn^nªp. Cu\w b_ªpsNmXp¯p. Af Cu\w km]n¡m³ SpX§n. FÃmk^pw WµNpfm_n³s_ fpO¯v ASrbvSn]psX H^p Wnj`m«w N*p. “”Af B “”P”” ]v¡v H^p cmanwPv tWm«v B\v tk*Sv. A¸w Énbv BNp¶p*v. tdm H¶v- `qhv B¡n {bhv sI¿q,”” fWÊnÃmfWtÊmsX Ak³ AWph^n¨p. bns¶ A]mÄ PnämÀ, No tdmZv kmUNÀ¡pw sbÀNgWnÌpNÄ¡pw WnÀt±lw WÂNn. Aks^ms¡ A]mÄ b_ªSv A£^w {bSn ht´mgt¯msX AWph^n¨p. ko*pw WµNpfmÀ Af`n³s_ tWs^ Sn^nªp. “”AfÂ, ss_hnwPv tXm¬ A{S {gn BN*. bmXpt¼mÄ `]¯nWp fpNant`¡v tbmN^pSv. ssVkS¯n³s_ fnZn`n A¸w cmÌv BNp¶p*v. ASv Nt{*mÄ sI¿q,”” Af A]mÄ b_ªSptbms` sI¿m³ {lfn¨p. bs£ F{S {lfn¨n«pw WµNpfmÀ Dt±ln¨nX¯v Af`nWv F¯m³ bän]nÃ,”” “”Ct¸mjpw {gn B\v. tkm¡`n³s_ tft`]m\v Ct¸mjpw. cmÌpw. l^n]m]n«nÃ,”” A]mÄ b_ªp. “”tNm¸v-“” N`nN]_n Af ImXns]jpt¶äp. “”ss_hnwPv tXm¬, {gnÂ, ssVkSw…AtS ..hms_ ..CSn`pw kÃy emPkSÀ fm^psX fp¼n tbm]n Cu hmVWw km]n¨n«m tNmsaKnt`¡v Mm³ fq¶v- sNmtÃmw N¸p sNm*s¶. H^p bp¶m^ tfmWpw Af`ntWmXv Mm³ km]n¡ps¶ l^n]à F¶v- b_ªn«nÃ….”” imÄ WnlÐfm]n. FÃmk^pw WµNpfm_nsW]pw Af`nsW]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n. “”AtS …FWn¡v F³s_ ftWmVÀ½fWph^n¨v fmt{S km]n¡m³ H¡s¯mÅq. ASv bäq¦n fmt{S MmWo Xofn CWn DÅq. Aà Fs¶¡qXmsS Wn§¡v Cu t{bm{Pmw sI¿m³ bä¯nÃtÃm. k]`nWm\v Cu t{bm{Pmfn³s_ tfmÌv– Ct¼mÀ«³äv F¶v- hm_v Ss¶ b_ªn«ntÃym? CknXn¸w MmWÃmsS tks_ sNmÅmkp¶ k]`nWnÌpNÄ CÃm¯ ØnSn¡v ….”” Ak³ b_ªp fpjpfn¡p¶SnWp fp¼v gmt^m¬ fpt¼m«v– k¶v- Ak³s_ ssN]n Wn¶v- k]`n³ bnXn¨p km§n. “”Wo N¼nNp«³.sWäv