ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hmÀ-“” gmt^m¬ Ak^psX tWs^ In^n¨psNm*v Wo§n. “”_co¡v hmÀ! kms« hÀss{bhv! hms_´m CknsX?”” AkÄ A]mapsX ssNNÄ Nq«n¸nXn¨p. bns¶ AkÄ _coOntWmsXm¸fpÅ ]pkSn]psX ssNNan`pw. “”H^p {bmklyw fm{Stf gmt^m¬ Fs¶ N*n«pÅq, b¸s] CâÀkyq sI¿m³ ko«n k¶t¸mÄ. C¸jpw HmÀ½]p*tÃm!”” _co¡v AUvepSs¸«p. “”ko«n sk¨v Mm³ hm_nsW H^p Sk\s] N*n«nÅq F¶Sv tW^m. bs£ C§sW Wn_ªp Wn¡pktà hm_n³s_ tb^pw sc]nhpw Wmg\ CâÀWmg\ foZn] tkÄZnÂ!”” _co¡v In^n¨p. “”Wng]v¡v Bsa fWÊn`mt]m?”” _co¡v Wngt]mXv– tImUn¨p. “”Wo b_ªn«p*tÃm,”” Wng HmÀ¡m³ {lfn¨p. “”gmt^m¬ AtÃ? Iocv fnWnÌÀ {cm³hohv hn_n]¡n³s_ fNÄ?”” gmt^m¬ In^n¨psNm*v S`Np`p¡n. “”§vim, gmt^m¬”” _co¡v b_ªp. “”CSv Wngm tPmOs`. F]nwhns` tZmÎ_m\v. NmÀZnt]maKnÌv. F®fä irU]§Ä No_nfp_n¡p¶ irU]fnÃm¯ tZmNväÀ. Ct¸mÄ F³s_ imÀ«n³s_ PmÀZn]³,”” B b^mfÀl¯n³s_ shuµ^yw GsäXp¯v gmt^m¬ Aksa HmfWn¨v tWm¡n. Wng _coOnsW AXn¡m³ ssN]p]À¯n. “”e]¦^ sZbyq«n FZnäÀ Hs¡]m\v. hz´w b{Sw tbm`pw km]n¡p¶Sv S` Nojm]n¸nXn¨ms\t¶]pÅq!”” Ak^psX In^n SfmlNÄ gmt^m¬ BhzUn¨p. “”hms_´m CknsX?”” gmt^m¬ tImUn¨p. “”Cutlmt], Wmsa b¸m]v¡v _nssh³ s`äÀ sNmXpt¡*n k^ptfm? ^mKys¯ Gäkpw sh`n{dnän tKÀ\`nÌv B\v tN^a¯n F¯n]n^n¡ps¶…”” AkÄ Nan]m]n b_ªp. “”F³s_ H^p {c*v D*v gmt^m¬ CknsX…Hm!”” _co¡v sbs«¶v- Ft´m HmÀ¯p. “”Aà gmt^m¬ bYn¡p¶ tNmtaKv GSm\v?”” “”sh]n³_v tf^ohv,”” “”§vti? _n]`n?”” ASyVnNw AUvepSt¯msX _coOv tImUn¨p. “”AsS hmÀ, F´m?”” “”Zn]À fo! At¸mÄ WµNpfm_nsW A_n]m^n¡qtÃm AtÃ?”” “”WµNpfmÀ hm_nsW? hm_nsW F§sW _coOv hm_nW_n]mw?”” “”gmt^m¬, ASv hdvssXän CÃm¯ H^p Wo* NT]m\v–. b_]m³ hf]fnÃ. H¯n^n hf]sfXp¡pw. FknsX]p*v fim³? “” “”F³s_ _coOv hmt_, MmWpw hm_nsW S¸n C_§oSm. Cs¶t´m {btSyNS]pÅ Unkhfms\¶v b_ªv hm_v Hs^mä fp§Â fp§n,”” ASv tN«v _coOn³s_ fpOemkw fm_n. A]mÄ kngmUt¯msX Wngs] tWm¡n. “”F´m hÀ?”” A]mapsX fpOs¯ fmäw {l²n¨v gmt^m¬ tImUn¨p. “”MmWpw hm_nsW AtWzgn¨n_§n]Sm,”” SpXÀ¶v- N¼nNp«³.sWäv