ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÄ tNmtaKv Kqdn`n BtQmg¯n³s_ emPfm]pÅ hwPoS WmXN¯n³s_ Nm^ykpw ASn S³s_ D¯^kmUn¯kpw Hs¡ AkÄ Aks^ A_n]n¨p. “”_coOv hm_nWv A_n]mw hm_n³s_t{bm»whv. hmÀ t{Nm\nNv B¡timanNv B\v. sI]n³ hvtfm¡À B\v. ssi`n AWmÀ¡n¡Â B\v. ¹ohv hmÀ, Fs¶ fsäm^mam]n hmÀ Nm\p¶nænÂ, b_]q…F´m\v WµNpfmÀ hm_n³s_ Cgyq?”” gmt^m\n³s_ hz^¯ns` U]Wo]S]nt`¡v _coOpw Wng]pw tWm¡n. “”¹ohv, hmÀ,”” gmt^m¬ ko*pw b_ªp. “”Ft¶mXv H¶v- b_]mtfm WµNpfmÀ hm_n³s_ Cgyq F´m¶v-? Mm³ H¯n^n s_hvsbNväv– sI¿p¶ foZn] sbjvh³ B\v hmÀ Sm¦Ä. sF t{bmfnhv, hm_n³s_ ho{N«v F´v Ss¶]m]m`pw Mm³ Bt^mXpw b_]nÃ,”” gmt^m\n³s_ N®pNÄ Wn_tªm? _coOv AkapsX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. “”G]v–, gmt^m¬,”” _coOv AXp¯v sI¶v- AkapsX tSman bnXn¨p. Ak³ Wng]psX tWs^ N®pNÄ Nm\n¨p. Wng fpt¼m«v– k¶v gmt^m\nsW tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p. gmt^m¬ tN«p, WµNpfm_n³s_ NT. _coOv ASv b_]pt¼mÄ CX]v¡v lÐw CX_n]n^p¶p. CX]v¡v Ak³ N®pNÄ SpX¨p. Wng]pw. WµNpfm_n³s_ NT gmt^m\nsW]pw SaÀ¯n. hpfn{Sm sh³ Ss¶ tWm¡p¶Sv tbms` AkÄ¡v tSm¶n. BNmlWo`nf]v¡¸p_¯v, f^SNkpw bpgy^mPkpw C{µWo`kpw kna]p¶ hzÀ®WUn¡^]n Wn¶v- hpfnSm sh³ S³s_ tWs^ tWm¡n tkUWt]msX bp©n^n¡p¶SkÄ N*p. bns¶ fpOw tSman`fÀ¯n AkÄ Wn`t¯¡v tWm¡n. “”WµNpfmÀ do¨n`p*mkpw gmt^m¬,’ _coOv b_ªp. “”gmt^m¬ BUyw hm_nsW Nm\q. bns¶ Nt*mamw M§Ä,”” AkÄ fpOfp]À¯n _coOnsW]pw Wngs]]pw fm_nfm_n tWm¡n. “”C¶v- H^p kÀgw bqÀ¯n]mNp¶p, hpfn{S tbm]n«v,”” _coOv SpXÀ¶p. “”FWn¡_n]mw…C¶v- Ak³ tdmVwsNXptkmaw NpXn¨p NX¯o^Sv Ss¶ NnX¶p_§pw. hpf]v¡v Gäkpw CgXfpÅ timantZ hvtbm«v B]n^p¶p NX¯o^w…AkWSv NqsX¡qsX b_]pfm]n^p¶p,”” Aks^ kn«v lwOpfpOw NX¡^]nt`¡m\v gmt^m¬ tbm]Sv. hÔy SpX§n]n^p¶p. AkapsX N®pNÄ AksW {em´fm]n b^Sn. BapNÄ¡nX]n A]map*mNnöv- AkÄ¡v SoÀ¨]m]n^p¶p. A¸w Uqs^ GNm´fm] H^p bm_]psX fpNan H^mÄ Wn¡p¶Sv AkÄ N*p. hfp{U¯n³s_ Abm^S]nt`¡v H^p N«n tbms` SÅnWo`v¡p¶ bm_. ASv hm_mt\m? AkÄ hq£n¨ptWm¡n. AkapsX N®pNÄ knXÀ¶p. AsS, ASv hmÀ Ss¶]m]m\v. AkÄ AkntX¡v NpSn¨p. hfp{U¯nsâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv