ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 5

N¼nNp«³.sWäv lzmh¯o¶v-, AksX ss`co¶v- Mm³ tkt^msX bnjpsS_n]pw {ZPv. ASnWpÅ f^p¶m\v N^nhvfmänNv. t{b]nhv U t`mZv…b_s]Xo b«o t{b]nhv U t`mZv…”” “”t{b]nhv U t`mZv,”” A{S tdmVyfm]nsæn`pw Sos^ UpÀº`fm] hz^¯n gmt^m¬ b_ªp. “”FXm bs£…Nm^yw Npj¸fnÃ..bs£ AkÄ …tfmtW AkÄ ASn k^ptkmXm,”” sgÃn]psX fpO¯v C{¸mklyw htµi¯n³s_ H^p `m©Wtbm`pw gmt^m¬ N*nÃ. “”k^psfXo. Mm³ knan¡pw. b_]pw. Nm`pbnXn¡pw. AkÄ k^pw…”” gmt^m\nWv At¸mjpw tdmVyfm]nÃ. “”FWn¡_n]mw. Fs¶ b`Sk\ AkÄ Io¯ b_ªp. H^p b¯p{bmklysf¦n`pw Fs¶ b»n¡v B]n sS_ow AWmktlymw b_ªp. C¶v- M§sX ]qWnäv sh{N«_n Ìm`n³ kntWmUnWv Nw¹]n³äpw sNmXp¯n^n¡p¶p…”” “”§vti? Cutlmt]..tWt^m?”” “”AtSXo,”” sgÃn b_ªp. “”C¶t`w MmWksa N*p. AÑsâ Sm¡oSnWv tltgmw. kas^ lm´fm]n. kas^ hvtWit¯msX. AkÄ bs£ sNfnhv{Xos` tUkÊym fm`nWn fmZkpw tWm¡nWnÂs¡ Fs¶ knan¡m¯ Iot¯w AWmktlymw CÃ.”” gmt^m¬ BsN SNÀ¶Sv tbms` AksW tWm¡n. “”FXm C¶s` ^m{So Akav F³s_ _qfn k¶m^p¶p. F¶m Wà kÀ¯mWw B^p¶p. fm{Sfà M§av Wns¶¸änt¸m`pw hwhm^n¨m^p¶p,”” “”FXo Wn³s_]Xp¯v Akav WÃkam. Cu t`mN¯v MmsWmjn¨v– FÃmk^pw AkÄsX CãvX¡m^m. AkÄsX {ZPv imdnäv– FWn¡v fm{Stf A_n]q F¶tà AkÄ N^pSps¶? ASpsNm*p AkÄ C´ym¡m^ow Mm³ AkÄ¡v bm¡nØmWn]pfm,”” gmt^m\n³s_ N®pNan Cu_³ bNÀ¶Sv Ak³ N*p. “”Wo skgfn¡sÃXo. GSm]m`pw bmÀ«o¶v- FWn¡v H^p hhvsb³g³ H_¸m. bmÀ«n tbm]m`pw tk*nÃ. SpX§nsk¨ Nm^yw bNpSo Dtb£n¡m³ bänÃ. AksX {ZPv³s_ bSnWm_Xn]´n^w NqXos« FWn¡v kn{lffpÅq tfmta…”” AkÄ N®pNÄ SpX¨p. “”sWW¡v _ntijvh`nWp tbmNm_m]ntÃ?”” AkÄ S`Np`p¡n. AkÀ Fjpt¶äp. “”¶m tbms¡mXo,”” AkÀ tUkUm^pkn³s_ S\`n Wn¶v- bp_¯p NX¶p. “”]m{S b_]p¶nsÃXo?”” bmÀ¡v sI]vSn^p¶ ssh¡nan³s_ tWs^ AkÄ WX¶t¸mÄ Ak³ tImUn¨p. “”Wos]¶m f`]mäq^v tbmNpkmt\m?”” “”F¶m`pw H¶v- b_sª,”” “”l^n, ssd,”” AkÄ ssN D]À¯n. “”ssd, im]v Ft¶m¶pkÃ, Wà skXn¸m]n hvcpXfm]n t{b]nhv U t`mZv F¶v- b_s]Xo,”” At¸mjm\v– AkÄ¡v Nm^yw fWÊn`mNp¶Sv. “”t{b]nhv U t`mZv,”” In^n¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.