ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 5

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡n. ASv cmUÀ fqt`¡m«nsW {Np²Wm¡n. “”ssd t`m {bNm^w hhvsb³gWm Nt¿msX sIt¿t*. bs£ Fs§sW]m? Wo Wn³s_ bmÀ«osX kÃy bpÅn]tÃ? Ft´`pw B£³ FXp¯m At¶^w k^nt]s` sNmXow bnXn¨v C¦p`mdpw knan¨v Wn³s_ bmÀ«n¡m^v…”” sgÃn {bn³hn¸mansâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. “”F¶pwsk¨p sgÃn B£³ H_¸m]n«pw D*mNptk CWns]m^n¡¡qXn CSv tbms` H^p Nwss¹³äv Nn«n]m. Mm³ b_ªnÃm¶p tk*….”” sgÃn At¸mjpw H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. “”CknXp¶v- Cu N¼vss`]n³än³s_ sbm_¯v B£³ H¶pw H*m]ntàAkav tbm`ohv tÌgWn b^mSns¸Xpw. AksX Akav b_]pw {bnWnhn¸ma¨³ B£³ H¶pw FXp¯nÃm¶v-. ASv fSn GgymsWävt` knWqWpw fm{Speqfos` tk\qWpw F³s_ tf¯v tN_n sW^§m³. sgÃn boZWt¡hv fm{Sfà ImW`pNm^psX Xn BÀ bn t_äv Nq«msWmÅ fmÀ¤w. ASpsNm*v…”” cmUÀ fmSyp fqt`¡m«n sgÃn]psX fpO¯v S_¨ptWm¡n. “”….ASpsNm*v A`N-vhm*À³s_ tfmtW sgÃn A`Nvth,”” At±iw SpXÀ¶p. “”CSv BUys¯ {bmklyw B]Sv sNm*v ln£]§v km\n§n HSp¡pkm Mm³. Wn³s_ H^p lt`ymw tf`n H*mNptk` F¶v- km¡psNmXp¯ns«m*v AkÄ¡v Mm³. bt£¦n CWn H^p Nw¹]n³äv, Ht^s]m^p Nw¹]nâv_v….ASv fSn ..ASv fm{Sw fSn FWn¡v tPäv Iq*n¡m\n¨v Wnt¶mXv b_]m³. ]q BÀ ZnhvfnhvZv F¶v-. fWÊn`mt]m?”” sgÃn S`Np`p¡n. “”F¶m Fjpt¶täm,”” A¨³ b_ªp. “”tkPw Ø`w Nm`n]m¡v. FWn¡v sb®vtN]vhv SoÀ¡`à b\n,”” sgÃn Fjpt¶äp. kmSn`v¡mt`maw sI¶v- Ak³ Sn^nªpWn¶v AÑsW tWm¡n. “”CSv Mm³ {bSo£n¨Sm,”” A¨³ sPu^kw knXmsS b_ªp. “”hnWntfs` Wm]N·mt^m kn÷mt^m Nm\n¡p¶Sv tbms` kmSn`v ks^s]¯n¡jnªv ^*v Z]t`mPv knXq¶v. §vim, b_, F´m tNÄ¡s«,”” “”Wm]NtWm knÃtWm Aà AÑm,”” sgÃn b_ªp. “”tNmfZn BNväÀ Bs\¶v knIm^n¨m fSn. H^p hhvsb³gWpw D*mN¯nà ZnhvfnÊ`pw H*mN¯nÃ. CWn tf`n AksX Nw¹]n³äpw AÑWv Nn«¯nÃ. bs£ Akav ko*pw H¶v- NqXn CknsX k^pw AÑsW Nm\m³! Cutlm fnlnim]v¡v hvSpSn]m]n^n¡s«-“” “”tkPw ¢mÊn tbmNm³ tWm¡Xm, AXqÀ tPmbm`Nrgv\³s_ hnWntfs` Z]t`mPv b_]msS,”” sgÃn Hmcohn Wn¶v- bp_¯v NX¶p. BUyw Nm\p¶Sv kngmUw Wn_ª fpOkpfm]n Wn¡p¶ gmt^m\nsW]m\v. “”F´mXn Wn³s_ A¸³ fpOyf{´n ^mKnskt¨m?”” Ak³ In^n¨psNm*p tImUn¨p. “”km,”” AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv