ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 5

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ak³s_ ssN¿n bnXn¨psNm*p CXWmjn]n`qsX tkPw WX¶p. “”F´mXn?”” AWph^\t]msX AkapsXt]m¸w WX¶v- Ak³ tImUn¨p. bp_¯v Bsamjnª H^p NmämXn f^¯n³s_ Nojns`¯n AkÄ Wn¶p. AknsX]n«n^p¶ sd©n AkÀ b^hvb^w AenfpOfm]n C^p¶p. “”Wos]Ãmw tN«sÃ?”” Ak³ KmaySt]msX tImUn¨p. AkÄ S`Np`p¡n. “”sly..Nãw gmt^m¬,”” sgÃn sPu^k¯n b_ªp. “”Wos]´m fäpÅk^psX {bkhn]nt`¡v HanªptWm¡p¶Sv? hwhv¡m^ h¼¶]m\v Wos]¶v- Mm³ N^pSn]Sv sk_psS B]tÃm,”” “”AS¸w {bn³hn¸man³s_ HcohÃm]n^pt¶m? AÑsâ sdZv_qw B]n^pt¶m ASv? Wo]pw AÑWpw F¶m sNX¡pkm^pt¶m AknsX?”” Wo^ht¯msX AkÄ tImUn¨p. “”sÈy…Wos]¶SmXo gmt^mt\ b_]ps¶? t¨..Ckan{S Io¸m^pt¶m..?”” gmt^m\n³s_ fpOw NW¯p. “”Sfml Na sgÃn. F´m A¨³ b_sª?”” sgÃn]psX fpO¯v A¸w kngmU¨m] bXÀ¶p. “”ASv… gmt^m¬, C¸w km\nwPv. CWn H^p b^mSnNqXn Nn«n]m hhvsb³g³. A¨³ knIm^n¡ps¶ Aksa ka]v¡m³ Mm³ AksX sbm_sN WX¶v- l`yw sI¿pkm¶m…”” gmt^m\n³s_ fpO¯v tlmNtlm\nf Wn_ªp. “”sgÃn, fSn. fSns]¶v- b_ªm fSn. MmWm b_]ps¶. CWn Wns¶ H^p AbfmW¯nWpw Mm³ kn«vsNmXp¡¯nÃ. C¶v- Wns¶ A¨³ C³h«v sI]vSp. Wmsa B^m Wns¶ ImXn¡mWn^n¡p¶sS¶v- A_n]mtfm?”” “”B^v?”” “”Wn³s_ hz´w bmÀ«n. Fhv Fcv tN,”” B b^mfÀlw AksW hvSwen¸n¨p. “”Wo NqXpS skgfn¡m³ b_ªSÃ. H¶v- N^pSn]n^n¡m³ tk*n, H^p fp¶_n]n¸v tbms` b_sªt¶]pÅq. F³s_ AXp¯ _qfn`tà AlzWn? Wn§sX sskhv sI]Àfm³ tbmÊndn `nÌn AkÄ D*tÃm. Akam b_sª, bmÀ«o Cu kng]¯n sWWs¡Sns^ Nm^ykm]n«v FSnÀs¸m*v. CWn CSv sSmXÀ¶m sgÃn bmÀ«o¶v- sWW¡v H^p hhvsb³g³ H_¸m,”” A¸ tW^sfXp¯p, sgÃn bqÀÆØnSn]nt`¡v fX§n k^m³. “”Mm³ Nm^\km WnW¡o AkØ kt¶. ASv sNm*p Mm³ b_]pkm, CWn H¶pw tk*. Aksa Nm\*. fn**. bp«v B³ G³Zv äp Fsk^nSnwPv.”” H¶v- bp©n^n¨SÃmsS Ak³ f_pbXn b_ªnÃ. F¦n`pw gmt^m¬ Ak³s_ fpO¯v ko*pw H^p UrZemkw N*p. ASv Aksa ko*pw AhzØ]m¡n. S³s_ km¡pNÄ¡v Ak³s_ So^pfmWs¯ ]msSm^pknV¯n`pw hzmVoWn¡pkm³ Njnªn«nà F¶v- gmt^m¬ UpxOt¯msXt]mÀ¯p.