ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 5

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N*p. sbs«¶kapsX fpOw knXÀ¶p. fpOw {bNmlfmWfm]n. “”fnWnt]m?”” BËmUt¯msX AkÄ knan¨p. “”k^q, k^q,”” kmSn¡ Wn¶v- fnWn ANt¯¡v N]_n. gmt^m¬ fpt¼m«v– sI¶v AkapsX ssN]n bnXn¨p. “”km tfmsa,”” AkÄ fnWns] Nth^]n C^p¯n. F¶n«v AenfpOfm]n N«n`n C^p¶p. “”tI¨n dnhn]m^pt¶m? UnsÌÀd³hv Bt]m?”” “”bn¶ntà dnho¶v b_ªm dnhn. bs£ Cu hpµ^n¡p«nt]mXv Np_¨ptW^w kÀ¯mWw b_]msWms¡]pÅ hf]sfms¡ Cãwtbms`]p*v,”” gmt^m\n³s_ B km¡pNÄ tN«p fnWn]psX fpOw `ÖsNm*p Ipk¶p. gmt^m¬ hz]w tImUn¨p: Fs´m^p AjNm\v Cu sb¬Np«n¡v? C{S shuµ^yw tks_ BÀ¡p*v Cu Nm¼ÊnÂ? “”bns¶ Fs¶ F´m knant¨? tI¨ot¶m? ^*p ¢mhv NqXpS`tÃ]pÅq. tb^v knan¨m fSn,”” gmt^m¬ In^n¨psNm*p b_ªp. AkapsX Wo*pknXÀ¶ ewPn]pÅ N®pNanÂ, bp^pgsW NmftfminSWm¡p¶ SpXp¯p Ipk¶ Ip*pNanÂ, klyfm] ewPn]pÅ Wo*fq¡nÂ, ewPn]pÅ A¸w Wo* Njp¯nÂ, Wo*, BNrSn]pw SpXn¸pfpÅ ssNkn^`pNan gmt^m¬ tWm¡n skap¯ A¸w hpSm^yfm], A¸w C_pNn¸nXn¡p¶ gÀ«v–, fp«nWpSmsjs]¯p¶ tgmXvhv. hpSm^yfm] skap¯ gÀ«nWpÅn skap¯ {dm]psX Hu«v–ss`³. ASnWpÅn kntfmin¸n¡p¶ ewPnt]msX hfr²fm], BNrSns]m¯ fm_nXw. tgm«vhnWv Smsj AWpbffm] AjNn SpXp¯p skap¯ Wo* Nm`pNÄ. At¸mjm\v– gmt^m¬ A_n]p¶Sv fnWn]psX N®pNapw S³s_ tUi¯m\v. “”F´m tfmsa?”” “”H¶qà tI¨n…tI¨n Iocv fnWnÌÀ hm_n³s_ fNatÃ? Ht^ timÌ`n Smfhn¨n«pw CSv ks^ H¶v N*ntàtfmlftÃ?”” “”Hmtim …ASmt\m Nm^yw? F´m kà s_¡sf³tXgWpw Dt*m?”” gmt^m¬ In^n¨psNm*v tImUn¨p. “”bs£ Nm^yfnÃtÃm …hmÀ kas^ {bn³hn¸nÄhv Hs¡]pÅ Bam\v– F¶v- tN«n«p*v,”” fnWn]psX B b^mfÀlw gmt^m\n AW¸fm] ht´mgfp*m¡n. ^m{ão]¡m^Wm\v b¸m. AVnNm^ ^m{ão]¯n`pw. ASpsNm*v knfÀlW§Ä b`t¸mjpw SWn¡pw AenfpOoN^nt¡*n k¶n«p*v. bs£ b¸s] SWn¡v W¶m]n A_n]mw. Wn^pb{Ukfm] In` kn«pkojv¨NÄ¡ÃmsS b¸m CSv ks^ fäp {bt`meW§Äs¡m¶pw kjns¸«n«nÃ. sbmSpKW¯n eq^nb£¯nWpw B Aen{bm]kpfp*v. Ct¸mÄ Cu hwØmW¯v Wn¶v- bp_¯pWns¶¯n] H^man Wn¶v- S³s_ bnSmknsW¡p_n¨v Wà H^p Aen{bm]w tN«n^n¡p¶p. AkÀ sNm¨psNm¨p Nm^y§sa¡p_n¨v hÃbn¡m³ SpX§n. hwhm^w bpt^mPfn¡tk gmt^m\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv