ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 5

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ak³ D¨^n¡p¶ Hmt^m km¡nWpw NmtSmÀ¯v Hmt^m^p¯^pw {l²t]msX… Ak³s_ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n] Sm³ hvSwen¨pWn¶Sv HmÀ½]p*v. f½ns] sSm«pknan¨p AksW Nm\n¨psNmXp¡m³ SpX§ns]¦n`pw tk* F¶v- sk¨p. f½n]v¡v In`t¸mÄ AksW N*m Wn]{´\wtbm]n tdmV^inS]mt]¡mw. Ak³s_ fpOkpw emkkpw hn_n`nsWt¸ms`]n^p¶p. Wm`pkÀgw fp¼v BSn^¸Ån skŨm«¯n f^n¨ptbm] S³s_ Ca]htimU^³ hn_nÂ. tNmtaKn tIÀ¶SnWp tlgw Sm³ At§m«psI¶v- b^nI]s¸XpN]m]n^p¶p. b^nI]¯nWptlgw Sm³ A_nªp sk_pw shuirUw fm{SfÃ, hmtimU^ykpw hmVyfmNp¶{S WÃkWm\v sgÃns]¶v-. ASn¸ns¶ Nm¼Ên Ss¶]pw AksW]pw H^pfn¨pfm{Stf fäpÅkÀ N*n«pÅq. gmt^m¬ B NT b_ªt¸mÄ fnWn {l²n¨ptN«p. ]m{Sb_ªp gmt^m\n³s_ fp_n]n Wn¶v C_§ptkmakpw AkÀ SpXs^ hwhm^n¨psNm*n^p¶p. “”CX]vs¡ms¡ k^q, tfmsa,”” gmt^m¬ fnWnt]mXv– b_ªp. “”N¸`pw knfmtWmw H¶pw tN_*tÃm. sSm«p Smjs¯ cvt`m_tÃ?”” klyfm] H^p bp©n^n h½mWn¨SÃmsS fnWn H¶pw b_]msS Smtj¡v tbm]n.

sgÃn fp_n]n Sn^ns¨¯n]t¸mÄ sK]nh³ Nm¯n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. “”t{b]nhv U t`mZv sgÃn,”” sK]vh³ b_ªp. “”`mÂh`mw,”” sgÃn AenkmUyw fX¡n. “”F¶Sm sK]vhm? U]kpsI]vSv hpkntlgw b_ªv tdm_Xn¸n¡Ãv,”” Nm¼hns` N^nhvfmänNv {Pq¸n³s_ `oZÀ B\v sK]vh³ tdhnÂ. “”bänà ..F³s_ sUuSyfm\v hpkntlgw b_]pN F¶Sv. {btSyNn¨pw sgÃns]t¸ms` h`vhzemknNam] sI_p¸¡mÀ ssUk fNWm]n Kokn¡\w F¶m\v NÀ¯mkn³s_ B{Piw,”” sgÃn AhzØSt]msX S` sIm_nªp. Ak³ fp_n Sp_¶v- AN¯v N]_n dmPv tfl¸p_¯v sk¨p. bn¶ms` sK]vhWpw N]_n. sgÃn Nth^]n C^p¶p. AkWenfpOfm]n sK]vhWpw. “”sgÃn ¹ohv, H^p Wnfngw…Mm³ NqXpS hf]sfXp¡nÃ…H¶v- tNÄ¡v ¹ohv…”” “”l^n l^n ..Npj¸fnÃ, b_tªm…”” In^n¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*p sgÃn b_ªp. “”sgÃn]v¡_n]mtfm,”” sgÃn]psX km¡pNÄ sNmXp¯ DÕmi¯n sK]vh³ b_ªpSpX§n. “”….Mm³ C¶v- Cu eqfpO¯v Koknt¡* BÄ AÃ…kas^ sI_p¸¯ns` fUybmWlo`¯nWv AXnf]m] Mm³ Ct¸mÄ CknsX H^p ssUk ssbS`m]n sgÃns]t¸ms`]pÅkt^mXv ssUks¯¡p_n¨v hwhm^n¡\sf¦n ASv N^nhvfmänNv s{b]À {Pq¸v sNm*p fm{Sfm\v….”” H^p Wnfngw sgÃn]psX fWÊn H^p APnWnhvcp`nwPw ko\p. N^nhvfmänNv N¼nNp«³.sWäv