ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 6

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpO¯v hiSmbw.
In`À¡v BNmw£.
fäp In`À¡v b^nimhw.
Cutlmt]…Nmt¯mat\…
AkapsX bn¼n Wn¶v- sgÃn fp^XW¡n.
AkÄ bSns] ln^Êv Ak³s_ tWs^ Sn^n¨p.
sgÃns] N*Spw AkapsX fpO¯v Wn¶v- bp©n^nfmªp.
N®pNan f]§n¡nX¶ hzbvWemkkpw.
“”fnWo, t{b]nhv U t`mZv ,””
“”§vti?””
“”{b]nhv U t`mZv,””
AkÄ AksW {Np²]m]n tWm¡n.
“”F´m sgÃosX Dt±lw?””
Cutlmt], Wµn. C{bmklyw tb^v knan¨n^n¡p¶p!
Sm³, Wo, FXm Fs¶m¶pw knan¨nÃ.
hz^¯nÂWn¶v- bs£ B bj] NmÀ¡lyw fm_n]n«nÃ.
“”fnWo, l`ys¸Xp¯m³ k¶SÃ. B bj] Nm^y§Ä b_]mWpfÃ,””
Ak³ b_ªp.
AkapsX tWm«¯ns` Ahingv\pSt]_n.
“”bns¶?””
“”fnWn, MmWnt¸mÄ NÀ¯mkm] t]lp{NnhvSpkn³s_ lngyWm\v. fmWhm´^s¸« bmbn]m\v. Mm³ b`t^w t{Umin¨p. fnWnt]t¸m`pw F{S Sk\ Db{Ukn¨p! B bmbem^w HXpkn Fs¶ CknsXs]¯n¨p…””
“”hOmknWv W¶m]n b^nihn¡mW_n]mw,””
AkÄ {Np²S knXmsS tImUn¨p.
“”{b]nhv U t`mZv…¹ohv, A§sW b_]tÃ. FWn¡nt¸mÄ H^p Dt±ltf]pÅq. Mm³ AWpekn¡p¶ Cu Bßo] ht´mgw fäpÅk^pw NqXn A_n]\w. ASpsNm*m\v Mm³ fnWn]psX AXp¯v k¶Sv. {b]nhv U t`mZv,””
“”fWÊn`m]nÃ,””
Ah´pãn knXmsS AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”ASv fnWn, {b]nhv U t`mZv..Mm³ ..Mm³ b_ªp k^p¶Sv…ASv …””
Ak³ SpXÀ¶v- b_]mWmNmsS WnÀ¯n.
AkapsX fpO¯v NXp¯ AhiWo]S Ak³ N*p.
“”ASv fnWo, {b]nhv U t`mZv..CknsX W½psX Im¸`n FÃm skÅn]mjvI]pw ..ASm]Sv C¶v- …{bmÀ°W foänwPv D*v. ASn bs¦Xp¡pN F¶v- b_]p¶Sv fnWo …H^Wpekfm\v. Mm³ ]mIn¡p¶p, Atb£n¡p¶p, Ae]mÀTn¡p¶p, B {bmÀ°W foänwPnt`¡v fnWn NX¶v- k^\w. NÀ¯mkv– fnWn¡m]n H^p¡n Nm¯n^n¡p¶ B Bßo] ht´mgw AWpekn¡\w…{b]nhv U t`mZv,””
“”Fs¶ W¶m¡msS D_¡w k^nà AtÃ?””
AkÄ AksW ^q£fm]n tWm¡n.
“”At¿m ASÃ, Mm³ ASv kn«p. AsSms¡ fnWn]psX Cãw, hzNm^yS, hzmS{´yw. ASns`m¶pw Mm³ CWn tf`m ssNNX¯nÃ. AsSms¡ HmÀ¯v l^n¡v b_ªm FWn¡v Wà kngfkpw D*v . fnWn]psX ss{bkhn]n l`yfms]Wv FWn¡v Fs´m^p h¦Xw Ds*t¶m…’
“”hOmkv Ct¸mjpw Fs¶ Nan]m¡pN]m\v F¶v- FWn¡v fWÊn`mNpt¶]nÃ,””
sgÃn]v¡v fWÊn`m]n,BÎnwPv Np_¨v AVnNfmkp¶p*v. A¸w tkPS Np_]v¡mw.
“”thm_n fnWn. N¼nNp«³.sWäv