ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 6

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fnjnNÄ SpX¨psNm*v Ak³ hz]w Npäs¸Xp¯n.
“”F¶m H^p Nmäm! N®n N*fmWw tbmXntN_n. sJ!””
f_]v¡m³ {lfns¨¦n`pw Ak³s_ N®pNÄ Wn_sªmjpNp¶Sv AkÄ N*p.
AkÄ N*Sv AkWpw.
Ak³ bp©n^n¡m³ {lfn¨p.
“”ASv fnWo…””
Ak³ knlUoN^n¡m³ {lfn¨p.
“”H^mÄ fmWhm´^¯nt`¡v k^pt¼mÄ….sI]vS bmb§Ä Hs¡ HmÀ½]n k¶mÂ..CSv tbms`..CSptbms`s]ms¡]mkpw. Ct¸mÄ fWÊn`m]ntÃ, fmWhm´^w F¶n Ft´m^w fmä§Ä k^p¯o¶v-. thm sF FN-vhvsbNväv– ]q äp dn tUÀ Aäv– gmÀbv tcmÀ Hm t¢m¡v. Hmt¡?””
Ak³ BVnNm^nNemk¯n tImUn¨t¸mÄ AkÄ sWän Ipan¨p.
“”AÃ…ASÃ …””
AkapsX fpOemkw fm_n]t¸mÄ sgÃn ]mIWmhz^¯n b_ªp.
“”Mm³ Cw¥ogv b_ªSv ..fnWn¡v Gäkpw Fap¸w fWÊn`mNp¶ emg ASm]Sv sNm*m. AÃmsS Ì]n Nm\n¨SÃ. ¹ohv k^ntÃ?””
AkÄ In^n¡m³ {lfn¡p¶Spw ASv Wn]{´n¡p¶Spw sgÃn N*p.
“”§vim, tWm¡s«. F¸jm?””
“”Wmsa sskNpt¶^w Wm`pf\n¡v. gmÀbv Wm`pf\n¡v k¶ntÃ`pw sNmj¸knÃ. bs£ k^\w. ¹ohv,””
AkÄ S`Np`p¡n.
“”FWn¡n¸w V{bmNvän¡`m. Mm³ tbmNpkm,””
ASv b_ªv AkÄ Sn^nªp WX¶p.
sgÃn]v¡v ht´mgw sNm*v Nqknknan¡\w F¶v- tSm¶n. ht´mgmVn¡y¯m Ak³ N®pNÄ C_p¡n]X¨p. A¸tW^w Njnªv Sp_¶t¸mÄ fp¼n gmt^m¬ Wn¡p¶Sv N*p.
“”CsS¶mXm SbÊmt\m?””
Ak³s_ N¿n bnXn¨psNm*p S\Âf^¯n³s_ Smtj¡v WX¶psNm*v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”SbÊv So^m³ tbmNpkm tfmsa,””
AktamsXm¸w NmämXnf^¯\`nt`¡v WX¶v- sgÃn b_ªp.
“”Akav h½Sns¨Xo,””
“”§vti? _n]`n? fnWnt]m? s{b]À{Pq¸n k^m¶v fnWn h½Snt¨m?””
AW¸fm] BËmUt¯msX, AUvepSt¯msX gmt^m¬ tImUn¨p.
“”h½Sns¨sâ tfmsa. Kohhv ]q¯v N^nhvfmänNv s{b]À {Pq¸v AkapsX {ZPv AZn£³s_ km«À`qkmNm³ tbmNpkm. Wo tWm¡nt¡m, CWn {ZPv F¶v- tN«m Akav tSms¡Xp¡pw. tim..C¸jmXo…C¸jm H^p hfmVWk]Sv,””
sgÃn]psX BËmUw AkapsX N®pNsa Cu_Wm¡n.
“”F´v bäoXo?””
ASv N*p Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”ht´mgw sNm*m F³s_ Np«m. F³s_ fpt¯ Wo F{S Wmam]n AkÄ¡v tk*n…FÃmt^w sk_p¸n¨v…F{S tb^psX b^nimhw…AsSÃmw ..AkhmWw FÃmw WÃSnt`¡v tbmNpkm\tÃm F³s_ Cutlmt] Ft¶mÀ¯t¸mÄ ht´mgw sNm*mXm….””
N®pWo^nWnX]n`qsX AkÄ bp©n^n¨p.
AkÄ sbs«¶v- N¼nNp«³.sWäv