ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 6

N¼nNp«³.sWäv PmZfm] H^mt`mIW]nt`¡v bn³km§p¶Sv sgÃn N*p.
“”F¶m? F¶m H^p k`n] Bt`mIW?””
AkÄ AksW tWm¡n ftWmi^fm]n bp©n^n¨p.
“”F¶mXo H^p NŨn^n? Nm^yw F¶mt\`pw Wo b_ gmt^mt\,””
gmt^m¬ Ak³s_ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
“”AtS..Mm³ Mm³ HmÀ¡pkm^p¶p…Cu tÌm_osX AkhmWw B hpµ^ns¸®v- Cu hpµ^³ sI¡³s_ NqsX…tUÀ Cuhv A Im³hv Hmcv F `kv tÌm_n…””
“”H¶v- tbmXo…””
sgÃn sbs«¶v- b_ªp.
“”Wo F¶Sm gmt^mt\ C¸_]ps¶? Aktam? Fs¶t]m? MmWo tg¸n C¸jpw KoktWmsX C^n¡ps¶ B^ms*ms¡ bp\yw sI]vSsNm*m. AtàAkapsX N`n¸n Ft¶ I^ft¡ma¯n kt^*Sm. A{S]v¡v tUgyfm AkÄs¡t¶mXv. At¶^km t{bfw! H¶v- tbmXo!””
“”sgÃn, ASÃ…Mm³ b_]p¶Sv…””
“”gmt^ms\,fpOyf{´osXtfmsa…CuWmt¼¨o…f^¸«o…fq¡a¨m¯o…sWW¡_n]mtkm Fs¶Wn¡_n]nÃ. fptNgv AwdmWosX tfmWpw dnÂtPävhn³s_ tfmWpw C¸tj AXnSpX§n¡jnªq¶v- H^p kmÀ¯s]m*v, Aksa Nn«m³. At¶^km Wo FWn¡v tk*n AkapsX t{dm¡_mNpt¶. kn«v bnXn tfmsa. W½antÃ…Wfp¡v tkt*…””
sbs«¶v- sgÃn]psX fpOw fm_n. N®pNan APvWn]n^¼m³ SpX§n. fpOw {Np²fm]n. Ak³ knUq^S]nt`¡v tWm¡n.
“”gmt^mt\,””
Wnfng§Ä¡v tlgw knUq^S]n Wn¶v- tWm«w fmän gmt^m\n³s_ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
“”F³s_ ss`cv t{bf¯ntWm knkmi¯ntWm tk*n]pÅSÃ F¶v- fämt^¡mÄ W¶m]n A_n]mkp¶]mÄ Wo]m. B Wo]mt\m C¸w C§sW b_]ps¶?””
Ak³s_ tImUyw Aksa l^n¡pw D`¨p.
AkapsX N®pNan e]fn^¼n.
“”tfmtW..Mm³,””
“”tk*!””
{Np²fm] hz^¯n sgÃn Aksa ssN]p]À¯n kn`¡n.
“”Mm³ Kokn¨n^n¡p¶Sv t_m¡n F¶ sINp¯msW N*pbnXn¡m³ fm{Sfm\v F¶v- WnW¡_n]mw. F³s_ fp¼n H^p Dt±lw fm{Stf]pÅqsk¶v WnW¡_n]mw. t_m¡ns] Ns*¯m³. sNmÃm³. F³s_ f½osX f^\¯nWv {bSnNm^w sI¿m³….b_ªn«ntà CsSms¡ Mm³ Wnt¶mXv?””
gmt^m¬ Ft¸mjpw ASv HmÀ¯psNmt*]n^p¶p. sgÃn]psX f½n]psX f^\w. dm¦n Wn¶v- k^nN]m]n^p¶p hnhn`n B³_n. sbs«¶v- bn¼n Wn¶v- H^p NmÀ k^p¶p. WnÀ¯p¶p. ASn Wn¶v- N_p¯tNm«n« H^mÄ C_§p¶p. tSms¡Xp¯v hnhn`n B³_n]psX tWs^ skXn]pSnÀ¡p¶p. DXtW tks_m^mÄNqXn bp_t¯¡v k^p¶p.
“”t_m¡n, CWcv–! go]ohv sZZv! Nw dm¡v!””
A]mÄ b_]p¶p. skXn]pSnÀ¯]msa bnXn¨p Nm_n N]änt¸mNp¶p.
A¶v fpSÂ, Np«n]m]n^p¶ sgÃn N¼nNp«³.sWäv