ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 6

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkhmWkm]pw FWn¡v Wnt¶mXv Wn]{´n¡mWmkm¯ B A^pSm¯ tSm¶Â D*m]n. Wo A¶v- C«n^ps¶ H^p {Xm³hvb^³äv B] H^p tXm¸v Btà C«n^ps¶…?””
“”tbmXm…””
Wm\t¯msX bp©n^n¨psNm*v gmt^m¬ b_ªp.
“”Mm³ F³s_ ss`cn {XmWvhvb^³äm] {Zhv C«n«nÃ. ATkm A¶v C«m Ss¶]pw Wo F³s_ B^m¶v FWn¡v A{S tdmVyw DÅSvsNm*tà tfmtW?””
“”l^n,””
sgÃn]pw bp©n^n¨p.
“”bs£ Wo A¶n«Sv H^p skap¯ tXm¸m. ASnWpÅns` {dm]psX Wn_w..H^p bn¦v Wn_fpÅ {dm …gmt^m¬…F³s_ hN` Wn]{´t\mw tbm]n..MmtWmÀ¯p ..Cutlms] Mm³ N*n«pÅ t`mNs¯ Gäkpw hpµ^n]m] sb®v Fs¶s¡«n¸nXn¨p_p§p¶p!””
“”F´m b_sª?””
gmt^m\n³s_ fpO¯v ftWmi^fm] `Ö]^n¨n_§n.
“”Wo N*n«pÅ Gäkpw hpµ^n? Mm³?””
sgÃn AkapsX tSman¸nXn¨p. bns¶ AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n¸_ªp.
“”knlzhn¡v Np«m. tW^v,””
“”F³s_ Cutlmt],””
Akan Wn¶v- `Ö]n¡pSnÀ¶ lÐw sgÃn tN«p. AkÄ ssN¯`w sNm*p fpOw bmSn f_¨p. sgÃn]psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡m³ AkÄ knh½Sn¨p. gmt^m\n³s_ fpOw `Ö]n NpSnÀ¶v- kn§pN]m\v. N®pNan ASn^nÃm¯ BËmU¯n³s_ kh´ Wr¯w.
“”At¸mÄ F³s_ tfmsa,””
sgÃn SpXÀ¶p.
“”At¸mÄ Mm³ DÅp^pNn B{Pin¨p. Aà ASym{Piw WX¯n F¶v- b_]p¶Smkpw NqXpS l^n…Wns¶ F³s_ hz´fm]n Nn«n]n^pt¶Â F¶v-. KoknSNm`w sfm¯w. B Wà fWÊp sfm¯w. B ftWmi^fm] l^o^w sfm¯w…A§sWs]ms¡ B{Pin¨v, tUiw sfm¯w IqXv bnXn¨p A§sW Wns¶ tWm¡n¡nX¡pt¼mÄ sbs«¶v Wo N®pNÄ Sp_¶p… t`mNs¯ fpjpk³ Wngv¡a¦tSw B tWm«¯n`p*m^p¶p. sbs«¶v B tWm«¯nWv fp¼n gmt^m¬ F³s_ FÃm Nmf¸nlmIpw I¯p. At¸mÄ Mm³ AWpekn¨ NpätdmVw..ASv Ct¸mÄ b_]m³ FWn¡v Njn]nÃ. tN^a¯ns` Gäkpw AVnNm^fpÅ fWpgy³s_ tfmÄ Fs¶t¸ms` H^p hmVm^\¡m^sW H^pfn¨ptIÀ¯v sNm*pWX¡p¶p. Nq«pNm^³s_ bUkn S^p¶p. FWn«v– Mm³…””
sgÃn]psX N®pNÄ Wn_ªp.
“”F´m tfmtW, CSv?””
AkÄ Ak³s_ tSman bnXn¨p.
“”…Mm³…Mm³… bns¶… Wo bns¶ Wn³s_ cmfn`n BÂdw Nm\n¡m³ SpX§n. Hmt^m^p¯t^w Nm\n¨v Nm\n¨v H^p hpµ^sW Nm\n¨p. fm`mO]psX fpOfpÅ H^p B¬Np«n]psX In{Sw. “”CSm^m?”” Mm³ tImUn¨p. At¶^w Wo b_ªp. “”Ck³s_ BUys¯ tb^v hn_nÂ. Ct¸mjs¯ tb^v sgÃn. FWns¡m¶pw fWÊn`m]nÃ. At¶^w Wo hn_n`n³s_ NT b_ªp. Wn³s_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv