ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 7

N¼nNp«³.sWäv {bn³hn¸mÄ AÑsâ]Xp¯pw hz´w bmÀ«n¡m^psX]Xp¯pw Wm\wsN«p Wm_n. CWn CSn`pw b^mK]s¸«mÂ…-
“”fnWn CknXps¯ Cu s{b]À foänwPn W½Ä Fs´m^p Bßo] ht´mgw B\v AWpekn¡p¶Sv! At¸mÄ G_\mNpaw sh]n³_vhv sSt^hmhv tNmtaKp tbms` H^nX¯v…ASpw BÄ tN^am foäv–…Ht¶mÀ¯p tWm¡nt¡…””
“”Ft´mÀ¡m³? AknsX CknXps¯¡mÄ NqXpS sb¬Np«nNsa Nm\mw. ASv tPÄhv– tNmtaKm…””
S³s_ £f]psX sWÃn¸`NNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n UpÀº`fmNp¶Sv sgÃn]_nªp.
“”sgÃn F´pb_ªm`pw Mm³ H^p tÌäv Nym¼n`pw k^nÃ,’
AkÄ Ah¶nPvVfm]n, D¨¯n b_ªp.
“”F´m H^p diaw, sgÃn?””
hnÌÀ {NnÌoW At§m«pk¶p.
sNfnhv{än Zn¸mÀ«vsf³än`m\v hnÌÀ.
“”ASv hnÌÀ…””
sgÃn km¡pNÄ b^Sn.
sb«¶k³ fpO¯v {bNXfm] AWnãvXw k^p¯n.
“”Dw..F´m…F´m fnWn?””
“”hnÌÀ ASv…|
“”hnÌÀ Mm³ b_]mw,””
sgÃn b_ªp.
“”fnWn b_]pkm fnWn¡v F_\mNpas¯ Nym¼n bs¦Xp¡\sf¶v!””
Ak³ sbs«¶v- b_ªp.
fnWn H¶pw fWÊn`mNmsS AksW tWm¡n.
“”ASnsW´m bs¦Xp¡\w. WÃStÃ. ASnWp WnWs¡´m {blvWw sgÃn?””
“”hnÌÀ-“”
sgÃn AÔmant¸msX D¨¯n knan¨p.
AkÀ AksW tImUy ^qb¯n tWm¡n.
“”fnWn G_\mNpa¯v tbm]m F§sW l^n]mNpw?””
“”F¶v- sk¨mÂ?””
“”hnÌÀ…sWNvÌv f´v Câvs_À thm¬ foäv– SpX§pkm. fnWn W½psX tNmsaKnt`¡v cÌv– ss{bhv km§nkt^* Np«n]m?””
“”GSnÂ?””
“”F³s_ Cutlmt],””
sgÃn D¨¯n b_ªp. Ak³ S`]n ssN sk¨p.
“”hnÌÀ¡v `Sm ft¦gv¡À B^m¶_n]mtkm?””
“”AsS¶m tImUykm?””
Sos^ CãvXs¸Xm¯ ^oSn]n hnÌÀ sgÃns] tWm¡n.
“”FWn¡v bns¶ A_o¯ntÃ? bm«pNm^n,””
“”F¶n«v hnÌÀ¡v fnWn B^m¶_o¯ntÃ? t{b]nhv U t`mZv!””
“”Wo ska]m*v Nm^yw b_ sgÃn,””
“”hnÌs_ Cu Wn¡p¶ Np«n W½psX tNmtaKns` sk_pw H^p ÌpsZ³äÃ. gn Cuhv F ssf³Zvt»mknwPv hn§À! siu tZm*v ]q tWm Unhv hnsÌÀ? t{b]nhv U t`mZv!””
fnWn]psX AjNmÀ¶ WoÄ fnjnNÄ sgÃn]n bSnªp.
“”tW^mt\m sNmt¨?””
“”hnÌÀ…ASv …””
fnWn `Öt]msX hnÌÀ {NnÌoWs] tWm¡n.
FXm emPykmsW…Cu hpµ^ns¸®nsW H^p fm`mO]m¡n Wn³s_ ssN]n S^m³ tbmNpkm. sN«p Njnªv ^*msa]pw Mm³ Nm\m³ k^pw. NãvXs¸«SnsWms¡ N\¡v b_ªv A¶v- Nmlv N¼nNp«³.sWäv