ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 7

N¼nNp«³.sWäv km§pw Mm³. §vim, b_tª¡mw ….
AkapsX `Ö]psX ftWmim^nS]nt`¡v N®pNÄ W«v sgÃn fWÊn b_ªp.
“”ASnWv CâÀthm\pw sh]n³_vhv sSt^hmhnt` foäpw S½ns`¶m dÔw?””
hnÌÀ {NnÌoW tImUn¨p.
“”hnÌs_ fq¶v Unkhw Hs¡ fm_n Wn¶m fnWn]v¡v {bmNväohv sI¿m³ Hs¡ FknXp¶m tW^w Nn«ps¶? fnWn H^n¡`pw foän bs¦Xp¡m³ bmXnÃ,””
“”hnÌÀ, Mm³…sgÃn b_]p¶Sv…””
sgÃn]psX tWs^ Uin¸n¡p¶ tWm«sf_nªpsNm*v fnWn hnÌs_ tWm¡n.
“”fnWo, tfmav skgfn¡*. Ck³ C§sW b`Spw b_]pw. Wo Wà bm«vNm^n]tÃ? Wà bm«pNmÀ¡v A§sW sNmt_ Unkhs¯ {bmNväoshm¶pw tk*. tfmav ssV^yfm]n sbmt¡m,””
“”t{b]nhv U t`mZv-“”
BÝ^yemk¯n hnÌÀ S`]n ssN sk¨p.
“”]q äq hnÌÀ-“”
“”AtS fo äq,””
hnÌÀ {NnÌoW]psX hz^¯n QW¯n tUgyw NX¶pk¶p.
“”Wo]§sW N*fmWw Cw¥ogv b_ªv kÃy Bap Nan¡ptkm¶pw tk*. Wo Kohhv ]q¯n k¶Sv BÄ¡ms^ ssUk¯o¶p bn´n^n¸n¡m³ Bt\mXm?””
bns¶ AkÀ bnt¼m«p Sn^nªv Sn^¡n«v H^p tb¸_n FjpSns¡m*n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ kÀ¡n tKmhcv hm_nsW tWm¡n.
“”kÀ¡n hmt_, Um, Cu fnWosX tb^pw FjpSnt¡m,””
kÀ¡n tKmhcv bp©n^nt]msX S`Np`p¡n. fnWns]t´m b_]m³ {lfns¨¦n`pw hnsÌ_n³s_ fpO¯v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ WnlÐ]m]n.
“”F³s_ Cutlmt]…””
AkÄ tUgyt¯msX, AhiySt]msX sgÃn fm{Sw tNÄs¡ b_ªp.
sbs«¶v- hnÌÀ {NnÌoW sgÃns] tWm¡n.
“”kÀ¡n hmt_, Um Cu sgÃnsX tb^pw Ht*,””
kÀ¡n tKmhcv sgÃns] tWm¡n.
“”At¿m hnÌÀ FWn¡v…””
sgÃn {bSntgVemk¯n b_ªp.
“”At¿m hnÌÀ FWn¡v!””
hnÌÀ tUgyw N]_n b_ªp.
“”sWWs¡¶m? H^p fq¶v- Unkhw C³Nzn`mdv knan¨ntàH_¡w k^¯ntÃ?””
“”AknXps¶ms¡ Hu«m¡n hnÌÀ,””
b^nimhw Spap¼p¶ hz^¯n fnWn b_ªp.
Njptk_n tfmsa..
tUgyw N]_n sgÃn bn_pbn_p¯p.
FÃmw Wo Nm^\km. F¶n«v sf\]v¡vt¶m?
“”F¶mXm Wo sbm_psbm_p¡pt¶?””
“”H¶pkntÃ,””
D¨¯n hin¡mWmkm¯ hz^¯n sgÃn b_ªp.
“”F³s_ hnÌs_ F³s_ ssN]ns`§pw ssbhm H¶pknÃ. fq¶v Unkht¯¡v F_\mNpaw Hs¡ tbmNm³,””
“”tfmtW sgÃn, sgÃn A`Nvth,””
hnsÌÀ b^nimh hz^¯n AktWmXp b_ªp.
“”sb«n sW_¨v ssbh]pfm]n tbmNm³ W½Ä `p`p fmant`t¡m AksX GtS`pw Znhvt¡m Nm\mtWm AÃ,””
NWymhv{Sot]ms¡]m. N¼nNp«³.sWäv