ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 7

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nq«pNms^]pw tWm¡n.
“”CWow k^t\, ¹ohv f\nt¨«³s_ N®nfm§{bm]¯n H¶v- bmXtkm ¹ohv {bnTzn^mKn³s_ cnPÀ H¶v- Nm\n¡mtkm F¶pw b_tªm*v…’
Ak³ hz^¯n N`n¸v Wn`WnÀ¯n¸_ªp.
“”hnÌs_..MmW§sW bms«m¶pw…””
AkÄ {bSn^nVn¡m³ {lfn¨p.
“”hnÌs_ fnWn WµNpfmÀ hm_n³s_ t{bm{Pmfns` sf]n³ bm«pNm^n]m C¸w,””
Nps_t¸À fnWn]psX {bSnt^mVs¯ sSankphinSw sbman¡m³ {lfn¨p.
“”l^n]m\tÃm. MmWpfSv tN«m^p¶p. FXm sgÃn Wo]pw ASns`ms¡]ntÃ?””
hnÌÀ tImUn¨p.
“”Hm, W½av sk_pw WmX³ bm«pNm^³. fnfn{Nn¡m^³. W½sa kn«pbnXn. s{b]nhv U t`mZv!””
sgÃn]psX Wn^ml Wn_ª hz^w tN«v fäpÅkÀ In^n¨p.
FÃmk^pw t{bmÕmin¸n¡p¶ emkt¯msX fnWns] tWm¡n. Akan hmkVmWw knXÀ¶p k^p¶ ftWmi^fm] `Ö]nt`¡v B¬Np«nNÄ N®pNÄ b_n¡msS tWm¡p¶Sv sgÃn N*p.
“”kÃy Kohhv ]q¯v Hs¡]m. km]ntWm«¯nWmt\ H^p sNm_kpw CÃ. hm£m Kohhv Im«s]Xp¯v SÃpw Cu ]q¯·ms^ km]ntWm«¯nWv!””
sgÃn B^pw tNÄ¡msS b_ªp.
fnWn ko*pw FÃmks^]pw tWm¡n.
`Ö fpO¯v Wn¶v- fmämsS AkÄ bmXn¯pX§n.
“”FNv hq^Kv WnN`m¯m…Np¨v bm^m bnQ`m¯m…
FNv BÔo B]nTn Kdv UnÂth BPv WnN`oSn
UnÂth t^…””
fnWn bmXn¯pX§n.
Nq«pNmÀ knhvf]t¯msX N®pNÄ fnjn¨p.
sgÃn]v¡v lzmhw Wn`¡p¶Sv tbms` tSm¶n.
“”Un th”” F¶ {bhn²fm] f\n^SvWw hnWnf]ns` F BÀ _Òm³ Kok³ W`nNn] B {Shn¸n¡p¶ PmWw AkÄ bmXn. ASy´w sskUPvVyt¯msX, AW´fm] BNml¯nt`¡v tNÄkn¡ms^ D]À¯ns¡m*vtbmNp¶ tSm¶Â WÂNn…
hq^y³ DUn¨n^n¡p¶p..
eqfn]psX Smbw Smjv¶n^n¡p¶p…
irU]¯n Wn¶pÅ WnlzmhSmbw tbms`
FknsXWnt¶m H^p Nmäv kolp¶p…
“”Hm …tUm bt¯ bSv–¨XvtN tbtZmw th DSt^t¯
tbtZmw Nn lmtOmw th DSt^t¯… “”
At¸mtj¡pw AXp¯N¼mÀ«vsfân Wn¶pw BapNÄ F¯n¯pX§n. bm«nsâ A¼^¸n¡p¶ ewPn]pw bm«pbmXp¶ sb¬Np«n]psX So{k`mk\ykpw Akt^ AUvepSs¸Xp¯n.
“”lnln^ Nm`¯v f^¯n Wn¶v- ^*v C`NÄ AXÀ¶v- ko\p.
f^¯n³s_ S\p¯ lnO^¯n Wn¶v-…””
B emPw bmXn]t¸mÄ AkapsX N®pNÄ S³s_ N®pNtamXv Nq«nfp«n]Sv sgÃn]_nªp. H^p Wnfngw AkapsX N®pNan Wn¶v- Aseuffm] H^p {bNmlw S³s_ irU]s¯ hvbÀlnt¨m? G]v–, H^p {bNmlkpfnÃ. ASpw Aseuffm] N¼nNp«³.sWäv