ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 7

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sI¶pN]_\sf¦n bmÀ«n¡v GN-vhv¹tWg³ Nn«nt] fSn]mNq,””
Cutlmt]…sgÃn fWÊn D^pkn«p. F´v b_]pw? kntWmUn³s_ tImUyw Wym]fm\v. Aks^ms¡ Ss¶ Ct¸mjpw F{S Nm^yfm]m\v b^nP\n¡p¶Sv! hmtimU^yw ASn³s_ bqÀ®fm] AÀ°¯n SWn¡v S¶n«pÅSv bmÀ«n Ss¶]m\v. bs£ CknsX Sm³ F´v f_pbXn b_]pw?
“”U FN-vhn¡yq«okv N½nän Cuhv sk]nänwPv , Nt{fZv sgÃn,””
kntWmUn³s_ hz^w fpj§n.
“”FWn¡Sv b_]m³ bänà hOmtk,””
sgÃn b_ªp.
kntWmUv ASv Sos^ {bSo£n¨n^p¶nà F¶v- Ak³s_ fpOw kyàfm¡n.
fäv AwP§apw {bSntgVw {bSnc`n¸n¡p¶ ^oSn]n lÐfp*m¡m³ SpX§n.
“”hOmtk,””
lm´S k^p¯n kntWmUv knan¨p.
sgÃn kntWmUnsW tWm¡n.
“”CWn hOmknsW Mm³ hOmtk F¶v- knan¡\sf¦n ^*p Nm^y§an bmÀ«ns] AWph^nt¨ fSn]mkq.””
imÄ ko*pw WnlÐfm]n.
“”H¶v-…””
kntWmUv hz^w A¸w NqXn NXp¸n¨p.
“”…fnWn F¶ Np«n]pfm]n hOmknWv H^p S^¯n`pfpÅ dÔkpw bmXnÃ. ^*v…””
sgÃn]psX U]Wo]fm] fpOt¯¡v kntWmUv hq£n¨ptWm¡n.
“”lmhv{So]St]]pw ]pàntdmVt¯]pw t{bmÕmin¸n¡pkm³ dmVyS]pÅ H^p hwQXW]ns` AwPw ..AwPw fm{Sfà FN-vhnNyq«okv N½nän AwPw SoÀ¯pw Almhv{So]kpw AÔknlzmhbqÀ®kpfm] N^nhvfmänNv s{b]À {Pq¸n tbmkpN ….. CSv Fhv Fcv tN D]À¯n¸nXn¡p¶ SSz§Ä¡v FSn^m\v. ASpsNm*v hOmkv sgÃn A`N-vhv H^p FN-vhnNyq«okv AwPw F¶ Wn`¡v A¯^w Nm^y§an Wn¶v- kn«pWn¡\w.””
sgÃn Fjpt¶äp.
fäv AwP§Ä sgÃn]psX km¡pNÄ¡v NmtSmÀ¯p.
“”dipfmWs¸« ]qWnäv sh{N«_n hOmkv kntWmUv, fäv FN-vhnNyq«okv AwP§ta,””
Ak³ H^p Wnfngw WnÀ¯n.
“”F³s_ {bkÀ¯nNÄ bmÀ«n¡v AbNoÀ¯n]p*m¡n]n«p*v Fs¶Wn¡_n]mw. H¶pw Up^pt±lb^fm]n^p¶növ- bmÀ«n knlzhn¡\w. bmÀ«n Ft¶mXv sI¿^psS¶v- Bklys¸« ^*p Nm^y§Ä FWn¡v A¸Nm`w NqXn SpXt^*Sp*v. ASv sNm*v bmÀ«n FWn¡v A¸w NqXn hf]w S^\w.””
“”A¸Nm`w NqXnt]m? H^p Wnfngw tbm`pw S^nÃ. hmVyfà sgÃn,””
kntWmUn³s_ hz^w D]À¶p.
“”hOmtk, FWn¡v sI]Àfm³ ØmWtfm fäv H^p ØmWtfm tk*. bmÀ«n]psX H^p sk_pw {bkÀ¯NWm]m fSn,””
“”F¶m`pw WnW¡v B sb®n³s_ bn_No¶v- fm_¯nà AtÃ?””
kntWmUn³s_ hz^kpw emkkpw fm_n.
“”hOmtk,””
sgÃn]psX hz^kpw D]À¶p.
“”A¨X¡fpÅ N¼nNp«³.sWäv