ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 7

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H^p bmÀ«n{bkÀ¯N³ Ss¶]m MmWn¸jpw. fnWn]psX bn¶ms` Mm³ WX¡p¶Sv F´nWms\¶v Wn§Ä¡v kjns] tdmVyfmkpw,””
“”sgÃn!””
lnkNpfmÀ Fjpt¶äp. sgÃn AksW tWm¡n.
“”Wo Bt^mXm hwhm^n¡ps¶?””
“”hOmknsW´m N®pNm\m³ kt¿?””
sgÃn Sn^n¨p tImUn¨p.
“”F¦n A¸w NqXn fpt¼m«v– km. F¶n«v l^n¡v tWm¡v. Mm³ hwhm^n¡p¶Sv Nm¼hv ]qWnäv sh{N«_n hOmkv kntWmUv Npfm_ntWmXm\v F¶v- At¶^w fWÊn`mNpw!””
“”FXm!””
N`nN]_n lnkNpfmÀ fpt¼m«v– k¶p.
sgÃn Ak³s_ tWs^ Sn^nªp.
“”Nq«v Ct¸mjpw Fhv Fcv tN]psX fpOyl{Sp tN Fhv G]psX BNvänknÌv gmt^m\n³s_ NqsX. t{bfn¡m³ bn¶ms` WX¡p¶Sv t`mN dqÀgz]m] H^mapsX fNsa. ASpw tbm^mªv bmÀ«n¡v sfm¯w Wm\t¡Xv D*m¡m³ C¸w N^nhvfmän¡pw! sgÃn, Wns¶ hOmtk F¶v- knan¨ Wm¡psNm*v ftätfmtW F¶v- knan¸n¡^pSv Wo M§sas¡m*v!””
sgÃn Ak³s_ tWs^ tWm¡n WnÊm^ f«n In^n¨p.
“”F´mXm Can¡ps¶?””
tUgyw fm_msS lnkNpfmÀ tImUn¨p. bns¶ Ak³ kntWmUn³s_ tWs^ Sn^nªp.
“”hOmtk, C¸w, Cu Wnfngw Ss¶ sgÃns] sbm_¯m¡\w. FN-vhnNyq«okv N½äo¶p fm{SfÃ, bmÀ«osX {bmTfnN AwPSz¯n Wn¶pw. bmÀ«n CSpks^ D*m¡n] tW«§sam¶pw Ck³ WX¯n] k¬ fm³ tgm Nm^\sfm¶pfÃ,””
“”lnkm…””
sgÃn b_ªp.
“”Wns¶ hOmtk¶m Mm³ C¶v ks^ knans¨. Wo Fs¶ knan¡m³ B{Pin¡p¶ ftä tfm³ F¶ km¡v Mm³ S¡m`w {bt]mPn¡p¶nÃ. Ct¸mÄ. CknsX. Nm^\w Cu foänwPv hOm¡apsX foän§m. ASn Dbt]mPn¡* emg]v¡v H^p heyS]p*v. AsSWn¡_n]mw. bs£ Wns¶ ftä tfmtW F¶v- knant¡* hµÀew fp¼v D*m]n«p*v. b_]t\m MmWo hUÊnÂ? b_]t\m¶v-?””
hUÊv A¼^¶v- sgÃns]]pw lnkNpfm_nsW]pw tWm¡n.
“”WnW¡v gmt^m\ntWmXpÅ sIm_n¨n AkÄ tN Fhv G]psX BNvänknÌv B]SpsNm*öpw tks_ sI`Sv NqXn ASnWv Nm^\fms\¶pw b_]t\m MmWnknsX b¨¡v?””
lnkNpfm_n³s_ fpOw kna_n.
gmt^m\n³s_ tfmssd`nt`¡v H^p sc]v¡v Fcv dn As¡u*n Wn¶v- AÇo` sftÊKpw In{S§apw koZnt]m]pw fp¼v b`t¸mjpw k^pfm]n^p¶p. gmt^m¬ knk^w sshdÀ shÃnsW V^n¸n¨p. H^mjv¨¡pÅn ASn³s_ D_knXw fWÊn`m¡n tbm`ohv. lnkNpfmÀ B]n^p¶p ASn³s_ bn¼ns`¶v- fWÊn`m¡n AkÀ Ak³s_ ko«ns`¯n. knk^f_nªv Ak³ sgÃns] hfobn¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
“”A¶v- F³s_ fp¼n ‘FWns¡´m bäns] WNpt`«m?’ F¶v- N¼nNp«³.sWäv