ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 7

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tImUn¡p¶ PwP]psX N^ª U]Wo] fpOfm]n^p¶p. AsS§sW]mXm C¸w WmPkÃns]t¸ms` knXfms«, ‘Dss¶ Wm³ knXfms«’ F¶v- {bm´v tN_n PÀÖn¡p¶ AkhvtSÂ F¯oSv?””
fäp FN-vhnNyq«okv AwP§Ä H¶pw fWÊn`mNmsS b^hv¸^w tWm¡n.
lnkNpfmÀ kn]À¡m³ SpX§n.
“”ASvsNm*v SSv¡m`w AknXn^n, hOmkv lnkNpfmÀ. sgÃnsX AXp¯v H*m¡m³ k^p¼w hz´w sNm\w NqXn H¶v- tWm¡\w,””
bns¶ Ak³ hOmkv kntWmUnsW]pw FN-vhn¡yq«okv AwP§sa]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n.
“”hOmtk…Wn§Ä B^pw Fs¶ hOmtk¶v- knan¡m³ CãvXfnsæn tk*. skgfw tN_n Mm³ A¨³ b«¯nWp tbmNmtWm AtàhmVm^\ FÃm^pw sI¿p¶tbms` H^p bmÀ«o¶v- sbm_¯v B]n Njn]p¼w N`n¸v SoÀ¡m³ tk*n fp´n] tks_ bmÀ«n¡m^psX AXp¯v tbm]n K]v {lo^mw Fs¶ Wn§sX bmÀ«o tIÀ¡ptkm F¶v- tImUn¡msWm¶pw Mm³ tbmNp¶nÃ,””
Ak³ bp_t¯¡v WX¶p.
kmSn¡s`¯n Sn^nªpWn¶p.
“”hOmkm Mm³. N½yq\nÌv. bnXn¨Sv H^p sNmXn]m. B sNmXn Ss¶ Nm\pw F³s_ ssN]nÂ. M^¼n tIm^t]m«fpÅ Nm`w ks^. `m h`mw-“”
bp_t¯¡v WX¡pt¼mÄ sgÃn]psX N®pNÄ Wn_ªpNkn]p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
imÄ NX¶v- timÌ`nt`¡v Sn^n]p¶nX¯v F¯n]t¸mÄ NmämXn f^¯nWv Smsj gmt^m¬ Wn¡p¶Sv sgÃn N*p. AkapsX fpO¯v b^n{efkpw BNmw£]pw Ak³ N*p.
“”sgÃn,””
AXps¯¯n]t¸mÄ AkÄ Ak³s_ ssN]n bnXn¨v NmämXnf^¯n³s_ Nojnt`¡v k`n¨p.
F¶n«v Ak³s_ N®pNant` bpSpdmgv¸§ant`¡v tWm¡n.
“”At¸mÄ…?””
Ak³ tImUy^qb¯n sgÃns] tWm¡n.
Ak³ S`Np`p¡n.
“”CWn?””
A¸tW^w Ak³ Aksa tWm¡n Wn¶p.
“”CWns]´m? CWn H^p tbmsÌ DÅq. H^p fp³ N½yq\nÌv F¶ tbmÌv–. H^p fp³ hOmkv,””
Ak³ In^n¨p.
“”B..AsSms¡ tbms«Xo. bns¶ tks_m^p Nm^yw FWn¡v Wnt¶mXv tImUn¡mWp*v,””
gmt^m¬ Aksa tImUy^qb¯n tWm¡n.
“”F´mXm?””
“”b_]mw. km Wfp¡v dyq«nhvtbm«nt`¡v tbmNmw. Wà Nmäv. Caw sk]n`pw. A¸w WX¡mw,””
AkÀ NmämXn f^¯n³s_ Nojn Wn¶v- bp_t¯¡v WX¶p.
“”FXo Wo H^p Unkhw b_ªntÃ, fnWn bm«v bmXp¶Sv Wo tNs«¶v?””
C^pkl¯pw UoÀQf^§Ä kaÀ¶v- Wn¶ bmSt]m^¯v NqXn CawNmämhzUn¨p WX¡tk sgÃn tImUn¨p.
“”bn¶ntÃ? Mm³ l^n¡pw… F´m b_]vN? tfs`ms¡ A§v Npap¶p N]_n. hÂfm³ Om³s_ hp¯mWns` B bm«ntÃ…””
“”KPv Qqsf]m…?
“”AsS..^miSv N¼nNp«³.sWäv