ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 7

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tks_ Dt*m F¶v- W½Ä A´n¨ptbmNpw…””
gmt^m\n³s_ Btklw Spap¼p¶ knk^\w sgÃn {l²n¨p.
AkÀ F¶pw C^n¡m_pÅ tUkUm^pkn³s_ Nojn bp¸p_¯v C^p¶p.
“”hm_n³s_ Nm^yw AknsX Wn¡s«. Wo tks_ Fs´ms¡s]m b_ªtÃm. t{bm{Pmfns` BÄ¡ms^ms¡ ¢mhv BÀ«nÌpNam¶p Wo b_ªntÃ. l^n]m. hq¸À B\v Hmt^m^p¯^pw. Wot]m? Wo F¶m t`m¡`mt\m? Wn³s_ {bhwPw tN«v F{S sb¼ntÅ^mXm Wns¶ t{bfn¨pw Nmfn¨pw WX¡ps¶…?””
“”Bt\m? l^n¡pw?””
b^nimh hz^¯n sgÃn tImUn¨p.
“”sgÃn, Wo F³s_ N¿o¶v tfXn¡ptk. §vim!””
gmt^m¬ Ak³s_ tWs^ N¿p]À¯n.
“”Wn³s_ {bhwPw tN«v hN` tPÄhpw k«Xn¨n^n¡p¼jm Njnª Xot¨jvhv tZ]v¡v ….A¶v- Wo B bm«v bmXoSv. sbm]vN]n NpanÀt¸m]vN]nÂ…F¶m H^p bm«v B^p¶p ASv! …tfmtW, Np«m, F{S `kv sfthKv ks¶Xm Wn³s_ km«vhm¸nt`¡v? B t^O C¸jpw Wo b_ªm So]n ImXm³ tbm`pw H^p¡km. F¶n«m Ak³s_…!””
“”FXm A¶Sv kntWmUpw Hs¡ WnÀdÔn¨n«v– ..bmÀ«n¡v tk*n. H¶v- C{¼Êv sI¿n¡m³ tk*n..AÃmsS…””
gmt^m¬ AksW {Np²]m]n tWm¡n.
“”fnWn t{bm{Pmfn k^t\m tk*t]m?””
“”bns¶ tkt*? ASnWtà bmkw AXn]³ S¼p^m«osX Nm`p bnXnt¨?””
“”Hmtim,””
AkÄ In^n¨p.
“”F¶m Cu S¼p^m«n bmkw {btKsX Nm`pw bnXn¡pkm\v. ¹ohv km. t{bm{PmfnÂ…””
bns¶ In^nfmän sPu^kw k^p¯n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”fnWn t{bm{Pmfn k^t\ Wo]pw k^\w. CtàF³s_ b«n Nq«ns¡m*v k^pw Aksa,””
“”sly Wo]n{S Io¸mt\m gmt^ms\? F¶m I´emg]mXn?””
“”It´w I´ow AknsX Wn¡s«. k^ptkm CÃt]m?””
“”k^mw, k^mw..A`_tÃ…””
tUgyw k^p¯n sgÃn b_ªp.
“”iq]v…sku-!””
gmt^m¬ knan¨pNqkn. bns¶ AkÄ Ak³s_ Nknan AfÀ¯n D½sk¨p. ASn³s_ NpanÀ½]n sgÃn N®pNÄ bSns] AX¨p. sk¬tfQ¯n³s_]pÅn Wn¶v- H^p b©kÀ®¡nan b_¶n_§p¶Sptbms` S³s_]pÅn H^p frUpI`Ww sgÃn]_nªp.
“”F´m tfmtW…? N®v- Sp_¡v…””
Ak³ AkapsX lÐw tN«p.
sgÃn bSns] N®pNÄ Sp_¶p. At¸mÄ ASn WWkv– bXÀ¶n^n¡p¶Sv AkÄ N*p.
“”F´mXm?””
Ak³s_ tSman bnXn¨v Ak³ tImUn¨p.
A¸tW^w sgÃn H¶pw b_ªnÃ. AkWn Wn¶v- Wnlzmh¯n³s_ H^p frUpfÀ½^w AkÄ tN«p.
“”Mm³…Mm³ f½ns] HmÀ¯ptbms]Xo…””
N®pNan ko*pw dmgvbN\§Ä Wn_ªp. Ak NknapNant`¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv