ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 8

N¼nNp«³.sWäv WµNpfmÀ Nym¼nt`¡v k¶Sv.
Nq«¯n H^p hptkmaKn fq¶mw kÀg knUymÀTn]pfp*m]n^p¶p.
Ak³s_ tSman H^p dmPpw.
“”^mw NpfmÀ!””
AksW N*v– gmt^m¬ f{´n¨p.
“”gmt^ms\,””
WµNpfmÀ knan¨p.
AkÄ A]msa tWm¡n.
“”SmWo t{bm{Pmfn³s_ tNmÀZntWä_m. F¶n«pw CksWt¸ms` H^p¯sW SWn¡v fnÊm]tÃm,””
gmt^m¬ ^mw Npfm_nsW ^q£fm]n tWm¡n.
“”SmsW´m CksW tWm¡n tbXn¸n¡ps¶?””
Fdn]pw ^mw Npfm_pw bp©n^n¨p.
“”kas^ s_]À B]n tN^a¯n Dbt]mPn¡s¸Xp¶ H^p _gy³ C³hv{Xpsf³_v B\v dss`ss`¡m. ASv kas^ k*ÀcpÄ B]n t¹ sI¿p¶ H^mam\v Cu ^mw NpfmÀ. siu NpZv ]q tWm«v hvtbm«v inw?””
gmt^m¬ bs£ ^mw Npfm_nsW ^q£fm]n tWm¡p¶Sv SpXÀ¶p.
“”£fn¡\w hÀ,””
gmt^m¬ WµNpfm_ntWmXv b_ªp.
“”£fn¡msWm¶pw bä¯nÃ. Sm³ Nm^\w b_,””
H^p hnPs^äv N¯n¨psNm*v WµNpfmÀ b_ªp.
“”^mw Npfms_, hm_v tImUn¨SnWv D¯^w Wo b_]ptfm AtSm Mm³ Ss¶ b_]t\m?””
gmt^m¬ ^q£S fmämsS tImUn¨p.
“”Mm³ Ss¶ b_]mw,””
^mw NpfmÀ bp©n^n knXmsS b_ªp.
“”hmÀ, gmt^m¬ Fs¶ At{¸m¨v sI]vSSm\v. tcmjvhpw sI]vSp. bs£ Mm³ Af tPmbNpfm_n³s_ CWvcv`psk³hn sb«v…””
WµNpfm_pw Fdn]pw b^hvb^w tWm¡n In^n¨p.
ASv F´nsW¶p fWÊn`m]nsæn`pw WµNpfmÀ In^n¨p N*Sn AkÄ¡v AW¸fm] ht´mgw tSm¶n.
A]mÄ In^n¡p¶Sv tbm]n«v bp©n^n¡p¶Sv tbm`pw bSnkpÅSÃ.
“”F¶Sm hmt_?””
AkÄ Fdnt]mXp tImUn¨p.
“”gmt^m\nWv H^p h½mWfp*v,””
Fdn b_ªp.
AkÄ H¶pw fWÊn`mNmsS fqks^]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n.
WµNpfmÀ bns¶ kmSn¡t`¡v tWm¡n.
“”C§v tbms^,””
A]mÄ kmSn¡ Wn¶pw tWm«w bn³k`n¡msS b_ªp.
bp_¯v Wn¶ H^mÄ ANt¯ skan¨¯nt`¡v k¶p.
gmt^m\n³s_ fpOw ht´mgw sNm*v knXÀ¶p.
“”AfÂ-“”
AkÄ ASymËmUt¯msX Ak³s_ AXpt¯¡v HmXns¨¶p.
AksW tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p.
“”Sm¦yqXm, Wo k¶tÃm…””
“”Aw thm_n gmt^m¬,””
knNm^mVoWWm]n Af b_ªp.
bns¶ Ak³ WµNpfm_n³s_]pw Fdn]psX]pw tWs^ ssNNÄ Nq¸n.
“”£fn¡\w…””
“”H¶v- tbmXm…””
Fdn Ak³s_ tSman`nXn¨psNm*v b_ªp.
bns¶ AksW S¶nt`¡v tIÀ¯pWnÀ¯n.
WµNpfm_pw Ak³s_ tSman bnXn¨p.
^*p Unkh§Ä¡v fp¼pw gmt^m¬ Af`nsW N¼nNp«³.sWäv