ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 8

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N*n^p¶p.
At¸mÄ gmt^m\nWv fpOw sNmXp¡msS Hjnªp fm_pN]m\v sI]vSSv.
kas^ NjnkpÅ H^p N`mNm^Wm\v.
ASpsNm*v Ss¶ F´n³s_ tb^n`m]m`pw CSv tbms` {lt²]fm] H^p hwPoS b^nbmXn]n Wn¶v- Af`nsW fmänWnÀ¯^psS¶v AkÄ ASn]m]n B{Pin¨n^p¶p.
F¶m C¶v- Ak³ NX¶p k¶psk¶v fm{Sfà bÝm¯mbknklkpfm\v fpOw.
gmt^m\nWv ht´mgfmX¡mWm]nÃ.
“”Sm¦yq, hmÀ,””
AkÄ Fdn]pw WµNpfm_ntW]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n.
“”CSv M§sX fnXp¡v H¶pfà gmt^m¬,””
Fdn In^n¨p.
bns¶ A]mÄ WµNpfm_nsW tWm¡n.
“”H^p¯³, H^p N½yq\nÌv, bÅo`¨WmNm³ G_\mNpat¯¡v Fjp¶Åo«ntÃ? Ak³ tcm¬ sI]vSSm Af`nWv,””
“”B^v sgÃnt]m?””
“”`k³ Ss¶,””
Fdn In^n¨p.
“”C§v k^s«. Ak³s_ H^p VymWw! CWn VymWw NqXn AÑWm]n dng¸m]n GtS`pw NWyhv{SosW d`mÕwQw sI]vSv, GgymsWäns` knWqsâ km]n`n^n¡p¶ hN` sS_ow tN«v Kokn¡mWm Ak³s_ t]mPw!””
FÃmk^pw In^n¨p.
“”G]v– A§sW H¶pw D*mknà hmÀ,””
In^n¡nX]n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”F§sW H¶pw D*mknÃm¶v? NWymhv{SosW d`mÕwQw sI¿ptk`t¶m?””
FÃmk^pw ko*pw In^n¨p.
“”ASÃ,””
In^n Wn]{´n¡m³ tk*n ssN¯`w sNm*v Ip*pNÄ f_¨v gmt^m¬ b_ªp.
“”Ak³ AÑsWm¶pw BNmWÃ G_\mNpa¯v tbm]sS¶v-,””
“”Dw..A_n]mw A_n]mw,””
Fdn PqZmÀ°¯n fqan.
“”F¶m tNm¸ntW`pkmNs« B b«nsI_p¡³ Ct§m«v k^s«. ^*v sbX]v¡p¶p*v Mm³,””
ASnWnX]n WµNpfmÀ ss¹kpZv sNm*pÅ en¯n]psX A¸p_t¯¡v tbm]n.
ASv N*v gmt^m\n³s_ fpO¯v kngfw Wn_ªS Fdn N*p.
WµNpfmÀ hmÀ At§m«v– tbmNp¶SnWv H^p AÀ°tf]pÅq.
AknsX H^p sgÂcn`m\v A]mÄ fUy¡p¸n ^ihyfm]n sk¡p¶Sv.
ASv gmt^m\nW_n]mw.
“”CkpXp¶v- tbm] A¶v fpSÂt¡ FWn¡v Sn^n¨v k^\sf¶v B{Pifp*m^p¶p,””
Af SpXÀ¶p.
“”bs£ CutPmt]m, Ai¦m^tfm, fyqhn¡n Ft´m sNm\m{*¶pÅ H^p tSm¶t`m AsSms¡ Nm^\w Ft´m fmWyfm]n s_hvtbm*v sI¿m³ tSm¶oÃm. gmt^m¬ k¶v- knan¨¸tj HmXn k^m³ tSm¶oSm. bnt¶w CutPm tN_n¡qXn. C¶s` ssWän sgÃn Ft¶mXv H^p f\n¡qt_`pw kÀ¯mWw b_ªp. bns¶ H¶pw Bt`mIn¨nÃ. WµNpfmÀ hm_nsW Zn¸mÀ«vsf³än tbm]n N*p. hm_n³s_ s_hvtbm¬hv Fs¶ sM«n¨p. “”§vim, FXm Aft` sh¡³Zv hv{XnwPv H^p Wm`n {bhv– sI]vSn«v tdm s`cvänt`¡v k`n¨n«v Wo]n¶mav N¼nNp«³.sWäv