ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 8

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ^knl¦_n³s_ t{bm{PmfnWv km]n¨ntÃ…ASv Wfp¡v Wmsas]m¶v tWm¡\w,”” MmWmsN Ft´mtbms`]m]n. Fs¶ N* bmtX hmÀ b_]p¶ Z]t`mPv B\v. F´m Mm³ b_¿m? Mm³ b_ªp “”hmt_..Mm³ t{bm{Pmfn CÃ. Mm³ A¶v _qZv– B]n«v…”” “”§vti? Wo t{bm{Pmfn CtÃ? AsS¶m?”” hm_v AsSms¡ f_¶p tbm]n^p¶p. hm_v N^pSoSv Mm³ l^n¡pw t{bm{Pmfn Ds*¶m. At¶^w hm_v b_ªp. “”ASv hm^fnà Wo km””. “”hmt_ Mm³ t{bm{Pmfn _o tKm]n³ sI¿m³ hm_nsW N*p AWpkmUw tImUn¡m³ k¶Sm,”” “”AWpkmUw tImUn¡m³ Wos]¶m b«ma G^n]]n tN_m³ tbmNpkmt\m?”” hm_v Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p. “”§vim, C¸w _ntijvh`nWv ssXw B]n. Wo F³s_ NqsX km. Wfp¡m gmt^m\ntWmXpw H¶v- b_]\w. At¶^w Fdnhm_pw NqsX¡qXn. As§sW]m Mm³ CknsX,””
At¸mtj¡pw WµNpfmÀ ss¹kpZv en¯n]psX bn¼n Wn¶v- At§m«v– k¶p.
A]man Wn¶v- fUy¯n³s_ f\w b^¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
“”F´m]m`pw Ct¸m Xow t{bscNväv B]n,””
WµNpfm_nsW tWm¡n gmt^m¬ b_ªp.
“”AfÂ, CSm Ct¸mÄ ^mw NpfmÀ. C¶s` N*ntà C´ym ssXwhn _coOv hm_v t{bm{PmfnsWNp_n¨v t`OWsfjpSoSv? ASv sNm*v Ss¶ BapNapsX {bSo£ H¯n^n G_pw,””
AkapsX km¡pNan A¸w sX³g³ fäpÅkÀ N*p.
“”sX³g³ tk* gmt^m¬,””
Af AkapsX tSman bnXn¨p.
“”Cu t{bm{Pmfn³s_ Z]_NväÀ WµNpfmÀ hm_m\v. Cu ]q\ntkjvhnäot` sdÌv Xow B\v NqsX]pÅSv. FÃm^pw tIÀ¶v- CSv H^p Pp^pU£n\ tbms` ewPn]m¡n Cu t{bm{Pmw WµNpfmÀ hm_nWv hfÀ¸n¡pw,””
Ak³ Bßknlzmht¯msX b_ªp.
A¸ hf]w Njnªv _ntijvh`nt`¡v fpjpk³ AwP§apw {btkln¨p.
Fdn AUvepSt¯msX WµNpfm_n³s_ {bNXWw Nm\pN]m]n^p¶p.
sNmXp¦mänÂs¸« N¸`nsW Hä]v¡v Wn]{´n¡p¶ sskekt¯msX bm«nÂ, knknV DbN^\§apsX kmUy{bt]mP§anÂ, Sma¯nÂ, ^mP¯nÂ, {lpSn]n A]mÄ CXsbXp¶Sv, WnÀt±lw WÂNp¶Sv, Sn^p¯p¶Sv, bYn¸n¡p¶Sv–.
“”WµNpfmÀ, WnW¡v hnWnf]n tbm]n¡qXm]n^pt¶m?””
Fdn CX]v¡v A]mtamXv tImUn¨p.
“”Wmsa tbmNmw,””
WµNpfmÀ In^n¨p.
“”KmZ,””
Fdn A]mapsX Ipf`n bSns] CXn¨p.
A¸tW^w Njnªv Fdn]n_§n.
_ntijvh AkhmWn¨p.
“”hmÀ, B hnSm_n³s_ tWm«vhv l^n]m¡mWp*v,””
FÃmk^pw DbN^\§Ä bm]v¡v sI¿pt¼mÄ gmt^m¬ WµNpfm_ntWmXv b_ªp.
“”H^p bSnW©v fnWn«p NqXn]n^p¶m ASv SoÀ¡mw,””
AkÄ tWmt«g³ t^Os¸Xp¯n] N¼nNp«³.sWäv