ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 8

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bmXv sb«p.
“”CSv fUyw sXÌv sI¿p¶ `mdmt\m,””
AkÄ hz]w b_ªp.
“”Wos]¶Xo NplpNplp¡ps¶?””
kÀ²n¨ tUgyt¯msX A]mÄ ko*pw tImUn¨p.
“”H¶pkÃ,””
Akapw {Np²S]enW]n¨v b_ªp.
“”F¶psk¨mÂ…F¶psk¨m hm_v NpXn¡p¶Sv FWn¡nãfÃ. ASp Ss¶,””
SWn¡v C{S ssV^ysf§sW k¶p Ft¶mÀ¯v gmt^m¬ AUvepSs¸«p.
F´m]m`pw CWn bnt¼m«nÃ.
F{SWmam]n Sm³ D^pNp¶p.
H^p sI_pkn^ tbm`pfW¡n {bSntgVn¨nsæn S³s_ fWÊv Ss¶ Npäs¸Xp¯pw.
“”Mm³ NpXn¡p¶Sv sWW¡v CãfsÃt¶m?””
WµNpfmÀ Io_n.
“”Bim…ASv sNmÅmtÃm? Wn³s_ Cã¯nWà Mm³ NpXn¡ps¶. F³s_ Cã¯nWm,””
“”AÃ,””
gmt^m\pw hz^w NXp¸n¨p.
“”hz´w CãvX¯nWv CWn tk*. A§sW Wln¡*. MmWSv h½Sn¡nÃ,””
“”Wo h½Sn¡nÃ. iq U si Zq ]q Sn¦v– ]q BÀ äp Nt{*mÄ fo? §vim, b_s]Xo? siu sZ]À ]q UnsshZv äp ssf ss`N-vhv? Ntfm¬ Ntfm¬ hvboNv Hu«v—“”
gmt^m¬ A]mapsX A`À¨¡v fp¼n H^p Wnfngw bN¨p.
bs£ AkÄ ftWmWn` kos*Xp¯p.
“”D¯^w fp«p¼w Ip½m Cw¥ogv b_ªm fSn. FÃmw Hms¡ BNqtÃm,””
AkÄ ko*pw bn_pbn_p¯p.
“”Wos]¶mXo bnt¶w NplpNplp¡ps¶? tImUn¨Sv tN«ntÃ?””
“”CÃ,””
AkapsX lÐkpfp]À¶p.
“”hm_v NpXn¡p¶Sv FWn¡nãfÃ! CãfÃ- CãfÃ-“”
b_ªp fpjpfn¡p¶SnWp fp¼v WµNpfm_n³s_ ssN¸Xw gmt^m\n³s_ fpO¯nWv– kn`§sW ko\n^p¶p.
iman AXns]m¨ {bSnVzWn¨p.
gmt^m¬ bnt¼m«p f`À¶p ko\p.
AkapsX S` bn¼ns` Nth^]psX A^nNn S«n.
bns¶ Wn`t¯¡v ko\p.
AkÄ ko\nX¯v, S_]n tIm^¸mXpNÄ WµNpfmÀ N*p.
N¡¯]n ss_täjvhv dnÂZn§nWv FSns^]pÅ A¸mÀ«vsf³än sgZv[nWpÅnÂ, Nm_nWpÅnÂ, skXnt]äv f^n¨pNnX¡p¶ hpfn{S]psX l^o^w At¸mÄ A]mÄ N*p.
“”hptf…””
U]Wo]fm]n kn`bn¨psNm*v A]mÄ AkapsX AXpt¯¡v NpSn¨p.
A]mÄ AkapsX tUi¯v S«n. ln^Êv– bSns] D`¨p.
AkapsX tUiw At¸mjpw AW¡fäp NnX¶p.
WµNpfmÀ b^n{em´Wm]n Ipäpw tWm¡n.
tfl]psX fpNan H^p f\vNqK A]mÄ N*p.
WnfngmÀV¯n³s_ hf]w fm{SsfXp¯v A]mÄ B f\vbm{Sw Ns¿¯ns¨Xp¯p.
ASns` skÅw fpjpk³ A]mÄ AkapsX fpOt¯¡v Hjn¨p.
gmt^m¬ sbs«¶v N®pNÄ Sp_¶p.
“”…tfmta…””
A]mÄ kn`bn¨psNm*v AkapsX ln^Êv ssN¿n N¼nNp«³.sWäv