ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 9

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ft¸mjpw H^pfnt¨ FÃmX¯pw N*n«pÅq…thm sF ht¸mhvXv ]q…””
gmt^m¬ A]msa tWm¡n Wm¡v NXn¨psNm*v AXn¡mWm]n Nt¿m§n.
bns¶ AkÄ sgÃnt]mXpÅ AXp¸¯n³s_ Nm^\kpw knk^n¨p. AkÄ b_ªS{S]pw A]mÄ {l²t]msX tN«p.
“”C¶v- _ntijvh`n³s_ ssXw b_ªn^n¡p¶Sv ^*pf\n¡tÃ?””
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”Wfp¡v bp_¯v H¶v- tbm]mt`m?””
“”bp_¯v F¶v- sk¨mÂ?””
A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
“”bp_s¯ hwPoSw tNm¸n]Xn¡m³,””
AkÄ In^n¨p.
“”Sn^NapsX Smaw tNÄ¡mw …So^s¯ F¡m´S]n {UpbUpNÄ ^In¡p¶ fn]m Sm³sh³fms^ Ns*¯mw…ANmls¯, In{Sl`e§ans`, C`Nans`, Nmänt` hwPoSw….AsSms¡ tNÄ¡mw..F§sW]p*v F³s_ hminSyw?””
“”sNmÅmw,””
A¸Wnfngs¯ WnlÐknhvf]¯nWp tlgw A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”A¨³ ^m{ão]¡m^Wm\v F¶v- b_]nÃ. XmtPm_nsWt¸ms` H^p k`n] Fjp¯v Nm^Wms\s¶ b_]q,””
AkÄ A]msa DäptWm¡n.
“”CSv tbms` Hs^jp¯vNm^³s_…. hwPoSÚ³s_ NqsX]tà Unkhw fpjpkWpw? At¸mÄ km¡pNan hminSyw k^pw. hwPoSkpw,””
A]mÄ N®pNÄ sNm*v AkapsX N®pNsa SjpNn.
“”l^n hminSyw fmänsk¨v hvs{X]näv B]n tWs^ km tWt^m tbm `mwtPzKn b_]mw. Wfp¡v F¶v- sk¨m AÑWpw fNÄ¡pw H¶v- bp_¯v tbmNmw,””
A]mÄ¡v ASv CãfmkpN]nà F¶v- Ss¶]m\v gmt^m¬ knIm^n¨Sv.
bs£ A]mÄ bp©n^n Wn`WnÀ¯n Aksa tWm¡n.
“”Ft´`pw H¶v- b_. C§tWw fXn]·m^pt*m B\p§sX CX]nÂ?””
AkÄ Fjpt¶äp.
A]msa ssN¯*]n bnXn¨v Fjpt¶Â¸n¡m³ {lfn¨p.
“”H¶v- F\o¡v AÑm…Njn¨v Njnªv ssN D\¡^pSv…hv{SoVWw Nn«nsöm….””
dm¡n b_]msS gmt^m¬ WnÀ¯n.
b_ª km¡pNsa HmÀ¯v AkÄ¡v bÝvIm¯mbw tSm¶n.
“”Wfp¡v AVnNsfm¶pfnÃ, KÌv– Np_¨v Ø`§Ä… BäpNm ePkSn t£{Sw, {lo bUvfWme hzmfn t£{Sw , g×pOw do¨v , Sp¼ do¨v, PmÔn bmÀ¡v , {lo In{Sm BÀ«v Pm`_n…dhv…””
“”dtÊm?””
“”At¿m dÊÃ…””
AkÄ In^n¨p.
“”Cs{S]pÅq F¶v- inµo b_]ntÃ. CSWm in dhv..dhv Nt^m ]mÀ…dhv,””
AkÄ sbm«nIn^n¨p.
A]mapw.
“”sZÂio`m^p¶p N¡t¯`m^p¶p…AtÃ? As¸m bmkw Cu fNÄ F´v knIm^n¨p? AÑWv inµns]ms¡ tft^ bymt^ tUlv kmhnt]m Fs¶ms¡ {bhwPn¡p¶ tfmUoKnt]¡mÄ hq¸À B]n A_n]mw F¶tÃ? AStà dhv F¶v- b_sª? dÊv– F¶SnWv dwPmao F¶Sms¶ b_]ps¶?””
“”KmtTã, N¼nNp«³.sWäv