ഭ്രാതൃസ്നേഹം [Malathy David] 571

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Fsâ km]v¡pÅn B bqkv knX^p¶Sptbms` FWn¡v tSm¶n. ASn bnXn¨n^p¶ Fsâ kn^`pNÄ¡v H^pNXp¸w AWpeks¸«p. Fsâ Ip*pNÄ Smtjm«pWo§n. Smsj]ä¯pWn¶v fpNant`¡v Wo§n] Ip*n Aksâ Np® k`pSmkp¶Sv FWn¡Wpeks¸«p. ko*pw Smtjm«p Wo§n] Ip*n ASv NqXpS k`pSmkp¶Sv FWn¡_n]mw. Fsâ N®pNÄ At¸mjpw Aksâ fpO¯m\v. Ak³ Ft¸mjm\v D\^p¶Sv F¶_n]nÃtÃm. Hmt^m {bmklyw Smtjm«p Ip*v Wo§pt¼mjpw Fsâ km]v NqXpS NqXpS knXÀt¯*nk¶p. Np_¨pNjnªt¸mÄ GNtUlw bNpSns]¯pt¼mÄ Ss¶ ASnsâ Aäw Fsâ sSm*]n Np¯p¶p*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ Ip*q^ns]Xp¯p. Fsâ DfnWo^n ASmsN WWªpSna§p¶p. MmsWsâ bmkmXsbm¡n fpjpk³ SpX¨p. AXn]ns` A*n BsN Ip^p§n]n^n¡p¶p. MmWSn bnXn¨pk`n¨p. DÅwssNsNm*v A*n sM¡pt¼mÄ Aksâ Np® Wn¶v kn_¡p¶p. MmWksW làn]m]n bnXn¨p`¨p. Ak³ sfsà N®pSp_¶p. Fs¶ tWm¡n, AhiySt]msX Ak³ b_ªp, “”””F´mXo, Wos]s¶ D_§mWpw h½Sn¡ntÃ?” Mm³ tbXn emkn¨psNm*p Aksâ A^s¡«nt`¡p Iq*nb_ªp, “”””F´m\nSv, tI«Wv Ft´m Npj¸fp*tÃm?”. At¸mjm\v– Ak³ WPvWWms\¶pw Aksâ Np® N¼n]m]n Wn¡]ms\¶pw AkW_n]p¶Sv. Ak³ sbs«¶v `p¦n k`ns¨Xp¯pIpän. NqXm^fXn¨pWn¡p¶ Aksâ `p¦n]n Ss¶]m]n^p¶p Fsâ N®v. Aksâ fpO¯v H^p I½`p*m]n^p¶p. “”””tI«sW´pbän, CSn§sW]mkm³?”, Mm³ Wngv¡a¦fm]n tImUn¨p. “”””FWns¡m¶pw bän]nÃtÃm”. MmWksâ `p¦n¡pfpNan`qsX sbm§nWn¶ Np®]n bnXn¨psNm*p bmkwtbms` tImUn¨p, “”””tI«sWs´¦n`pw AhpOfmt\m, CSn§sW]mkm³?”. `p¦n¡v bp_¯pNqsX MmWSnsW, A_n]m¯f«n tft`m«pw Smtjm«pw St`mXns¡m*n^p¶p. AksWsâ ssNbnXn¨pfmän b_ªp, “”””ASn sSmXp¶Sv Io¯]m\v–”. “”””tI«Wv hpOfnsöv MmW½t]mXp b_]t«?” N®n tbXn k^p¯n Mm³ tImUn¨p. tI«Wv ASnsW¡p_n¨v Bt`mIn¡mWmknsöv FWn¡_n]mw. “”””tk*, CSv In`t¸mÄ C§sW]mkpw. ASv FÃmÀ¡pfpÅSm\v”, Ak³ frUpkm]n b_ªpSoÀ¡m³ {lfn¡]m\v. AkWp FSnÀ¡m³ Njn]p¶SnWpfp³bv `p¦n¡nX]n`qsX ssN]n«v MmWSnsW bp_s¯Xp¯p. “”””tI«Wv tWmkp¶pt*m?’ Wngv¡a¦]m]n Mm³ tImUn¨p. ko*pw AksWsâ ssNS«nfmän, “”””CSv WÃSÃ, Wos]sâ AWn]¯n]tÃ?”.

A½s]]_n]n¡psf¶pÅ eog\n]ptX]pw Fsâ Wngv¡a¦ emk¯ntâ]pw fp³bn tI«Wv hv{So bp^pg dÔs¯¡p_n¨pw ss`wPnN dÔs¯¡p_n¨pw b_ªpSt^*nk¶p. CsSÃmw b_]p¶SnWnX]n CX]v¡nsX Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv