ഭ്രാതൃസ്നേഹം [Malathy David] 571

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wnfng¯n Aksâ l^o^w fªptbms` D_ªptbmNp¶Sv Mm³ N*p. ko*pw Npt_tW^w Njnªm\v dÀfqZ k`n¨p]À¯n AksWsâ tWt^ Sn^nªSv. fpOwSmjv¯nWn¡p¶ AktWmXp Mm³ b_ªp, “”””C_§n km”. Nm`pNÄ k`n¨pk¨v, NW¯ Nm`XnNtamsX AksWsâ bp_tN k¶p. N«n`n`n^p¶p, fp³bn AksWWnÀ¯n Mm³ b_ªp, “”””CSnWm]n^pt¶m WnWs¡mä]v¡p Smfhn¡\sf¶v b_ªSv? B^m\v WnW¡nsSms¡ b_ªpS¶Sv?”. Ak³ S`Smjv¯n Wn¶p. MmWksW AXpt¯¡v– Wo¡nWnÀ¯n, AkWp SX]m³tbm`pw hf]w WÂNmsS, Aksâ dÀfqZ k`n¨p fp«nWpSmtj¡p Smjv¯n. Aksâ A^s¡«n Npªnt^mf§Ä kaÀ¶n^p¶p. Fsâ knan]n hvSwen¨ptbm] Aksâ Np®, WnÀKokfm]n A*n¡ptfs` Sq§n¡nX¶p. sbs«¶v Ak³ ssNsNm*p SpX]nXp¡v f_¨p. MmWksâ ssNbnXn¨pfmän b_ªp, “”””Wo]nt¸mjpw H^p sNm¨pNp«n]ms\¶m\v Mm³ N^pSn]Sv–. Wo H^pbmXv kaÀ¶n^n¡p¶p. F´m\v Cu AÀ²^m{Sn WnW¡n§sW tSm¶m³?”. Ak³ WnÈÐw S`Smjv¯n Wn¶p. Ct¸mjksW Blzhn¸n¨nsæn AkWp Cu tgm¡nÂWn¶v ^£s¸XmsWm¡nsöv FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. MmWksâ ssNbnXn¨v N«n`n Fsâ]Xp¯n^p¯n. fp«nÂWn¶qÀ¶pko\ dÀfqZ FXp¡m³ MmWksW h½Sn¨nÃ. fqs¶®kpw Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v sM¡nk¨v, SpXNan_p¡n¸nXn¨v, AkWn^p¶p. Ct¸mÄ Aksâ A^s¡«nsâ fp³emPw N*m H^p sb®ms\t¶ tSm¶q. Aksâ NpWnª fpOw ssN]ns`Xp¯v Mm³ b_ªp, “”””hm^fnÃ. Wo ssV^yfm]n b_tªm, Ft´ WnW¡nt¸mjn§sW tSm¶m³?”. Fsâ WPvWS N*m\v– AkWpN¼n]m]sS¶v Aksâ km]nÂWn¶p tNÄ¡m³, FÃm sb®nsW]pwtbms` MmWpw B{Pin¨p. Aksâ Wãs¸« Wmkv Sn^n¨pk^m³ CWn]pw NqXpS hm´zWw Bklyfms\s¶Wn¡v tSm¶n. MmWksW Fsâ sW©nt`¡v tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p. Aksâ fpOw Fsâ fp`NÄ¡ptf AfÀ¶p. MmWksâ bp_¯psfsà St`mXn. fp`¡pfpNans` gÀ«v– Aksâ N®o^n WWªpSpX§n]t¸mÄ MmWksâ S`bnXn¨p]À¯n bj]Sptbms` N®nt`¡ptWm¡n b_ªp,
“”””tI¨nt]mXp b_]m³ WnWs¡´m fXn?” AksWsâ N®ns` lm´S N*p.
“”””Mm³ bmbw sI]vSp. tI¨n £fn¡\w”.
“”””Wos]´p bmbfm\v sI]vSSv, tNÄ¡t«”.
“”””Mm³ tI¨n]psX FÃmw N*p. At¸mjm\v– CSv N¼n]m]Sv” AXp¸n¨pk¨ SpXNÄ¡nX]nt`¡p kn^ÂIq*n Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””Wos]´m\v N*Sv? knlUfm]n b_”. Aksâ km]nÂWn¶p FÃmw tNÄ¡m³ sNmSntSm¶n. Ak³ CX]n`p\À¶p fq{Ssfmjn¡m³ tbm]Spw Fsâ NnX¸pN*Spw Ak³ b_ªp. FWn¡_n]mSn^p¶ H^p Nm^yw, Fsâ gÀ«nsâ ^*mfs¯ d«¬ N¼nNp«³.sWäv