ചൊട്ടയിലെ ശീലം 233

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tI¨n fp¯w S¶p. H^p ssUWwUnW NrSyw sI¿p¶ `mQkt¯msX]m\v hpWntS¨n CsSÃw sI]vSp sNm*n^p¶Sv. AkÄ C«n^p¶ ssWän Ajn¨p fmän. AkapsX tUi¯v BsN D*m]n^p¶ Sp\n ASm]n^p¶p. AkapsX Sp\n CÃm¯ tUit¯Nv Mm³ tWm¡n .
“”F´mXm ssft^ C§sW hq£n¨p tWm¡p¶Sv ? Wo BUyfm]n«mt\m H^p sb®nsW Sp\n CÃmsS Nm\p¶Sv?”” Fsâ Np® km]n`n«v I¸p¶SnsWm¸w Fsâ fpO¯v tWm¡n sNm*v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
Mm³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ. A£^mÀ°¯n Mm³ M«n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. H^p bmkw Wm\wNp\p§n sb®m\v hpWnS tI¨n F¶m]n^p¶p Fsâ CSpks^]pÅ knIm^w.AkapsX km]n Wn¶pw k^p¶ sS_n km¡pNÄ tN«v Mm³ H¶v A¼^¶p. hpfSn]psX Atà tfmÄ kn¯p Pp\w b¯p Pp\w. Mm³ fWÊn HmÀ¯p.

hpWntS¨n Fsâ fpNant`¡v k`nªp N]_n. Fsâ Np® AkapsX t]mWn]nt`¡v NX¯n. Wà C_p¡fpÅSm]n^p¶p AkapsX bqÀ. Fsâ Np® ASn D^ªp FWn¡v tkUW FXp¯p. . hpWntS¨n Fs¶ sN«nbnXn¨p AXn¨p S^m³ SpX§n. Fsâ Ip*pw AkapsX Ip*pw Nq«nfp«n. AkapsX Wm¡v Fsâ km]n fpjpk³ Bjv¶n_§n. AkÄ Fsâ fpNan NnX¶v SNÀ¯Xn¨p. sbs«¶m\v Smjs¯ fp_n]n H^p AW¡w Mm³ tN«Sv. ss`äpw N*p. Bt^m fpNant`¡v bXn N]_n k^p¶ lÐkpw tNÄ¡mw. Mm³ CSv hpWn¨nt]mXv b_sª¦n`pw AkanSv s{l²n¨nà . ASv hpfSn B]n^p¶p. tbXnsNm*v Fsâ Np® Smjv¶p SpX§n. “”FXo fj Cs¸m sb¿pw F¶v tSm¶p¶p Wà CXn]pw fn¶`pw D*v. skan]n NnX¡p¶ Sp\ns]Ãmw b_¡\w. FWn¡v Hä]v¡v k¿. Wo]pw NqsX km.’ hpfSn b_ªp. hpWn¨n]psX fpO¯v ]msSm^p emk kySymhkpw Mm³ N*nÃ.AtStbms` Ss¶ hpfSn]psX fpO¯pw. Fsâ fp¶n C¶pw CsSm^p NX¦T B]n Aktlgn¡p¶p. hpfSn tbm] tlgw hpWnS Aks^ Nps_ sS_n b_]p¶p*m]n^p¶p hpfSns] N*p tbXn¨v Fsâ Np® Smjv¶ Nm^\w B]n^p¶p ASv. Wmlw bnXn¡m³ Cu SÅ]v¡v tN_n k^m³ N* tW^w. A_pkm\n bp`]mXn¨n FÃmw Wln¸n¨p. Fs¶ms¡ bn_p bn_p¯p sNm*v hpWnS ssWän FXp¯p C«p F¶n«v Smtj¡v C_§nt¸m]n. AkapsX SÅs] hpWnS knan¡p¶ sS_n tN«v Mm³ ASnl]n¨p. Mm³ BsN {Snl¦p hzÀP¯n F¯n] AkØ]n B]n^p¶p. fp_n]n BsN Npäm Nq^n^p«n B]n^p¶p. CX¡v KW kjn fn¶`nsâ {bNmlw fm{Sw k¶v sbm]vs¡m*v C^p¶p.

AÂb hf]w Njnªt¸mÄ Fsâ fp_n¡v bp_¯v hpfSn]pw hpWnS]pw S½n Ft´m hwhm^n¡p¶Sv tN«p. lÐw Smjv¯n AkÀ kj¡v CXp¶Sv Bs\¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. F¶m b_]p¶Sv H¶pw kyàw Bkp¶nÃ. N¼nNp«³.sWäv