ചൊട്ടയിലെ ശീലം 233

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bmXpNapw Hs¡ D*m]n^p¶p. F¦n`pw C¶`s¯ AWpekw sfm¯¯n Bt`mIn¡pt¼mÄ Fsâ tUiw fpjpk³ Npan^v tNm^n. Mm³ Npan¡m³ tk*n F®]pw thm¸pw tSmÀ¯pw FXp¡mWm]n Smtj¡v C_§n.

Mm³ fpNan`s¯ fp_n]n Wn¶v Smsj k¶t¸mÄ hpfSn fmt{S AknsX DÅm]n^p¶p. hpWnS 2,3 Unkhw Njntª k^q F¶v AkÀ b_ªp. GtSm dÔpkoXpNant`¡v tbm]n F¶v hpfSn Ft¶mXv b_ªp. skÅw IqXm]n Npanfp_n]n sk¨n«p*v k¶p Npan¡v, AkÀ Fs¶ knan¨p. Mm³ Npanfp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. hpfSn]pw H¸w k¶p.
tfmsW Mm³ Npan¸n¨p S^mw,hpfSn b_ªp. MmWmsN kÃmSm]n ,Fs¶ sI_n] {bm]¯n Npan¸n¨n«p*v bs£ Cs¸m ASv tk* Mm³ SWns] Npant¨mamw Mm³ b_ªp. hpfSn In^n¨psNm*v C§sW b_ªp “” Wo FWn¡v Ct¸mapw sNm¨p Np«n Ss¶]m, Mm³ Nm\m³ bmXnÃm¯Sm]n H¶pw Wnsâ tUi¯v CÔ”. CSpw b_ªpsNm*v hpfSn Fsâ {Xuh^v bSns] Du^n Naªp. Aæn Ss¶ hpWnS¡v fp³bn WnW¡v FÃmw Nm\n¡mw F¦n bns¶ Ft¶mXv Cu Wm\w F´nWmXm Np«m.AkÀ lrwPm^¯n sfmjnªp. Mm³ BsN tbXn¨p tbm]n. C¶`s¯ hwek§Ä hpfSn Bt^msX`pw b_]ptfm F¶v e]¶v Mm³ Aks^ AWph^n¡m³ So^pfmWn¨p. Fsâ tUiw fpjpk³ AkÀ hfr²fm]n F® tS¨pbnXn¸n¨p. bSns] Fsâ Np®s] N¿ns`Xp¯p F® bp^«n Djn]m³ SpX§n. “”iw ,S Wnsâ Np®s] sI_p¸w fpS Djnªt¸mÄ Ct{Sw k`n¸w CkWv sk¡pw F¶v Mm³ HmÀ¯nÃ.”” .F¶m`pw CksW DÂQmXWw WX¯m³ DÅ emPyw B hpWnS S«n FXp¯tÃm. ASvsNm*v NqXn]m Aksa Mm³ b_ªp kn«Sv. sN«n¨p kntX* sb®m kà N¿d²kpw bän]m Fsâ PSn AkÄ¡pw k^p.
AkÄ Fsâ Np®s] sfsà sSm`nfmän fpt¶m«pw bnt¶m«pw AXn¡m³ SpX§n. Mm³ hpOw sNm*v Gjmw hzÀP¯n F¯n]n^p¶p. hpfSn]psX l^o^w Wà tg¸v DÅSv B]n^p¶p. H^p 40,45 k]hnWnX¡p {bm]w Ds*¦n`pw tW^n N*m A{S]pw b_]nÃ. Cu {bm]¯n`pw fNam] hpWnSs]¡mÄ hpµ^n B\v hpfSn. Mm³ Ft´m H^p ssV^y¯n hpfSns] sN«nbnXn¨p. Fsâ Np«³ DX³ Ss¶ bm`v Ioän Njnªn^p¶p. Ak^psX N¿n fpjpk³ bm Wn_ªp Nknªp. “”tim C{S AVnNw bm D*m]n^pt¶m Np«m “” hpfSn NphrSn]m]n tImUn¨p. ASnWp tlgw Fs¶ Npan¸n¨v, tSmÀ¯n. tkPw tbm]n fpXn Hs¡ IoNn H^p§n km Mm³ ^mkn`s¯ e£\w FXp¯v sk]v¡mw.AkÀ b_ªp. Mm³ fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. CSnWp tlgw hpfSn Ft¶mXv Aks^ Nan¡m³ b_]pw F¶v Mm³ N^pSn bs£ ASv D*m]nÃ. ko«p tKm`nNÄ SoÀ¡p¶SnWv B]n AkÀ Sn^¡n B]n^p¶p. FÃm N¼nNp«³.sWäv