കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 24 [Smitha] 83

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N®pNÄ AUvepSw sNm*v knXÀ¶p.
“”`¯ocv UmUm…!””
Unky Ak³s_ N¿n fp_ps¡¸nXn¨p.
“”AtS tfmsa,””
Aksa tWm¡n bp©n^n¨psNm*v `¯ocv b_ªp.
`¯ocv bp©n^n¡p¶Sv AbqÀÆfm\v.
“”MmWks^ N*p!””
`¯ocv B ^wPw ko*pw fp¼n N*Sv–tbms` b_ªp.
“”]q tNm¬äv Phv siu sF scÂäv! tUiw kn_ªp S^n¨v N]_n…! S¼p^m³s_ Wnj tbms` NqsX WX¶v-…NpXpwd¯ns` Gäkpw AXp¸fpÅ AwPfm]n fm_n]n«v…U »Zn Ioäv…! AknsX ^m{Sn]n sS^pkv tklyNapw kymKfUykmäpNm^pw IqSm«¡m^pw Wn]fs¯t]m e^\NqXs¯t]m kni^n¡p¶ B sN«nX¯nÂ…C^p«n³s_ f_kn K]Nrgv\³ F¶ S´]v¡v bn_¡m¯kWpfm]n Ak³ Nq«pNqXp¶p …. W½psX I¦n³s_ I¦m] Cu WmXn³s_ kna¡m], fWÊn Culz^³ fm{SfpÅ hq^ykwl¯nsâ W£{S¡p«n…Unkys] sNmÃmWpÅ S{´§Ä sfW]p¶p….””
tNÄkn¡mÀ koÀ¸X¡n `¯ocn³s_ km¡pNÄ tN«p.
`¯ocn³s_ km¡pNÄ Unkys] hvbÀln¨p.
AkÄ Ak³s_ tSman ln^Êv tIÀ¯p.
`¯ocv ASn^nÃm¯ kmÕ`yt¯msX Aksa tIÀ¯v bnXn¨p.
“”Ak³s_ I¦n³NqXv AXn¨v b^¯m³ F³s_ ssN S^n¨p,””
`¯ocv SpXÀ¶p.

“” bs£ Mm³ Wn]{´n¨p. Ak³ FknsX ks^ tbmNpsf¶v FWn¡_n]\w. Ak³s_ ^ihy§Ä fpjpkWpw FWn¡_n]\w. A§nsWs]ms¡ HmÀ¯v Mm³ H^p knV¯n Nt{*mÄ sI]vSp. bs£ ko*pw Ak³s_ tWs^ tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Wn]{´n¨ N`ns¸Ãmw bns¶]pw sbm§nk¶p. Wn`¯v NnX¶ H^p C^p¼v kXn H¨tNĸn¡msS MmsWXp¯p. Ak^psX tWs^ hN` N`n¸psfXp¯v Mm³ IpkXv sk¨p. At¸mjm\v–…””
`¯ocv H¶v- WnÀ¯n.
Nq«pNm^psX lzmhfX¡n¸nXn¨ tWm«§ant`¡v N®pNÄ W«p.
“”At¸mÄ…?””
Ahiyfm] BNmw£t]msX sg_n³ tImUn¨p.
“”…At¸mÄ C^p«n Wn¶v-….C^p«n³s_ f_kn Wn¶v- H^p ssN¯`w F³s_ tSman AfÀ¶p…!””
“”`¯ocv UmUm…-“”
Nq«pNmÀ H¶X¦w knan¨p.
“”B^v? B^m]n^p¶p?””
AkÀ tImUn¨p.
“”Mm³ sM«n¯n ^nªp tWm¡n…N*p…””
“”Bs^? `¯ocv UmUm..¹ohv sX³gWXn¸n¡msS…””
{bn]¦ b_ªp.
“”B^m^p¶p?””
`¯ocv FÃmks^]pw tWm¡n.
AkhmWw Ak³s_ N®pNÄ Xnkn]n S_ªp.
“”Cu NT]ns` _n]Â iot_m!””
Ak³ hmkVmWw b_ªp.
“”Fs¶¡mÄ fpt¼ knÃsW Sn^n¨_nªk³! Fs¶¡mÄ C^«n Btklt¯msX knós_ bn¶ms` A`]p¶k³! hq^ykwl¯nt` N¼nNp«³.sWäv