കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 25 [Smitha] 177

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FXp¯p]À¯n AkÀ BWµWr¯w sI¿p¶p!
Culz^m ….!
“”B N^n¡v Ct§ms«Xp¡v ftWmKv–,””
`¯ocv Bklys¸«p.
ftWmKv– WÂNn] N^n¡v `¯ocv H^p ¥mÊnt`¡v– I^n¨p.
“”C§v Sm `¯ocv UmUm, Mm³ sNmXp¡mw,””
Unky CaWoÀ Wn_ª ¥mhv `¯ocn³s_ ssN]n Wn¶pw km§n.
ASnWnsX H¶p^*p tbÀ K]Nrgv\sW N«n`n Im]n¨v C^p¯n.
Unky ¥mhv Ak³s_ Ipt*mXXp¸n¨p.
“”NpXn¡v,””
AkÄ bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp.
Nq«pNmÀ B Nmjv¨ N*psNm*v Wn¶p.
S³s_ KokWv bn¶ms` ^àUmin]m] sI¶m]s]t¸ms` WX¶ K]Nrgv\Wv Unky ^*mfSv Kok³ sNmXp¡p¶ Nmjv¨.

^*p fq¶v- f\n¡q_pNÄ¡v tlgw ^mip`pw `¯ocpw Unky]pw hwQkpw K]Nrgv\sW NnX¯n]n^p¶ fp_n]nt`¡v ko*pw k¶p.
B k`n] fp_n]n b`]nX¯m]n AkÀ C^p¶p.
K]Nrgv\Wv BUyw tdmVw k¶SnWp tlgw AkÀ AkWv e£\kpw bmWo]kpw sNmXp¯n^p¶p.
e£\¯nWv tlgw Unky AktWmXp kn{lfn¡m³ WnÀtUln¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
“”F§sW]p*v Ct¸mÄ?””
Unky tImUn¨p.
“”WÃ hpOw tSm¶p¶p,””
K]Nrgv\³ S³s_ fp¼n`n^n¡p¶ks^ fm_n fm_n tWm¡n.
In^b^nInS^m] hpir¯p¡sat¸ms` FÃmk^pw AksW tWm¡n bp©n^n¡p¶Sv Ak³ N*p.
F¶m `¯ocv fm{Sw sPu^k¯n`m\v.
Ak³ S³s_ N®pNant`¡v S_¨ptWm¡p¶Sv N*v– K]Nrgv\³ tWm«w fmäm³ {lfn¨p.
“”Cu Hs^mä Unkhw sNm*v Wn³s_ Imt^mw AØnNapw H^p f¬N`¯n km^ns¸_p¡n FXp¡mfm]n^p¶p!””
`¯ocv K]Nrgv\sW tWm¡n¸_ªp.
Ak³ Unky]psX tSman bnXn¨p.
“”CkÄ CÃm^pt¶Â!””
K]Nrgv\³ ssUWySt]msX Unkys] tWm¡n.
“”CkÄ..Unky…Unkym ^mKNpfm^n…Wn³s_s]ms¡ S^kjn¯^w sNm*v fpXnªv tbmtN* Cu WmXnsW hw^£n¨v WnÀ¯p¶ Cu tUkS…f^\¯n Wn¶m\v CkÄ Wns¶ Sn^nsN sNm*pk¶Sv…A_n]mtfm WnW¡v? “”
Nq«pNmÀ K]Nrgv\sW DäptWm¡n.
“”A_n]mw `¯ocv…””
N®pNÄ SpX¨psNm*v Unky b_ªp.
“”Mm³ £f]Àin¡p¶nÃ…B^psX]pw…””
Aks^ AUvepSs¸Xp¯ns¡m*v K]Nrgv\sâ N®pNan Wn¶v- Vm^Vm^]m]n WoÀ {bkin¨p.
AkÀ hiSmbt¯msX b^hv¸^w tWm¡n.F¶m `¯ocn³s_ fpO¯v sPu^kemkw Wn`Wn¶p.
“”Wn³s_ N®pWo^pw Wo]o¸_]p¶ Z]t`mPpNapsfms¡ kmhvSkfm\v F¦n Wo Unkyt]mXv Wµn Nm\n¡\w!””
WnlÐfm] A´^o£¯nt`¡v `¯ocn³s_ km¡pNÄ InS_n ko\p.
“”F§sW `¯ocv?””
K]Nrgv\³ U]Wo]fm]n tImUn¨p.
“”Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv