മാളൂട്ടി 2 [ Rajeesh ] 752

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bmâohv… tImUn¡msS FXp¯SnWp thm_n’ Mm³ b_ªp.

‘hm^fnÃ… F´m]m`pw FXp¯nsÃ… ^Kotg«Wv fmapknsâ H^p Pncväv B]n«p C^pt¶ms«, CtÃÂ CWn]pw C]mav tfmãn¡m³ k¶mt`m…?’ fmap Nan]m¡n.

‘ASnt¸m CSv Pncväv B]n«p S¶m`pw CWn]pw tfmãn¡pw’ Mm³ b_ªp. ‘AsS´m?’ AkÄ tImUn¨p.

‘AtSm… CSnsâ IqXv tbm]ntÃ… At¸mÄ CWn IqXpÅSv Nn«m³ tfmãn¡t*?’ ASv tN«t¸mÄ AkapsX fpOw H¶pNqsX Ipk¶p.

‘A½]pw Nq«pNm^nNapw CsSms¡ hwhm^n¡p¶Sp tNÄ¡pt¼mÄ FWn¡v sl^n¡pw A_¸m]n^p¶p… bs£ A¶v ^Kotg«³ sI¿p¶sSms¡ N*t¸mÄ…’ AkÄ Wm\t¯msX b_ªp SpX§n.

Mm³ BsN AÛpSs¸«p. Mm³ A_n]m¯ b`Spw WX¡p¶p*v. fmap bmân Nm\msS Sn^ªSpw HXpkn Nm_nsâ Zmgv tdmÀZn N*t¸mÄ Fs¶ Nan]m¡m³ {lfn¨p F¶pfm\v Mm³ N^pSn]Sv. bs£ hwPSn A§WÃ… AkÄ Mm³ ASv tfmãn¡p¶Sv N*n«p*v. bns¶ AkapsX A½]pw Nq«pNm^nNapw hwhm^n¡p¶Sp b`Spw Cu NÅn Hanªp tNÄ¡m_pfp*v. ASm]n^n¡mw Mm³ t^Ot]mXv b_ª Z]t`mPv Cu sNm¨p Nm´m^n A_nªSv.

‘Bim… At¸mÄ A§sW b_… AÃ C]mÄ F´m N*Sv?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

AkÄ sbs«¶v H¶v sM«n. ‘ASv… ^Kotg«³ bmâohv FXp¯ Unkhw Fsâ _qfn k¶ntÃ? A¶v AknsX sk¨v sI]vSsSms¡…’

‘A¶v AknsX sk¨vMm³ F´v sI¿p¶Sm N*Sv?’ Mm³ tImUn¨p.

‘Hm… Hs¡ sI]vSn«v Cs¸m H¶pw A_n]m¯ tbms` tImUn¡p¶Sv N*ntÃ?’ AkÄ In\p§n.

Mm³ In^n¨p. ‘sl^n… Mm³ A§sWms¡ sI]vSt¸mÄ fmapknWv– Fs´ms¡]m tSm¶n]Sv?’

‘tbms]… C§sW tk*m¯sSm¶pw tImUn¡*…’ AkÄ ko*pw In\p§n.

‘tk*m¯tSm? Mm³ Nm^\w fmapknWv– A_¸pÅSp Fs´ms¡t]m Cãfm]n F¶v b_ªntÃ… ASv F´m F¶v A_n]mWtÃ?’ Mm³ b_ªp.

AkÄ fpOemkw fmän]nÃ.

‘ASv A½s]ms¡ b_]p¶Sv tNÄ¡mw Cu B\p§Ä sb®p§apsX bmâohv Nn«m³ tk*n b\w tbm`pw sNmXp¡m_ps*¶pw. bns¶ sb®p§apsX fq{Ssfms¡ NpXn¡p¶ B\p§sa bäns]ms¡…’

‘Hmtim… F¶n«nt¸m AsSms¡ Cãmt]m? CWn fmapknsâ fq{Sw FWn¡v NpXn¡m³ S^ptfm?’

‘H¶v tbm ^Kotg«m…’

‘sl^n… F´m fmaq«n¡v BUyw AsSms¡ A_¸p tSm¶n]Sv?’

‘Dbt]mPn¨ bmân Hs¡ f\¡p¶Spw… fq{Skpw kn]À¸psfms¡ NpXn¡p¶Spw FWn¡v Bt`mIn¨n«v A_¸p N¼nNp«³.sWäv