മഞ്ഞുരുകും കാലം 11 [വിശ്വാമിത്രൻ] 377

N¼nNp«³.sWäv dmh-vNäv D*v Ak^psX fp¶nÂ.
Ft¶mXpw C^n¡mWpÅ A¦w Nm\n¨p. dmh-vNän Wn¶v H^p Np¸n bp_s¯Xp¯p. bns¶ ^*p ¥mhpw.
Hmtim. skÅfXn.
FWn¡nÃm¯ Uplo`w.
CsSm¶pw WX¡qà F¶v b_]m³ SpWn]p¶SnWp fp³bm\v MmWm Np¸n {lUn¨Sv.
H^p sSÀtfmcv`mh-vNv B\v hmVWw.
sk_psS A¡sW hwl]n¨v.
Ak^Sn Wn¶v ^*p ¥mÊnt`¡pw bms`mjn¨p. bnt¶w dmhvs¡än N¿n«v H^p sbmSn sbm¡n. ASns`´m]n^n¡pw F¶v BN-vhwlt]msX Mm³ F¯n tWm¡n.
Fsâ lpgv–Nm´n N*n«v AkÀ¡v In^nsbm«n.
Ft´m sbmXn]m\v.
CWn FWn¡v ÌmfnW sNm_kms\¶ Nm^yw A_nª A¡³ k]m{P ktÃmw tfXn¨ sbmXnt¨m*v F¶Smt\m?
Fsâ kn{Kwen¨ emkw N* A¡³ ko*pw Np\p§n In^n¨p.
“”dUmfm\v””
Biv. ko*pw hwl]n¨p.
C^p ¥mÊnt`¡pw Ak^m sbmXn knS_n.
bns¶ dmhvs¡än N¿n«v tks_m^p sbmSn sbm¡n.
slXm.
B dmhvs¡än CWn Fs´ms¡ Nm\pw?
“”kà A£]bm{Sw ktÃmw Bt\m?”” Mm³ tIm]v¨p.
ko*pw Np\p§n In^n.
CSv sSm_¶t¸m ko*pw sbmXn.
bs£ Cu sbmXn F´ms\¶v fWÊn`m¡m³ FWns¡m^p f]n^nsâw Bklyw k¶nÃ.
Np^pfpaNv sbmXn.
Ft´m^w Np^psfmaNv fmkntâw ¹mkntâw tfman tN_n b_n¨n«pÅSm.
A¡³ ko*pw N¿n«p dmhv–¡änt`m«v.
BNmwgt]msX Mm³ ko*pw F¯n tWm¡n.
hvbq¬.
¨m¿v-!
sNmt* hvbq¬sk¨p bm`nsâ fpNan SqNn] fn{lnSw N`¡m³ SpX§n.
Mm³ I{fwbXnªm\p C^n¡p¶Sv.
A¡³ bs£ H^p Nm`p ftäSnsâ SpX¡Xn]n`pw ftä Nm`vsbm¡n]pfm\v skt¨¡p¶Sv.
GNtUlw CSv tbms`þ

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B tbmhn C^p¶p A¡³ bm`v N`¡p¶Sv H¶v Nmt\* NmjvI S¶tZ]v. Np`¨p Wn¶m bmSn skÅw tbmkpw.
bSps¡ B hvbq\n«v Hmt^m ¥mÊns`]pw bm`v N`¡nsNm*n^p¶ sNms*s] Mm³ H^pS^w BÀ¯nt]msX tWm¡n.
Wt¶ N_p¸ms]m*v Ak^psX tfm´ tImk¶nÃ.
“”F´n^Wv C§sW tWm¡ps¶?””
Ip½m.
“”F¶m C¶m, CSv bnXn¸o^v””
H^p ¥msÊsâ tWs^ Ak^v Wo«n.
FWn¡v bt* b¨bm`v CãfÃ. Ft´`pw CXmsS Mm³ bm`v NpXn¨n«pfnÃ.
kà timÀ`nNv–thm dqtÌm D*m]n^pt¶Â Mm³ fX fmXm¶v tfm´nt]sW. ¥mÊv tfXn¨p Mm³ H¶v f\¯p tWm¡n. sNmj¸sfm¶pw tSm¶p¶nÃ. Ak^pw bm`v¥mÊv FXp¯n^p¶p.
Häk`n.
Nan Ft¶mtXm.
Np^pfpaNnsâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv