പ്രളയകാലം 5 [Raj] 982

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bqÀen¯nNÄ hpOn¨Sv C¶s` fpSÂ Bs\¶pv FWn¡v Wq_v lSfmWw D_¸m\v.””
AkÄ f_pbXn H¶pw b_]msS Sn^nªv Fsâ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n. F¶ns«s¶ kn^nªpfp_p¡n sN«n¸nXn¨p. Fsâ sIkn]n AkÄ f{´n¨p “”sF `kv ]q Zn]À “”
“” Wnsâ hpO¯nWm]pÅsSÃmw Mm³ sI]vSp S^pw Wo H^n¡`pw Fs¶ Dtb£n¡^pSv.”” CSp b_ª Fsâ N®pNÄ Wn_ªp. AkapsX N®pNapw Wn_ªp HjpNn.
M§Ä ^*mapw A§nsW sN«n¸nXn¨v NnX¶v D_§nt¸m]n. ^m{Sn ^*p f\n¡v sfmssd _nwPv sI¿p¶Sv tN«m\v D\À¶Sv. sfmssd tXdnan C^p¶SpsNm*v Fjpt¶äv tbm]n FXp¯p.b^nI]fnÃm¯ W¼_n Wn¶m]n^p¶p. NmÄ FXp¯t¸mÄ fp^pN Wm]n^p¶p. Wà D_¡¯n`m]SpsNm*v _ns` Nn«p¶nÃ. “”tI«m Mm³ Smsj iman`p*v H¶p k^mtfm “”
MmWt¸mjm\v bqÀ® WPvWWms\¶pv HmÀ¯Sv H^p fps*Xp¯v DXp¯v Smtj¡v tbm]n. Smsj sI¶t¸mÄ H^p dÀfpZ]pw XogÀ«pw C«v shän]n fp^pN³ C^n¡p¶p. “”Wn§Ä ^*mapw fmt{S DÅtÃ?””
“”AsS “” Mm³ b_ªp
“”F¶ns«t´ Fs¶ knan¡msª”” fp^pN³ tImUn¨p.
Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS Wn¶p.
“”Cu koXnsâ hvsb]À No Fsâ N¿n`p*v. ASp k¨m Mm³ kmSn Sp_¶Sv.{c*v tZm_nWv XkÀtdmÄ«pw CÃtÃm ASp sNm*v Smt¡m k¨v Cuhn]m]n Sp_¡mw .fMvKp Bâns] ^m{Sn knan¨t¸mjm b_sª Wn§Ä fm{Stf CknsX DÅq F¶pv. AN¯p k¶t¸mjm Wn§apsX _qw AN¯pWn¶v AX¨n^n¡p¶p.””
“”AWnS tI¨n FknsX? D_§nt]m “”
“” D_¡¯n`m”” Mm³ f_pbXn b_ªp.
“”F¶m Wfp¡v _qfn tbmNmw””
CSp b_ªv fp^pN³ fpNant`¡pÅ bXn Ikn«n
Mm³ bXn N]_p¶SnWnX]n fp¶n NX¶p BUyw _qfnt`¡v N]_n bn¶ms` fp^pNWpw
gÍn]pw {dm]pw fm{Sfn«pÅ AWnS]psX NnX¸v fp^pNsW N¼n]m¡n
“” tI«³ Mm³ Nan¡pt¼mÄ bp_¯v Wn¡ptfm Hä]v¡v AXn¨mt` sb®nsâ SWn hz^qbw Nm\m³ bäq eÀ¯mknsâ NqsX fsäm^msa Nan¡pt¼mjms\¦n H^p BÀ«ncngy {bNXWfm]n^n¡pw sb®ntâSv.””
“”FWn¡v Nan Nm\p¶ Sm\pv Cãw”” Mm³ b_ªp
“”ASnWmt\ Um AknXs¯ dm¡\n]n`qsX C_§n]m Cu KW`nWXp¯v k^mw CSn`qsX fpjpk³ Nm\pN]pfmkmw.””
fp^pNsâ sFZn] FWn¡pw Cãs¸«p. “”bs£ AWnS D\À¶pv Fs¶ tImUn¨mt`m “”
“” ASv Mm³ fmtWKv sI]vtSmamw””
XogÀ«v Du^n fp^pN³ AWnSt]mXv tIÀ¶v NnX¶p.Mm³ KW`pNapsX sNmap¯v Du^n sI_pSm]n Sp_¶n«v _qfns` Xyqdv ss`äpw Hm¬ sI]vSv fp_n]X¨v bp_¯n_§n
Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv