ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 11 [ smitha ] 124

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ns*¯pN]m\v sgÃn]psX KokntSmt±lsf¶pw fnWns] V^n¸n¨p.
FÃmw b_ªv NjnªkÄ fnWns] tWm¡n.
“”Ct¸mjpw sgÃns] hvtWin¡p¶ NmfpNn]mt\m F³s_ fp¼n`n^n¡ps¶?””
PmÀZWn S`]na¡p¶ bpgv¸§an Wn¶v- tWm«w fmän fnWn gmt^m\n³s_ tImUy¯nt`¡v k¶p.
“”Ct¸mjpw Mm³ sgÃn]psX sb®m\v tI¨n. sgÃns]¸än tI¨nb_ª Nm^y§Ä Fs¶ sgÃns] NqXpS NqXpS Cãs¸Xp¯p¶tS]pÅq. hz´w f½ns] ASptbms` hvtWin¡p¶ H^p fN³ F´v Wà ss`cv bmÀ«v\À NqXn]m]n^n¡pw!””
gmt^m¬ AUvepSt¯msX Aksa tWm¡n.
“”B NnÃs_ N*pbnXn¡pNs]¶Sv F³s_ NqXn s_hvtbm¬hndn`nän]m C¶v fpSÂ…{bSnNm^w sI¿\w tI¨n…Wn]fs¯s¡m*v {bSnNm^w sI¿n¡\w!””
“”F³s_ tfmsa,””
kÃm¯ knNm^¯Ån¨]nÂ, b^nh^w f_¶v-, gmt^m¬ fnWns] tIÀ¯v bnXn¨p.
“”WnW¡v bäpw! Ak³s_ ssN]n tIm^bän¡msS tWm¡m³ WnW¡v Njn]pw…Wns¶t¸ms` H^p sb¬Np«n AksW hvtWin¡mWps*¦n …Ak³ Mm³ tbXn¡p¶tbms` H¶pw sI¿nÃ,””
fnWn bp©n^n¨p, Bßknlzmht¯msX.
“”In`t¸mÄ Ak³s_ N®pNan ….B sk_p¸pw bN]pw Nm\pt¼mÄ…Fs¶¦n`pw K]n`n tbmtN*mkWm sgÃn F¶v- Mm³ tbXn¡m_p*v….bs£ Cs¸m …CÃ..Cs¸m FWn¡m tbXn]ntÃ…tfmÄsX hvtWiw AksW fmäpw…sFw gpkÀ,””

A¶v ¢mÊn tbmtN* F¶v- sgÃn So^pfmWn¨p.
kmÀZ³ kn³shâv hmÀ k¶p Sn^¡n]t¸mÄ bWn]m\v F¶pw bm^mshämtfmÄ Njn¨p F¶pw Ak³ b_ªp.
bs£ b¯pf\n]m]t¸mÄ sfÊns` hpt^tg«³ k¶p NSNn fp«n.
“”sgÃn As¶¡m\m³ Bav k¶nWn,””
hpt^tg«³ NmhÀtPmZv–Nm^Wm\v.
“”B^m¶v k¶nWn hpt^tg«m?””
f`dmÀ emg]n Ss¶ sgÃn tImUn¨p.
“”Bsa H¶pw M½¡v A_n]qÃ. ªn A³s_ H¸^w km¶v-,””
“”GZ?””
“”Sms]. Xn kn _qfn`v,””
“”B\m sb®m?””
“”Ct¶mXtà M½ A³s_ H¸^w k^m³ b_sª, Wm]n³s_ tfmtW? B\m sb®m, F´Ãkm¶v A_nt]*v?””
fnWn B]n^n¡nöp sgÃn]v¡v D_¸p*m]n^p¶p.
¢mhv ssXfn sb¬Np«nNsa tdm]vhv timÌ`nt`¡v knXnÃ.
fpXn ssN sNm*v fmXns]mSp¡n sgÃn Smtj¡v sI¶p.
Xn kn _qfn N]_n] sgÃn H^p Wnfngw bN¨p Wn¶p.
“”kntWmtU«³!””
Ak³ f{´n¨p.
Fhv Fcv tN ]q\näv sh{N«_n Ìm`n³ kntWmUv F¶_n]s¸Xp¶ kntWmUv NpfmÀ Nth^]n`n^p¶v inµpØm³ ssXwhv f_n¨v tWm¡p¶p.
“”WnWs¡´v bän? bWn]m¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv