കഥ പറയുമ്പോൾ [Pingami]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¶p I½n S`]m«n.
dm`³ CSptN«vsNm*m\v k¶Sv
“”N_n¨«n ko*pw sbm«nt¨m “”?
_hn] AknXp¶v In^nt¨m*v tbm]n.
dm`³ :þ””WnW¡v skà tWÀ¨]pfpt*m C§sW sbm«n¡msf¶p “”
foW:þ “”ASv BXv Np_psN ImXn]Sv…””N¼nNp«³.sWäv
dm`³ :þ””C§sW FÃm^psX]pw S`]n CXv…Njnª {bmknlyw bq¨ k«w ImXn F¶m]n^p¶p ASnsW WmXv NX¯n]tSm*v C¶v BXnsâ S`]n`n«p “”
dm`³ fgn¡p¸n FXp¯p sNm`]nt`Nv tbm]n. H^p I«sb«n]psX emPw fp_n¨p tdmÀZv– FjpSm³ SpX§n.
dm`³ :þ””AÃ Wo F´m Mm³ H^p kjn¡v tbm]n«p t`m¬ Nn«nt]m CÃt]m F¶v H¶pw tImUn¡mSSv. “”
{lotUkn :þ””Nn«nsöv– D_¸tÃ, ssN¡q`n Nm^yw FjpSn]SnWp A]mÄ As¸m Ss¶ bp_¯p SÅnkn«n«p*mkpw””
dm`³ H¶p In^n¨p.
{lotUkn :þ””AÃ fo³ km§n]ntÃ? “”
dm`³:þ””ASv Mm³ C¶v sNm_¨p C_¨n N_n sk¡mw F¶v knIm^n¨p. “”
{lotUkn :þ””F¶n«v tNmjn FknsX? “”
dm`³ S¸n :þ””tNmjn AknsX CknsX “”
{lotUkn :þ””W½av kaÀ¯p¶ tNmjnt]m? “”
dm`³ :þ””t`mN¯pÅ FÃm tNmjnNsa]pw Bs^¦n`pw kaÀ¯p¶Sm\tÃm “”
tNmjn :þ””CkäNsa Mm³ sS^nà “”
dm`³ :þ””WnW¡v f¡tamXmt\m tNmjnt]mXmt\m NqXpSÂ hvtWiw””.
{lotUkn :þ””^*pw FWn¡v H^ptbms`]m “”
dm`³ :þ””As¸m bns¶ ^£]nà “”.
dm`³ NX]nt`Nv tbm]n. {lotUkn kmSn AX¨p Npän]n«p.
tf fpjpk³ H^p AhzØS {lotUkn H¶p Npant¨¡mw F¶v N^pSn. AkÄ hm^o tkPw A]¨p »uhpw {dm]pw bmân]pw fp`]nt`Nv C«p. fp`]psX bmSn fpS sSmXm ks^ DÅ H^p skÅ tSmÀ¯pXpSv Npanfp_n]nt`Nv Wo§n. At¸mam\v kmSn`n H^p fp«v tN«Sv.
“”Cu dmt`«³…Fs´¦n`pw f_¶n«p*mkpw.””
Akans` Nmfw D\˦p.
C¶v dmt`«sW H¶v sM«n¡\w.AkÄ Ip*v NXn¨p H¶v bp©n^n¨p.
{lotUkn N®mXn¨p kmSn Sp_¶p dmt`« F¶v knan¨p fp¶n Wn¶p.
fp¶n D*m]n^p¶Sv dm`³ AÃm]n^p¶p ASv W½psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv sshWpSm¯]psX fm¸na _mgnUv–C¡ B]n^p¶p. em^y]pw tfmapw I´]n tbm] S¡¯nWv {lo tUknt]mXv km]ntWm¡m³ k¶Sm]n^p¶p A]mÄ.
_mgnUv– C¡ bN¨p tbm]n, A]mapsX hp¶Sv Np® h`yq«v AXn¨p Wn¶p. A]mÄ Cfsk«msS tWm¡nWn¶p. Wà skap¯ fUPSnX¼p. skÅt¯mÀ¯nsâ DÅn B bªn bm`vNpX§apsX sg]vbv W¶m]n Nm\mw. ASnsW sSmXm³ A]mÄ¡v– tfmiw tSm¶n.
SWn¡nt¸mÄ Aksa F´pw sI]mw, N¼nNp«³.sWäv