ഉമ്മച്ചിക്കുട്ടിയും ഞാനും [റാഗ്നർ]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tZmÀ AX¨p Npän C«p. dmPv sdZn C«p. {Zhv FÃmw Du^n bq^v\WPvWWm]n. K«n Du^n]t¸mÄ Np® N¼n B]n tft`¡pw Smtj¡pw NnX¶p BXp¶p. sbs«¶p tZm_n fp«n NknS Bân knan¨p,

“”tfmtW tZmÀ Sp_t¡Xm, Cu _qw NqXn Sq¯p Njnªm FWn¡v tbmNm^p¶p. bntÅÀ h-vNqanWp k^m_m]n.””

“”tU Ct¸m Sp_¡mw Bân, Mm³ {Zhv f_pkm””,Mm³ H^p fp*v FXp¯v DXp¯psNm*p b_ªp. Fsâ N¼n Bân NmWm*v C^n¡m³ Mm³ fp*v H¶qXn S«p DXp¯p. F¶n«v dmPv FXp¯p dm{Sqw sNm*v sk¨p. Fsâ _qw dmSv Aäm¨nXv B\v. dmPv F´nWp dmSv_qfn sks¨¶p Wn§ÄNv bn¶oXv fWhn`mNpw. Mm³ tZmÀ Sp_¶p Bân AN¯v N]_n tKm`n tWm¡n. Mm³ NpanNs« F¶p b_ªp tSmÀ¯psfXpSv dm{Sqw tN_n. Mm³ dmSv–_qfn Han¸n¨p sk¨ hnP^äv bm¡äpw ss`ä_pw FXp¯p. hnP^äv k`nt¨m*v km\w AXn¡p¶Sv FWnNv {btSyN hpPw B\v. sbs«¶v B\v Mm³ Bt`mIn¨Sv km\w AXn¡pt¼m Np®]n tS¡p¶ Wnky {Now tXdnÄsâ bp_¯p B\v. Mm³ sfsà tZmÀ Sp_¶p bp_¯p C_§n Bân ssf³Zv sI]vSnÃ. Mm³ H^p kn^ tNm*p {Now tSm*n FXp¯p Sn^n¨p WX¡pt¼mjm\v Bâns] s{l²n¨Sv. Bân fp«p ks^ ssWän tNän k¨n«m\v SqNp¶Sv. FWnNv fpOw Sn^nªm\v WnNp¶Sv. ssWän Bân]psX sNmSIm`n tN_n C^n¡p¶p. Bân]psX sNmjp¯ Nm`pNapsX bnWvemPw fp«p ks^ FWnNv fp¶nÂ. A§n§m]n WWp¯ t^mf§Ä. sNmjp¯ Nm`pNÄNv skÅn tNm`phv AjNv C^«n]m¡n. sbs«¶v Bân Sn^nNªp. Fs¶ N*p.

“”AÃ tfm³ Npan¡m³ tN_n]ntÃ?””

“”ASv Mm³….tSmÀ¯v f_¶p””,Mm³ b_ªp.

Fsâ tWm«w Ssâ Nm`ns`Nv B\¶p fWhn`m] Bân bSns] ssWän Smjv¯n.

“”Wnsâ N¿n F´mXm tfmsW, {Now AsÃ?

Npan¨n«tà {Now CXpN Npan¡ps¶Wv fpt¶ F´nWm {Now?!””,Bân H^p NÅm¨n^nt]msX tImUn¨p.

“”ASv bns¶… Mm³ NpanNs« Bân””, F¶p b_ªp Mm³ Sn^nªp dmSv_qfnt`¡v WX¶p.

“”sI_p¡Wv Np_¨p NqXp¶p*v””,Bân AÀ°w sk¨v AX¡w b_ªp.

‘FWnNv {Now Np®]n tS¨p km\w AXn¡m³ Bs\¶v Bân¡v fWhn`mt]m’,Mm³ fWÊn knIm^n¨p.

Mm³ dm{Sqw tN_n t`m¡v sI]vSp.

{Now Np®]n tS¨p bnXn¸n¨p.

Fsâ fWhnt`¡v cmUn] bnt¶w NX¶pk¶p. Mm³ tW^s¯ dm{Sqw sNm*v sk¨ dmPv Sp_¶p. ASn Wn¶v cmUn] sX tNm«v FXp¯ Mm³ C«p. F¶nXv H^p hnP^äv N¯n¨p H^p bcv FXp¯p. CXs¯ N¿n N¼nNp«³.sWäv