മായാനന്ദനം 1 [ne-na]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tI«³ F¯n.”
fm] tWm¡pt¼mÄ ko«nWN¯p Wn¶pw HmXn k^p¶ H^p hpµ^n]m] sb¬Np«ns] B\v N*Sv. H^p C^pbSv k]Êv tSm¶n¡pw.
Wµ³ b_ªp.
“””” CSm\v F³s_ AWn]¯n.. `£vfn.”
`¨p HmXnk¶v WµsW sN«n¸nXn¨p.
bn_sN k¶ A½ b_ªp.
“”””Zn.. Ak³ H¶v ko«n N]_ntNms« BUyw.”
Ak³ `£vfn]psX tSman NqXn N¿n«p ko«nWNt¯¡v N]_n]t¸mÄ bXn¡Â Ss¶ fXn¨p Wn¡p¶ fm]t]mXv A½ b_ªp.
“”””tfmÄ F´m AknsX¯s¶ Wn¡p¶p tN_nkm”
AkÄ ko«n ko«nWNt¯¡v N]_n Ak³s_ bn¶n k¶p Wn¶p.
Wµ³ b_ªp.
”BUyw Cu N]_n k^mWpÅ fXns] AkÄ¡p Nm\q.. ^*pUnkhw Njn]pt¼mÄ CSp W½psX koXmt\m AkapsX koXv Bt\m F¶v Wfp¡v hwl]w BNpw.”
AkÄ ssN Ip^p«n Ak³s_ tSman sI_pSm]n CXn¨p.
Ak³ H¶v In^n¨v tlgw A½t]mXv tImUn¨p.
“”””Aѳ FknsX?”
“”””AÑsW Npan¡pN]m tfmsW…””
At¸mtj¡pw Npan NjnªvAѳ AkntX¡v k¶p.
Aks^ N* A¨³ tImUn¨p.
“”””]m{S F§sW D*m]n^p¶p f¡ta?”
“”””Npj¸fnÃm]n^p¶p.. hpO ]m{S]m]n^p¶p.”
A½ b_ªp.
“””” NTs]ms¡ bns¶ b_]mw Wn§Ä BUyfm]n Npan¡m³ tWm¡v.”
Wµ³ AWn]¯nt]mXv b_ªp.
“”””`¨p fm]]v¡v Wn³s_ H^p tKmZn {ZÊv sNmXp¡\w… bns¶ AkÄ¡pÅ fp_n FknsX]m\v H^p¡n]n^n¡p¶Sv?”
“””” ^*mfs¯ Wn`]n tI«³s_ fp_nt]mXvtIÀ¶pÅ _qw Ss¶]m\v tI¨n¡pw H^p¡n]n^n¡p¶Sv.”
`¨p fm]t]mXv b_ªp.
“”””tI¨n _qfnt`m«v sbm]vt¡m.. Mm³{ZÊpwsNm*pk^mwk^mw.”
Wµ³ fm]s]]pw knan¨v _qfnt`¡v WX¶p.
SpX^pw….