മായാനന്ദനം 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””FWn¡pw AS_n]nÃ..”
At¸mtj¡pw Np«p AXp¯v tUml]pfm]n k¶p.
Wµ³ ASpw km§n AkÄ¡p sNmXp¯p SpX§n.
fm] b_ªp.
“”””F³s_ KoknS¯ns` Gäkpw f_¡mWmkm¯ Wnfng§Ä B]n^p¶p Wn³s_ ko«n Wn¶t¸mÄ FWn¡v Nn«n]Sv kÀ¡` do¨v, t£{Sw, Wn³s_ Nq«pNmÀ AsSm¶pw FWn¡v H^n¡`pw f_¡mWmNnà .
ASp b_]pt¼mtj¡pw AkÄ A_n]msS Ss¶ AkapsX N®pNÄ Wn_ªn^p¶p.
ASpN*v Wµ³ b_ªp.
“”””Wnt¶mXv Mm³ b`t¸mjpw b_ªn«p*v F³s_ fp¶n`n^p¶v N^]^pSv.”
N®p SpX¨p sNm*v b_ªp.
“”””CSv h¦Xw sNm*pÅ N®pWo^v AsÃXm.. ht´mgw sNm*pÅSm\v.. Wo F³s_ NqsX DÅt¸msjms¡ F³s_ ss`cn ht´mgw fm{Stf D*m]n«pÅq.”
bns¶ Np_¨v hf]t¯¡v AkÀ S½n H¶pw hwhm^n¨nÃ.
Njn¨pNjnªv ssNNjpNm³ tbm]t¸mÄ Ak³ fm]t]mXv tImUn¨p.
“”””Wo CknXs¯ do¨n tbm]n«pt*m?”
“”””H^n¡Â `nhn t]msXm¸w tbm]n«p*v.”
“”””Wfp¡v Ct¸mÄ H^p ssh¡nÄ ss_Zv tbm]mt`m?”
fm] ASnl]t¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”””ssh¡nÄ ss_Zv Ct¸mtjm?… ASnWv ssh¡nÄ FknsX?”
ssNNjpNn Njnªv Wµ³ Np«pkntWmXv knan¨pb_ªp .
“”””Np«q.. Mm³ Wns¶ ssh¡nÄ H¶v FXp¡pkm.. tim«Â AX]v¡p¶SnWp fp¼v Sn^n¨psNm*p k^mw”
Np«p h½Sn¨p.
tim«`nWp fp¶n C^p¶ ssh¡nan N]_n C^p¶p sNm*v Wµ³ fm]t]mXv b_ªp.
“”””fp¶n N]_n]n^n¡v.”
fm]]psX fpO¯v Fs´¶nÃm¯ ht´mgfm]n^p¶p At¸mÄ.
AkÄ ssh¡nan³s_ fp¶nt`¡v N]_n]n^p¶p.
Wµ³ hmkVmWw do¨nt`¡v ssh¡nÄ Ikn«n SpX§n. AknsX Wn¶pw H^p Nnt`mfoäÀ Uq^tf D*m]n^p¶p do¨nt`¡v. f_nªp kojmSn^n¡mWm]n AkÄ CXSpssNsNm*v sh¡³Zv im³Zv fp_psN bnXn¨n^p¶p. AkapsX ssN HXnªv C^n¡p¶SnWm AkWpw kas^ hmkVmWfm\v ssh¡nÄ Ikn«n]Sv.
ssh¡nÄ Ikn«p¶ SnWnX]n AkapsX fp`NÄ CXSp N¿n`v Af^p¶p*m]n^ps¶¦n`pw Ak³ A_n]m¯Sm]n emkn¨p. AkÄ A§sW H^p Nm^yw {l²n¡p¶tS D*m]n^p¶nÃ.
Np_¨p hf]§Ä¡Nw AkÀ do¨n F¯nt¨À¶p. Sn^ N^]nt`¡v AXn¨pN]_pkmSn^n¡m³ bm_NÄ Nq«n]n«n^p¶p AknsX. ssh¡nÄ Ìm³Zv AXn¨p sk¨ tlgw AkÀ B bm_s¡«nt`¡v WX¶p.
hq^y³ AhvSfn¨p Njnªp Wà C^p«v ko\pSpX§n]n^p¶p. k`n] Sn^s¡m¶pfnÃ. AkÀ hmkVmWw bm_s¡«n`qsX WX¶p. Nmän sN«jn¨v C«n^p¶ AkapsX fpXnNÄ bm_n¸_¶p.
sbs«¶m\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv