മായാനന്ദനം 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FSn^en{bm]w CÃm]n^p¶p. AkhmWw fm] A¶pSs¶ _qfnt`¡v fm_pkm³ So^pfmWn¨p.
WµtWmsXm¸w fm] _qfnWp bp_t¯¡v C_§n]t¸mÄ `nhn b_ªp.
“”””AkapsX {ZÊv FÃmw Mm³ dmPn bm¡v sI]vSv Np_¨pNjn]pt¼mÄ A§v sNm*v S^mw.”
CXSv ssN sNm*v Wµ³s_ ssN]n fp_psN bnXn¨p fm] fpt¶m«p WX¶p.
Wµ³ b_ªp.
“”””bXnN]_m³ Wn¡*.. Wfp¡v `ncväv kjn fpNant`¡v tbmNmw.”
`ncvän N]_n] fm] b_ªp.
“”””Mm³ WµWv H^p dp²nfp«mt]m?”
“”””G]v.. CÃtXm.. Sm³ A§sW H¶pw In´nt¡*”
“”””A¶v ssZtkmjvhv km§n C_§pt¼mÄ Mm³ So^pfmWn¨Sm]n^p¶p CWn H¶nWpw Mm³ F³s_ ko«pNm^psX fp¶n sIÃpN]nsöv… KoknS¯n FÃm]nX¯pw tSmä FWn¡v H^p kmln]psX fp¶ns`¦n`pw K]nt¡t*Xm..”
ASv b_]pt¼mtj¡pw AkapsX N®n Wn¶pw N®pWoÀ HjpNn¯pX§n]n^p¶p.
AkapsX Nknan NqXn HjpNn] N®pWoÀ SpX¨psNm*v Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””F´m fm]m CSv.. sNm¨p bntÅs^ tbms` F§sW N^]msS.. F³s_ fp¶n Wn¶v Wo CWn H^n¡`pw CSptbms` N^]^pSv.”
N®pWoÀ SpX¨psNm*v AkÄ b^mK]s¸« H^p In^n fpO¯v k^p¯m³ {lfn¨p.
_qfnt`¡v sI¶pN]_n] fm] BUyw N*Sv imans` tfl¸p_¯n^n¡p¶ H^p d¡mÀZn]psX Np¸n]m\v.
“”””Xm Mm³ CknsX Wn¶v H^mjvI fm_n Wn¶t¸mtj¡pw Wo CknsX NpXn]pw SpX§nt]m.”
Ak³ sbs«¶v tbm]n Np¸n FXp¯p fmän sNm*v b_ªp.
“”””ASv CknsX Ip½m C^p¶p tdm_Xn¨t¸mÄ Hs^®w km§n]Sm\v.”
“”””hnP^äv k`n, NpXn Ct¸mÄ FÃm UpÈo`fp*v WnW¡v..”
Ak³ I½n] H^p In^n In^n¨p sNm*v Np¸n]pfm]n _qfnt`¡v tbm]n.
Np_¨p Njnªt¸mtj¡pw dmPpfm]n `nhn AkntX¡v k¶p.
fm]]pfm]n Np_¨p tW^w hwhm^n¨ tlgw AknsX Wn¶pw C_§m³ tW^w `nhn WµtWmXv b_ªp.
“”””Zm.. Aksa H¶p {l²nt¨mt\.”
“”””`nhn fm]]psX Nm^ytfmÀ¯v sX³gWXnt¡*.. Mm³ tWm¡ns¡mÅmw FÃmw.”
“”””Wmsa ^mkns` fq¶pf\n¡v DÅ dÊn Mm³ Wm«nt`¡v tbmNpw. ASp sNm*v CWn Wn§sa Nm\pkmWm]n Ct§m«v k^nÃ.”
`nhn ]m{S b_ªv AknsX Wn¶pw tbm]n.
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Wµ³ D¨]v¡v Njn¡mWpÅ tIm_nWpÅ N_nNÄ k]v¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
iman Xnkn N*psNm*n^p¶ fm]m knan¨p tImUn¨p.
“”””FXm.. Ct¸mÄ ktÃmw N_n BNptfm?”
“”””H^p fnWnäv Ct¸mÄ s_Zn]mNpw.”
`nhn AknsXWn¶pw tbm]n«v fq¶p UnkhfmNp¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv