മായാനന്ദനം 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fm]s] Hä]v¡v _qfn C^p¯n tbmNm³ tSm¶m¯Sv sNm*v Wµ³ H^mjvIt¯¡v `okv FXp¯n^p¶p.
Njnª fq¶p Unkhw Wµ³ NqsX Ss¶ D*m]n^p¶SpsNm*v fm] AkWpfm]n NqXpS AXp¯p. Ss¶ hvtWin¡mWpw Bt^m Ds*¶pÅ H^p tSm¶Â AkapsX fWÊn`p*m]n. ASpsNm*v Ss¶ AkÄ A_n]msS bj] fm] B]n fm_pN]m]n^p¶p.
“”””Zm FWn¡v knl¡p¶p..”
Ak³ AXp¡a]n Wn¶pw knan¨p b_ªp.
“”””ASnWn knan¨pNqkn CknsX FÃmks^]pw A_n]nt¡*.”
AkÄ thmc]n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äv bSps¡ AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¶p. Nm`nWv sI_n] H^p fpX´v fm{Sfm\v Ct¸mÄ DÅSv. Wmsa Nm`v tZmÎs_ Nm\n¡pkmWm]n tbmN\w.
AXp¡a]ns`¯n] fm] b_ªp.
“”””FWn¡v H^p Np_kpw k^msS tWm¡ns¡mÅmsf¶m\v Wo `nhnt]mXv b_ªSv.. F¶n«v Fs¶ b«n\n¡n«m D*tÃm..”
“”””AtS… Mm³ Np¡n§n A{S FN-vhvtbÀ«v H¶pfà sbs«¶v k¨v D*m¡m³.. Wn³s_ H^p ssN Atà HXnªpÅq ftä ssN D*tÃm Fs¶ H¶v siÂbv sI]vSms`´m?”
“”””AsS MmsWm^p knN`mwP B\nt¸mÄ.. knN`mwP fms^ sNm*v b\ns]Xp¸n¨qsX¶m..”
“”””Hmtim.. ASv Mm³ A_nªnÃtÃm.”
“”””A§sW Wo CWn Fs´Ãmw A_n]m³ NnX¡p¶p.”
Wµ³ Skn]n lN`w N_n tNm^n tXÌv tWm¡pkmWm]n AkapsX N¿n Hjn¨psNmXp¯p.
N_n]psX sXÌv tWm¡ns¡m*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””Unkhw sIÃpwtSm_pw Wn³s_ N_n]psX sXÌv NqXn k^p¶p*tÃm..”
t¹änt`¡v tIm_v C«p sNm*v Wµ³ b_ªp.
“”””Wn³s_N¿ns` ¹mÌÀ H¶v Du^nt¡ms«.. Ct¸mÄ WnW¡v sk¨p S^p¶SnWp bN^w Mm³ sk]v¸n¡p¶p*v.”
AkÄ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”””ASv Wn³s_ hzbvWw fm{Sfm\v tfmsW Wµm..”
“”””Wfp¡v tWm¡mw..”
Ak³ ^*p t¹än tIm_pfm]n ssZWnRv tXdnan AXpt¯¡v WX¶p.
Wµ³ tIm_v Njn¡p¶SnWnX]n fm]s] tWm¡n.
H^p bmkmX]pw gÀ«pw B\v AkÄ C«n^p¶Sv. ssN Hjnª tlgw {ZÊv CXmWpÅ Fap¸¯nWv AkÄ Ct¸mÄ bmkmX]pw gÀ«pw B\v Ft¸mjpw CXp¶Sv.
CXSpssNsNm*v hvbq\n tIm_v Njn¡m³ AkÀ dp²nfp«p*m]n^p¶p.
Wµ³ tImUn¨p.
“”””hvbq¬ sNm*v tNm^n Njn¡m³ dp²nfp«pt*m?”
“”””CXSp ssN Asà ]qhv sI¿p¶Sv… Np_¨p bmXm\v.”
AkapsX t¹äS³s_ AXpt¯¡v k`n¨v k¨v sNm*v Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”””F¦n WnW¡v ASv BUytf b_ªpsX?”
Ak³ F´m\v sI¿p¶Sv F¶v A_n]msS ASnl]n¨p Wn¶v AkapsX km]psX AXpt¯¡v Ak³ tIm_v km^ns¡m*v N¼nNp«³.sWäv