മായാനന്ദനം 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sI¶p.
H^p Wnfngw AkÄ F´psI¿\sf¶_n]msS bN¨pWn¶p. bns¶ bSps¡ Ak³s_ N¿n Wn¶pw tIm_v km]v¡pÅnt`¡v B¡n.
Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”””WnW¡v Fs´¦n`pw dp²nfp«ps*¦n fXn¡msS BUytf b_]\w F¶v Mm³ b_ªnÃm]n^pt¶m?”
Aksam¶p bp©n^n¨SÃmsS ASnWp f_pbXn H¶pw WÂNn]nÃ.
AksW AtS t¹än Wn¶v Ss¶ tIm_p km^n Njn¨p sNm*n^p¶p.
sbs«¶v A_n]msS Ak³s_ N®pNÄ AkapsX sW©nt`¡v tbm]n. gÀ«v fpNan`s¯ ^*v d«WpNÄ Du^n NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. tIm_v km]nt`¡v FXp¡pkmWm]n fpt¶m«v B]pt¼mÄ AkapsX fmwh tPma§Ä bNpSn]pw gÀ«nWv bp_t¯¡v k^p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
AkÄ {dm C«n«nà F¶v AkWv kyàfm]n fWÊn`m]n. C¶s` AkÄ H^p ssXäv gÀ«v B]n^p¶p C«n^p¶Sv.. ASn fp`sM«pNÄ bp_t¯¡v SÅn Wn¡p¶Sv N*t¸mtj AkWv hwl]fp*m]n^p¶p AkÄ {dm CXp¶ntà F¶v. C¶v CSpw NqXn N*t¸mÄ AkWv D_¸m]n AkÄ C«n«nà F¶v.
AkÄ {l²n¡pw F¶v tSm¶n] Ak³ N®pNÄ b^fmkVn AknsXWn¶pw bn³k`n¨psNm*v AkÄ¡v tIm_p km^n sNmXp¯p sNm*n^p¶p.
Ak³ tIm_p km^n S^psf¶pw Akapw {bSo£n¨n^p¶nÃ. AkÄ Ak³s_ N¿n Wn¶pw H^D^pa tIm_pw BhzUn¨p Njn¨p.
tIm_v Njn¨p Njnªp ssN NjpNp¶SnWnX]n Ak³ AktamXv b_ªp.
“”””Wmsa ^mkns` Npan¨v s_Zn]mN\w tZmÎs_ Nm\m³ tbmNmWpÅSm\v.. Wn³s_ Cu kn]À¸pWmäw Fs¶t¸ms` AkÀ hin¡\w F¶nÃ..”
“”””Jo.. tbmXm..”
AkÄ DXp¸v fpNant`¡v k`n¨p f\¸n¨p tWm¡n. F¶n«kÄ b_ªp.
“”””A{S hvsf H¶pfnÃ.”
“”””bnt¶… ^*pUnkhfm]n Npan¨n«v.”
AkÄ fpOw Ipan¨p sNm*p b_ªp.
“””” Cu ¹mÌ_nRv ¹mÌnNv NkÀ Hs¡ Ipän Npan¡p¶Sv H^p sfWt¡Xv Ss¶]m\v.. ASm Mm³ fXn¨pWn¡p¶pSv.”
At¸mjm\v tZmÀ sd AXn¨Sv.
Wµ³ tbm]n NT Sp_¡pt¼mÄ skůn³s_ NmWpfm]n k¶ b¿Wm\v.
Wµ³ tZmÀ Sp_¶psNmXp¯t¸mÄ b¿³ NmWpfm]n ANt¯¡v N]_n. Øn^w k^p¶ b¿Wm]SpsNm*v FknsX]m\v skt¡*sS¶v AkW_n]mw.
fm] sfmssd`pfm]n thmc]nt`¡v tbm]n^p¶p. Nym³ sk¨v Sn^n¨pk^pt¼mjm\v b¿³s_ {l² fm]]nt`¡v Sn^nªSv. AkapsX Sp_¶pNnX¶ ^*v d«WpNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v Ak³s_ N®pNÄ tbm]n.
AkÄ CsSm¶pw A_n]msS tcm\n Np¯n sNm*n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. bt£ B b¿³s_ tWm«w Wµ³ Nm\p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
“”””Xm.. Nym³ k¨p NjnªntÃ.. bns¶´nWm\v NnX¶p_§ps¶.. sbm]v¡qsX?”
b¿³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv