മായാനന്ദനം 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tlgw fpXn H¶pw {l²n¡m³ hf]w Nn«mSm]n.. At¸mÄ bns¶ sk«n sI_pSm¡p¶Sv B\v WÃsS¶v tSm¶n.”
“”””F¦n`pw fpXn¡v Woaw DÅt¸mÄ Nm\m³ WÃ ewPn]m]n^p¶p.”
AkÄ Sn^nªv Ak³s_ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡ns¡m*v tImUn¨p.
“”””WnW¡v A{S]v¡v Cãfm]n^pt¶m F³s_ fpXn?”
Ak³ H¶pw fqan]tlgw AkapsX S` Sn^n¨p k¨v ko*pw fpXnIoNn SpX§n.
Np_¨ptW^w H¶pw fn*mSn^p¶ tlgw AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””WnW¡v A{S]v¡v Cãfm\v Mm³ CWn fpXn Wo«n kaÀ¯mw.”
Ak³s_ Ip*n H^p bp©n^n kn^nªp. bt£ Ak³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.
Np_¨p tW^w NqXn Njnªt¸mÄ Ak³ AkapsX fpXn IoNn Njnªp.
ssN¸nXn]ns`mSp§n] Np_¨p fpXns]Xp¯v AksWm¶p f\¸n¨p tWm¡n.
AkÄ sbs«¶v Ak³s_ N¿n Wn¶pw fpXn knXo¸n¨p sNm*v b_ªp.
“”””WÃtbms` gmwbq C«v NjpNn]n«v Ss¶ Np_¨pUnkhfm]n.. Wà hvsf B]n^n¡pw?”
“”””G]v.. A{S]v¡v hvsf H¶pfnÃ..”
Np_¨ptW^w fn*mSn^p¶n«v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”””Wfp¡v Ht^m Im] NpXn¨mt`m?”
Ak³ sb«¶v b_ªp.
“”””FWn¡v k¿ CWn Im] H¶pw CXm³.”
“””” Wo CX*m.. Mm³ Cs«mÅmw”
“”””Cu H^p ssN]pw sk¨p sNmt*m?”
AkÄ Nth^]n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äp sNm*v b_ªp.
“”””H^p Im]]nXm³ ^*p ssN]psX Bklysfm¶pfnÃ.”
fm] AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¶p.
AknsX Ss¶ C^p¶v Wµ³s_ In´NÄ bSps¡ Wm«n fm] D*m]n^p¶t¸mÄ DÅ HmÀ½Nant`¡v tbm]n.
fm] Sn^nsN sNm¡¯]nt`¡v tbm] ^wP¯n In´NÄ¡v F¯n]t¸mÄ Ak³ bSps¡ H^p hnP^säXp¯v N¯n¨p.
At¸mtj¡pw fm] Im]]pfm]n AknsX F¯n.
hnP^äv bpN DuSn kn«p sNm*v Ak³ AkapsX N¿n Wn¶pw Im] ¥mhv km§n.
fm] tImUn¨p.
“”””hnP_äv bm¡äv Wn³s_ tbm¡än C^n¡pN]mt\m?”
“”””AtS..”
“”””bm¡äv Cs§Xps¯..”
F´nWms\¶v A_n]msS Ak³ tbm¡än Wn¶pw hnP^äv bm¡äv FXp¯v AkapsX N¿n sNmXp¯p.
B bm¡äv DXp¸n³s_ tbm¡än`n« tlgw Ak³s_ Ip*n C^p¶ hnP^äv k`ns¨Xp¯v Uqt^s¡_nªp sNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””C¶nSv Gjmfs¯ hnP^äv B\v Wo k`n¡p¶Sv.. Np_¨p HmkÀ B\nSv.”
“”””ASnWv?”
“””” CWnfpS Unkh¯n ^*v hnP_äv fSn WnW¡v.. ASv Mm³ S¶psNmÅmw.”
Ak³s_ Ip*n H^p bp©n^n kn^nªp.
KoknS¯n³s_ H^p emPfm]n fm_n]n^p¶ hnP_äv k`n Np_n¡p¶Sv AkWv kngfw B]n^ps¶¦n`pw S³s_ Nm^y§an N¼nNp«³.sWäv