മായാനന്ദനം 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fm] D*m¡p¶ Wn]{´\w AksW ht´mgn¸n¨p.
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Np_¨pUnkh§Ä¡ptlgw …
fm] A¶psSm«v ko*pw tKm`n¡v tbm]n SpX§pN]m]n^p¶p, ssN]ns` ¹mÌÀ fmän.. bt£ Ct¸mjpw ssN Sq¡n Ss¶ C«n^n¡]m]n^p¶p.
Wµ³ Np_¨p Unkh§Ä¡p fp¼p Ss¶ tKm`n¡ptbm]n SpX§n]n^p¶p. As¶ms¡ bNÂhf]w fpjpk³ fm] Hä]v¡v _qfn C^n¡pw, Ak³ tbmNp¶SnWp fp¼v Ss¶ AkÄ¡v tk\p¶ Bim^sfms¡ D*m¡n kt¨¡pw.
fm]]psX lÐw Wµ³s_ sIknNan F¯n.
“”””Zm.. CSv H¶p k¶v C«v Sm.”
Ak³ sIÃpt¼mÄ bSnkptbms` fp³emPw XÆ sNm*v f_¨p Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶p AkÄ.
Ak³ _qfnt`¡v N]_n] DX³ fm] k¶v Ak³s_ fp¶n Sn^nªp Wn¶p.
CSnt¸mÄ bSnkm]n sI¿p¶SnWm AkWv {btSyNn¨v H¶pw tSm¶n]nÃ.
Ak³ bSnkptbms` fpXn fp¶nt`¡v FXp¯n«v ip¡v C«p sNmXp¯ tlgw _qfn Wn¶v C_§nt¸m]n.
AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbm] Ak³ AkÀ¡v tk\p¶ Bim^w `©v tdmN-vhn B¡n]tlgw fm]t]mXv knan¨p b_ªp.
“”””fmt].. Wn³s_ `©v tdmN-vhn³s_ NqsX hvbq¬ Mm³ k¨n«p*v D¨]v¡v f_¡msS cpZv Njn¡\w.”
“”””AsSms¡ Mm³ Njn¨psNmÅmw.. Wo Ct¸mÄ C§v kt¶.”
AkapsX _qfnWv fp¶n F¯n] Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”””Wo DXp¸v C«m]n^pt¶m?”
“”””AsSms¡ C«p.. Wo ANt¯¡v N]_n km.”
ANt¯¡v N]_n sI¶ Ak³s_ N¿n N½Â sNmXp¯p sNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””CSv H¶v C«p Sm..”
N½Â km§n AkapsX fpXn sshZnt`¡v HSp¡n]tlgw C«p sNmXp¡p¶SnWnX]n Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”””C¶v Ss¶ tbmN\sf¶v WnÀdÔfpt*m? ssN H¶v l^n]m]n«v tbm]m tbms^?”
“””” bänÃXm.. Ct¸mÄ Ss¶ H^pbmXv tKm`n NnX¡pN]m\v… bns¶ Wo tKm`n¡v tbm]n Njnªm`pw Mm³ CknsX Hä]v¡v C^n¡pN]tÃ? At¸mÄ bns¶ AknsX tbmNp¶Sm\v WÃSv.”
bns¶ Ak³ H¶pw b_]m³ tbm]nÃ.
Ak³ N½`n«p Njnªt¸mÄ N®mXn]nt`¡v tWm¡ns¡m*v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”””Ct¸mÄ Mm³ hpµ^n B]ntÃ?”
AkapsX fpOt¯¡v Np_¨ptW^w tWm¡n] tlgw Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””H^p Np_kp*v..”
“”””F´m?”
Ak³ N®mXn]psX fp¶n C^p¶ sbm«n Wn¶pw H^p sI_n] sbm«v FXp¯v AkapsX sWän]n C«psNm*p b_ªp.
“”””Ct¸mÄ hpµ^n]m]n..”
AkapsX fpO¯v H^p bp©n^n knXÀ¶p.
bns¶ sbs«¶v Ss¶ AkÀ cvamäv bq«n Smtj¡v tbm]n. tPänWp fp¶n F¯n] AkÀ ^*ptb^pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv