മഞ്ഞുരുകും കാലം 9 [വിശ്വാമിത്രൻ]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sn^n¨p kt¶¡p¶p. Ak^pfm]n ^m{Sne£\¯nWp ko*pw C_§n. Ncv–hn N*t¸m AknXp¶mNmw F¶v N^pSn. Fs´ms¡t]m k`n¨p km^n Sn¶p. Sn^n¨p k¶p kr¯n]m]n D_§n.
bntä¶v Hu_Phndnsâ b«n\n]psX lkNpXo^kpw bns¶m^p tNm«]pw N*p. D¨ B]t¸mtj¡pw Bkly hmVW§Ä tfXn¨ M§Ä Sn^n¨p WmPvbq^nt`¡pÅ {b]m\w SpX§n.
tNmtaKn CWn kt¡g³ B\v. Wm«nt`¡v tbm\w. H^p Sm`vb^ykpfnÃ.
“”F´m]n tfmsW tKm`n?””
“”F´m tfmsW Cu k]Ên bYn¡msWms¡ tbmt\?””
“”N`ym\sfm¶pw Njn¡p¶nÃ?””
“”N`ym\sfms¡ Njn¡m³ tKm`n tkt*?””
tk*, Np® fSn F¶v b_]m³ H^pbmXv Sk\ Wmkp sIm_nªn«ps*¦n`pw b_ªn«nÃ.
AsSms¡ ko*pw H^p b¯p Unkhw AWpekn¡\w Ft¶mÀ¯t¸mÄ s{X]n³ Xn¡äv dp¡v sI¿m³ Sp_¶p sk¨ NMCYC skdvsshäv Mm³ fX¡n.
tWmÀ¯nt`m«v tbmkm³ bänÃ. S\p¸m\v. tWmÀ¯vþCuÌns`m«pw bänÃ. W½sX hSy {NnhvSymWn boä_nsW dp²nfp«n¨v ssiU^mdmUnt`¡v tbm]mt`m F¶v In´n¨p. dn^n]m\n]pw tNämw.
bns¶ B\v HmÀ¯Sv. Aksâ NqsX bÅn]n`pw sNm]À bmXmWpsfms¡ tbmtk*n k^pw. AtSm*v tk*.
fpwssd]nt`¡pw PpK_m¯nt`¡pw H¶pw MmWnÃ. AknsXms¡ H^pbmXv WmÄ tbm]n A`ªp Sn^nªSm.
“”F¦n bns¶ CknsX Ss¶ C^n. s{bmKNväv Hs¡ s_Zn B¡v””
kÃt¸mjpfms\¦n`pw fWxhm£n WÃ DbtUl§apw S¶p SpX§n]n^p¶p.
bntä¶v Zn¸mÀXvsfân tbm]n ssPZnsW N*p. Nm^yw b_ªp. At§À¡v H^p {blvWkpfnÃ. im¸n.
A§sW Hjnª timÌ`n emkn b^nbmXnNsa Np_n¨v Bt`mIn¨ S`]pw fqXpw sbmN¨p MmsWsâ A¡mZfnNv Nm^o]_nt`¡v NX¶p.
tNmtaKv sbmSpsk Bsamjnªn^p¶p. A¡mZfnNv ÌmcntWms¡ skt¡g³ B\v. Hmcohv ÌmcnWv AkVn CÃ.
W½sX Zn¸mÀXvsfân Hmcohv Ìmcv B]n«v H^p A¡³ fm{Stf DÅp. hm£m ^pIn sNmt*.
WÃ tb^v.
N_p¯ fpOw skÅbqlm³ k`n¨p km^n tfNvA¸v CXp¶ hm^nIpän] H^p Sm¸mW.
Aäâ³hnhnsW sImÃn b`t¸mjpw WffpsX hibmYnNapfm]n Wo* kmPzmUw§an GÀs¸Xp¶ H^p fmtWKv–fâv fq^m¨n. Ak^psX fp¶o skt¨¡p¶ s^KnÌ_n D¸pwsk¨p Mm³ `mdnt`¡v WX¶p.
C¶v A¡³ bSnknWp knb^oSfm]n hm^n AÃ. Ip^nUm_m\v.
H^p sI_n] tg¸vHs¡ Ctà Fs¶m^p hwl]w.
AVnNw hqw sI¿m³ Wn¶nÃ.
b\n SpX§n. Unkh§Ä A©m_p NX¶p tbm]n. Zn¸mÀXvsfân Mm³ fm{SfÃ. WmPvbqÀ WnkmhnNam] hvtNmaÀhpw D*v.
{NnhvSpfhv N¼nNp«³.sWäv