പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 1 [Malathy David]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv M§apsX ko«n BÀ¡pw bmÀ«n sNmXpt¡*n k¶n«nÃ. bns¶, knkmitlgw Hs^mä bmÀ«n]n`pw MmWnÃmsS Wnsâ Aѳ tbm]n«nÃ. At±i¯nWv sh£z ZnsshÀ kas^ NqXpS`m]n^p¶p. bt£ AsSÃmw M§apsX]nX]n fm{Sfm]n^p¶p. GSp b^o£\¯nWpw Mm³ S]m_m]n^p¶p. AsSÃmw kÀ¯n]pfm]n^p¶p. HmcohÀfm^psX em^yfmÀ F¶pw H¯pNqXpfm]n^p¶p. ASn fn¡km_psfÃmk^pw St`¶s¯ bmÀ«n]psX kntlg§Ä b¦pk]v¡pfm]n^p¶p. Ak^psX NnX¡ b¦n« tf`ptUymPØsâ Np®]psX k`n¸w, A]mapsX sbÀskÀgWpNÄ, Ak^psX NjnkptNXpNÄ FÃmw. FWn¡v fWÊn`m]Sv, NqXpS B\p§apw Hm_ shN-vhnWptk*n]m\v fsäm^p sb®nsâ AXp¯ptbmNp¶Sv. hz´w em^yfmÀ b`t¸mjpw ASnWp kj§m_nÃ. bs£, Ck^m^pw B sb®nWv Du¼ns¡mXp¡m_nÃ. F¦n`pw eÀ¯mknWv s{bmtfmgWpw huN^yfpÅ tbmÌnwPnWpw tk*n Cu sb®p§Ä FÃmw sI¿pw. Hm_ shN-vhnsâ hpOw dmt`«WnÂWn¶v W¶m]n A_nªn«pÅSpsNm*v MmWkt^mXv b^hvb^w sI]vSptWm¡m³ WnÀtUln¨p. fn¡km_pwtbÀ¡v fsäm^p sb®nsâ fp³bn Sp\n]jn¡m³ e]¦^ sZ`n¡hn]m\v. Hmt^m^p¯À¡pw Ak^psX k]_pImXnt¸m]n, CXp¸n sNmjp¸pNqXn F¶S^¯n`pÅ tbXn]m\v. bt£ Cks^Ãmw H^m\nsâ fp³bns`¯n]m hz]w FÃmw Ajns¨_n]pw. H^pUnkhw Cu ko«n`m]n^p¶p B H¯pNqXÂ. AX¨n«fp_n]n MmsWsâ Ip^nUm_pw tXm¸pw {dm]pw bmâohpsfÃmw Ajns¨_nªp. AÂbw Njnªt¸mÄ fsäm^p hv{So]pw ASpsI]vSp. bns¶, FÃmk^pw Sp\n]jn¨p. BUyw WPvW]m] hv{Sos] Mm³ fäpÅk^psXfp³bn Nvtamshän`n^p¯n bq_v thm¸ptS]v¨p NjpNn. Aks^ NnX¡]nÂNnX¯n MmWk^psX fp`Napw bq_pw D_n©n¡m\n¨p. Ak^psX ^SnNqKWw H^p Wn`knan]ns`¯n]t¸mÄ, lÐw bp_¯p tNÄ¡mSn^n¡m³ fäpÅkÀ Ak^psX km]v sbm¯n¸nXn¨p. SaÀ¨fm_n F\oä AkÀ Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p tImUn¨p, “”Mm³ hufn¡pw sI]vSpS^t«””. Mm³ b_ªp, “”FWn¡v CSpw CSn`VnNkpw Fsâ eÀ¯mknÂWn¶pw Nn«p¶p*v. Wn§apsX eÀ¯m¡·ms^s¡m*v CSv sI¿n¡m³ Njnªnsæn W½anknsX NqXpt¼mÄ b^hvb^w sI¿mftÃm?””. Fs¶ AÛpSs¸Xp¯ns¡m*v A¶knsX NqXn] bSnWm`p hv{SoNapw b^hvb^w Hm_ shN-vhv sI]vSp. bn¶oXv B\p§Ä¡v Hm_ shN-vhv sI¿p¶Sv bYn¸n¨psNmXp¡m³ FWn¡v Wm`©pNnt`m tW{´¸jw kmt§*nk¶p. MmWkt^mXv b_ªp, W½Ä sNmXp¡p¶tS Wfp¡pw Nn«qsk¶v. AknXp¶v {Xm³hvscÀ BNp¶Spks^, bn¶oXpÅ M§apsX foäns§Ãmw bqÀ®WPvW^m]n«m]n^p¶p. CSnWnX]n b`^pw eÀ¯m¡·ms^ bYn¸ns¨Xp¯n^p¶p.CknsXkWnSm¢ºnsâfoän§pNanÂFN-vhnNyq«okvN½än]ns`Wm`©vAwP§ÄM§apsXhzNm^yfp_n]nÂWPvW^m]nC^p¶m\v_½nNan¡m_v–“”.
“”AÑsâf^\tlgwA½]v¡vkWnSm¢ºns`AwP§apfm]nFs´¦n`pws`hvdn]³dÔ§ap*m]n«pt*m?””AksâtImUywkas^EKpkpwAt¸msasKän¡pwB]n^p¶p.
“”CknsXbm_p¡p«n]pÅt¸mÄFWn¡SnsâBklyfnÃtÃm””.FsâD¯^wkas^kyàfm]n^p¶p.