അച്ചുവും അമ്മയും [smitha]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AUvepSw.
AXn¡m³ k¶nöp fm{SfÃ, tUgyfnsöp fm{SfÃ, sI_n] H^p bp©n^n]pt*m B fpO¯v?
“”Mm³ F³s_ I¡ A§sW C¸w BÀ¡pw sNmXp¡m³ Dt±ln¡p¶nÃ. Wo]pw Wn³s_ It¡w Np^qw H¶pw A§sW BÀ¡pw sNmXp¡*,””
NXkpta! Mm³ S`]n ssNsk¨p.
f½n N¼n b_]p¶p! ASpw WÃ N`¡³ N¼n!
“”Wo]§sW sM«pskm¶pw tk*,””
f½n bp©n^n Han¸n¡m³ fpSn^msS b_ªp.
“”kÀ¯mWw b_]m³ FWn¡pw A_n]mw,””
“”Dw ..sNmÅmw sNmÅmw…tNÄ¡m³ WÃ ^hw hpµ^n f½n N¼n b_]p¼w,””
“”N¼nt]m? N¼ow bmt^w H¶pw Mm³ b_ªnÃ,””
“”Hm, CSv tbms` H^p b«n¡m«v Nm^n! F³s_ f½o, CSv B N¼n AÃ. N¼n F¶v- b_ªm shN-vhv,””
“”bns¶! N¼n F¶v- b_ªm shN-vhv! H¶v- tbmXo. Wo Ip½m Fs¶ sbm«n]m¡tÃ,””
Mm³ In^n¨p. f½n]pw.
“”f½o I¡s]ms¡ A§sW H^pbmXv skt¨m*n^n¡m³ bmXnÃ. Bkly¡m^v k^p¼w A§v b_n¨psNmXpt¯¡\w,””
Mm³ ko*pw In^n¨p. C¯k\ F´m]m`pw f½n tUgys¸Xpw. Mm³ D_¸n¨p.
“”F³s_ I¡ tW^s¯ Ss¶ dp¡v sI]vsS¡p¶Sm. AkNmln]p*v. FÃmÀ¡pw Sn¶m³ sNmXp¡p¶ hmVWw Aà ASv,””
“”Sn¶*]mav bs£ CÃtÃm,””
f½n]psX fpO¯v kngmUf`]Xn¨p.
FWn¡pw kngffm]n.
“”thm_n f½o Mm³…””
Mm³ b_ªp.
“”Sfml¡v b_ªSm. sF ZnZv tWm«v fo³ äp iÀ«v ]q,””
Mm³ fpt¼m«v– sI¶v- f½ns] sSmXm³ {lfn¨p.
“”tk*, tk* ….Wo]mUyw tbm]n Npan¡v. tf¯v sfm¯w Fs´ms¡t]m f\fm…””
AkÀ PqZmÀ°¯n Fs¶ tWm¡n.

A¯mj¯nWp tlgw Xo kn]psX fp¼n`m]n^p¶p MmWpw f½n]pw.
D¸pw fpaNpw ho^n]`n Wo`pkpw dm`pkpw SNÀ¡pN]m]n^ps¶¦n`pw f½n]psX {l² ASn`à F¶v- FWn¡v tSm¶n.
M§Ä AXp¯Xp¯v thmc]n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
“”F´v bän f½o?””
Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”Mm³ tfmav b_ª Nm^yw HmÀ¡pkm^p¶p,””
“”Mm³ b_ª Nm^ytkm? Hm, I¡]psX Nm^ykmt\m?””
Mm³ In^n¨p.
“”Dw. Bkly¡m^v k^p¼w b_n¨psNmXpt¯¡\w F¶v- b_ªntÃ?””
“”f½o MmWSv…””
FWn¡v AUvepSw tSm¶n. f½ns] fWÊn`m¡p¶ Nm^y¯n FWn¡v sSänt¸mt]m?
“”tfmtamXv Mm³ sSm_¶v b_]mw,””
f½n Fs¶ tWm¡n. bns¶ tWm«w fmän. KWm`]n`qsX bp_¯p Wn`mskan¨¯nt`¡v tWm¡n.
“”f½n F´m]m`pw b_]q. CknsX FWn¡pw f½n¡pw sg]À sI¿m³ W½Ä fm{Stà DÅq,””
“”ASv…””
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