അച്ചുവും അമ്മയും [smitha]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm^\k·mÀ fpS sbmXnfol Nnap¯v k^m³ SpX§p¶ Nnap´p b¿·mÀ ks^]pÅk^psX tWm«w F³s_ Ipk¶p SXn¨, f_pNpÅ, Nojv¨p*nt`m, sW©n Wn¶v- Wm`n©v F¦n`pw fpt¼m«v– SÅn Wn¡p¶, C_pNn] gÀ«nWpÅns` F³s_ sNmjp¯ fp`Nant`m Asæn CX]v¡nsX NX¶pk^p¶ Nmäv sbm¡n]p]À¯p¶ bmkmX]n`qsX Nm\p¶ F³s_ sk® fnWp¸pÅ SXn¨ SpXNant`m Asæn Wm`n©v bnt¼mt«¡v SÅn¯p_n¨p Wn¡p¶ I´nNant`m B]n^n¡pw.
tWm«w fm{SfÃ, ASnWnX]n In` kn^pS·mÀ F³s_ SXn¨ Nojv¨p*n Wn¶v- Nm^yw fWÊn`m¡n hmVWw km§n¡mWm\v F¶ emk¯n F³s_ AXp¯v k¶v- Wn¡pw.
F³s_ tUi¯v Imªpw I^nªpw fp«m³ tWm¡pw.
hmVW§Ä ssNs¿¯n¨v km§p¶SnWnX]n F³s_ fp`]psX sshZn H¶v- AfÀ¯mWpw D^p½mWpw AkÀ {lfn¡pw.
b`^ptX]pw tNm^n¡pXn¡pXn¡p¶ tWm«w S«n kn§nkoÀ¡m³ SpX§n] bq_v B fp«`pw sSmX`pw NqXn]mNpt¼mÄ tImÀs¶m`n¡m³ SpX§pw.
H`n¨p gZv[n SpX]nXp¡n`pw NqSn]n`pw H«nt¨À¶pbnXn¡pw.
NqSn]nXp¡nt`¡v gZv[n N]_n¸nXn¨v tks_m^p kÃm¯ hpOw S^pw.
bq_t¸mÄ ASnU]Wo]fm]n kn`bn¡pw.
tkUWn¡pw. tkUW Sn^p½nfmäm³ ssNkn^`pNÄ S^n¡pw.
bs£ b»n¡v B]n ASv bmXnÃtÃm.
F¦n`pw NX]psX Sn®]n sk¨n^n¡p¶ Nth^]psX A^nNnt`m Sq\nt`m A^s¡«fÀ¯n bq_n³s_ tkUW A¸w fmäm³ Mm³ {lfn¡pw.

A§sW]n^n¡pt¼mÄ, ASv N*psNm*m]n^n¡pw Mm³ Øn^w hmVW§Ä km§n¡p¶ NX]ns` Npªk_m³ tI«³ A¸w Nn¶^n¡m³ SpX§p¶Sv.
{btSyNn¨v B^pw AXp¯nÃm¯t¸mÄ.
“”tfmÄsX f½n dyq«n bmÀ`_n Hs¡ tbmNp¶p*v AtÃ?””
“”bns¶ AXp¡sa¶pw blq³s_]pw F^ptfsXw sbm_tN¶v- fm_m³ f½n¡v tW^knà At¶^km dyq«nbmÀ`À! F¶m tI«m A§sW tImUnt¨?””
“”AÃ, Cu]nsX]m]n ¥mf_v sNm_¨v NqXot«mt*m¶v- H^p hwl]w!””
“”F³s_ tUko!””
Mm³ ASnl]w emkn¨p b_ªp.
“”tNÄ¡* f½n. tN«m tI«sW bnXn¨p D½ sk¡pw f½n. sWPan¸pw ht´mtgmw NqXo«v!””
“”Hm…DuÀ½na tI¨osX D½s]ms¡ W½¡v Nn«m³ kÃy emPyw Ht*m? W½av sk_pw b`I^¡v NX¡m^³. tfmÄsX f½ns]t¸ms` H^p I^¡n³s_ D½ Nn«msWm¶pw Cu bmkw bnXn¨ b`I^¡vNm^Wv t]mPskmt*m?””
tfl¡Xn]n A]mapsX ssN AW§p¶Sv Mm³ N*p.
“”Hmtim! A¸w Ak_m³ tI«³s_ fWÊn`n^n¸v AsSms¡]m AtÃ? f½nt]mXp b_]s« Mm³?””

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