കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 26 [Smitha]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Saw sN«n.
“”AkÄ Kokn¨n^n¡^pSv!””
WnlÐSs] kn_§`n¸n¨psNm*v A]mapsX lÐw ko*pw fpj§n.
“”BÀ¡pw hwl]w D*mNm¯ ^oSn]n Aksa Cu eqfpO¯v Wn¶v- SpX¨v fmä\w. hz´w sI¿msf¦n Gäkpw W¶v…Asæn Gäkpw knlzhvS^m] Fh-vNvtbÀ«v B] fäms^s]¦n`pw Dbt]mPn¨v. fWÊn`mNp¶pt*m WnW¡v?””
“”s]hv b¸m!””
“”W¶m]n BNväv sI¿pN!””
A]mÄ SpXÀ¶p.
“”GsSms¡ skgw sN«mtfm AsSms¡. K]n¡pw gpkÀ. At¸mÄ hz¯v fpjpk³ sWW¡v- tk* DbtUlkpw WnÀtUl§apw ASmSv hf]¯v F¶n Wn¶pw WnW¡v Nn«ns¡m*n^n¡pw…fWÊn`mt]m?””
“”]hv b¸m!””
“”PpZv!””
A]mÄ In^n¨p.
“”W½psX ss{bf_n `Nv–gyw CsSm¶pfÃ. B fm¸pNÄ sNm«m^w ss`{d_n]n Wn¶v- AXn¨v fmä\w. ASm\v– W½psX fng³. H^p WnVn f_ªpNnX¡p¶ bÀÆkSfp*v. tNm{dm inÂhv–! Wn³s_ f½n b_ª {XgÀ sfu*³! B WnVn]nt`¡v F¯nt¨^mWpÅ fmÀ¤ t^ONam\v Ak. ASmUyw N^Øfm¡\w-“”
knf {l²t]msX A]mapsX b²Sn {Pin¨p.
“”thm…””
A]mÄ Dbhwi^n¨p.
“”^*v `£y§Ä D*v W½psX tN^am ]m{S¡v. H¶v- ^mKtlO^ kÀ½]psX fNsa sNmÃpN! ^*v WnVn N^Øfm¡pN- fWÊn`mt]m?””
“”s]hv b¸m..””
A]mÄ AksW H¶v tWm¡n.
“”Wo tWjvh_n]n bYn¨n^p¶ Nm`w Mm³ HmÀ¡p¶p,””
A]mÄ Fjpt¶äp.
“”A¶v- WnW¡v Gäkpw CãfpÅ ss_w, tWjvh_n¸m«v GSm\v F¶v Wo HmÀ¡pt¶m?””
knf A]mapsX tImUyw tN«v H¶pw fWÊn`mNmsS tWm¡n.
“”FWn¡v HmÀ½]p*v,””
fmSyp kÀ¤ohv b_ªp.
“”tKm\o tKm\o ..s]hv b¸m…F¶m ss_w. Wo Ct¸mÄ Nps_ tW^fm]n s]hv b¸m s]hv b¸m F¶v- b_ªpsNm*n^n¡p¶p! AkhmWw tWm b¸m F¶pw b_tªm*v F³s_ Njp¯nWv– bnXnt¨¡^pSv! ss`cv Cuhv F dnPv– tWjvh_n…bs£ ss_w bmtX*Sv– tSm¡psNm*m…S{´§Ä sNm*v….tIm^]pw KokWpw sNm*v..W£{S§apsX CX]n ^mKNpfm^sWt¸ms` Koknt¡t*? ASnWp H^p ss_w fm{Sw HmÀ¯m fSn. skXn]p*]psX _nTw Wn_ª Ioäns¯_n¡p¶ tIm^]psX hnwc\n Wn_ª H^p ss_w…””