ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 5 [ smitha ]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F{S]mt`mIn¨n«pw sgÃn¡v fWÊn`m]nÃ. “”AÑm, A¨³ b_ªp k^p¶Sv…”” “”Mm³ b_ªpk^p¶tSm?”” A¨³ {Np²Wm]n tImUn¨p. “”sbt{¼t¶m¯nfm^v I¯v– fq¶p fp¸Sv sSm®q_p sSN]pt¶Wp fp¼v tks_ sN«p¶ BÄ¡m^m sfm¯w. At¶^km Wn³s_ A¸³ A`N-vhm*À C¸jpw hnhn`osW F¶v sk¨m Wn³s_ f½osW HmÀt¯m*v Kokn¡ps¶. A§Ws¯ H^¸sâ tfm³ Ss¶ Bt\mXm Wo?”” sgÃn]psX fpOw C^p*p. “”Wo F¶m Fs¶ tWm¡n tbXn¸n¡pkmt\m?”” {bn³hn¸man³s_ hz^w ko*pw D]À¶p. “”sWW¡n¸w F{S]m {bm]w? tSZv C]_tÃ? A¸w C^pbSv B^n¡pw. AtàC^pbs¯m¶v. Biv A¸w sSänà N`ym\{bm]km]n. ASmt\m Wo C¸tj H^p¯osX sbm_sN, ASpw sWW¡v b«osX sk` tbm`pw S^m¯ H^p¯osX sbm_sN WX¡ps¶?”” sgÃn]psX tUi¯pNqXn H^p fn¶Â bmªp. ssUktf, {bn³hn¸ma¨³ F´m\v Dt±lp¡p¶Sv? “”Mm³ b_ª Nm^yw sWW¡v fWÊn`mt]m sgÃn?”” sgÃn WnlÐfm]n AÑsW tWm¡n. “”CSv Wos]m¶v km]n¨ptWm¡nt¡,”” At±iw tflk`n¸n Wn¶v- H^p NkÀ FXp¯v sgÃn]psX tWs^ Wo«n. {Now Wn_¯n`pÅ B NkÀ sgÃn Sp_¶p. ASn Wn¶v- fX¡n] H^p skap¯ NX`mÊv– AksWXp¯p. ASv knXÀ¯n. ewPn]pÅ ssN¸X]n Cw¥ogns`jpSn] N¯v. s_hvsbNväv–Zv s_k_³äv cmUÀ, Cäv– Cuhv äp {dnwPv ]pkÀ ssN³Zv Asä³g³ äp F t{bm»w sF imkv do³ hc_nwPv hn³hv sF imZv `m³ZZv C³ Unhv _nsWu¬Zv t`\nwPv sh³äÀ. F thÀ«³ sgÃn A`N-vhv C³ sscW C]À cnhnN-vhv Cuhv– Ìm¡nwPv fn tkÀ FskÀ sF fqkv, i^mÊnwPv fn ssd tkZvhv B³Zv BNvävhv. tUÀtcmÀ sF dnho¨v ]q äp s{bmsskZv fo kn¯v B³ Aäv–tfmhvcn]À {co {cw inhv– Wyq]nsh³hv thm Umäv sF Nm³ Nw¹oäv– ssf ÌZohv. tfmÌv– s_hvsbNvävcpan ]ptkjvhv, fnWn tfmÄ fmSyp. “”F¶SmXm CSn³s_ AÀTw F¶v- Mm³ Wnt¶mXv tImUn¡p¶nÃ. AsSms¡ A_n]msWmÅ knk^w Hs¡ FWns¡m*v,”” sgÃn A¸ hf]w WnlÐWm]n^p¶p. “”AtS FjpSnt]¡ps¶ F t{bm»w sF imkv do³ hc_nwPv F¶m. F¶psk¨m fnWn CksX k¶ Unkhw sfmS Wo Aksa Ct¸mÄ ks^ l`yw sI]vSpsNm*n^n¡pN]m¶v-. Wmt\mw fmtWmw f^p¶ntW`pw Ht*mXm sWW¡v?”” A¨³ lÐfp]À¯n. {bn³hn¸man³s_ NymdnWpskan]n B^psXs]ms¡t]m Wnj`pNÄ AW§p¶Sv sgÃn N*p. “”C§sW H^p Nwss¹³äv Nn«n]m F¶m sI¿\w Mm³? F¶m sI¿\¶v-?”” sgÃn bp_t¯¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv