മായാനന്ദനം 3 [ne-na]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F´nWm\v Kokn¡p¶Sv F¶v tbm`pw FWn¡_n]nÃ.”
AkÄ N^ªpsNm*v AknsXWn¶pw Fjpt¶äp tbm]n.
C{S]pw kngf§Ä¡v CX]n`m\v AkÄ Kokn¡p¶Sv F¶v A_n]mSn^p¶ Wµ³ Aksa F´v b_ªm\v Blzhn¸nt¡*Sv F¶_n]msS AknsX¯s¶ C^p¶p.
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H^mjvI]v¡v tlgw…
Wµ³ k`n¨p SoÀ¶ hnP^äpNpän dm¡\n]n Wn¶pw Smtj¡v k`ns¨_nªp.
fq¶mfs¯ hnP^äm\v Ct¸mÄ k`n¨v SoÀ¡p¶Sv.. Ak³ km¨nt`¡v tWm¡n, hf]w 7 f\n Njnªn^n¡p¶p.. tKm`n Sn^¡ps*¦n`pw fm] C{St¯maw sskNp¶SÃ.. C¶v Gjv f\n]m]n«pw F¯n]n«nÃ..
Ak³ H¶pNqXn fm]psX tcm\nt`¡v knan¨p _nwPv sI¿p¶p*v… bt£ B^pw NmÄ FXp¡p¶nÃ.
WÃtbms` C^p«n¯pX§n `nhn fm]]psX NqsX Nm\pw F¶Sm\v Blzmhw.
bt£ `nhns]]pw tcm¬ knan¨n«v Nn«p¶nÃ.
Ak³ dm¡\n]n Wn¶pw Smtj¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ H^p NmÀ k¶p Wn¡p¶p. B hf]w Ss¶ Ak³s_ tcm¬ _nwPv sI]vSp.
tcm¬ FXp¯p tWm¡n]t¸m`nhn]m\v knan¡p¶Sv.
NmÄ FXp¯pXsW Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”””Wn§Ä CSv FknsX]m\v.. F´m C{S t`äv BNp¶Sv?”
“”””M§Ä C§v F¯n.. Wo Smtj¡v H¶v kt¶”.
Wµ³ sbs«¶v Smtj¡v tbm]n.
Ak³ sIÃpt¼mÄ tW^s¯ N* Nm_nWp fp¶n `nhn Wn¸p*v. fm] Nm_nWN¯v C^n¡p¶p.
`nhn]psX AXps¯¯n] Wµ³ tImUn¨p.
“”””Wn§Ä C¶v F´m Nm_n ks¶?”
“””” kÀ¡v sshän k¨v H^p BN-vhnZ³_v D*m]Xm.. fm]]psX k`s¯ ssN¿n HXpkp*v.. k`t¯¡m`n sbm«³ Csæn`pw WX¡m³ dp²nfp«v Ss¶]m\v.”
Wµ³ Nm_nWN¯vfm]s] tWm¡n.
k`SpssN]n ¹mÌÀ C«n^n¡p¶p. sWän]n Ft´m S«n Ipk¶n«p*v.
`nhn b_ªp.
“”””Wo Aksa F³s_ _qfnt`¡vsNm*ptbm.. Mm³ At¸mtj¡pw NmÀ b_ªp kn«p k^mw.”
Wµ³ Nm_n³s_ tZmÀ Sp_¶v fm]]psX CXs¯ ssN tSman`n«v Sm§n bp_t¯¡n_¡n. AkÄ¡v k`SpNm Smsj Np¯n Wn¡pkm³ bäp¶nÃm]n^p¶p. Ak³ Aksa Sm§n bSps¡ `ncvänWv AXpt¯¡v WX¶p.
At¸mtj¡pw `nhn]pw AkÀs¡m¸w F¯n.
`ncv__nWv ANt¯¡v N]_n] `nhn b_ªp.
“”””fm] Np_¨pUnkhw F³s_ _qfn Wn¡s«…Asæn WnW¡v AsSm^p dp²nfp«mNpw.”
Wµ³ FSnÀ¯v H¶pw b_ªnÃ,AkWpw tSm¶n ASp Ss¶]m\v WÃsS¶v.
SpX^pw…