അഗമ്യഗമനം [ധൃഷ്ടദ്യുമ്നൻ]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Zntkmjvhv sNmXpt¡*n k^nÃm]n^p¶p””

“”CÃ ^mtK«m… AkÄ Ct§m«v tImUn¨Sm, ASm Mm³ sNmXp¯Sv.””

“”ASv fp³btÃ? kÀgw ^*v NjnªntÃ? Wo AktamXv H¶v fWÊv Sp_¶p hwhm^n¨n«v B tbt¸jvhv sNmXp¯m fSn]m]n^p¶p.””

“”AktamXv A¶v hwhm^n¨Sv F§sW B]n^p¶p F¶v FWns¡ A_n]mNq.””

“”Biv… F´m]m`pw tbm]n CWn WsÃm^p sb®nsW Ns*¯n N`ym\w Njn¨p Kokn¡m³ tWm¡v. Mm³ tWm¡«v WnW¡v bän] H^msa.””

“”C¸tj H¶pw WX¡nÃ. Mm³ H«pw {bobt^Zv AÃ.””

“”H¶v tbm f]nt^, Wnsâ Cu km«kpw UpOkpw FÃmw fm_\sf¦n sbs«¶v Ss¶ Hs^®w sN«p.””

“”B^m Cu b_]pt¶? Biv ^mtK«m AWptI¨osX W¼À Mm³ A]¨Sv Nn«n]m]n^pt¶m?””

“”Biv Nn«n, Mm³ knan¨n^p¶p. Akam\v Wnsâ koXv b_ªp S¶Sv.””

^mK tktUmbtUl§apfm]n hÔy ks^ t_mdntWmsXm¸w NqXn.hÔy¡v ]m{S]m]n tbmNpt¼mÄ. CWn W½Ä Nm\p¶Sv Wnsâ N`ym\¯nWv B]n^n¡pw F¶v b_ªp ]m{S]m]n.

^*pfq¶p Unkhw NjnªpÅ H^p H^p {bemS¯n t_mdn³ Hmcohnt`¡v tbmNm³ S¿ms_Xp¡pt¼mÄ hp^en AktWmXp b_ªp.

“”Zm… lm´nInä Wmsa PÄcn tbmNps¶¶p k^pt¼mÄ kÃSpw km§nsNm*pkm””

k]Êv b¯pWm`vbSv B]n Ct¸mjpw sN«nt]msâ IqXv bnXn¨p NnX¶ntàsb®p¼nÅ¡v Nj¡pw.sN«n¡m³ {bm]fm] H^p tfmap*v. t_mdn³ BßPSw b_ªp ko«n Wn¶n_§n.

sskNn«v ko«nt`¡p tbmNpw kjn t_mdn³ td¡_n]n WnÀ¯n. hmVW§Ä km§n t_mdn³ AWptI¨ns] tWm¡ns]¦n`pw N*nÃ.Ak³ Nmgn C^n¡p¶ BtamXv AtWzgn¨p.

“”CknsX fp³bv Wn¶n^p¶ AWptI¨n F´ns]?””

“”AkÄ ^*pfq¶p Unkhw fpt¶ Hant¨mXn””

“”-! Ft¸m?””

“”CknXp¶p Zyq«n]pw Njnªn_§n]kÄ kosX¯n]nÃ. ko«pNmÀ FÃmw NqXn Ct§m«v Npän]pw b_nt¨m*v k¶p. Zyq«n Njnªn_§p¶Sv hnhnXnkn]n Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯p. bnt¶ tNhv B]n sbmÃm¸m]n. AkhmWw tbm`ohv bnXn¨p. AkapsX AÑsâ {bm]fpÅ H^mapfm]m\v ImXnt¸m]Sv.””

“”tR!””

“”Aà bnt¶, AkÄ¡p Smtj DÅSnsW sN«n¨p kn«p KmSNtUmgw F¶pb_ªp AkaknsX F{S Nm`w C^n¡mWm.””

“”sl^n,CSm ssbh dtÌm¸n Wn¶v sNm*v ^mtK«sW knan¨p.””

“”it`m…””

“”H¶^ Nnt`m…””

“”Fs´Xm?””

“”AWptI¨n F´ns]?””

“”AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv