പൂതന [Mango]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpjp¯ Np® AkÀ H^p tWm¡p Nm\p¶ S^¯n B\v Mm³ ASp sI]vSSv. ASnWp tlgw Ak^psX fp`Nant`¡v tWm¡n Wmkv– sNm*v Ip*pNÄ H¶v Djnªp Mm³ N«n`nt`¡v C^p¶p.
bn¶nt`¡v ssNNÄ Np¯n A`vbw Imªm\v Mm³ C^p¶Sv. Fsâ Np® `p¦n]n SoÀ¯ NqXm^w bqSW H¶v N®v Wn_s] Nm\s«….
“”””At¿mXm f¡ta… Np® N¼n B]n tbm]Ã…-!” AkÀ A§sW b¨]v¡v b_]pw F¶v Mm³ knIm^n¨nÃ. AkÀ Fsâ `p¦n]ns` NqXm^w tWm¡n Wn¶v »uhnWv fpNan NqXn k`s¯ fp` sM«n bnXn¨p Sn^p½n DX¨p sNm*p b_ªp
“”””Nãw S¶ tN«m… Ct{Sw k`n] H^p b_n N¼n B]n«v ASnWv tN_m³ bän] WsÃm^p bq_v CknX CÃmS tbm]Ã… C¸ hpWnS CknsX§mWpw H*m]n^pt¶, bq_pw sbma¯n ImXn ASnt`m«§p tN_nt]sW”
Mm³ In^n¨p, “”””ASnWv CSnt¸m sbm§n]Sv hpWnSs] N*n«ÃtÃm”
“”””B…ASv tW^v S¶ tN«m… bn¶ CSn¸ Fs´^nWv F\oäv Wn¡\?”
“”””ASv W½ant¸m B sNm` FXp¯v sbm¡n]ntÃ? As¸m Fsâ Np® bqSW A¡sâ sW]v sNmS¯nsâ Im`nt`¡v– tN_n]m^p¶p…Np® tNm¯n N]_n]Sv A¡³ A_nªntÃ?” MmWpw b¨]v¡v S«n kn« tlgw Mm³ `p¦n Nq«n bnXn¨p Np® Djnªp.
“”””Bim… Mm³ A_nt]¡ sI]vSv. bs£ Mm³ knIm^n¨v bpÅ]v¡v A_n]msS bän]Sms\¶v”
b_]pt¼mapw Ak^psX N®pNÄ Mm³ Djn]p¶ Np®]n Ss¶ B]n^p¶p. AXp¯ bXn F§sW Ikn«\w F¶mt`mIn¨p tWm¡n Mm³.
“”””F´m]m`pw Mm³ CknsX Cs¸m k¶Sv sNm*v A¡sâ sNm` Sq¡n CXm³ bän]tÃm…. F¶m¸ns¶ Mm³ C_§s« A¡m…””
Np®]n Wn¶v bnXn kn«v Mm³ Fjpt¶äp.
“”””At¿… Ft´^¸o CSv? C§W b_n]pw sNm`¸n¨p bnXn¨m\m kjot`m«v F_§m³ tbm\Sv? Bs^¦n`pw N*m tfmlw b_]pw. bpÅ AknX C^n¡o… sNm_¨p Njnªv tbmkmw”
“”””ASv sl^n]mkq` A¡m… CSnWn Ct¸msjm¶pw Sm^pw F¶p tSm¶p¶nÃ. CknsX A¡sW]pw tWm¡n C^p¶m Mm³ In`t¸m Wn§sa tN_n kÃSpw sI]vSp Na]pw. ASp sNm*m tbmNmw F¶v knIm^n¨Sv”
bqSW In^n¨p. “”””ASv bpÅ F¶ Nan]m¡m³ b_ªStÃ… F¶t¸ms`m^p sNakns] sNm*v tfmsW tbms`m^p¯Wv F´mkmWm?”
“”””A¡³ tbXn¡*. Mm³ Ip½m b_ªSm. Mm³ A¡sW H¶pw sI¿q`.” Ak^psX fpOw H¶p kmXn] tbms`. Mm³ ko*pw tImUn¨p, “”””A¡m… A¡sâ tb^v em^Sn F¶tÃ? bs£ FÃm^pw A¡sW F´m bqSW F¶p knan¡ps¶?”
“”””ASv tfmsW… sI_p¸¯nt` FÃm^pw knan¡\Sm…””
“”F¶m`pw… Fs´¦n`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv