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Moon Nar
Moon Nar
1 Munnar
AhnsS t]mImdpÅp. AÃm¯ kab§fnÂ
taÂt\m«¯n\mbn Hcmsf NpaXes¸Sp¯nbn«p−v.
2 Munnar
HcmgvN Ignªv Ahsc XncnsI hnfn¡m³
sNÃWsa¶v ]dªv GÀ¸mSm¡nbn«mWv Fs¶ XncnsI
hn«Xv. AXv {]Imcw HcmgvN Ignªv Rm³ Ahsc
Iq«ns¡m−p h¶p. AhÀ hfsc tkmjyembn«mWv Ft¶mSv
s]cpamdp¶Xv.
3 Munnar
Po¸n tN«¯n Fsâ H¸w ap³koänemWv Ccp¶Xv.
etKPv apgph³ ]n¶nse koän h¨p. IymadIÄ R§fpsS
ASp¯v Xs¶ h¨p. tN«¯n Hcp Po³kpw, SojÀ«pamWv
[cn¨ncp¶Xv. Rm³ ]mâpw jÀ«pw. tIm«bw Tu¬ hn«p
Ignªt¸mÄ tN«¯n kwkmcn¨p XpS§n.
4 Munnar
“\Ã a\s¸mcp¯amWtÃm. F\n¡v {_mânbmWv CjvSw.
A¸¨sâ tIzm«mbn \n¶v Rm³ CSbvs¡ms¡ I«p
IpSn¡mdp−v.”
5 Munnar
Nn¶¡\m t]mIp¶ hgnbn ]¯v ]Xn\©v IntemaoäÀ
t]mbmte R§fpsS FtÌän F¯q.
6 Munnar
DÅ anUn t]mse Hcp km[\hpw, AXnsâ tIm«pamWv
[cn¨ncp¶Xv.
7 Munnar
InS¶ Sot¸mbn Ibän h¨p. At¸mÄ AhcpsS ap«n\v
apIfn \n¡p¶ anUnbpsS CSbneqsS AhcpsS ]mâokv
ImWmambncp¶p.
9 Munnar
“Hm.. F\n¡v AXn hnjaanÃ. \nsâ tN«\v tPmen
Ignªv AXns\m¶pw kabw In«mdnÃ. hnhmlw Ignªn«v
Ct¸mÄ aq¶v hÀjamIp¶p. CXp hsc \nsâ tN«³ Fs¶
icn¡pw H¶p I−n«pt]mepanÃ. At§À¡v tPmen Ignªv
B^okn \n¶p h¶m ]ns¶bpw em]vtSm¸pambn ]mXncm
hsc Ccp¶v tPmenbmWv. ]ns¶ XfÀ¶p InS¶v Dd¡hpw
BIpw. A[hm hÃt¸mgpw H¶p In«nbm Xs¶ AI¯v
Ibdp¶Xn\v apt¶ Xfcpw. ]ns¶ Rm³ F§s\
KÀ`nWnbmIpw.”
11 Munnar
IcpXnbncp¶Xv. CXv Ct¸mÄ Fsâ FÃm IW¡v Iq«epw
sXän¨p Ifªp.”
12 Munnar
IqSn BsI ImWm³ \Ã tNev Bbncp¶p. Rm³ hncÂXp¼v
sIm−v ape¡®n\v Npänepw hr¯w hc¨psIm−ncp¶p.
AtXmsS AhcpsS ape¡®pIÄ _ew h¨v Ipd¨pIqSn
hepXmbn h¶p.
14 Munnar
AhÀ Imense XÅhnc sIm−v Fsâ Ip®bnÂ
XgpIn. Rm³ Fsâ ssIhnc sIm−v AhcpsS ]qÀ
NmeneqsS XgpIn. AhcpsS ]qÀNmensâ apIfä¯mbn Hcp
\ne¡S Ipcphnsâ hen¸¯n I´v ]pdt¯bv¡v XÅn
\n¶p.
15 Munnar
hkv{X§fpsS ]nSnbn \n¶pw kzX{´ambtXmsS
Fsâ Ip®, kzX{´amb Hcp kv{]nMv t]mse \n¶v BSn.
AhÀ c−p ssI sIm−pw AXn apdpsI ]nSn¨p.
16 Munnar
AhÀ ]Xps¡ Ip\nªv Fsâ Ip®bn Np−pIÄ
AaÀ¯n. Ahsâ Aä¯v Xpfp¼n \n¶ Hcp XpÅn
\ndanÃm¯ {ZmhIw AhÀ \m¡psIm−v \¡nsbSp¯p.
Rm³ AhcpsS XebneqsS hnctemSn¨p. AhÀ ]Xps¡
Ip®bpsS aIpSw hmbv¡pÅnem¡n.
17 Munnar
“FSm, \nsâ ]men\v \Ã cpNnbmWtÃmSm. F\n¡v hbÀ
\nd¨pw \nsâ ]m In«n.”
18 Munnar
I´v ]pdt¯bv¡v XÅn \n¶p. Rm³ \m¡v \o«n AXnÂ
kv]Àin¨p. s]s«¶v AhÀ tjm¡Sn¨Xpt]mse sR«n hnd¨p.
19 Munnar
AhcpsS ]qän \n¶pw HgpInbnd§nb tX³ apgph³
Rm³ \¡n IpSn¨p. AhÀ XfÀ¶p InS¶psIm−v Fsâ
Xebn XgpIn. HSphn AhÀ Fsâ Xe ]nSn¨v DbÀ¯n.
Rm³ AhcpsS ASp¯v tNÀ¶p InS¶p. AhÀ Fs¶
sI«n¸nSn¨p Npw_n¨p. AhÀ Fsâ apJ¯v FÃm Øe¯pw
amdn amdn Npw_n¨p
20 Munnar
h¶p. AhÀ Fsâ Xebn ]nSn¨v AhcpsS amdnÂ
AaÀ¯n h¨p. Rm³ ape¡®v Np−pIÄ¡nSbnem¡n
\pWªp.
21 Munnar
“tN«¯o Rm³ icnbmb Øe¯v Xs¶bmWv
Ip¯p¶Xv. ]t£ tN«¯nbpsS Xpf
sNdpXmbXpsIm−mWv thZ\n¡p¶Xv. AXv ]Xps¡
icnbmIpw.”
22 Munnar
“A\nbm F§ms−ms¡ Iodn s]mfs¶¶v tXm¶p¶p.
Ipg¸amIptam ?”
23 Munnar
Dcp«n. AhcpsS hmbn \n¶pw A]i_vZ§Ä ]pd¯p
h¶psIm−ncp¶p.
24 Munnar
Rm³ s]s«¶v Ip® Ducn AhcpsS hmbntebv¡v
h¨psImSp¯p. AhcpsS ]qÀtX\n IpXnÀ¶ Ip® AhÀ
hmbnem¡n N¸n hen¨p. Rm³ Ip® AhcpsS hmbntebv¡v
XÅns¡mSp¯p. AhÀ Ip®bpsS IS hsc hmbnem¡n N¸n
hen¨p. Ip®bpsS Aäw AhcpsS A®m¡n ap«nbn«v
]et¸mgpw AhÀ¡v izmkw ap«nbncp¶p.
25 Munnar
“F¦n ]ns¶ tN«¯n ChnsSb§v IqSnt¡m.”
26 Munnar
XWp¸v IqSnbXn\m R§Ä c−mfpw Hmtcm I¼nfn
DSp¸v FSp¯v ]pd¯v [cn¨p. At¸mgpw kabw Bdc
Bbnt« D−mbncp¶pÅp. Rm³ loäÀ Hm¬ sNbvXtXmsS
apdnbnse XWp¸v amdn. At¸mÄ R§Ä I¼nfn DSp¸v Ducn
amän. R§Ä¡v {]tXyIn¨v H¶pw sN¿m³ CÃmbncp¶p.
AXn\m R§Ä AIs¯ apdnbn Ibdn I«nen InS¶p.
27 Munnar
“]ns¶ Rms\´n\m CXv sIm−p \S¡p¶Xv ?”
30 Munnar
“F´m tamt\ ImgvN ImWp¶Xv ? AhnsS hÃXpw
It−m ?”
31 Munnar
“tam³ ImgvN ImWm³ am{Xsams¡ hfÀt¶m. Rm³
tams\ sIm¨p sNdp¡\mbn«mWv IcpXnbncp¶Xv. ”
32 Munnar
“tamt\ CXv {]mb¯ns\m¯ hen¸aÃtÃm. Np½mXÃ
tam³ C§s\ Fsâ ASp¯v Id§n \n¶Xv. ”
33 Munnar
A§s\ D¨bmbn. FÃmhcpw DuWv Ign¡m³ F¯n.
tN¨n FÃmhÀ¡pw DuWv hnf¼nsh¨p. R§Ä Ccp¶v DuWv
Ign¨p. ]t£ Rm³ tN¨nbpsS apJ¯v t\m¡msX
Ip\nªncp¶mWv Ign¨Xv. FÃmhcpw D−p Ignªv tN¨n
]m{X§Ä s]dp¡ns¡m−v t]mbn.
34 Munnar
I®v hit¯bv¡v Xncn¨p. tN¨n Fsâ apJ¯v AaÀ¯n
Npw_n¨p. Rm³ I®pIÄ AS¨p]nSn¨p.
36 Munnar
AhÀ s]s«¶v Fgpt¶äv Fs¶ sI«n¸nSn¨p Np−nÂ
D½ h¨p. AhÀ ]Xps¡ Fsâ Np−pIÄ AhcpsS
hmbv¡pÅnem¡n \pWªp.
38 Munnar
]pdt¯bv¡v XÅn \n¡p¶p. Rm³ B NmeneqsS
hnctemSn¨p. tN¨n Fsâ Xebn AaÀ¯n ]nSn¨p.
39 Munnar
Rm³ ]Xps¡ Fsâ Acs¡«v Xmtgbv¡v AaÀ¯n.
AtXmsS Fsâ Ip® kmh[m\w AhcpsS \\ªv
Ipgª ]qäntebv¡v Dufnbn«nd§n. Ip® AIt¯bv¡v
IS¡pwtXmdpw Ip®bn \à NqSv A\p`hs¸«p.
Iptd\mfmbn Ip® IbdmXncp¶Xn\m Bbncn¡pw,
AhcpsS ]qän\v \Ã apdp¡ambncp¶p.
40 Munnar
AhcpsS ]pd¯v hoWp. ]t£ tN¨n¡v aXnbmbnÃmbncp¶p.
Fsâ Ip® Npcp§n AhcpsS ]qän \n¶pw ]pd¯v
h¶p.
41 Munnar
“Zm It−m tamt\. Ch³ ASp¯ bp²¯n\v X¿mdmbn.
C\n tam³ C§s\ aeÀ¶v InS¶m aXn. Rm³ apIfnÂ
Ibdn ASn¡mw.”
43 Munnar
“FSm AhÀ¡v KÀ`w D−mIpsa¶vt]Snsbm¶pw
CÃmbncpt¶m ?”
44 Munnar
“A§s\sbm¶pw Cà tN«¯o. AhÄ F«mw ¢mÊnÂ
]Tn¡p¶ kab¯v, IW¡n\v tXmäp. asäÃm hnjb§Ä¡pw
tamiaÃm¯ amÀ¡v D−mbncp¶p. Rm³ A¶v
F³Pn\obdnwKn\v aq¶mw hÀjw ]Tn¡p¶p. A¶v AhfpsS
amÀ¡v I−n«v A½bmWv tN¨ntbmSv ]dªXv Fsâ ASp¯v
]dªm IW¡v ]Tn¸n¡psa¶v ]dªXv. ]ns¶ A½
Xs¶ Ft¶mSpw ]dªp, FSm \n\¡v kabapÅt¸mÄ B
sIm¨n\v Ipd¨v IW¡v ]dªpsImSv. \fn\n¡v AXns\
thtd hn«v ]Tn¸n¡ms\m¶pw IgnbnÃ.”
45 Munnar
“AXv ]ns¶, AhÄ F«mw ¢mÊn ]Tn¡p¶ kabw
AhfpsS HmW ]co£ Ignª kab¯mWv ]Tn¯w
XpS§p¶Xv. A¶v AhÄ shdpsamcp sIm¨p Ip«n.
{]mb]qÀ¯n Bbn«nÃmbncp¶p. F¦nepw Hcp \mc§m
hen¸¯n AhfpsS s\©n c−p apgIÄ DbÀ¡p
\n¡p¶Xv ImWmambncp¶p. Iptd \mfmbn AhÄ \½psS
ho«n hcpIbpw, R§Ä H¶n¨v kv¡qfn t]mIpIbpw,
Ifn¡pIbpsams¡ sNbvXncp¶Xn\m R§Ä \Ã
Iq«pImcmbncp¶p.
46 Munnar
A§s\bncns¡ Hcp Znhkw R§Ä
]Tn¨psIm−ncp¶t¸mÄ, AhfpsS jÀ«nsâ apIfnse Hcp
_«³kv CfInbn«v, jÀ«nsâ apIÄ `mKw Xpd¶p InS¶p.
AXneqsS F\n¡v AhfpsS Hcp ape hyàambn
ImWmambncp¶p. AXv I−n«v Fsâ Ip«³ hSnbmbn. Rm³
AhtfmSp Ipd¨pIqSn tNÀ¶ncp¶p. At¸mÄ AhfpsS ape
Ipd¨pIqSn ASp¯v ImWm³ Ignªp. Rm³ A§s\ AXv
BkzZn¨v Ccp¶t¸mÄ, CSbv¡v, AhÄ sNbvXpsIm−ncp¶
IW¡v sNbvXv XoÀ¶t¸mÄ Xe DbÀ¯n Fs¶ t\m¡n.
Rm³ AhfpsS s\©n t\m¡nbncn¡p¶Xv AhÄ I−p.
48 Munnar
Rm³ AhfpsS Ihnfn Fsâ apJw tNÀ¯v Dc¨p.
AhÄ Fsâ ssI ]nSn¨v AhfpsS amdn AaÀ¯n h¨p.
Rm³ Hcp ssI AhfpsS tXmfneqsS C«v Ahsf Fsâ
icoc¯ntebv¡v tNÀ¯v ]nSn¨p. AhfpsS DÅn \n¶pw
{]mhv IpdpIp¶Xpt]mse t\cnb IpdpIÂ tI«p. C{Xbpw
Bbt¸mtgbv¡v Xmsg \n¶pw AhfpsS A½ Ahsf hnfn¨p.
49 Munnar
“tN¨o BcXn FhnsS ? C¶v AhÄ¡v ]Tn¡t−?
CXphsc apIfntem«v h¶nÃtÃm.”
50 Munnar
“\o F´mSo HcpamXncn s]W§nbXv t]mse
\n¡p¶Xv ? \n\¡v Rm³ sN¿p¶Xv H¶pw
CjvSs¸Sp¶ntà ?”
ho−pw \ni_vZX.
52 Munnar
Rm³ Ip\nªv AhfpsS s\änbn D½ h¨p. Rm³
Ahsf hn«n«v t]mbn IXIv AS¨v Ipänbn«p. km[mcW
KXnbn apIfn Fsâ apdnbntebv¡v B kab¯v Bcpw
hcmdnÃ. F¦nepw Hcp ap³IcpX F¶ \nebn Rm³
IXIv AS¨p. Rm³ AhfpsS jÀ«v Ducn amän. AhÄ c−p
ssI sIm−pw AhfpsS amdn\v IpdptI ad¨v ]nSn¨p.
AhfpsS apeIÄ icn¡pw hfcm³ XpS§p¶tX
D−mbncp¶pÅp. Rm³ Ahsf sI«n¸nSn¨p. Fsâ Ip«³
AhfpsS ASnhbän Ip¯n \n¶p. Rm³ Ip\nªv
AhfpsS ape hmbn h¨v N¸n hen¨p. AhÄ Fsâ Xe
AhfpsS amdntebv¡v ]nSn¨v AaÀ¯n h¨p.
53 Munnar
Rm³ AhfpsS I´n\mbn sXcsª¦nepw, A§s\
Hcp km[\w Fsâ I¿n XSªnÃ. Fsâ ssI
Nen¡p¶Xn\v A\pkcn¨v AhfpsS apJ¯v càw
Cc¨pIbdnbn«v, AhfpsS apJw \¶mbn Nph¶v XpSp¯p.
Rm³ Fsâ Ip® ap−nsâ DÅn \n¶pw ]pds¯Sp¯v
AhfpsS I¿n ]nSn¸n¨p. ]t£ AhÄ sR«n ssI
]n³hen¨p.
54 Munnar
AhfpsS ]mâokv ]Xps¡ Xmtgbv¡v ]nSn¨v Xmgv¯nbn«v,
Fsâ Ip® ]nSn¨v AhfpsS XpSbpsS kwKa Øm\¯v
IS¯n, ]qÀNmen h¨v Dc¨p. AhÄ¡v ckw Ibdn h¶p.
B X¡¯n\v Rm³ AhfpsS ]mâokv Ipd¨pIqSn
Xmgv¯nbn«v, Fsâ ImepIÄ sIm−v AXv Xmtgbv¡v Ducn
amän. AhfnÂ\n¶pw henb {]Xntj[sam¶pw D−mbnÃ.
“F´mSo t]mIp¶ntà ?”
56 Munnar
“F\n¡v A®sâ ASp¯v \n¶pw t]mIm³
tXm¶p¶nÃ.”
57 Munnar
Ct¸mÄ AhÄ¡v ]Xn\mev hbÊv IgnªtX DÅp
F¦nepw AhfpsS apeIÄ AhfpsS A½bptSXnt\¡mÄ
hfÀ¨ t\Snbn«p−v. C\n F\n¡v F§s\sb¦nepw Ahsf
hf¨v AhfpsS ko s]m«n¡Ww. Rm³ C{Xbpw \mÄ
Ahsf h−n sI«nbn«v, AhfpsS koev s]m«n¨nsæn ]ns¶
Rms\´n\m CXpw Xq¡nbn«psIm−v \S¡p¶Xv. AXn\pÅ
Hcp Ahkc¯n\mbn Rm³ Im¯ncn¡pIbmWv.
58 Munnar
AaÀ¯n h¨psIm−v Fsâ ]pd¯v Iagv¶p InS¶p. Rm³
Ahsc sI«n¸nSn¨v D½ h¨p.
“AsX´n\m tamt\ ?”
60 Munnar
tXmfn AaÀ¯n ]nSn¨p. Rm³ ISn aq¯v Hcp hÃm¯
AhØbnembncp¶p. Rm³ ]d¶Sn¨p.
61 Munnar
tN«¯n Fsâ ASpt¯bv¡v Ncnªp InS¶psIm−v
Fs¶ sI«n¸nSn¨v Npw_n¨psIm−ncp¶p. Rm³ Ahsc
tNÀ¯v ]nSn¨p.
62 Munnar
hoXw Ign¨p. AXnsâ ]pd¯v `£Ww Ign¨t¸mtgbv¡pw
R§Ä \à t^manembn.
63 Munnar
ImepIÄ¡v a²y¯mbn ]nSn¨p \ndp¯nbn«v, AhcpsS
apeIfn XgpIn.
65 Munnar
AhÀ Fsâ s\änbnepw, I®nepw, Np−pIfnepw,
Ihnfnepsams¡ amdn amdn Npw_n¨psIm−ncp¶p. Ipd¨p
Ignªt¸mÄ AhÀ Fsâ Igp¯nse ]nSn hn«n«v Fgpt¶äv
I«nen InS¶p.
66 Munnar
cXnaqÀO D−mbn. HSphn Fsâ Ip® AhcpsS ]qänÂ
]me`nt£Iw \S¯n.
68 Munnar
_m¡n D−mbncp¶, Ac Ip¸n¡v apIfnepÅ {_m−nbpw
IqsS sIm−p t]mbn.
69 Munnar
kpJambncn¡pw. Rm³ F´mbmepw Ipfn¡m³
t]mIpIbmWv. tN«¯n Ipfn¡ps¶¦n hm.”
71 Munnar
]qÀ® cq]w ssIs¡m−p. AhÀ AhcpsS ImepIÄ
AIÀ¯nbn«v, Ip® ]nSn¨v AhcpsS ]qÀNmeneqsS
Dc¨psIm−ncp¶p. Rm³ AhcpsS apeIÄ sRcn¨pS¨p.
AhÀ aqfm\pw Rc§m\pw XpS§n.
72 Munnar
icn¡pw Hcp ]pXnb ]®Â A\p`hambncp¶p. Rm³
icn¡pw kzÀ¤w I−p. Icbn h¨pÅ ss{U ]®ent\¡mÄ
Gsd kpJw ]IÀ¶ Ifnbmbncp¶p AXv. Ahcpw Cu
]pXnb coXn icn¡pw BkzZn¨p. Fsâ A`n{]mb¯n FÃm
am\y hmb\¡mcpw Ignbpsa¦n Cu coXn H¶p ]co£n¨p
t\m¡Wsa¶mWv Fsâ A`n{]mbw.
73 Munnar
]md¸pd¯p \n¶pw Xmsg Cd§nbn«v, AXv ssI sIm−v
tImcn IpSn¨p.
75 Munnar
InS¶ apeIfn ]nSn¨p sRcn¨pS¨p. ]ns¶ kmh[m\w
Ip® ]nSn¨ AhcpsS ]qän ap«n¨p h¨n«v kmh[m\w
AIt¯bv¡v XÅn Ibän.
76 Munnar
IfnbpsS coXn amdn. ]ns¶ R§fpsS {i² apgph³
KÀ`[mcWw am{Xambn.
78 Munnar
ho«ntebv¡v t]mbn¡gnªncp¶p. ]ns¶ ho«n Rm\pw,
BcXnbpw am{Xambn.
79 Munnar
Rm³ t]mbn IXIv AS¨v Ipänbn«n«v, Fsâ
apdnbntebv¡v t]mbn. AhÄ _p¡psaSp¯v Fsâ ]ndtI
s̸v Ibdn apIfn Fsâ apdnbn F¯n. tai¸pd¯v
_p¡pIÄ h¨n«v, AhÄ Itkcbn Ccp¶p. Rm³ AhnsS
\n¶psIm−p Xs¶ Ip\nªv AhfpsS Ihnfn Npw_n¨p.
Rm³ AhfpsS DSp¸nsâ ]pd¯pIqSn AhfpsS apeIfnÂ
]nSn¨p. Fsâ Ip«³ CXn\Iw I¼nbmbn AhfpsS
icoc¯n Ip¯p¶p−mbncp¶p.
“Ipg¸n¡mXncp¶m aXn.”
80 Munnar
]ns¶ Rm³ AhfpsS Ihnfn Npw_n¨p. AhÄ
]pkvXI¯n Xs¶ {i²n¨v Ccn¡pIbmbncp¶p.
81 Munnar
Rm³ Ip\nªv AhfpsS apesR«pIÄ¡v Npänepw
Fsâ \m¡psIm−v Dgnªp. AtXmsS apesR«pIÄ _ew
h¨v Ipd¨pIqSn hepXmbn ]pdt¯bv¡v XÅn h¶p. Rm³
apesR«pIÄ Np−pIÄ¡nSbnem¡n \pWªp. AhÄ Fsâ
Xe, AhfpsS amdntebv¡v AaÀ¯n ]nSn¨psIm−v, Ip\nªv
Fsâ Xebn Npw_n¨p.
82 Munnar
Fsâ hncepIÄ AhfpsS I´n sXm«t¸mÄ AhÄ
sR«nhnd¨p. B X¡¯n\v Rm³ AhfpsS N´n Aev]w
DbÀ¯nbn«v, anUnbpw ]m³dokpw IqSn s]s«¶v Xmtgbv¡v
]nSn¨v Ducn. F´mWv kw`hn¡¶Xv F¶v AhÄ¡v
a\ÊnemIp¶Xn\v ap¼v anUnbpw ]mâokpw IqSn XdbnÂ
F¯nbncp¶p. AhÄ s]s«¶v ImepIÄ ASp¸n¨v
h¨psIm−v c−p ssI sIm−pw AhfpsS ]qÀXSw s]m¯n
]nSn¨p.
83 Munnar
sXm«t¸mÄ AhÄ tjm¡Sn¨Xp t]mse sR«n. H¸w AhfpsS
ImepIÄ IqSpX AIÀ¶p h¶p. Rm³ AhfpsS I´v,
Fsâ Np−n\pw \m¡n\pw CSbnem¡n \pWªp. AtXmsS
AhÄ ImepIÄ DbÀ¯n Fsâ c−p tXmfnepambn
h¨psIm−v, Fsâ Xe, AhfpsS ]qäntebv¡v AaÀ¯n
]nSn¨p.
84 Munnar
]qÀXpfbn Cd§n sN¶p. AhfpsS ImepIÄ AIÀ¶p
h¶p. Fsâ hnc AhfpsS XpfbneqsS Ibdnbnd§n.
Ipd¨pIgnªv Rm³ Hcp hnc IqSn IS¯n. c−p
hncepIfpw IqSn AhfpsS XpfbneqsS kmh[m\w
Ibdnbnd§ns¡m−ncp¶p. AtXmsS AhfpsS ]qÀXpf
IptdtÈ Abªp hcm³ XpS§n. At¸mtgbv¡pw AhÄ
icn¡pw NqSmbn¡gnªncp¶p.
86 Munnar
HSphn FÃm Ne\§fpw \ne¨p. Ip® Npcp§n
AhfpsS ]qän \n¶pw ]pd¯p h¶p. Rm³ AhfpsS
hit¯bv¡v Cd§n InS¶p. Fsâ Ip®bn ]qÀtX\pw
Ip®¸mepw IeÀ¶ an{inX¯n càw IqSn IeÀ¶v, Nph¸v
\nd¯n ]änbncp¶p. AhÄ AXv I−p.
“F´v amÀ¤w ?”
87 Munnar
“FSo AXn\tà Cu KpfnIIsfms¡ D−m¡n
h¨ncn¡p¶Xv.”
88 Munnar
]n¶oSv ]e Znhk§fnepw R§Ä kwKan¨n«p−v. Nne
Znhk§fn cm{Xn ]Tn¡m³ Fsâ apdnbn h¶t¸mgpw,
Nne Znhk§fn FÃmhcpw Dd§n Ignªv Rm³ AhfpsS
apdnbn sN¶pw, Nnet¸mÄ AhÄ Fsâ apdnbn h¶pw.
A§s\ Znhk§Ä IS¶p t]mbn. AhfpsS ]co£
IgnªtXmsS AhÄ AhfpsS ho«n t]mbn. A§s\ B
Ifn Ahkm\n¨p.
89 Munnar
R§Ä¡v kwKan¡m\pÅ Ahkcw D−mbncp¶p. AhcpsS
hbän aÀ±w sImSp¡msX B Znhk§fn Rm³ AhÀ¡v
ASn¨p sImSp¯psIm−ncp¶p.
“AsX¦n AXv.”
91 Munnar
“]t£ Ct¸mÄ \o F\n¡v Hcp D]Imcw sNbvXp
XcWw. Rm³ icn¡v `£Ww Ign¨p XpS§nbXn ]ns¶
F\n¡v icn¡pw ]m D−mIp¶p−v. \½psS tam³ AXv
apgph³ IpSn¡p¶nÃ. AXpsIm−v ]m sI«n\n¶n«v F\n¡v
\Ã thZ\ FSp¡p¶p−v. AXpsIm−v \o Ipd¨v ]mÂ
IpSn¡Ww.”
93 Munnar
“Hm.. AXv shdptX Ifb− F¶v hnNmcn¨mWv Rm³
Ahs\s¡m−v IpSn¸n¨Xv.”
94 Munnar
Nncn¨n«v t]mbn. apdn¡v ]pd¯v Cd§nbn«v AhÄ Xncnªv
Fs¶ t\m¡nbn«v
“AsX´mSm ?”
95 Munnar
Hcp IÅ Nncnbpw D−mbncp¶p. A¸tg tN«¯n Ahsf
Ip¸nbnem¡n F¶v F\n¡v a\Ênembn.”
97 Munnar
Rm³ Fsâ ImÂ]mZw AdnbmsX F¶ t]mse
]Xps¡ AhfpsS Imen\Spt¯bv¡v \o¡n. Fsâ ImÂ]mZw
AhfpsS Imen ap«nbt¸mÄ s]s«¶v AhÄ Im hen¨p.
]ns¶ Npäp]mSpw t\m¡nbn«v AhÄ ImÂ]mZw ]Xps¡
Fsâ Imen\Spt¯bv¡v \o«n h¨p.
98 Munnar
“an\n¡v F´mWv hm§m\pÅXv. GXv ISbnemWv
Ibd−Xv?”
“Is−¦n Imcyambnt¸mbn.”
99 Munnar
AS§nbXv. ]ns¶ cm{Xn tN¨n kmdnsâ tIa¯c§sfms¡
Ft¶mSv ]dªp. At¸mgmWv Rm³ icn¡pw kmdns\
a\Ênem¡nbXv. \n§fpsS A¸¨\pw A½¨nbpw IqSn
AdnªpÅ Ifn BsW¶v A¸gmWv F\n¡v a\ÊnembXv.”
100 Munnar
AXv tI«n«v AhÄ Fsâ tUmdn\Sp¯v h¶v tUmÀ
Xpd¶n«v Fs¶ ]nSn¨nd¡n.
101 Munnar
“F\n¡v Hcp sImXnbpanÃ.”
“]nt¶… hr¯ntISv.”
102 Munnar
AhfpsS Imen XgpIn. AhÄ FXnÀs¸m¶pw {]ISn¸n¨nÃ.
AXv F\n¡v IqSpXÂ ss[cyw \ÂIn. AhÄ Hcp
NpcnZmdmWv [cn¨ncp¶Xv. Rm³ Fsâ Im DbÀ¯n
AhfpsS XpSIÄ¡v CSbnembn, AhÄ Ccp¶ ItkcbnÂ
Nhp«n.
103 Munnar
“F\n¡v Xev¡mew ImÀ HmSn¡m³ ]Tn¨m aXn.”
104 Munnar
“AXns\m¶pw kuIcyanÃmbncp¶p. ]t£ AhÄ¡v
AsXms¡ CjvSamWv.”
“AXmbmepw aXn.”
“kn. Un. Xcmw. ]t£ AXv Xmsg kn. Un. t¹bdn C«v
ImWcpXv. ChnsS I¼yq«dn I−m aXn.”
106 Munnar
A§s\ Rm³ \Ã Hcp \mS³ \oe Nn{Xw, I¼yq«dnsâ
lmÀUv UnkvIn Xs¶ tkhv sNbvXncp¶Xv AhÄ¡v C«p
sImSp¯p. AXv HmSn XpS§nbt¸mÄ AhÄ Fs¶ XÅn
apdn¡v ]pd¯v B¡nbn«v IXIv AS¨v Ipänbn«p. aäv
amÀ¤§sfm¶pw CÃm¯Xn\m Rm³ tN«¯nbpsS
apdnbn Ibdn sN¶p.
107 Munnar
Fsâ Ip®, AhcpsS hmbnencp¶v apgp¯p h¶p.
AhÀ AXnsâ IS hsc hmbv¡pÅnem¡n N¸n hen¨p. H¸w
Hcp ssI sIm−v Fsâ ]dnk©nbnepw
DgnªpsIm−ncp¶p. HSphn Fsâ Ip®, AhcpsS
hmbntebv¡v \ndsbmgn¨p. AhÀ AXv apgph³ hen¨p
IpSn¨p. HSphn Ahkm\ XpÅn hsc ]ngnsªSp¯tijw
Npcp§n XpS§nb Ip® AhÀ ]pds¯Sp¯p.
108 Munnar
“I−p XoÀt¶m?”
109 Munnar
Rm³ s]s«¶v Ahsf sI«n¸nSn¨v Npw_n¨p. AhÄ
FXnÀs¸m¶pw Im«msX Fsâ s\©n tNÀ¶p \n¶p.
Rm³ Hcp ssI AhfpsS DSp¸nsâ DÅneqsS IS¯n
AhfpsS apebn ]nSn¨p. AhfpsS apeIÄ
t{_knbdn\pÅn sRcp§n AaÀ¶v \à IÃp t]mse
Ccp¶p.
110 Munnar
“A¿Sm! sNdp¡sâ ]qXn sImÅmatÃm.”
“F§s\?”
111 Munnar
“AsXms¡ \nsâ I¿n tÌm¡pt−mSm?”
112 Munnar
“sNdnb {]Xo£ D−v tN«¯o. AhÄ C¶v cm{Xn
hcmsa¶v ]dªncn¡pIbmWv. AYhm AhÄ aSn¨mÂ
tN«¯nFs´¦nepw ImcWw ]dªv At§m«v XÅn hnStW.”
113 Munnar
aWn Ignªt¸mÄ Fsâ apdnbpsS hmXn ]Xps¡
Xpd¶psIm−v an\n AI¯p h¶p. Rm³ Fgpt¶äp sN¶v
Ahsf sI«n¸nSn¨p Npw_n¨p. Ct¸mÄ AhfpsS thjw Hcp
anUnbpw SojÀ«pamWv. AhÄ ASnbn t{_knbÀ [cn¨n«nÃ
F¶v kq£n¨p t\m¡nbm a\ÊnemIpw. AhfpsS
ape¡®pIÄ SojÀ«neqsS sXdn¨p \n¡p¶Xv ImWmw.
AhÄ Fsâ amdn Xe tNÀ¯p h¨psIm−p \n¶p.
“Fsâ kamam\¯nÂ.”
116 Munnar
Xs¶btà CsXms¡. AXncn¡s«. \o AXn\I¯v
Øncambn hncenSmdpt−m?”
117 Munnar
“tImtfPn ]Tn¸n¡¯nÃ. ]t£ \nsâ
Iq«pImcnIsfm¶pw CsXm¶pw ]dªp XcntÃ?”
118 Munnar
“Rm³ A§s\ IW¡p Iq«nsbm¶paà AXv hm§nbXv.
Rm³ c−mgvN IqSpt¼mÄ Øncambn slbÀ dnaqhÀ
D]tbmKn¨v Xmgt¯bpw apIfnet¯bpw tcma§Ä \o¡w
sN¿mdp−v. AXv ho«n Ccn¸p−v. ChnsS CÃm¯Xv
sIm−mWv Rm³ C¶v hm§nbXv.”
119 Munnar
Rm³ Fgpt¶än«v Ahsf I«nen ]nSn¨v InS¯n. Rm³
AhfpsS ImepIÄ ]nSn¨v AIÀ¯nbn«v, I«nen AhfpsS
ASp¯mbn ap«pIp¯n \n¶psIm−v, AhfpsS sh®¡Â
t]mse an\pkamb ]qÀ XS¯n apJw AaÀ¯n. AhfpsS
]qÀ Np−pIÄ ssI hnc sIm−v ]nSn¨v AIÀ¯nbn«v, ]qÀ
NmeneqsS Xmsg \n¶pw apIfäw hsc aq¶v sIm−v XgpIn.
120 Munnar
N´n sh«nbn« t]mse I«nen ]Xn¨p. Fsâ XebnÂ
]nSn¨ncp¶ AhfpsS ssI Abªp. HSphn AhÄ Fsâ
Xe ]nSn¨p amäm³ {ian¨p. ]t£ Rm³ AhfpsS tX³
apgph³ IpSn¨p XoÀ¶nt« Xe amänbpÅp. ]ns¶ Rm³
AhfpsS ASp¯v InS¶p. AhÄ Fs¶ sI«n¸nSn¨v Npw_n¨p.
121 Munnar
Rm³ AhfpsS Np−n Npw_n¨p. ]Xps¡ AhfpsS
Np−v Fsâ hmbv¡pÅnem¡n \pWªp. Rm³ Ip® ]nSn¨v
AhfpsS ]qän ap«n¨p h¨n«v ]Xps¡ Fsâ Acs¡«v
Nen¸n¨p. AhÄ icn¡pw kpJn¨p XpS§n. AtXmsS Rm³
Ahsf aeÀ¯n InS¯nbn«v AhfpsS ImepIÄ ]nSn¨v
AIÀ¯n h¨p. Fsâ ssI sIm−v AhfpsS ]qÀNmenÂ
XgpIn.
122 Munnar
ap«n¨p h¨psIm−v ]Xps¡ Xmtgbv¡v AaÀ¶p. Ip®bpsS
aIpSw DÅn IS¶tXmsS AhÄ \nehnfn¨p.
123 Munnar
“AXv tN¨n hmbn h¨v N¸p¶Xv t]mse Rm³ N¸n
Xcmw. At¸mÄ \n\¡v kpJw In«patÃm.”
124 Munnar
“FSm \o F´m ImWn¨Xv? Fsâ aq{X¡pgnsbÃmw
s]m«n Iodnsb¶m tXm¶p¶Xv. F\n¡v AhnsS apgph³
\odn ]pIbp¶p.”
125 Munnar
“FSm F\n¡v hs¿Sm. Fsâ izmkw \ne¡p¶Xp
t]mse tX#m¶p¶p. Rm³ C¸w Nmhpw. At¿m F´v
kpJsaSm. thKw thKw ASnsbSm.”
“F\n¡pw hcps¶So.”
127 Munnar
“\o CXn\v ap¼v C§s\sb§m\pw sNbvXn«pt−m?”
128 Munnar
AhÀ Fsâ ap−v ]dn¨p Ifªn«v Ip®bn ]nSn¨p. Ah³
CXn\Iw A\¡w h¨p XpS§nbncp¶p.
129 Munnar
Rm³ an\nbpsS DSp¸v ]nSn¨v DbÀ¯nbn«v AhfpsS
apeIfn XgpIn.
130 Munnar
sUtämfnsâ aWw. H¸w AhfpsS ]qän \n¶pw
Hen¨nd§p¶ tX\nsâ aWhpw.
131 Munnar
apgph³ IpSn¨nd¡n. Ahkm\s¯ XpÅn hsc \¡n
FSp¯n«v AhÄ Fsâ Ip® hmbn \n¶pw
]pds¯Sp¯p. Rm³ AhfpsS ]pd¯p \n¶pw Cd§n
AhfpsS ASp¯v InS¶p. AhÄ Fs¶ sI«n¸nSn¨v D½ h¨p.
FÃmw Ignªt¸mÄ tN«¯n t]mIm\mbn Fgpt¶äp. AhÀ
an\nsb hnfn¨p.
132 Munnar
“FSo t\cw shfp¡mdmbn. Bsc¦nepw DWÀ¶v
hcp¶Xn\v apt¼ \o thjw [cn¨v A¸pds¯ apdnbnÂ
t]mbn InSt¶. Asæn Ipg¸amIpta.”
133 Munnar
“\n\¡v A{X \nÀºÔamsW¦n \o apIfn Ibdv.
\ap¡v ]pXnb Hcp Ifn t\m¡mw.”
134 Munnar
DbÀ¯pIbpw Xmgv¯pIbpw sNbvXpsIm−ncp¶p. AXnsâ
kpJw In«nbtXmsS AhÄ AhfpsS Im ]mZw I«nenÂ
Nhp«n Ip¯nbncp¶n«v, Fsâ s\©n ssI Ip¯n
DbÀ¶p \n¶psIm−v X\ntb N´n DbÀ¯n ASn¡m³
XpS§n. H¸w Rm\pw ASnbn \n¶pw ASn¨psImSp¯p.
135 Munnar
Dd§nt¸mbn. cmhnse tN«¯n Nmbbpambn h¶v
hnfn¨t¸mgmWv Rm³ DWÀ¶Xv.
136 Munnar
F¶m tN«¯n B Znhk§fn F\n¡v Du¼n X¶p.
XpSÀ¶pÅ Znhk§fn an\nbpambn tIfnIÄ \S¯n.
kpc£nX Znhk§fn R§Ä \nb{´WanÃmsX Ifn¨p.
AÃm¯ Znhk§fn Dd D]tbmKn¨pw, KpfnI Ign¨pw
Ifn¨p.
137 Munnar