രതിമന്മഥന്‍ [മാസ്റ്റര്‍]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A_ntªm?”
AkÄ fqan.
“”””A]mÄ..A]mÄ B^m?”
“”””WnW¡_n]ntÃ?”
“”””CÔ
“”””kÀ¡n fpS`man..”
tPmbn ko*pw sM«n. kÀ¡n fpS`man! Wm«ns` Gäkpw k`n] tNmXolz^·m^n H^mÄ. A]mamt\m C¶s` A½s] tSXn k¶Sv? A]mamt\m CkapsX l^o^¯nWv kn` b_ªSv?
“”””A..A½ F´m C§sW?” A_n]msS Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”””F§sW? bns¶§sW]m\v W½Ä Kokn¡p¶Sv? A½]psX fnXp¡v sNm*m Ak^v ^*ptb^pw Ct¸mjpw A½s] Nm\m³ k^p¶Sv” PoS]psX hmVm^\ f«n`pÅ hwhm^w tPmbns] sM«n¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
“”””B^m ^*ptbÀ?”
“”””fsä]mÄ N^p\N^³ fpS`man..kÀ¡n fpS`man]psX l{Sp..”
PoS fpXn Ca¡n]n«p. AkapsX N£§Ä WWªn«p*m]n^p¶p. tPmbn AÔmant¸msX Aksa tWm¡n Wn¶ptbm]n. At¸mÄ A½]psX kjnkn« h©m^w CkÄ¡_n]mw; CkÄ¡v AS_n]msf¶v fm{SfÃ, AkaSv WnÊm^fm]m\v Nm\p¶Spw. Wm«ns` ^*p k`n] fpS`manfmÀ A½]psX CXbmXpNmÀ B\v; ^*ptb^pw d²ssk^nNapw. CsSms¡ F§sW hmVn¡p¶p?
“”””PosS..At¸mÄ WnW¡nSv A_n]mfm]n^p¶p AsÃ?”
“”””bns¶ Mm³ CknXtà Smfhn¡p¶Sv? A½ H¶pw Ft¶mXv b_ªn«nÃ..Mm³ AÃmsS A_nªSm\v. WnW¡pw FÃmw A_n]mw F¶m]n^p¶p Fsâ knIm^w..A½]v¡v MmtWm Wot]m CS_n]p¶Sn H^p l¦]pfnÃ..A½ At½sX Cãw tbms` Kokn¡q..W½apw AtStbms` Kokn¨m fSn”
A§sW b_ªn«v– AkÄ Aksâ N®pNant`¡v Bj¯n tWm¡n. F´m\v AkÄ AÀ°fm¡p¶Sv? tIm^ Wn_fpÅ AkapsX SpXp¯ Ip*n AtS Wn_fpÅ Wmknj]p¶p.
“”””A½ kÀ¡n sfmS`man]psX ^ihy§Ä N^p\mN^³ sfmS`mant]mXv b_ªp sNmXp¡pw..kÀ¡n sfmS`man¡v bs£ At½sX A¯^w him]w H¶pw tk*..ftäSv fm{Sw fSn” GtSm c`nSw b_ª f«n AkÄ CaNn In^n¨p.
“”””Wo..WnW¡nSv tW^s¯ A_n]mfm^pt¶m?”
“”””Dw”
tPmbn]psX l^o^w NmfSmb¯n D^pNn. CkÄ¡v FÃmw A_n]mw. bs£ C¶s` A]mÄ b_ªtSm?
“”””PosS..A]mÄ C¶s` Wnsâ Nm^yw b_ªp”
AkapsX N®pNÄ C_pNn sI_pSmNp¶Sv tPmbn N*p.
“”””F´v?”
“”””Wns¶..Wns¶ A]mÄ¡v tWm«fp*v…”
PoS]psX fpOw SpXp¯p. CkÄs¡´nWm\v C{S Wm\w?
“”””bns¶..Ip½m”
“”””hSyw..A½..A½ h½Sn¨p”
“”””F´v”
“”””Wns¶ A]mÄ¡v sNmXp¡p¶ Nm^yw”
PoS]psX fp`NÄ D]À¶p Smjv¶p. AkÄ `KKt]msX kn^ NXn¨v Aksâ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n. bns¶ f_pbXn WÂNmsS bj]bXn f`À¶p NnX¶psNm*v km^nN N¼nNp«³.sWäv