നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല [SMiTHA]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv l^o^fm\v KÊo´]psX. F¶v- N^pSn AfnS k®fnÃ. Bkly¯nWpÅ D]^w k®s¯ tSm¶n¸n¡p¶nÃ. ssN¿n_¡w kas^¡p_ª s»uhv B\v Ft¸mjpw V^n¡p¶SnWm Wo* fmwhafm] ssN¯*NÄ Nmjv¨¡mÀ¡v Bkly¯nWv hpOw WÂNp¶p. Njp¯n_¡w NqXn] s»uhnWptf Ft¸mjpw {Xm³hvb^³äm] hm^n]pXp¡p¶Sv sNm*v UrZS]pw fpjp¸ptf_n] fp`NapsX tWÀ¯ knXkpw Ft¸mjpw bp_¯pNm\mw. S³s_ l^o^¯nWv Ct¸mjpw kh´fm\v F¶v- hm^n]psX {Xm³hvb^Wvhn]n`qsX k]_n³s_ fnWp¸pw frUpSzkpw sbm¡nÄs¡mXn]pw Nm\n¨p sNm*v AkÄ NmjvI¡ms^ A_n]n¨psNm*n^p¶p. ewPn]pÅ CXemPkpw D]À¶ fm_nXkpw kn^nªp^p* WnSwdkpw sKÊo´s] ASymNÀg\o]fm¡p¶Sn fp¼n Wn¶p. hm^n¡pÅn`pw AkapsX tg]vs¸m¯, ewPn]pÅ, SXn¨ SpXNapsX Hu«v– ss`³ bp_¯v fsäm^p knhvf]fm]n. N®pNant` sNm¯nk`n¡p¶ Nm´nNS]n fWÊv bS_m¯ bp^pg·mÀ B^pw Ss¶]p*m]n^p¶nÃ. Wo*, ¢nt]mbm{Xm fq¡v, Ft¸mjpw A¸w knXÀ¶n^n¡p¶ ewPn]pÅ , Ipk¶ AV^§Ä… sKÊo´ fNapsX fp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p. sZ]vhn I^nªpNnX¶v D_§pN]m\v. Cutlmt] F³s_ tfmÄ, AkapsX fWÊv BÀ{Ufm]n. F³s_ fm`mO¡p«n. AkÄ fNapsX NnX¡]n`n^p¶p. bns¶ AkapsX CXSqÀ¶, AjNmÀ¶ fpXn SjpNn. “”f½o b_, FWn¡v gm¼q³s_ b^hy¯ns`ms¡ AenW]n¡¯ntÃ?”” Njnª Sk\ timÌ`n Wn¶v- k¶t¸mÄ Npan Njnªv S`fpXn knXÀ¯n Wr¯IpkXpNÄ sk¨v AkÄ tImUn¨p. “”gm¼q³s_ b^hy¯n fm{SkÃ,”” A¶v- Aksa tIÀ¯pWnÀ¯n Sm³ b_ªp. “”WnknWpw UpÂO_pw Hs¡ AenW]n¡p¶ bX¯n Ak^psX iot_m]nWm]n AenW]n¡mWpÅ shuµ^yskms¡ F³s_ tfmav¡p*v. bs£ tk*. tfmsa Wà Hs^³KnWo]_m]n Nm\mWm f½n¡nãw,”” A¶v Sm³ b_ªSm\v. hnWnfmenW]s¯t¸m`pw Io¯]m]n B\v A¶v- fNapsX fp¼n AkS^n¸n¨Sv. F¶n«v C¶s` ^m{Sn Sm³ Sp\n]nÃmsS, H^p WPvWWm] bp^pg³s_ tft` ASn{UpSw Wr¯w sk¨v …. sJ…CWn Sm³ F§sW…? sKÊo´]psX SjpN`n sZ]vhn bSns] H¶p`ªp. Nms\¡ms\ AkapsX fnjnNÄ bSns] Sp_¶p k^p¶Sv sKÊo´ N*p. NnX¡]n`n^p¶v- Ss¶ A`ntkmsX tWm¡p¶ A½s] tWm¡n AkÄ bp©n^n¨p. sKÊo´]pw bp©n^n¨p. ASn A¸w U]Wo]S]p*m]n^ps¶¦n`pw. ‘tfmta…”” S`fpXn]n SjpN SpXÀ¶v- AkÄ fNsa knan¨p. “”F´pkm f½o?”” fNapsX hwPoSmßNfm] lÐw AkÄ tN«p. A½]psX N®pNan D_skXp¡p¶Sv sZ]vhn N*p. “”F´pkm f½o CSv? Ft´m bän?”” sKÊo´ N¼nNp«³.sWäv