ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 545

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wo sb®pNm\n¡m³ ^*ptbt^w Nq«n k¶Sv!”
dndn³ In^n¨p.
H^p kÀgfm]n dndn³ B Bl]w hnhn`nt]mXp b_]p¶p. A¶v- hnWnf Nm\m³ tbmkpN]m\v F¶v- b_ªm\v ko«n Wn¶v- tbm]Sv. Sn^n¨pk¶t¸mÄ hÔy]m]n. k¶t¸mÄ b_]pN]m\v–.
“”””f½o..f½n H^n¡`pw t]mKn¡m³ Im³hv CÃm¯ H^p Nm^yw Mm³ b_]pN]m. f½n h½Snt¨ bäq,”
“”””F¶Sm? F¶Sm]m`pw Wo]mUyw B gÀ«pw bm³_vhpsfms¡ fm_v. Npan¡v. kn]À¸v f\¡p¶p,”
“”””AsSms¡ fm_mw. bs£ H^p km¡pS^\w?’
“”””Wos]¶ C¶v- N* hnWntfs` Z]t`mPv b_]zmt\m dndntW?”
“”””tbm f½n. ho^n]hv B]n«v H^p Nm^yw b_]p¼jm f½osX H^p tKm¡v!”
“”””Hm! Ck³s_ Nm^yw! F¶Sm? tkPw b_!”
“”””f½n N`ym\w Njn¡\w,”
hnhn`n ASv tN«v BUyw H¶v- sM«n. bns¶ AksW tUgy¯n tWm¡n. AkhmWw sbm«nIn^n¨p.
bns¶ AkÄ Ak³s_ fpO¯nWXp¯v k¶v- f\¯p.
“”””Wo NpXn¨n«pt*m dndntW?”
“”””H^p dn]À..dn]À Mm³ fp¼pw NpXn¨n«p*v. f½n]v¡pw S¶n«p*v. AsSm¶pw Aà {blvWw. tZmÎÀ cn`n¸v Wmsa k^pw. tZmÎÀ Zntkmjvhn]m. S³s_SÃm¯ Nm^\¯mÂ. AsSms¡ f½n¡_n]mtÃm. tZmNväÀ¡v– f½ns] Cãkm. Nm\mWpw hpµ^³. thm do s_Zn äp inw. Wmsa tZmÎÀ tZmÎ_psX tI«tWw tI«¯nt]w Nq«nk^pw,”
“”””F¶n«v Wo h½Snt¨m?”
“”””bn¶ÃmsS? N®pfX¨p h½Sn¨p,”
“”””F¶m F³s_ tbm¶ptfm³ Ss¶ A§v sN«nt¡m. tN«ntà ]qt_m¸ns` GsSms¡t]m ^mKy¯v tP fmt^Kv `oP`m. AXp¯fmhw CktXw `oP`]ns¡mapw,”
“”””At¿…tP…t¨ ..MmtWm…”
Ak³s_ ^*pssNNapw ]m{´nNfm]n A^s¡«nsW f_]v¡msWt¶m\w Smtj¡v tbm]n.
“”””tP]m¶pw b_ªv ssNs]´nWm At§m«psNm*ptbmNps¶?”
AkÄ D_s¡ In^n¨p.
“”””AtSm f½osW sN«n¡p¶ Nm^yw HmÀ¯t¸mÄ bnt¶w C§sW Bt]m?”
AkÄ BUyw ssN Sn^ÝoWfm]n bnXn¨p. bns¶ ASv `wdfm]n D]À¯n.
hSy¯n dndnWv A^s¡«n H^p I`Ww SpX§n]n^p¶p. f½n S³s_ `nwPw N*p F¶_nªt¸mÄ Ak³ BUyw kngfkpw KmayS]pfp*ms]¦n`pw hnhn`n ASnsW kas^ bNzfm]n N*SvsNm*v dndn³ BUyw Blzhn¡pN]pw bns¶ ASv AktamXpÅ H^p {btSyN Cãfm]n fm_pN]pw sI]vSp.
“”””bns¶ A§sW BNm*n^n¡ptfm?”
Ak³ Sn^n¨Xn¨p.
“”””Nm^yw f½n Bt\`pw H^p eqt`mN ^we]m Mm³ ko«n Ct¸mjpw N*psNm*n^n¡p¶Sv,”
B b^mfÀlw hnhn`n]n ftWmi^fm] H^p Wm\w sNm*pk¶p.
“”””Hm, N¼nNp«³.sWäv