ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 545

N¼nNp«³.sWäv BlzmhWnlzmhw dndn³ tN«p.
Akan Wn¶v- e]kpw AbfmWem^kpw bSns] Wo§p¶Sv dndn³ N*p.Ak³ AkapsX tSman bnXn¨fÀ¯n.
B hvbÀlWw Akans` e]s¯ bqÀ®fm]pw fmän]Sptbms` tSm¶n. Ct¸mÄ AkapsX fpO¯v ftWmi^fm] `Ö Wn_ªp. bns¶ bp©n^n]pw.
“”””Hm, F³s_ f½o!”
Ak³ AkapsX Nknan D½ sk¨p.
hnhn`n ASv {bSo£n¨n^p¶nÃ. bs£ B IpwdWw Akans` AkhmWs¯ e]¯n³s_ N\nN]pw Wo¡n.
“”””Hm, F³s_ D½]v¡v A{Sk`n] fVp^sfm¶pw Nm\¯nà Fs¶Wn¡_n]mw.”
AkÄ hwl]n¨v AksW tWm¡n.
“”””ASntW¡mÄ F{S]n^«n hq¸À D½Nam A]mav f½osX Nknan`pw…”
Ak³ kn^¯p¼p sNm*v AkapsX AV^¯n bSns] AfÀ¯n.
“”””….bns¶ CkntXw….”
dndn³ ASv Njnªv ssWän]psX fp¼nÂ, hnhn`n]psX sW©nt`¡v tWm¡n.
“”””….bns¶ AkntXw…”
“”””tbmXm,”
`Öt]msX AkÄ dndntW AXn¡m³ Nt¿m§n.

dndn³s_ gÀ«pNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n sh`n³ fX¡n sgÂcn sk¨p. Ko³hpNÄ BUyw Ss¶ tS¨v fX¡n sk¨n^p¶p. CWn blp¡Ä¡v– skÅw sNmXp¡\w. bn®m¡v N`À¯n] NªnskÅkpw NmXnskÅkpsfXp¯v sh`n³ bp_t¯¡v WX¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ AXp¡a]n Wn¶v- dndn³s_ lÐw AkÄ tN«p.
“”f½n, ASknsX skt¨s^. Mm³ sNmXpt¯mamw. Um CSn¸w So^pw,””
sh`n³ bp©n^n¨p. bs£ AkÄ Ak³s_ kmNpNsa knP\n¨v d¡äpNapfm]n sSmjp¯nt`¡v– WX¶p. WµnWnt]]pw tPmfSns]]pw St`mXn. AkÀ S§apsX knXÀ¶ k`n] hK`§am] N®pNÄ sNm*v Aksa shuirUt¯msX tWm¡n. sh`n³ d¡äpNÄ Ak^psX fp¼n sk¨p. AkÀ tbmgN bqÀ®fm] bmWo]w ^pInt]msX NpXn¡pt¼mÄ AkÄ Ak^psX frUpkm] tUi¯v hvtWit¯msX hvbÀln¨p.
blp¡sa skÅw NpXn¸n¨p Wn¡pt¼mÄ AXp¡akmSn`n`qsX dndn³ bp_t¯¡n k^p¶Sv sh`n³ N*p.
“”f½osX Nm^yw!””
Ak³ H¨]n«p.
“”b_ªStÃ, Mm³ sI]vtSmam¶v-!””
AkÄ bp©n^n¨p.
“”Fs¶s¡m*v H¶pw sI¿n¡mSn^p¶ms`, k®w sk¨v bnt¯mw bnXn¨p, tU B Nm\p¶ f` tbms` C^n¡pw,””
AkÄ fmt´m¸nW¸p_¯v, D]À¶v- tfQ§tamaw D]^¯n Wn¡p¶ Wo` f`NapsX tWs^ N®pNÄ Nm\n¨p.
“”ASv Mm³ hin¨p. A§sW k^mSn^n¡mWm Mm³ f½ns] dmZvfn³ä³ Nan¸n¡ps¶. ^mkns` tKm¤nwPv sI¿m³ NqsX Nq«ps¶. t]mP sI¿n¡ps¶,””
ASv Ss¶]m\v sh`nsW AUvepSs¸Xp¯n]Spw. AkhmW kÀg Zn{Po knUymÀTn F¶ Wn`]n dndnWv Vm^maw tKm`n]p*v. km]W]pw Fjp¯pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv