ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 545

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N*tÃm. Mm³ Wµn b_]m³ k¶Sm. Wµn b_ªp SoÀ¡m³ AÃ. bN^w sk¡m³ bänÃm¯ H^p bp\y{bkÀ¯n]m dndn³ FWn¡v sI]vsS. Sn^ns¨´v– sI]vSm`pw dndn³ sI]vS him]¯n³s_ NWw NqXn]n^n¡pw…””
A]mÄ ssNNÄ Nq¸n.
“”At¿m hmÀ ..F´m]nSv?””
dndn³ fpt¼m«v– k¶v ^knl¦_n³s_ ssNNÄ Nq«n¸nXn¨p.
“”hm_nsWt¸ms` Ct{Sw k`n] H^mÄ …Fs¶t¸ms` …tk* hmÀ..””
A]mÄ AksW kmÕ`yt¯msX tWm¡n.
“”dndn³ Wà fnXp¡Wm bYn¡msW¶m tfmav b_sª. sI` tW^§ant`ms¡ fmg½m^v k^m¯¸w bntÅ^v dndntWs¡m*v ¢mÊv ks^ FXp¸n¡ms_ms*¶pw tfmav b_ªp. W¶m]n bYn¡v. H^p tKm`ns]ms¡ tk* hf]kmNp¼w ASnsW¸äns]m¶pw HmÀ¯v dndn³ sX³g³ BN* tNt«m,””
A]mÄ Ak³s_ tUi¯v Wn¶pw Ns¿Xp¯p.
bns¶ A]mÄ Ko¸nWXpt¯¡v Sn^nªp.
sbs«¶v- Ft´m HmÀ¯ns«¶tbms` A]mÄ Ak^psX tWs^ ko*pw Sn^nªp. A]mapsX tWm«w hnhn`n]n bSnªp.
“”Xo¨s_, tfmtWw Nq«n H^p Unkhw ko«nt`¡v k^mtfm? tfmÄsX ssN]n dndn³s_ W¼^p*v. knan¡mw. Mm³ k*ow B]n«v k^mw,””
hnhn`n bp©n^n¡p¶Sv tbms` k^p¯n. F¶n«v hmkVmWw S`]m«n.
Aksa tWm¡n bp©n^n¨SnWp tlgw ssNkoln¡m\n¨v ^knl¦À hvtNmÀ¸nt]m]n N]_nt¸m]n.
“”F¶m Wà fWpgyWm Btà f½o?””
AkÄ Sm`v¸^yfnÃm¯Sv tbms` fqan.
“”hf]w H^pbmXm]n. tfm³ k*ns]Xp¡v. Wfp¡v tbmNt*?””
AkÄ A£ft]msX b_ªp.
Ak³ ssd¡v ÌmÀäv sI]vSp. hnhn`n bn¼n N]_n.
“”Mm³ c]¦^ Nm^ykm]n«m b_sª,””
^m{SnNan t{bSfn_§p¶]nXw F¶v- Np{bhn²fm] Npa¯n³s_ N^]n`qsX ssd¡v HmXn¨psNm*n^n¡tk dndn³ tImUn¨p.
“”f½n Sos^ Sm¸^yw Nm\n¨nÃtÃm hm_nÂ. F´m f½n? FWn {XdnÄ?””
“”A]msa. A{S l^n]Ã F¶v- F³s_ fWÊv b_ªp,””
“”l^n]Ãt¶m? bns¶!””
H^p Wnfngw dndn³ Ft´m HmÀ¯p.
“”F¶m f½n. B ftä AÀ°¯n`mt\m?””
“”GSv AÀ°¯n`m]m`pw,””
“”bs£ …””
dndn³ hwl]t¯msX b_ªp.
“”bs£ hm_v tks_ H^p ^oSo f½osW tWm¡p¶Sv Mm³ N*nÃtÃm,””
“”f½osW A]mav GSv ^oSo`m tWm¡nt]¶p tfmsW§sW A_n]mw? ASv f½n¡tà A_n]q,””
“”A¼Xm ko^m!””
dndn³ H¨]n«p.
“”^knl¦À hm_v BapsNmÅmtÃm. A]mav ASnsWsX f½osW b©mt^fXnt¨m?””
“”B\p§Ä A§W]m. ssd tW¨À,””
hnhn`n b_ªp.
“”A¸w f½n ¢mÊnÂ, Nm^yw b¯mw ¢mhv N¼nNp«³.sWäv