ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 545

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fqan.
dndn³ t_mZ^nNn ssd¡v WnÀ¯n.
hnhn`n t_mZn³s_ C^p emPt¯¡pw tWm¡n. knKWfm\v. t_mZ^nNv Wn_s] sbm´¡mXm\v. ASnW¸p_¯v _ºÀ f^§apsX C^p«pw FNm´S]pw.
“”At§m«n^pt¶m f½n. CknsXs]m¶pw B^pw k^m³ tbmNp¶nÃ,””
“”tWm¡nt¡mt\ tfmtW,””
AkÄ sbm´]psX f_kn Np¯n]n^p¶p. bp_t¯¡v A¸w emPw fm{Stf Nm\pN]pÅq. hnhn`n hm^ntbm¡p¶Sv dndn³ N*p. tWm¡^pSv F¶v- fWÊv F{Stf kn`¡n]n«pw N®pNÄ At§m«ptbm]n. Hm, ASnsW´m, H¶v- tWm¡ns]¶v- sk¨v S³s_ hUmIm^w CXnªpkojpskm¶pfnÃ.
hnhn`n]psX fmÀdn skap¸pÅ SpXNÄ C`¨mÀ¯nWnX]n`qsX dndn³ N*p. AkÄ bp_w Sn^nªm\v C^p¶Sv. knXÀ¶v- knlm`fm] D^p*, tPmamNrSn]n`pÅ WnSwdw Ak³s_ N×p¼n sSanªp. A^s¡«n AW¡w dndn³ A_nªp.
“”ssf^v!””
Ak³ fp^*p.
“”F´m C§sW?””
Ak³ AknsXWn¶pw tWm«w fmän.
“”im, At½-“”
sbs«¶v- sbm´Nm«n Wn¶v- hnhn`n]psX D¨¯n`pÅ N^¨n dndn³ tN«p.
“”F´m f½o?””
AkapsX AXpt¯¡v HmXn]Xp¯psNm*v Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”H¶v-knà ..Wo sbmt¡m..H¶pfnà ..””
SpX]nXp¡n sbm¯n¸nXn¨psNm*v hnhn`n b_ªp.
B Wnfng¯n`pw dndn³ IpäpbmXpw tWm¡n. Cà B^pw k^p¶nÃ. B^pf§sW h©^n¡m³ CãvXs¸Xm¯ Ø`fm\v. Npa¯n³s_ b^nh^§an ]£n]p*v. Ak^psX shu^yknim^w SXÊs¸Xp¯p¶Sv Bb¯v £\n¨pk^p¯pw.
{btUlkmhnNÄ¡v A¡m^yw WnÝ]fp*v.
“”f½o Ip½m Sfml Nm\n¡msS. F³s_ AXp¯m kÃy Wm\w?””
Ak³ Wn`¯v fp«pNp¯n]n^p¶p.
“”At½ ..im ..tfmtW,””
ko*pw hnhn`n Wn`knan¨p.
dndn³ d`w bnXn¨psNm*v AkapsX hm^n tft`¡v D]À¯n. hnhn`n N®pNÄ AX¨p. bn¦v Wn_¯n`pÅ NWw Np_ª bm³än SpXNapsX bNpSn]n NnX¡p¶p. SpXNÄ¡nX]n tWÀ¯ t^mf§Ä. CXSv ANw SpXt]mXp tIÀ¶v- H^p N_p¯ koÀ¯ bmXv.
“”Hm..CSm]n^pt¶m? CSnWmt\m NnX¶v- Ct{Sw H¨]ns«?””
Ak³ hnhn`n]psX ANw SpX]n ssN¯`ffÀ¯n. sb^pkn^ sNm*pw Iq*pkn^ sNm*pw N_p¯ koÀ¯ hmVWs¯ Ak³ WpÅns]Xp¯v bp_t¯¡v sNm*pk¶p. WpÅn³s_ tkUW]n hnhn`n H¶v- bpaªp.
dndn³ sbs«¶v- AkapsX hm^n k`n¨p Smsj]n«p.
“”F´m^p¶p tfmtW?””
AkÄ N®pNÄ Sp_¶v- kniz`St]msX tImUn¨p.
“”f½n BUyw AknXp¶v- BUyw sbm_¯v NX¡v,””
Ak³ Aksa ssN]n bnXn¨p sbm´]v¡v skan]ns`¯n¨p.
Ak³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv