ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 535

N¼nNp«³.sWäv knXÀ¯n lzhn¨p.
“”””WÃ f\fm\tÃm,”
Ak³ bp©n^n¨p.
“”””Xo¨_nWv tkt\m?’
Ak³ bp©n^n¨p Wm\t¯msX tImUn¨p. Sm³bYn¸n¡p¶ Np«n]ms\¦n`pw Wm\w Spap¼p¶ Ak³s_ fpOkpw H¯bp^pg³s_ BNm^ewPn]pw Aksa AkWnt`¡v kÃmsS BNÀgn¨p. hpVo_n³s_ IpwdW§Ä¡pw B`nwPW¯nWpw tlgw Ct¸mÄ A§sW]m\v. bp^pg l^o^§Ä fUn¸n¡p¶p. tfmifp\À¯p¶p.
CX]v¡v kakpSn^nkpNapw NpjnNapw k^pt¼mÄ hnhn`n]psX tUiw AktWmXp AfÀ¶p. Ak³ kn]À¡p¶Sv AkÄ N*p. Ak³s_ fpOw Ipk¡p¶Spw.
“”””Hm tk* Kmc_n³s_ NqsX WX¡pt¶mÀ¡v tks_ sbÀcyqw tk*tÃm,”
Ak³ In^n¨p. WÃ AjNpÅ In^n. Sna§p¶ bÃpNÄ. Ipk¶ Ip*pNÄ. WÃ `£v\sfm¯, AÊÂ N]nNSm^¯n³s_ tUiw.
Kmc_n Wn¶v- BUys¯ KmaySs]ms¡ tbm]n. Ak³ hzS{´fm]n hwhm^n¡m³ SpX§n. Ak³s_ koXpw fSmbnSm¡apw k`pSm]m tbm`ohn tI^\sf¶ B{Pikpw FÃmw hwhm^kng]fm]n.
“”””WnWs¡Sv hdvKNväv B\v Zncn¡Âäv?”
“”””Cw¥ogv,”
“”””A_n]mw. Ft¸mjpw Nn«p¶Sv b¯n Smsj]tÃ? AsS´m Mm³ Wà Xo¨À AtÃ? Mm³ bYn¸n¡p¶tSmWpw WnW¡v fWÊn`mNp¶ntÃ?”
“”””At¿m..ASÃ..fWÊn`mNp¶p*v…bs£…”
AkÄ AksW Ipjnªp tWm¡n. Ak³ `Ön¨p fpOw NpWn¨p. Ft´m Nů^fp*tÃm.
“”””WnW¡v XyqgWv tbm]v¡qsX?”
“”””ASv ..Cw¥ogv Xyqg³..A§sW B^pw…”
l^n]m\v. AXps¯§pw Wà Xyqg³ sh³ä_pNÄ CÃ.
“”””Xo¨_nWv hf]fp*mNptfm? H^p A^f\n¡qÀ B]m`pw fSn. F¶pw tk*. BjvI]n Ht¶m ^t*m Unkhw B]m`pw fSn {Pmf_pw sNmt¼mhngWpsfms¡…”
“”””A§sW hf]fnsÃXm..h-vNqÄ..koXv ..blp BXv ..A§sW F¸jpw sS^¡v B^n¡pw,”
Ak³s_ fpOw kmXp¶Sv hnhn`n N*p. AkÄ¡v kngffm]n.
“”””Hmt¡, Wo skgfn¡*. C¶v- lWn]tÃ? Wmsa km. H^p A©pf\n]mNpt¼mÄ,”
Ak³ ht´mgt¯msX S`]m«n. Ak³s_ N®pNan bq¯n^n N¯p¶Sv hnhn`n N*p.

KmcÀ A{S tfmlfà bYn¡m³ F¶v- BUyUnkhw Ss¶ hnhn`n¡v tSm¶n. HmÀ½làn]p*v. ASymklyw A_nªn^nt¡* Cw¥ogv km¡pNÄ HmÀ½]p*v.
“”””Ct{Sw tkZvhv Hs¡ A_n]m¦n F§sW]mXm f*q Wo fq¶v- sNmÃw Cw¥ogn tSmäSv?”
Ak³s_ S`fpXn]n SjpNns¡m*v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
ASv Ak³ H«pw {bSo£n¨n^p¶nÃ. AkapsX SjpN`n Ak³ kÃmsS bpaNnSWm]n. Ak³s_ N®pNÄ bknj§Ä tbms` Sna§n.
“”””Hmiv…”
Ak³ A_n]msS fÀ½^fpSnÀ¯p.
“”””F´m?”
AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv