ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 545

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tImUn¨p.
“”””F´m Xo¨À?”
“”””Wos]´ “”Hmiv’ F¶v- skt¨?”
“”””CÃ ,,A§sW…Mm³ ..”
“”””tk* tk* Wo]§sW D^paptkm¶pw tk*. FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Wns¶ Wn³s_ D½ St`Â Hs¡ bnXn¡ntÃ?”
Ak³ Wm\t¯msX S` Np`p¡n.
“”””bns¶Mm³ H¶v- sSm«¸w F´m H^p Ca¡w?”
“”””A_n]nÃ,”
Ak³ S`NpWn¨p.
“”””Wo BUyw l^n¡v bYn¡v. AXp¯ fmhw NzmÀ«À`n FN-vhmw AtÃ? fp¼v Nn«n] b¯v fmÀ¡v H^p fp¸Sv fmÀ¡m¡n Nm\n¡v BUyw,”
Ak³ AUvepSt¯msX hnhn`ns] tWm¡n.
“”””F´mXm?”
“”””Mm³ fp¸Sv fmÀ¡v tfXn¡pw,”
hnhn`n AksW tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”””F¶m Mm³ sWW¡v H^p h½mWw S^pw,”
“”””F´v h½mWw?”
“”””ASv fmÀ¡v km§n¨p Njnªv S^mw. At¸mÄ A_nªm fSn. CSv tbms` kÀ¯mWw b_tªm*n^p¶m b¯v fmÀ¡n³s_ bqKy¯n Wn¶v- H¶v- tbmNptk,”
BjvI]n ^*p Unkhfm]n^p¶ ¢mhv bn¶oXv F¶pfm]n. KmcÀ bqÀ®fm]pw bYW¯n Ss¶ {l²n¨p. hwhm^tfm tWm«tfm H¶pfp*m]nÃ. bU§apsX AÀ°§Ä, hvsbÃnwPv, tImtUym¯^§Ä, Cw¥ogv kymN^\w Hs¡ Ak³ bSns] irUnØfm¡n Aksa ASnl]n¸n¨p.
AkhmWw b^o£]m]n. Cw¥ogv b^o£ Njnªv KmcÀ h-vNqan³s_ fpäs¯ kmNf^¯n³s_ S\`n Wn¡p¶Sv N*p. hnhn`n tks_m^p Np«ns] kn«v AksW knan¸n¨p.
Ak³ DUmhoWWm]n AkapsX]Xp¯v k¶p.
“”””F§sW D*m^p¶p?”
“”””bmhmNpw,”
SoÀ¯pw Wn^pt·gkmWm]n Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””Bt\m? sk^n PpZv,”
Ak³ Cãs¸XmsS Aksa tWm¡n.
“”””bt£..”
“”””F´mXm?”
“”””bs£ fp¸Sv fmÀ¡v Nn«n]m`tà FWn¡v h½mWw Nn«q Xo¨_n³s_?”
hnhn`n AksW tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
b^o£ Njnªv tb¸À knS^\w SpX§n] Unkhw hnhn`n tb¸À d*n`pfm]n k¶p.
AkÄ BÂcsdän¡Â HmÀZ_n tb^pNÄ knan¨p tb¸À knS^\w sI¿m³ SpX§n. KmcÀ DÕmifnÃmsS]n^n¡p¶SkÄ N*p.
“”””CwSn]mhv Fhv kn,”
hnhn`n knan¨p.
CwSn]mhv Fjpt¶äv tb¸À km§n.
“”””C^pbs¯«v. Njnª Sk\s¯¡mÄ F«p fmÀ¡v Np_kv. km«v ims¸*v?”
“”””FN-vhmw ko¡n bWn]m^p¶p Xo¨À.”
l^n]m\v. ASv hnhn`n]v¡v HmÀ½]p*v.
“”KmcÀ Fw hn,”
hnhn`n AXp¯tb^v knan¨p. H^p ]{´s¯t¸ms` KmcÀ Fjpt¶äv tfls] hfobn¨p. hnhn`n tb¸À AkWp sNmXp¯p. DUmhoWSt]msX Ak³ tb¸À km§n.
“”””F{S]m N¼nNp«³.sWäv