ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 545

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Kmct_?”
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
Ak³ tb¸_nt`¡v tWm¡n.
Ak³s_ tUi¯v Wn¶v- t^mfNqb§Ä Fjpt¶äpWn¶p. knhvf]w sNm*v S³s_ irU]w sbm«nt¸mNpsf¶v AkWv tSm¶n.
“”””fp¸¯n H¶v-,”
Ak³s_ Wmkn Wn¶v- kn_]mÀ¶ km¡pNÄ bp_¯pk¶p.
A¶v- sskNpt¶^w KmcÀ k^p¶Sv tWm¡n]n^n¡]m]n^p¶p hnhn`n. Ak³s_ ssd¡n³s_ lÐw tN«tS AkÄ NnX¡]n Wns¶jpt¶äp.
“”””Xo¨À,”
DÕmiw Wn_ª knans]m¨ hnhn`n tN«p.
hnhn`n C_§nsIÃpt¼mÄ KmcÀ Ct¸mjpfn^n¡m_pÅ Nth^]n`m]n^p¶p.
Aksa N*v S³s_ Kok³ tbmNp¶Sv tbms` Kmc_nWv tSm¶n. H^p Ipk¶ Xo gÀ«pw fp«nWp Smsjs]¯p¶ N_p¯ bmkmX]pfm]n^p¶p hnhn`n]psX tkgw. Xo gÀ«nWpÅn AkapsX fpjp¯ sS_n¨ fp`NÄ AW§p¶Sv Ak³ N*p. bmkmX AkapsX A^s¡«n³s_]pw SpXNapsX]pw kXnkpw Hu«v–ss`Wpw FXp¯pNm\n¨p. k`n] D^p* WnSwd¯n³s_ fpjpk³ ewPn]pw AkapsX bmkmX skankm¡n.
“”””Dw? F´v bän?”
Ak³s_ fpOs¯ emkw N*n«v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”””F´v ^hfm Xo¨_nsW Cu tkg¯n Nm\m³!”
Ak³ AUvepSw f_¨psk¨nÃ.
Ak³s_ N®pNÄ S³s_ fm_n`ms\¶_nªt¸mÄ AkÄ ASv A`vbwNqXn fpt¼m«v– SÅn sS_p¸n¨p. AkÄ fp`Nsa sS_p¸n¡p¶Sv Ak³ N*p. Ak³s_ DfnWoÀ{bkmiw kÀ²n¨p. sSm* k^ap¶Spw.
“”””F´mXm sI¡m?”
Ak³s_ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n Ak³s_ b^n{efw BhzUn¨psNm*v AkÄ tImUn¨p. AkWp AenfpOfm]n AkÄ C^p¶p.
“”””h½mWw,”
Ak³ kn_]t`msX b_ªp.
“”””Hm, ASmt\m?”

AkÄ In^n¨p. bns¶ tflk`n¸n Wn¶v- H^p sI_n] NX`mhv sbmSns]Xp¯v Ak³s_ tWs^ Wo«n. Ak³ Sp_¶v- tWm¡n. Ak³s_ fpOw kmXn.
Wm^§ fn«m]nNÄ.
“”””F´m h½mWw CãvXs¸«ntÃ?”
AkÄ AV^w WW¨psNm*p tImUn¨p.
Ak³ sfuWn]m]n^p¶p.
“”””FXm Wo k`y b\¡m^³ dnhnsWÊvNm^³s_ tfm³. WnW¡v b\tfm k`n] ssbthsX h½mWtfm S¶m ASn Ft´`pw {SnÃpt*m? CStà hyq«dnÄ Pncväv?”
At¸mjpw Ak³ H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.
“”””H¶v- Sn¶ptWms¡Xm,”
Ak³ AWph^\t]msX H^p fn«m]n FXp¯p.
“”””Njn¡v,”
AkÄ b_ªp.
Ak³ Hs¶Xp¯p Ip*pNÄ¡nX]n sk¨p.
“”””fVp^fpt*m?”
Ak³ S`Np`p¡n.
“”””fVp^fpt*m?”
AkÄ ko*pw tImUn¨p.
“”””D*v,”
Ak³ lЯns` S\p¸v fmämsS b_ªp.
“”””FWn¡v CtÃ?”
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
Ak³ sbmSn]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv