ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 545

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sm¸^yw tSm¶n]m tbmNmw. bns¶ sb®nWv tbm]ms`´m Npj¸w? A§sW]m\v AkÄ knlzhn¡p¶Sv. fäpÅks^]pw knlzhn¸n¡m³ {lfn¡p¶Sv
hcoW Ipäpw tWm¡n]n«v hm^n¡v bp_¯pNqXn Nk]v¡nX]n AfÀ¯nsM¡n. hnhn`n ASv Ns*¦n`pw Nm\m¯emkw WXn¨p.
“”tlym tN«n«v FWn¡pw bq_p NXn¡m³ sSmX§otÃm hcosW,””
fm`Sn]pw b_ªp.
“”sWW¡v bns¶ B\p§sX f\fXn¨m At¸mÄ Ss¶ bqän NXn tSmX§ptks`?””
hcoW In^n¨p.
At¸mÄ NmÀtfQfn^p*v NqXm³ SpX§n. SpXÀ¶v- fj sbmXnªp. bmSt]m^§Ä fpjpkWpw _º_pw kmj]pw sS§pNapfm\v. fj]psX `£\w Nm^\w AknsXs]ms¡ sbs«¶v- C^p«v k¶Sptbms` tSm¶n.
“”At¿m, CsS¶m sbs«s¶m^p fj?””
S`¡v fosS ssN bnXn¨p fj¯pÅnNÄ tUi¯v kojn¡mSn^n¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*p hnhn`n b_ªp.
“”A´n]X¸³ tbm`s¯ fj]m¶m tSm¶pt¶ N*n«v,””
I{Nkmat¯¡v tWm¡n fm`Sn b_ªp.
At¸mÄ hcoW Ipäpw tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
“”km, Wfp¡v AknsX tN_n Wn¡mw,””
bmSt]m^¯nWv A¸w ANs` _ºÀtSm«¯nWN¯v H^p sgZv AkÀ N*p.
fj¯pÅnNÄ làn]m]n kojm³ SpX§n]SnWm ^*mfsSm¶mt`mIn¡msS hnhn`n Akt^msXm¸w B sgZnt`¡v tkP¯n WX¶p.
HmXp tfª H^p sgZv B]n^p¶p ASv. ASnWpÅn ^*pfq¶v- Nth^Napw H^p f^¡«n`pw Nps_ fpjnª Sp\nNapw ^*pfq¶p N`§apfp*m]n^p¶p.
“”CSm fm¯³ tI«³s_ _ºÀ tSm«ftÃ?””
fm`Sn b^nh^¯nt`¡v N®pNa]¨v tImUn¨p. hcoW S`Np`p¡n.
“”AtS, fm¯¨³s_. Cu Nt^s` Gäkpw tXmbv– sb®pbnXn]³s_,””
hcoW In^n¨psNm*p b_ªp.
“”Bt\m F¶m A]mÄsX Np® WÃ fpjp¯Sm^n¡qtÃm,””
“”bn¶tÃ…Wà AÊ N^nfqÀ¡sWt¸ms`]n^n¡p¶ Np®,””
hcoW In^n¨p . F¶n«v tUgyw sNm*p Ipk¶ hnhn`n]psX fpOt¯¡v bman tWm¡n.
“”Bt\m?””
fm`Sn AUvepSt¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”sWWs¡§sW]_n]mw?””
“”A]mÄsX tfmWntà H^p fµdp²nsI_p¡³? AkWp Mm³ Xyqg³ FXp¡m³ b*v tbmNpfm^p¶p. hnsäu«n`n^p¶m Xyqg³. H^p Unkhw Mm³ Xyqg³ FXpt¯m*n^n¡p¼w A]mav fp¼ns` b_¼n Wnt¶m*v– fq{Ssfmjn¨p. W¶m]n N¼n]m]n fpjp¯n^p¶p Np®. AkhmWs¯ SpÅn A]mav l^n¡pw Np`p¡n sS_p¸n¨p. F¶n«v Xyqg³ FXpt¯m*n^p¶ Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p. F¶n«v b_]pkm, ssf^v, sNm_¨v fp¼v H¶v- fpÅosS]pÅq. bnt¶w fp«n,””
“”At¶^w Wo sfmOw Sn^nt¨m?””
fm`Sn tImUn¨p. AkÄ N«n`n N¼nNp«³.sWäv