ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 545

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡n.
“”A½]m\v …F³s_ ..A½,””
t^\pN f{´n¨p.
At¸mÄ bp_¯v ssd¡v k¶p Wn¡p¶ lÐw tN«p.
“”dndn³,””
t^\pN knhvf]e^nS]m]n b_ªp. Akapw hnhn`n]pw sbs«¶v- D½_t¯¡v k¶p. dndn³ ssd¡v sgZn sk¨n«v Ak^psX tWs^ k¶p.
“”Bim,””
t^\pNs] N*v– dndn³ In^n¨p.
“”B^m CSv? kn sF bn B\tÃm!””
“”kn sF bnt]m? MmtWm? bmkw Mm³ F{S hf]fm]n k¶n«v F¶_nt]m H^p kn sF bns] Nm\m³?””
t^\pN]psX k^kv dndn³ H^mtQmgfm¡n fmäpN]m]n^p¶p. Wà sNmjp¯ H^p bqk³ tNmjns] sNm¶p. b_¼n kaÀ¯p¶ b¨¡_nNan tf`v¯^fm]Sv b_n¨p. A]Âk¡¯p tbm]n hm_m½ tI«¯ns]¡qXn knan¨psNm*p k¶p. tbm^m¯SnWp Bklyfm] fäp hmVW§sams¡ AXp¯pÅ NXNan tbm]n sbs«¶v km§nk¶p.
“”C§sW H^p {bh^n¸v A§sW]p*mkm_nà tfmsa,””
hm_m½ tI«¯n tNÄ¡msS hnhn`n t^\p Nt]mXv b_ªp.
“”´m ASnWÀ°w? tfmsa AkWp Cãfm. H¯n^n,””
t^\pN Wm\n¨p hnhn`ns] tWm¡n.
hpen£fm] D¨e£\¯nWv tlgw hm_m½ tI«¯n]pw hnhn`n]pw AN¯v hwhm^n¨n^p¡pt¼mÄ t^\pN dndn³s_]Xpt¯¡v sI¶p.
“”F´m\v fnÊv– t^\pNm Wm]À?””
N¼yq«À tfm\n«_n Wn¶v- UrãnNÄ fmämsS dndn³ tImUn¨p.
“”H^p W{hm\n sI¡sW Wm]t^m Asæn H^p Wm]^p sb®nsW W{hm\n¨nt]m B¡p¶ Nm^yw Bt`mIn¡pkm\v,””
AkapsX hz^¯ns` emkSo{kS]psX IqX_nªv dndn³ fpOw Ipan¨v t^\pNs] tWm¡n.
“”fWÊn`m]ntÃ?””
dndn³ bp©n^n¡m³ {lfn¨p.
“”dndn³s_ f½n]v¡v h½Sfm\v,””
dndn³s_ bp©n^n]psX fmäv Np_ªp.
“”b_ªSv fWÊn`mt]m?””
AkÄ f{´n¡p¶ hz^¯nÂ, Ak³s_ NmSnWXp¯v k¶pb_ªp.
dndn³ Aksa tWm¡n.
“”FWn¡v H^p bpWÀÖ·w S¶]mam\v CSv,””
AkÄ Ak³s_ tSman hvbÀln¨p.
“”Cu K·w FWn¡v Cu Nm¨pk«n Kokn¨pSoÀ¯m fSn,””
Nth^]n`n^n¡]m]n^p¶ dndntW AkÄ bn¼n Wn¶pw tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p.
B N^k`]¯n Ak³ A¸tW^w hz]w f_¶n^p¶p.
“”dndn³,””
“”Dw?””
“”Fs¶…””
“”Wns¶…?””
“”Fs¶ dndnWv Cãfm\v Fs¶Wn¡_n]mw…bs£…””
dm¡n tNÄ¡m³ dndn³ Nm¯n^n¡p¶Sv tbms` t^\pN]v¡v tSm¶n.
“”….dndn³ ..dndnsâ Wmkn Wn¶v- ASv tNÄ¡pkm³ FWn¡v sNmSn]p*v,””
dndn³ hmkVmWw AkapsX N^k`]¯n Wn¶pw tfmInSWm]n. Ak³ F´m\v b_]p¶sS¶v- A_n]m³ AkÄ Ak³s_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv