ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 545

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hnhn`osX tfmWtÃ. ASm At{Sw shuµ^yw AkWv,””
Hm. kÀ¡n¨³ C¸jpw s{NZnäv sNmXp¡p¶Sv hnhn`n Xo¨_nWmt\m? kn«v bnXn]v¡v kÀ¡n¨m.””
“”Wo dndntW]pw kn«pbnXn¡p¶nÃtÃm.””
AkÀ ^*ptb^pw irUyfm]n In^n¡p¶Sv AkÄ tN«p.
“”B dndntW F¸w N*m`pw F³s_ tWm«w Ak³s_ At^t`¡v tbmNpw. Wà ssXäm AksX, kÀ¡n¨m. H^p F«n©v Woaw F¦n`pw Nm\pw Ak³s_ Np®]v¡v Atà kÀ¡n¨m?””
“”WnW¡v ko*pw NXntN_o¶p tSm¶p¶p,””
kÀ¡n In^n¨p,
“”Ak³s_ sbm¡w sk¨p tWm¡p¼w F«n©v k^\w.””
“”F³ät½m!”” hm_m½]psX knhvf]w hnhn`n tN«p,
“”F«n©v! kÀ¡n¨sâ B_n©v Np® tN_p¼w Ss¶ F³s_ bq_p l^n¡pw Wn_]p¶p*v. At¸mÄ ASptbms` H^p Np® F³s_ bq_n tN_n]m bq_p No_nt¸mNntÃ, kÀ¡n¨m? .””
“”AsSms¡ BUyw tfmsa, bns¶ bSps¡ bSps¡ tN_n¡jn]p¼w Hmt¡ BNpw.””
“”hnhn`n Xo¨_v B_psNmÃkm]n sN«nt]mWnÃmsS Njn]pkm. bs£ Hmt^m Unkthmw Njn]p¼jpw B shuµ^yw NqXn¡qXn k^pktÃ?””
hm_m½]psX tImUyw tN«v lÐw hnhn`n bp©n^n¨p.
“”l^n¡pw Aks^ HmÀ¡p¼w FWn¡pw skgfw Hs*Xo. Ak^v l^n¡pb_ªm bmkksÃXo. F{St]m tbÀ¡v Fs´ms¡ him]§Ä sI¿p¶p B At½w tfmWpw.””
“”At¿m AsSm¶pw A_n]mªn«Ã kÀ¡n¨m. kÀ¡n¨W_n]ntà FWn¡v Xo¨_nsW Ft´m^w CãvtXmw dipfmtWmw Bs\¶v. bn¶ kÀ¡n¨Wv At{Sw skgfw Bt\ Xo¨_nWpw Cãw Bt\Â….””
“”””Bt\Â?””
“”tbm NÅm. AsSms¡ F³s_ km]o¶v tNÄ¡msWmÅ sNmSn sNm*tà C§sW tImUn¡ps¶. l^n b_]mw. kÀ¡n¨³ Xo¨_n³s_ bqän Np® tNäns¡mXpt¯m. Ft¶`pw H^n¡Â Xo¨_nWv F´m]m`pw Nj¸v tN_pw At¶^w GtS`pw H^p ssf^³ Xo¨_nsW sN\n]n sbXp¯nÃm¶p B^pN*p? kÀ¡n¨³ Bt\ sNmj¸w CÃtÃm.”
“”F³s_ hm_mt½,””
kÀ¡n]psX lÐw knNm^VoWfmNp¶Sv hnhn`n tN«p.
“”ASnWv kÀ¡n¨³ Fs¶¯nWm skgfn¡ps¶? kÀ¡n¨Wv Xo¨s_ Cãkm\v Fs¶Wn¡_n]mw. Xo¨_n³s_ sNmtSmw sfmt`w tWm¡n kÀ¡n¨³ skÅsk_¡p¶Sv Ft´m^w {bmlw Mm³ Nt*¡p¶p,””
CWn]pw S³s_ hm¶nVyw f_¨p skt¡* F¶v hnhn`n¡v tSm¶n. Ss¶¡p_n¨v tN« km¡pNÄ hnhn`n]n kÃmsS Nj¸v tNän]n^p¶p. Nk¡nX]n IqXv N]än]n^p¶p. fp` N®pNsa kn§nkoÀ¸n¨n^p¶p. Ak^psX Nan¡nX]n Nmf hÃmb¯nWnX]n hnhn`n b`Sk\ fp`¡Ãn`pw ssWän¡v bp_¯pNqXn SpX]nXp¡n`pw ssN sNm*p AfÀ¯n]n^p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv