ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 545

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tSm¶n.
AN¯p Wn¶v- hm_m½ H^p t¹än Wm`©v tW{´¸j§Ä sNm*v k¶p.
“”kÀ¡n¨m,””
AkÄ t¹äv kÀ¡n]psX tWs^ Wo«n.
“”CsSm¶p B tfls¸m_t¯m«v skt¨. MmWn¸w k^mw. G¯¸jw Xo¨_nsWs¡m*v Soän¡\w tNt«m. Xo¨À k`n] Wm\¡m^n]m,””
ASv b_ªp AkÄ ko*pw ANt¯¡v tbm]n. kÀ¡v t¹äv tfl¸p_¯v sk¨p.
“”kÀ¡n¨m F³s_ gZn N*m^pt¶m?””
AN¯v Wn¶v- hm_m½ knan¨p tImUn¨p.
“”GSv gZn]m?””
kÀ¡n D_s¡ ANt¯¡v tWm¡n tImUn¨p.
“”b¨,””
hm_m½ AN¯p Wn¶v- ko*pw knan¨p b_ªp.
“”FXo AStà fpt¼ Wo Du^n skt¨? ASm N«nt` Nm\pw.””
ASv b_ªv A]mÄ hm_m½s] tWm¡n In^n¨p.
“”F³s_ Xo¨s_..AXo CXp¶ Nm^ys¯ bän Ak¡v H^p tdmtVmw CÃ,””
“”ssf^v …””
AN¯v Wn¶v- hm_m½]psX lÐw ko*pw tN«p. kÀ¡n NpätdmVt¯msX hnhn`ns] tWm¡n.
“”F³s_ Xo¨s_..Aka§Wm tUgyw k¶m {bVmWf{´n Bt\m¶v- tbm`pw tWm¡psN`m. km]o¶v b¨s¯_ns] k^q,””
hnhn`n In^n¨p.
“”F¶m bäoXo?””
A]mÄ knan¨p tImUn¨p.
“”F³s_]m sImk¸v t{dhn]_v Nm\p¶nÃ,””
“”B skap¯ t{dhn]_v AksX sNXs¸m*tÃm,””
kÀ¡n knan¨pb_ªp.
“”F³s_ fWpgym AsS§pw C¸w CXm³ bäptk`s¶. sI_pSm]n. sfmt`sX k`n¸w NqXpt¶WWph^n¨v {dm]pw k`n¸w NqXpw. sfWs¡«v bnXn¨v k`pSm¡n S^p¼w ASn³s_ NqsX sNmÅmkp¶ {dm]pw sNmsX km§ptk`. M§sX {dm Wn§sX A*Àsk]À tbms`]Ã. Sq§ns¡X¡p¶ hmVWw Woaw NqXp¼w Wn§¡v A*Àsk]À fmt_*tÃm. AÃ, MmWnSv Bt^mXm A*Àsk]_nsâ Nm^yw b_]ps¶. ko«n H^n¡Â tbm`pw A*Àsk]À CXm¯ BtamXv. Wà NT!””
AN¯v Wn¶v- hm_m½ knan¨p b_ªp.
“”Wo]knsX A*Àsk]_n³täw t{dhn]_ntâw {Zmf Nan¡m*v C§v km hm_mt½.””
AN¯v Wn¶v- H^p Wnfngt¯¡v AW¡sfm¶pw tN«nÃ.
“”Nn«nt¸m]n,””
hm_m½]psX lÐw AkÀ tN«p. AXp¯ Wnfngw AkÄ AN¯p Wn¶pw C_§n k¶p. AkapsX ssN]n H^p b¨ bm³äohpw Ipk¶ {dm]pfp*m]n^p¶p.
“”thm_n Xo¨s_,””
hm_m½ bm³äohpw {dm]pw tfl¸p_¯v tW{´¡m] sk¨n^p¶ t¹änWv hfobw sk¨p. bm³äohn³s_ bq_ntWmXv tIÀ¶n^n¡p¶ emPw knXÀ¯n]m\v hm_m½ sk¨Sv F¶v- hnhn`n N*p. ASn k`n] emPkpw WWªn^n¡p¶Spw.
“”F³s_ Xo¨s_, C¸jm H^p Nm^yw HmÀs¯. B fm¯³ tI«Wv tS§sbmSn¡m³ ^mQk³ k^pw. Ak³s_ NqsX b\n¡v Wn¡m³ fm¯³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv