ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 545

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp`NÄ Ca¡n]n^p¶p. S³s_ sNmjp¯ SpX§Â AkÄ A]mÄ Nm¬sN Nq«n¯n^p½n.
“”Òvfw …Òvfw…””
Akapth lzmhPSn]p]˦p.
Ct¸mÄ kÀ¡n]psX A^s¡«ns` fpj H^p NqXm^w tbms`]m]n. ASnt`¡v AkÄ Ip*pWW¨p tWm¡n.
“”hmVm^\ Wn§sat¸ms` DÅ sb®p§sX bq_p tbms`]Ã hm_mt½sX bq_v. AkÄsX bqän¶v- Ft¸mjpw H`nt¨m*n^n¡pw…””
AkÄ ko*pw Ip*p WW¨p. bns¶ bm{S¯n Wn¶v- AkÄ H^p bjsfXp¯p. A]mapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
“”CSv WÃ fpjp¯ bjfm\tÃm,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”ASn`pw fpjp¯ bjw Mm³ Xo¨_nWv Sn¶m³ S^mw,””
hm_m½]psX bmânhv I¸ns¡m*v A]mÄ b_ªp.
AkÄ ASnWp¯^fm]n S`Np`p¡n.
“”MmWo bjw sbman¡s«,””
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”sbmant¨m ..CãfpÅ{S]pw sbman¨p Snt¶m. Ft´ms^ tkt\`pw S^mw,””
AkÄ A]mapsX N®pNan tWm¡n bj¯n³s_ tSm sbman¨p. F¶n«v BUyw ASn Wmkp Wo«n W¡n..
ASv N*p A]mapsX Np®]psX N«n C^p¼pN¼n tbms`]m]n. tSmÀ¯nWv bp_¯pNqXn A]mÄ hnhn`n]psX Nm¬sN AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨p.
“”Mm³ b_ªSv l^n]tÃ. Wn§av sb®p§Ä¡v BÀ¡pw F³s_ emt^ysX At{Sw H`n¸v Nm\¯nÃtÃm bqäo¶v-..””
“”A§sWs]m¶pw Aà kÀ¡o,””
AkÄ bjw S³s_ SpXp¯p frUp`fm] Ipk¶ Ip*n fp«n¡p¶Sv tbms` Nm\n¨p.hnhn`n]n AenfmWkpw ht´mgw S^n¨n_§pN]m]n^p¶p. N^p¯mWm] kÀ¡ns] Dt¯Kn¸n¡m³ SWn¡v Njnªn^n¡p¶p. WPvW]mNmsS tWm«w sNm*v!
“”A§sWs]m¶pw Aà F¶v- b_ªmÂ? ti]v ..Xo¨À Ip½m b_]p¶Sm,””
tSmÀ¯nWv bp_¯pNqXn C{bmklyw Np® l^n¡pw sSm`n¨Xn¨p A]mÄ.
AkÄ bjw km]n bNptSmt]mafn_¡n bp_s¯Xp¯p.
“”Aà kÀ¡n…””
“”AtÃ…F¶m Xo¨À H¶m gZn H¶q^n Nm\nt¨,””
“”At¿m kÀ¡o FWn¡v Wm\km…””
“”Wm\n¡* …F´nWm Mm³ gZn CXm*m C^n¡ps¶,””
“”AsSWn¡_n]mw,””
G¯¸jw km]nt`¡v N]äpN]pw C_NpN]pw sI]vSpsNm*v, A]mapsX A^s¡«n eofmNm^w bq*n^n¡p¶ NqXm^m¯ns`¡v tWm¡n AkÄ b_ªp.
‘Xo¨_nWv sSan]n¡m³ bä¯ntàMm³ b_ªSm l^n. F³s_ sb{¼t¶m¯osX bqän³s_ At{Sw H`n¸v tks_ BÀ¡pw CÃ,””
“”sly..Cu kÀ¡osX H^p Nm^yw. gZn Du^n¡m\n¨mt` knlzhn¡pskmtÅm?””
“”AÃmsS]n¸w…Xo¨_v Ss¶ H¶v- b_. AÃmsS F§sW]m,””
“”sly…””
AkÄ ko*pw kng®]m]n. kÀ¡ns] Wm\t¯msX ko*pw tWm¡n. bns¶ ssN¿n`n^p¶ G¯¸jw tfl¸p_¯v N¼nNp«³.sWäv