ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 545

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX DÄ¡X`nt`¡n_§n]t¸mÄ Bhàn fq¯v, Nj¸v fq¯v AkÄ A]mapsX S` bq_ntWmXv AfÀ¯nsM¡n ¸nXn¨p.
“”””kÀ¡o, NXn¨p b_ns¡Xm…FXm…F³s_ ….F³s_ ….bq_v…”
H¶pw Aksa SXªnÃ. A]Âk¡w. Xo¨À F¶ bUkn. fpSnÀ¶ H^m¬Np«n]psX A½. H¶pw.
hpOw A\s¡«n skÅw Wn_]p¶SntW¡mÄ tkP¯n Wn_]pN]m]n^p¶p. kÀ¡n]psX bÃpNÄ N´n³tf sNm^p¯t¸mÄ AkÄ C¡nansNm*p bpaªnÃ. A§sW]m]n^p¶p t`m_³hv sI¿pt¼mÄ. bs£ Ct¸mÄ N^Ä b_n¡p¶ hpOw.
“”””kÀ¡o…F³s_ bq_n Np® tNä^pSv F¶ Hä Dt±ltk sWW¡ptÅm?”
hf]w Wo*ptbm]t¸mÄ AkÄ tImUn¨p. ASnWnsX bq_n Wn¶v- F{SSk\ kh´¯n³s_ APvWnbÀÆSw sbm«n F¶v- AkÄ¡v HmÀ½]nÃm]n^p¶p. AkhmWw kÀ¡n fpOw D]À¯n]t¸mÄ fp«]psX skÅ fpO¯v fpjpk³ tS¨pbnXn¨Sv– tbms`]m]n^p¶p.
“”””dyq«ng³s_ cohv– FWn¡v St¶¡\w,”
B fqZn`pw AkÄ A§sW b_ªp.
“”””Xo¨s_, sNmt_ Wmav NqXn BUykm]n«tÃ? Nk l^n¡pw sbman¨N¯n sk¡v AtÃÂ tkUW k^pw,”
hnhn`n NkNÄ b^fmkVn ANän. AkÄ ^*pssN sNm*pw bq_p knXÀ¯n¸nXn¨p. A]mÄ Np® ssNsNm*v bnXn¨psNm*v AkapsX bq_n³s_ bnaÀ¸nWv fpNan bSns] fp«n¨p.
“”””Hmi…At½…”
A©pkÀg¯nWp tlgw BUyfm]n H^p Np® bq_n fp«pN]m\v. S³s_ ss`wPnN KoknS¯ns` H^p I^n{SfpiqÀ¯w.
hnhn`n Wm¡pNXn¨v, N®pNaX¨p NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. bs£ kÀ¡n]psX Np® bq_n fp«n]t¸mÄ AkÄ N®pNÄ Sp_¶v- S³s_ Nm`pN¡nX]ns`¡v tWm¡n.
“”””F´m tWm¡ps¶?”
Np® bSns] ANt¯¡v NX¯m³ {lfn¨psNm*v A]mÄ AktamsX tImUn¨p.
“”””Nm\\w,”
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””Wn³s_ Np® F³s_ bq_nt`¡v CXn¨n_§p¶Sv FWn¡v Nm\\w kÀ¡o,”
A]mÄ bSns] SÅn.
“”””Hiv…bSns]..bSns]..”
“”””tkUW?”
“”””Òw…D*v,”
“”””F¶m Du^s«?”
“”””sNm¶pNa]pw Mm³!”
A]mÄ ko*pw SÅn. A¸w NqXn AN¯p N]_n. bs£ AkapsX Wn`knan BUyt¯Sn`pw D¨¯n`m]n.
“”””C§sW tkUWn¡pkmt\Â Mm³ Du^pw,”
“”””Du^nt¡m. bs£ bnt¶w Np¯nt¡ä\w,”
kÀ¡n sbs«¶v- Bªp SÅn. hnhn`n]psX N®pNÄ skan]n k¶p. AkapsX A`À¨ bp_t¯¡v tbm]Sm]n A]mÄ e]s¸«p. sbs«¶v- AkapsX SpX]nXp¡nt`¡v tWm¡n]m kÀ¡n e]s¸«ptbm]n.
“”””Xo¨s_…tIm^!”
“”””FknsX?”
“”””bqäo¶v-,”
“”””hm^fnÃ. N¼nNp«³.sWäv