ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 545

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÄ b_]p¶Sv {l²n¨nÃ. hnhn`n Ak³s_ AXp¯v k¶v- hnPs^äv– bnXn¨pkm§n fp_n]psX fq`]n sk¨n^n¡p¶ ZÌv dn¶nt`¡n«p. At¸mÄ ASn fq¶v Wm`v bpN]p¶ hnPs^äv– NpänNÄ N*p.
lzmhw Wn`¨ptbmNp¶tbms` hnhn`n¡v tSm¶n.
“”Wo]nsS¶m emknt¨m*m dndntW?””
AkÄ AksW ^q£fm]n tWm¡n.
At¸mjpw Ak³ H¶pw b_]pN]p*m]nÃ.
“”Mm³ A]mÄsX ko«n k^nà F¶v- b_ªSnWmt\m C¡* hnP^säms¡ k`n¨pNq«ps¶? l^n, Mm³ Nm^\w Wo C§sW Wln¡*. tbmNmw Wfp¡v. Wmsa¯s¶,””
Ak³s_ N®pNÄ Sna§n. Ak³s_ hpµ^fm] fpOw ht´mg¯m NqXpS knXÀ¶p. Ak³ sbs«¶v- Fjpt¶äp.
“”tW^v?””
Ak³ AkapsX ssN]n bnXn¨psNm*p tImUn¨p.
“”tbmNmw. tW^m]n«pw tbmNmw,””
“”Hm, F³s_ f½o,””
Ak³ AkapsX Nknan D½ sk¡m³ {lfn¨p.
“”¨o, HÅ hnPs^äv– FÃmw k`n¨p Nq«o«v! km]o¶v ASn³s_ f\w k^p¶p. BUyw tbm]n«v km NjpNo«p km. F¶n«v sk¨m fSn D½,””
“”H¶v tbm f½o,””
AkapsX FSnÀ¸v kNsk¡msS Ak³ AkapsX Nknan AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨p. hnhn`n hpOUm]Nfm] Wnfng§apsX In_Nn b_¡m³ SpX§n. Nknan Wn¶v- Ak³s_ Ip*pNÄ AkapsX AV^¯nt`¡v Wo§n]t¸mÄ tUiw fp¼s¯tbms` bq¯p`]p¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp.
AV^¯n b` Sk\ dndnsâ Ip*pNÄ AfÀ¶p^ªp.
dndn³ AktamXfÀ¶p.
Ak³s_ kn^nª sW©v AkapsX D]À¶p Sp_n¨ fm_n N^pt¯msX AfÀ¶p.
“”fSn tfmtW,””
UpÀº` hz^¯n`ms\¦n`pw AkÄ FSnÀ¯p.
“”l^n, f½n,””
Ak³ Ip*pNÄ AkapsX AV^¯n Wn¶v- hmkVmWw fmän. bns¶ Aksa tWm¡n ftWmi^fm]n bp©n^n¨p. AkÄ Wm\t¯msX AksW tWm¡n.
“”F³s_ f½n. f½n F³s_ A½]Ã. tks_ GtSm t`mN¯v Wn¶v- k¶ Abvh^Êm\v. H^p fm`mO. H^p shuµ^y tUkS,””
“”F´m tfmWv Cs¸m A§sW tSm¶m³?””
hwPoS ewPn]pÅ hz^¯n AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”CSv Ct¸mjs¯ tSm¶Â Aà f½n. F{St]m kÀg§Ä¡v fp¼v tSm¶n]Sm\v! Mm³ f½ns] BUyw N*sS¶m? B Unkhw B Wnfngw fpSÂ,””
N®pNan AWpbffm] knhvf]w Wn_¨v AkÄ Ak³s_ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n. ssWän¡pÅn AkapsX Wn_fm_nXw D]À¶p Smjp¶Sv Ak³ N*p. S³s_ fm_nt`¡v Ak³ tWm¡p¶S_nªv Akans` `Ö AWpWnfngw NqXn k¶p.
“”At§m«p tWm¡tÃ,””
hnhn`n]psX UpÀº`fm], IqXpÅ , lÐw AksW sbmÅn¨p.
“”C§sW tWm¡mSn^n¡pw f½n? CSptbms` hpµ^n]m] H^p sb®m\v F³s_ f½ns]¦nÂ… N¼nNp«³.sWäv