ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 545

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CXmWpw Cãfm. Wn§s¡s¶ A_n]mtÃm. bs£ Wmät¡hv BNp¶Sv CãfÃ. C]mav GSv ssX¸v Bs\¶_o¯nÃtÃm. tbm^mt¯Wp Wfp¡v H^nãw Hs¡ tSm¶p¶ ssX¸pkÃ. Nm*mfrPs¯t¸ms` tWm«w. km]n F¸jpw doZow. ASn³s_ f\w k¶m¯s¶ fqZv– Hs¡ tbmNpw. bs£ B Np® N* tW^w sSm«v bqäns` NXow Nj¸pw sIm_n¨n`pw kÃm*§v NqXn¡qXn gZow WW¨v F³s_ sNmSw kjn H«n¸nXn¨p HjpNpkm^p¶p. ASpsNm*v AknXp¶v- F\oäv– tbm^mWpw tSm¶oÃ…””
hcoW knk^\w SpX^pt¼mÄ hnhn`n]psX fpO¯v tUgykpw Cãt¡Xpw NW¯pNqXns¡m*n^p¶p. AkÄ BNmw£t]msX G_nk^p¶ fj]pw f^§sa D`]v¡p¶ NmänsW]pw tWm¡ns¡m*n^p¶p. CX]v¡v CXnfpj¡kpw fn¶`pw A´^o£s¯ e]s¸Xp¯n.
“”F¶n«v? F´m Wo WnÀ¯ns] ssft^…Nj¨p fq¯v Wn¡pkm Wn³s_ Ak^mSn¨ NT tN«v…b_s]Xo,””
hm^n¡p fpNan`qsX SpXNÄ¡nX]n AfÀ¯n sM¡n sM^Xns¡m*v fm`Sn b_ªp.
“”F¶mXo ssf^v Xo¨s_ HjpNm³ SpX§nt]mXo…””
“”bn¶nÃmsS…””
SpXNÄ¡nX]n Wn¶v- ssNNÄ fmämsS fm`Sn b_ªp.
“”F¶m B hm^n]§v sbm¡n sks¡Xo..CknsX]n¸w tks_ B^m]ptÅ? F¶n«v {co]m]n«v bqän sk^`nXv …W½Ä BUykm]ns«m¶pw AÃtÃm,””
fm`Sn Ipäpw tWm¡n. fj]m\v. Nmäpw tNmapw NW¡p¶p*v–. bs£ hnhn`n eog\ns¸Xp¯p¶ tWm«w N*t¸mÄ fm`Sn fp«v ks^ D]À¯n] hm^n ko*pw Smtj¡v bnXn¨pk`n¨n«v– hcoWs] tWm¡n.
“”W½psX fUÀ sSt^h C§sW Wn¡p¼w tks*Xo. Wo b_. Mm³ ko«n sI¶n«v kn^Â Ct«mamw,””
“”B..””
hcoW ko*pw b_ªp SpX§n.
“”A]mav Fs¶ tWm¡n H^p skX`¨n^n In^n¨p…””
“”AÊÂ N¼n¨n^n AtÃ?””
ssN¯`w ko*pw SpXNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v Wo¡ns¡m*v fm`Sn tImUn¨p.
“”AsS…””
C¯k\ hcoW]psX ssN¯`kpw AkapsX SpXNÄ¡nX]n AfÀ¶n^p¶p.
“”FXo FWn¡v kÃmsS fpÅm³ fp«pkm…H¶v- fpÅo«v b_]mw,””
AkÄ Fjpt¶äp. AkÄ sgZn³s_ sshZns` fpät¯¡v Sn^nªp. fj kojm¯emPt¯¡v AkÄ C_§n.
“”fpÅp¶Sv Nm\t*?””
hm^n fpNant`¡v D]À¯ns¡m*v hcoW tImUn¨p.
“”bns¶ tkt*?””
fm`Sn tUgyw N`À¶ hz^¯n tImUn¨p.
“”Sn^nªn^p¶v fpÅn]m ssft^, sNmÃpw Wns¶ Mm³! Wn³s_ Np®¡T tN«v BsN Np¯nt¡_m³ bmN¯n C^n¡pkm…””
hcoW ASptN«v In^n¨p.
“”hnhn`n Xo¨s_ H¶v- Sn^nªn^pt¶m, MmWo ssf^nWp bq_p Nm\n¨psNm*v fpÅm³ tbmNpkm…””
N`nN]_n] fpOt¯msX hnhn`n N¼nNp«³.sWäv