ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 545

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tcm¬ lÐn¨p.
“”tNm¸v.””
AkÄ hpOw Wãs¸«Sn³s_ Bt`mh^¯n b_ªp.
tcm¬ FXp¯p.
t^\ptfmÄ tNmanwPv…
hnhn`n sbs«¶v ssWän k`n¨pSmjv¯n.
“”it`m, FknsXs]¯n AÑWpw tfmapw?””
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”At½,””
tcm\n`qsX PUvPSw Wn_ª t^\pN]psX lÐw hnhn`n tN«p.
“”tfmsa,””
AkÄ hwl]t¯msX knan¨p.
“”A½ tkPw {Zhv sI¿v–. F¶n«v _oKn]\ Nm³hÀ sh³ä_nt`¡v km,””
sbs«¶v tcm¬ N«m]n.
hnhn`n¡v H¶pw fWhn`m]nÃ.
t^\pN]psX hz^¯n kÃm¯ h¦Xfp*v. AkÄ¡v A_n]mkp¶ Bt^m H^mÄ Nm³hÀ dmVnS]m]n t^mP¡nX¡]n`m\v.
B^m]n^n¡pw?
ssUktf, CWn ^kns]§mWpw?
AkapsX DÅp bnXªp.
tkPw {ZÊv sI]vSv AkÄ bp_¯n_§n.
PmÀZ³s_]Xp¯v hKn Wn¡p¶Sv N*p.
“”Ft§m«v tbmNpkm Xo¨s_?””
Ak³ tImUn¨psNm*v AkapsX]Xps¯¡v k¶p.
“”hKn]v¡v _oKn]\ Nm³hÀ sh³äÀ FknXms\¶v A_n]mtfm?””
“”A_n]mw Xo¨s_. F´m?””
“”k*ns]Xp¡v Wfp¡v AknXw ks^ tbmN\w,””

S³s_ NnX¡]psX hfob¯v Wn¡p¶ks^ tWm¡n dndn³ bp©n^n¨p. ^*p tbs^ N*t¸mÄ Ak³s_ bp©n^n fmªp. hnhn`nt]]pw t^\pNs]]pw.
Ak^psX N^ªpN`§n] N®pNÄ N*t¸mÄ Ct¸mjpw SpX^p¶ knSp¼Â tN«t¸mÄ AkWv bp©n^n¡m³ Njn]p¶nÃ.
“”””AÑm,”
Ak³ ^knl¦s_ tWm¡n.
Ak³s_ S`fpXn]n`pÅ ^knl¦_nsâ hvbÀlWw fp_pNn.
“”””b¸m f^n¡p¼w H^p Nm^ytf Ft¶mXv b_ªn^p¶pÅq…”
£o\n¨v WnÀ¯nWnÀ¯n Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””FWn¡_n]mw tfmtW,”
^kn l¦_n³s_ kngmUfpÅ, F¶m UrZfm] lÐw Ak³ tN«p.
“”””tfm³ kngfn¡*. tfm³s_ f½n F³s_ em^y]m\v Ct¸mÄ. F³s_ tfmÄsX A½]m\v Ct¸mÄ. hiSmbw, him]n¡mWpÅ fWÊv AsSm¶pfà Mm³ tfm³s_ f½ns] hvtWin¡mWpw em^y]m¡mWpw Nm^\w. tfm³ F³s_ tfmÄsX KoksW f^\¯o¶v ^£s¸Xp¯n]Sv sNm*v fm{Sfà Mm³ tfm³s_ f½ns] N`ym\w Njnt¨. FWn¡nãfm\v tfm³s_ f½ns] . F³s_ f^\w ks^,”
A]mÄ hnhn`ns] tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p.
“”””f½o …:””
Ak³ hnhn`n]psX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
“”Mm³ f½osW tks_ Bsas¡m*p N`ym\w Njn¸n¡m³ ..ASnsWms¡ H^p§oSv…Mm³ C§sW….Cu AhpOw…ASv sNm*m Mm³ b`t^w ko«n knant¨m*v kt¶…bs£ hm_v…Aà A¨³….”
Ak³ ^kn l¦s_ tWm¡n.
“”””F³s_ {bmÀ°W Cutlm tN«p. Fs¶ ..AÃ N¼nNp«³.sWäv