ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 535

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡n.
“”bq_p l^n¡v Nm\mtkm?””
hcoW knan¨p tImUn¨p.
“”Nm\mw. F¶m`pw Wo ssNsNm*v H¶v- sbman¨N¯n bnXnt¨. l^n¡v fq{Sw tbmNp¶Sv Nm\s«,””
fm`Sn hcoWt]mXp b_ªp. bns¶ AkÄ Cuäf_]v¡¸p_¯v Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶ hnhn`ns] tWm¡n.
“”Xo¨s_ Ct§m«v tWm¡*…Xo¨s_s¶ SÃns¡m¶m`pw tk*nÃ, FWn¡v CWow Nt{*mÄ sI¿m³ bänÃ…””
ASv b_ªv fm`Sn hm^n A^ks^ sbm¡nsk¨p. fpä¯v fpav`mWn^n¡]m]n^p¶ hcoW fm`Sn]psX sbmanªN¶ NkNÄ¡nX]n WWªv NpSnÀ¶ Ipk¶ bm³äohv N*p.
“”F¶m H`n¸o^m Wn³s_ bq_v..F³ät½m-“”
bm³äohv H^p klt¯¡v fmän t]mWnfpOffÀ¯m³ SpX§n] fm`Snt]mXv hcoW b_ªp.
“”F§sW H`n¡mSn^n¡pw hcoW?””
bq_nt`]v¡v ^*pkn^`pNÄ Btklt¯msX Np¯n]n_¡ns¡m*v fm`Sn b_ªp.
“”BUyw Wo fm¯³s_ Np®s]¸än¸_ªp… F³s_ bq_n³s_ H`n¸v At¶^w sSmX§oSm. C¸w Wn³s_] sk®¸q_v F³s_ fp¼n sSm_¶p bnXn¨p C§sW Wn¡p¶p…MmsW hnhn`n Xo¨s_t¸ms` NWymf_n]w H¶pkÃ. hmVm^\ Nj¸v Hs¡]pÅ H^p bmkw h-vNqÄ Xo¨_m,””
“”FXo ssft^ tWm¡v Mm³ fpÅm³ tbmNpkm,””
hcoW knan¨p b_ªp.
AkapsX fp¼n N´nWXn]nt` Npªv fq{SWman]n Wn¶v- hzÀ®Wn_¯n`pÅ {UmkNw bp_t¯¡v Ioän.
“”tWm¡v tfmsa ..im ..im…N®v- fmämsS tWm¡t\ …N®v- fmämsS tWm¡v F³s_ bqäo¶v- fq{Sw sS_n¡ps¶…””
hcoW C^pssNNÄsNm*pw t]mWn¸naÀ¸v bnXn¨N¯n]n^p¶p. hcoW]psX bm³äohv km]n sk¨p I¸n k`n¨psNm*v fm`Sn hcn] fq{Ssfmjn¡p¶Sv tWm¡n]n^p¶p. At¸mÄ AkÄ kn^`pNÄ sNm*v t]mWn¸naÀ¸n Np¯n]na¡p¶Sn³s_ lÐw k`n] D¨¯n tN«p.
fq{Ssfmjn¨p Njnªv hcoW fm`Sn]psX]Xp¯v k¶n^p¶p. fj Np_]p¶ `£\sfm¶pw N*növ- fm{Sfà làn NqXnt]m F¶v- hwl]n¡p¶ ^oSn]n`mkpN]pw sI]vSp.
hcoW fm`Sn]psX ssNs]Xp¯v S³s_ t]mWn]n sk¨p. F¶n«v AkÄ S³s_ ssN fm`Sn]psX t]mWn]n`pw.
“”CSv F³s_]pw H^p cm³ähn B^p¶p tfmsa…b»n¡v t¹hnÂ. shN-vhn³s_ H^p Znhvt¹….F¶m ^hkm ..BÄ¡ms^ W½sX sfmt`w I´ow sSmtXw Hs¡ Nm\nt¨m*v C§sW C^n¡m³…F´v ^hkm BÄ¡m^v W½sX bq_pw I´ow sfmt`w Hs¡¡*v N¼n]mNp¶Sv Nm\m³…””
hcn] fm`Sn]psX WWªv Npjª t]mWn]n kn^`pNan«p Np¯n]n_¡tk b_ªp.
“”Bim…CSv sNmÅmktÃm,””
sbs«¶v- fpj¡fpÅ H^p bp^pglÐw tN«v AkÀ sM«n¯n^nªp. AkÀ N¼nNp«³.sWäv