ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 545

N¼nNp«³.sWäv e]¶v- tbm]n.
“”bXt¨msW, fm¯¨³!””
hcoW f{´n¨p. ssN]n H^p tfmssd`pw. C]msat¸mjm\v Ct§m«v k¶Sv? Wà fj]pw Nmäpw Nm^\w fäp lЧsam¶pw tNÄ¡m³ bän]n^p¶nÃ.
“”Atim…ASv l^n,””
sbs«¶v- hm^n tWs^ bnXn¨nXpN]m]n^p¶ ^*p hv{SoNtamXpw A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”F³s_ sgZv Wn§Ä AWmlmhy{bkÀ¯W§Ä¡v Dbt]mPn¡pkmt\m?””
“”Hm, M§av F¶m AWmlmhykm tI«m Nm\n¡pt¶? ,””
hcoW fmUNfm]n In^n¨psNm*p tImUn¨p.
bp^pglÐw tN«v Cuäf_]psX bn¼n C^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ hnhn`n sbs«¶v- F¯ntWm¡n. knl¶ Np_p¡³ tNmjns] N*Sptbms` A]mapsX N®pNÄ hnhn`n]psX tf bSnªp.
“”§vti? CSm^m? CSv W½sX t`m_³hv fmgn³s_ sb¼na hnhn`n]tÃ?””
tUgyw N¯p¶ N®pNtamsX hcoWs]]pw fm`Sn]pw tWm¡n]n«v hnhn`n A]mapsX tWs^ AWnãt¯msX S`Np`p¡n.
“”A¸w hnhn`n Xo¨_pw Ck^psX N¼Wo sb«Smt\m?””
A]mÄ hnhn`n]psX tWs^ sI¶p.
fpOt¯mXv fpOw tWm¡n]SnWv tlgw hcoW]pw fm`Sn]pw A]mÄ¡v bn¶ms` sI¶p.
“”hmt_ hnhn`n Xo¨À B ssX¸v AÃ,””
“”GSv ssX¸v AÃm¶v-?””
A]mÄ Ak^psX tWs^ eog\fm]n tWm¡n.
“”H¶v- tbm Nj¸n bq_nNsa,””
A]mÄ D¨¯n b_ªp
“”Wn³s_ ^*n³s_ bqän`pw F³s_ A*Àsk]_n³s_ ANt¯ Np® tN_nSm. ASpsNm*v Wos]ms¡ GSv ssX¸v B¶v FWn¡_n]mw. C¸w F³s_ b_¼nt¡_n F³s_ N«nt` C^p¶v- ^*p bq_nNapw sk^`pw Ct«m*v N¼n kÀ¯mtWmw b_ªn^n¡p¶p. hnhn`n Bt^`pw k^p¶pt*m¶v- tWm¡n Nmk`n^n¡p¶p. bqän sk^`n«p Nj¸v SoÀ¡pt¶Wv Nmk`n^n¡p¶Sv– GSv ssX¸mXo ssf^pNsa?””
ASv b_ªpNjnªSpw A]mÄ hm^n¡v fpNan`qsX hnhn`n]psX fp`¡v N]_n¸nXn¨v sM¡n]Spw H^pfn¨m]n^p¶p. bs£ A¯^sfm^p Wo¡w {bSo£n¨n^p¶ hnhn`n B £\w Ss¶ A]mapsX N^\¯v BªXn¨p. ASv A]mÄ {bSo£n¨n^p¶nÃ.
fm¯¨³ fpäs¯ sb^pfj]nt`¡v f`À¶Xn¨p ko\p. ko\ bN¸n ImXns]jps¶Â¡m³ {lfn¨ A]mÄ bm]`n S«n ko*pw ko\p.
“”….it½!””
C¯k\ ko\Sv fpOfX¨m\v Wn`¯v NnX¶ H^p f^¯Xn]nÂ.
“”””iq]v…At½…”
A]mÄ tkUWsNm*v M^§n.
bns¶ hnhn`n tUgyt¯msX hcoWs]]pw fm`Sn]pw tWm¡n]n«v fj]t¯¡n_§n.
“”””Xo¨t_…”
hcoW bn¶ms` sIÃm³ SpX§n.
Sn^nªv Wn¶v- hnhn`n AkapsX tWs^ Iq*pkn^`p]^v¯n.
“”””hcosW,”
D_¨ hz^¯n hnhn`n b_ªp.
“”””Wn§sX Cãw, Wn§sX FWvtKm]v–sf³_v N¼nNp«³.sWäv