Chapter Title : ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

Ak³s_ Ip*pNapsX hvbÀlw N®pNan bSnªt¸mÄ Akan Wn¶v- hpOUm]Nfm] H^p Wnlzmhfp]À¶p. """"CsS´m, f½o? f½ns]´nWm Ct{Sw .C§sW I½n Wn¡ps¶?'' hnhn`n]psX fpO¯v At¸mjpw AbfmWn¡s¸«,e]s¸«, emkw Hmt^m Wnfngw Njn]pt´m_pw NW¯v k¶p. """"F³s_ sbm¶v f½n, Fs¶t]mÀ¯v B\v f½osX Cu tbXns]¦n CSm tNÄ¡v FWn¡nSv tbms` ht´mgfpÅ H^p Nm^yw bns¶ tks_]nÃ,'' B km¡pNÄ hnhn`n]n A¸w I`W§ap*m¡n. AkÄ bSns] fpOfp]À¯n. """"f½o,'' dndn³ AXp¯v k¶v- AkapsX tSman bnXn¨p. """"f½n Fs¶ knlzhn¡v. MmWnSn im¸n]m\v. FWn¡v fWÊn`mNpw. Mm³ FKyqt¡äZm. CSnsWs]ms¡ si¯n]m]n Nm\mWpÅ knk^sfms¡ FWn¡p*v,'' hnhn`n]n Wn¶v- H^p N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv BlzmhWnlzmhw dndn³ tN«p. Akan Wn¶v- e]kpw AbfmWem^kpw bSns] Wo§p¶Sv dndn³ N*p.Ak³ AkapsX tSman bnXn¨fÀ¯n. B hvbÀlWw Akans` e]s¯ bqÀ®fm]pw fmän]Sptbms` tSm¶n. Ct¸mÄ AkapsX fpO¯v ftWmi^fm] `Ö Wn_ªp. bns¶ bp©n^n]pw. """"Hm, F³s_ f½o!'' Ak³ AkapsX Nknan D½ sk¨p. hnhn`n ASv {bSo£n¨n^p¶nÃ. bs£ B IpwdWw Akans` AkhmWs¯ e]¯n³s_ N\nN]pw Wo¡n. """"Hm, F³s_ D½]v¡v A{Sk`n] fVp^sfm¶pw Nm\¯nà Fs¶Wn¡_n]mw.'' AkÄ hwl]n¨v AksW tWm¡n. """"ASntW¡mÄ F{S]n^«n hq¸À D½Nam A]mav f½osX Nknan`pw...'' Ak³ kn^¯p¼p sNm*v AkapsX AV^¯n bSns] AfÀ¯n. """"....bns¶ CkntXw....'' dndn³ ASv Njnªv ssWän]psX fp¼nÂ, hnhn`n]psX sW©nt`¡v tWm¡n. """"....bns¶ AkntXw...'' """"tbmXm,'' `Öt]msX AkÄ dndntW AXn¡m³ Nt¿m§n.

dndn³s_ gÀ«pNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n sh`n³ fX¡n sgÂcn sk¨p. Ko³hpNÄ BUyw Ss¶ tS¨v fX¡n sk¨n^p¶p. CWn blp¡Ä¡v-- skÅw sNmXp¡\w. bn®m¡v N`À¯n] NªnskÅkpw NmXnskÅkpsfXp¯v sh`n³ bp_t¯¡v WX¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ AXp¡a]n Wn¶v- dndn³s_ lÐw AkÄ tN«p. ""f½n, ASknsX skt¨s^. Mm³ sNmXpt¯mamw. Um CSn¸w So^pw,"" sh`n³ bp©n^n¨p.