Chapter Title : ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

bnt¼m«p Bªp SÅn. SÅ`nsâ làn]n A]mÄ Wn`t¯¡v ko\p. ""dndntW WnÀ¯v!"" sh`n³ lÐfp]À¯n. ""Wnt¶mXm b_sª, k*nt]t`m«p k¶p tN_m³!"" S³s_ l^o^w kn_¡p¶Sv sh`n³ A_nªp. ""A{S]v¡mt]mXm bq_n tfmtW, Wo?"" NmSX¸n¡p¶ hz^¯n sWän]n sk«psNm* bmXpÅ]mÄ fpt¼m«mªpsNm*p b_ªp. ""dndntW tfmtW,"" sh`n³ dndn³s_ fp¼n k¶v- Wn¶psNm*v fNsW tIÀ¯p bnXn¨p. ""F¶SmXm kjos¡X¶v H^p diaw?"" sbs«¶v bn¼n Wn¶v- BÚmhz^¯n`pÅ km¡pNÄ tN«p FÃmk^pw Sn^nªp tWm¡n. ANt`¶v- k¶p Wn¶ H^p skap¯ hvt¡mÀ¸nt]m]nÂWn¶v- N_p¯ gÀ«pw Ipk¶ fp*pfpXp¯v, CXSqÀ¶ SmXnt^mf§apÅ H^mÄ IXp`fm] IpkXpNtamsX C_§n k^p¶p. ""ASv l¦t^«m..."" ASnWnX]n Wn`¯v Wns¶jpt¶ä sfm«¯`]³ ekySt]msX bpSpSm]n k¶]mapsX fp¼n Wn¶p. ""MmWo sI_p¡tWmXv W½sX ftä¸mÀ«osX kotXm¶tWzgn¨Sm...At¶^w Ck³ Fs¶ SÅn]n«p..."" bpSpSm]n k¶]mÄ sfm«¯`]sW ^q£fm]n, b^nimht¯msX tWm¡n. ""Wm\skmt*mXm"" A]mÄ ssNf`À¯n tImUn¨p. ""tbm¯v tbms` kaÀ¶p. F¶n«v foltbm`pw sfma]v¡m¯ H^p sI¡³ SÃo¶p b_ªv Nw¹]n³äv sI¿p¶p! sWWs¡ms¡ sI`knWv S^p¶ tW^¯v b¯v kmj ..kmj tk* ASv b_ªv kÃmsS ¢otg B]n. b¯v b¶n¡pªp§sa ka¯n]m^ps¶ Ft´`pw {bt]mKWw H*mt]sW!"" ASv tN«t¸mÄ ASv ks^ tbXn¨p Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶ hnhn`n]v¡v In^n k¶p. hmkVmWfpÅ In^n bns¶ k`pSm]n. sfm«¯`]Wpw sWän]n sk«n³s_ bmXpÅkWpw tbXn¨v A]msa tWm¡n. A]mapsX N®pNÄ At¸mÄ hnhn`n]n S_ªn^p¶p. ASv N*v-- hnhn`n In^n WnÀ¯n. ""Hm, N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F³s_ tNmfZn]v¡v Ct{Sw fmÀ¡äv H*m^pt¶m? F¶m hn²o¡v hm_nsW N*v-- AXp¯ bX¯n H^p Im³hv tImUn¡m\tÃm,"" A]mÄ hnhn`n]n Wn¶v- tWm«w fmän dndntW tWm¡n. ""Wn§av B^m?"" dndnsâ fpO¯v hwl]§Ä fn¶nf_ªp. Ct±is¯ FWn¡_n]mftÃm. FknsXs]m N*n«p*tÃm. Bt^m b_ªv tN«n«p*tÃm. bs£ ..bs£ ...Hm ...sh_n{dtf HmÀ½S^q...Nn«nt¸m]n! sku- ""hm_v ^knl¦À hm_tÃ?"" A]mÄ