Chapter Title : ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

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N¼nNp«³.sWäv fqan. dndn³ t_mZ^nNn ssd¡v WnÀ¯n. hnhn`n t_mZn³s_ C^p emPt¯¡pw tWm¡n. knKWfm\v. t_mZ^nNv Wn_s] sbm´¡mXm\v. ASnW¸p_¯v _ºÀ f^§apsX C^p«pw FNm´S]pw. ""At§m«n^pt¶m f½n. CknsXs]m¶pw B^pw k^m³ tbmNp¶nÃ,"" ""tWm¡nt¡mt\ tfmtW,"" AkÄ sbm´]psX f_kn Np¯n]n^p¶p. bp_t¯¡v A¸w emPw fm{Stf Nm\pN]pÅq. hnhn`n hm^ntbm¡p¶Sv dndn³ N*p. tWm¡^pSv F¶v- fWÊv F{Stf kn`¡n]n«pw N®pNÄ At§m«ptbm]n. Hm, ASnsW´m, H¶v- tWm¡ns]¶v- sk¨v S³s_ hUmIm^w CXnªpkojpskm¶pfnÃ. hnhn`n]psX fmÀdn skap¸pÅ SpXNÄ C`¨mÀ¯nWnX]n`qsX dndn³ N*p. AkÄ bp_w Sn^nªm\v C^p¶Sv. knXÀ¶v- knlm`fm] D^p*, tPmamNrSn]n`pÅ WnSwdw Ak³s_ N×p¼n sSanªp. A^s¡«n AW¡w dndn³ A_nªp. ""ssf^v!"" Ak³ fp^*p. ""F´m C§sW?"" Ak³ AknsXWn¶pw tWm«w fmän. ""im, At½-"" sbs«¶v- sbm´Nm«n Wn¶v- hnhn`n]psX D¨¯n`pÅ N^¨n dndn³ tN«p. ""F´m f½o?"" AkapsX AXpt¯¡v HmXn]Xp¯psNm*v Ak³ tImUn¨p. ""H¶v-knà ..Wo sbmt¡m..H¶pfnà .."" SpX]nXp¡n sbm¯n¸nXn¨psNm*v hnhn`n b_ªp. B Wnfng¯n`pw dndn³ IpäpbmXpw tWm¡n. Cà B^pw k^p¶nÃ. B^pf§sW h©^n¡m³ CãvXs¸Xm¯