Chapter Title : ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

..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 dndntW AUvepSt¯msX tWm¡n. ""sWWs¡§sW]m Fs¶ A_n]mkps¶? MmWnknsX BUyw k^pkm\tÃm. F³s_ Sn^ptfm´ A§sW b{S¯n`pw Xo ko`pw H¶pw k^m_nÃtÃm,"" dndn³ bp©n^n¨p. ""hmt_, Mm³ t^\ptNsX ¢mÊn`m. F³s_ tb^v dndn³,"" ^knl¦_n³s_ {Np²emkw fm_p¶Spw A]mapsX fpO¯v AUvepSw knX^p¶Spw bns¶ bp©n^n knX^p¶Spw FÃmk^pw N*p. ""tUs*Xm, sfmS`man In^n¡p¶p.."" sfm«¯`]³ ftä]mapsX sIkn]n NplpNplp¯p. At¸mÄ bp©n^n fmän ^knl¦À sfm«¯`]³s_ tWs^ ^q£fm]n tWm¡n. ""Ums*, bnt¶w btj tbms`]m]n,"" Ak³ ko*pw AX¡w b_ªp. ""In^n¡mSn^n¡m³ MmsW¶m C©ow NXn¨n^n¡p¶ sNm^§Wmt\mXm? fn*^pSv. kjo¶v- SÃpw tfXn¨v!""