Chapter Title : ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

F¶v- hnhn`n e]¶n^p¶p. ""ASv tbms« hcosW,"" hnhn`n]psX AWnãvf_nªv fm`Sn b_ªp. ""hnhn`n Xo¨s_ Wo C¡q«¯ns`m¶pw Nq«m³ tWm¡*. W½tam sbj]m]n. Wo Ìmcv _qfn sk¨p b_]m³ sSmX§nt]³s_ dm¡n b_,"" ""Hm...C¶s` Agv--_cv-- k¶v- sNm\¨ NT]mt\m? F³s_ Xo¨s_ AtSmÀ¡p¼w Ss¶ bq_o¶v- Nj¸v bnt¶w sSmX§n sb^psk^`v ks^ A§v tN_nt¸mNpkm,"" hcoW]psX ^ihy¡m^n H^mam\v Ag_cv. A¡m^y¯ns`m¶pw AkÄ¡v H^p S^¯n`pfpÅ fWhvSmbkpfnÃ. B\p§Ä¡v GSv sb®n³s_]Xp¯pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Sm¸^yw tSm¶n]m tbmNmw. bns¶ sb®nWv tbm]ms`´m Npj¸w? A§sW]m\v AkÄ knlzhn¡p¶Sv. fäpÅks^]pw knlzhn¸n¡m³ {lfn¡p¶Sv hcoW Ipäpw tWm¡n]n«v hm^n¡v bp_¯pNqXn Nk]v¡nX]n AfÀ¯nsM¡n. hnhn`n ASv Ns*¦n`pw Nm\m¯emkw WXn¨p. ""tlym tN«n«v FWn¡pw bq_p NXn¡m³ sSmX§otÃm hcosW,"" fm`Sn]pw b_ªp. ""sWW¡v bns¶ B\p§sX f\fXn¨m At¸mÄ Ss¶ bqän NXn tSmX§ptks`?"" hcoW In^n¨p. At¸mÄ NmÀtfQfn^p*v NqXm³ SpX§n. SpXÀ¶v- fj sbmXnªp. bmSt]m^§Ä fpjpkWpw _º_pw kmj]pw sS§pNapfm\v. fj]psX `£\w Nm^\w AknsXs]ms¡ sbs«¶v- C^p«v k¶Sptbms` tSm¶n. ""At¿m, CsS¶m sbs«s¶m^p fj?"" S`¡v fosS ssN bnXn¨p fj¯pÅnNÄ tUi¯v kojn¡mSn^n¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*p hnhn`n b_ªp. ""A´n]X¸³ tbm`s¯ fj]m¶m tSm¶pt¶ N*n«v,"" I{Nkmat¯¡v tWm¡n fm`Sn b_ªp. At¸mÄ hcoW Ipäpw tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶p. ""km, Wfp¡v AknsX tN_n Wn¡mw,"" bmSt]m^¯nWv A¸w ANs` _ºÀtSm«¯nWN¯v H^p sgZv AkÀ N*p. fj¯pÅnNÄ làn]m]n kojm³ SpX§n]SnWm ^*mfsSm¶mt`mIn¡msS hnhn`n Akt^msXm¸w B sgZnt`¡v tkP¯n WX¶p. HmXp tfª H^p sgZv B]n^p¶p ASv. ASnWpÅn ^*pfq¶v- Nth^Napw H^p f^¡«n`pw Nps_ fpjnª Sp\nNapw ^*pfq¶p N`§apfp*m]n^p¶p. ""CSm fm¯³ tI«³s_ _ºÀ tSm«ftÃ?"" fm`Sn b^nh^¯nt`¡v N®pNa]¨v tImUn¨p. hcoW S`Np`p¡n. ""AtS, fm¯¨³s_. Cu Nt^s` Gäkpw tXmbv-- sb®pbnXn]³s_,"" hcoW In^n¨psNm*p b_ªp.