Chapter Title : ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

Wn¶v- BUys¯ KmaySs]ms¡ tbm]n. Ak³ hzS{´fm]n hwhm^n¡m³ SpX§n. Ak³s_ koXpw fSmbnSm¡apw k`pSm]m tbm`ohn tI^\sf¶ B{Pikpw FÃmw hwhm^kng]fm]n. """"WnWs¡Sv hdvKNväv B\v Zncn¡Âäv?'' """"Cw¥ogv,'' """"A_n]mw. Ft¸mjpw Nn«p¶Sv b¯n Smsj]tÃ? AsS´m Mm³ Wà Xo¨À AtÃ? Mm³ bYn¸n¡p¶tSmWpw WnW¡v fWÊn`mNp¶ntÃ?'' """"At¿m..ASÃ..fWÊn`mNp¶p*v...bs£...'' AkÄ AksW Ipjnªp tWm¡n. Ak³ `Ön¨p fpOw NpWn¨p. Ft´m Nů^fp*tÃm. """"WnW¡v XyqgWv tbm]v¡qsX?'' """"ASv ..Cw¥ogv Xyqg³..A§sW B^pw...'' l^n]m\v. AXps¯§pw Wà Xyqg³ sh³ä_pNÄ CÃ. """"Xo¨_nWv hf]fp*mNptfm? H^p A^f\n¡qÀ B]m`pw fSn. F¶pw tk*. BjvI]n Ht¶m ^t*m Unkhw B]m`pw fSn {Pmf_pw sNmt¼mhngWpsfms¡...'' """"A§sW hf]fnsÃXm..h-vNqÄ..koXv ..blp BXv ..A§sW F¸jpw sS^¡v B^n¡pw,'' Ak³s_ fpOw kmXp¶Sv hnhn`n N*p. AkÄ¡v kngffm]n. """"Hmt¡, Wo skgfn¡*. C¶v- lWn]tÃ? Wmsa km. H^p A©pf\n]mNpt¼mÄ,'' Ak³ ht´mgt¯msX S`]m«n. Ak³s_ N®pNan bq¯n^n N¯p¶Sv hnhn`n N*p.

KmcÀ A{S tfmlfà bYn¡m³ F¶v- BUyUnkhw Ss¶ hnhn`n¡v tSm¶n. HmÀ½làn]p*v. ASymklyw A_nªn^nt¡* Cw¥ogv km¡pNÄ HmÀ½]p*v. """"Ct{Sw tkZvhv Hs¡ A_n]m¦n F§sW]mXm f*q Wo fq¶v- sNmÃw Cw¥ogn tSmäSv?'' Ak³s_ S`fpXn]n SjpNns¡m*v AkÄ tImUn¨p. ASv Ak³ H«pw {bSo£n¨n^p¶nÃ. AkapsX SjpN`n Ak³ kÃmsS bpaNnSWm]n. Ak³s_ N®pNÄ bknj§Ä tbms` Sna§n. """"Hmiv...'' Ak³ A_n]msS fÀ½^fpSnÀ¯p. """"F´m?'' AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tImUn¨p. """"F´m Xo¨À?'' """"Wos]´ ""Hmiv' F¶v- skt¨?'' """"Cà ,,A§sW...Mm³ ..'' """"tk* tk* Wo]§sW D^paptkm¶pw tk*. FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Wns¶ Wn³s_ D½ St` Hs¡ bnXn¡ntÃ?'' Ak³ Wm\t¯msX S` Np`p¡n. """"bns¶Mm³ H¶v- sSm«¸w F´m H^p Ca¡w?'' """"A_n]nÃ,'' Ak³ S`NpWn¨p. """"Wo BUyw l^n¡v bYn¡v. AXp¯ fmhw NzmÀ«À`n FN-vhmw AtÃ? fp¼v Nn«n] b¯v