Chapter Title : ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

sNm*tà C§sW tImUn¡ps¶. l^n b_]mw. kÀ¡n¨³ Xo¨_n³s_ bqän Np® tNäns¡mXpt¯m. Ft¶`pw H^n¡Â Xo¨_nWv F´m]m`pw Nj¸v tN_pw At¶^w GtS`pw H^p ssf^³ Xo¨_nsW sN\n]n sbXp¯nÃm¶p B^pN*p? kÀ¡n¨³ Bt\ sNmj¸w CÃtÃm.'' ""F³s_ hm_mt½,"" kÀ¡n]psX lÐw knNm^VoWfmNp¶Sv hnhn`n tN«p. ""ASnWv kÀ¡n¨³ Fs¶¯nWm skgfn¡ps¶? kÀ¡n¨Wv Xo¨s_ Cãkm\v Fs¶Wn¡_n]mw. Xo¨_n³s_ sNmtSmw sfmt`w tWm¡n kÀ¡n¨³ skÅsk_¡p¶Sv Ft´m^w {bmlw Mm³ Nt*¡p¶p,"" CWn]pw S³s_ hm¶nVyw f_¨p skt¡* F¶v hnhn`n¡v tSm¶n. Ss¶¡p_n¨v tN« km¡pNÄ hnhn`n]n kÃmsS Nj¸v tNän]n^p¶p. Nk¡nX]n IqXv N]än]n^p¶p. fp` N®pNsa kn§nkoÀ¸n¨n^p¶p. Ak^psX Nan¡nX]n Nmf hÃmb¯nWnX]n hnhn`n b`Sk\ fp`¡Ãn`pw ssWän¡v bp_¯pNqXn SpX]nXp¡n`pw ssN sNm*p AfÀ¯n]n^p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NmfknNm^w hnhn`ns] b^kl]m¡n]n^p¶p. hnhn`n Ipf¨p. ""B^m?"" AN¯pWn¶v hm_m½ knan¨p tImUn¨p. ""MmWm hm_mt½, hnhn`n,"" ""Hm, Xo¨_m^pt¶m?"" AN¯v Wn¶v- ko*pw hm_m½]psX lÐw hnhn`n tN«p. SnXp¡¯n Fs´ms¡t]m FXp¯psk¡p¶Sn³s_]pw fX¡n sk¡p¶Sn³s_]pw lÐw AkÄ tN«p. NSNv Sp_¶v- hm_m½]pw bn¶ms` kÀ¡n]pw C_§n k¶p. hm_m½ Njp¯n_¡w NqXn] H^p b¨ s»uÊpw Ipk¶ `p¦n]pw DXp¯n^p¶p. AkapsX sNmjp¯ fp`Nan kn]À¸v N\§Ä hnhn`n N*p. S`fpXn A`hfm]n NnX¶p. ^*v tb^psX]pw tUi¯v Wn¶v- fUK`¯n³s_]pw lp¢¯n³s_]pw sNmjp¸n¨ f\w hnhn`n]psX Wmhm^{µ§sa Spa¨p. kÀ¡n]psX tkgw hnhn`ns] A¼^s¸Xp¯n. N_p¯v SXn¨ N^p¯pä SpXNÄ¡v bNpSn fm{Ssf¯p¶ H^p Ipk¶ tSmÀ¯v-- fm{Sfm\v A]mapsX tkgw. hm_m½]psX bn¼n tIÀ¶fÀ¶m\v A]mÄ Wn¡p¶Sv. hm_m½]psX I´nknXkn A]mÄ Np® sNm*p Np¯p¶p*v F¶v- hnhn`n¡v fWÊn`m]n. ASm\v-- AkÄ CX¡nsX bnt¼m«p A^ SÅnsNmXp¡p¶Sv. ""F¶m Xo¨s_,"" A^s¡«v H¶v NqXn bn¼nt`¡v SÅns¡mXp¯psNm*v hm_m½ tImUn¨p. ""tfm³s_ H^p fmhnN C¶s` tbmÌv--fm³ CknsX C«m^p¶p. AsSXp¡m³ k¶Sm,""