Chapter Title : ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

A_n]mw."" 'Wos] ´m C¸_]ps¶?"" hnhn`n b_ªp. ""hz´w ÌpZ³än³s_ Np® N*n«v H^p Xo¨À b_]m³ bmXnÃm¯Sm\v. bs£ F§sW]m b_]mSn^n¡m? Wo]nt§ms«m¶v- tWm¡nt¡."" hnhn`n ^*pssNNÄ sNm*pw AkapsX bq_p knXÀ¯n AksW Nm\n¨p. ""Wn³s_ Xo¨_n³s_ bqän³s_ AN¯q¶v- Wà IqXv bq_p skÅw Np¯n HjpNpkm C¸w. lngy³s_ Np® N*n«v.' KmcÀ knXÀ¯n¸nXn¨ AkapsX Nk¡nX]nt`¡v tWm¡n. l^n]m\v. fUK`w HjpNn]n_§n sdÍn WWkq_p¶p. ""CWn Wo Ct§m«v tWm¡nt¡?"" AkÄ S³s_ Sp_n¨p fpjp¯ ^*p fp`Napw AksW bnXn¨p Nm\n¨p. ""fp`¡t®t`¡v tWm¡nt¡. Xo¨_n³s_ sfm`¡®v ^*pw WÃtbms` Sp_n¨v Wn¡p¶Sv Nt*m?' ""AsS´m Xo¨s_ , bqäo¶v- C§sW skÅw Han¡ps¶? AsS´m Xo¨_nsâ sfm`¡Ãp ^*pw C§sW NÃn¨n^n¡ps¶?"" ""ASv N*n«m tfmtW,"" Ak³s_ Np®]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWs^ tWm¡n AkÄ b_ªp. ""FXm MmWo Nm\p¶Sv-- hSyfmt\m? C{S k`pSmt\m Wn³s_ Np®? k`pSv fm{Stfm? Fs´m^p ewPn. C{S Wotamw kt®mw shuµt^ymfpÅ tks_m^p Np® Cu Nm`w ks^ N*n«nÃ. At¸mÄ bns¶ bqäo¶v- l^n¡v skÅw k^ntNw sfm`¡®v- NÃv-- tbms` Sp_nt¡w sI¿ntÃ?"" ""Xo¨À l^n¡pw b_]p¶Smt\m? Xo¨À Nan¨ H^mÄ¡v-- tbm`pw Ct{Sw k`n] Np® CÃm]n^pt¶m?"" ""tW^v,"" AkÄ b_ªp. ""fq¶v- Np® tN_n] bq_m CSv. H^p¯³s_ tbm`pw sbm¶ptfmsW, Kmcs_, tW^v b_¿m, CSn³s_ AXp¯vtbm`pw F¯nÃ."" KmcÀ Np®