Chapter Title : ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

fpÅos« tbmNp¶pÅq Xo¨s_. fpÅn¡jnªv Ct«mamw,"" AkÄ bns¶ kÀ¡n]psX tWs^ Sn^nªp. ""AsS kÀ¡n¨m, Xo¨s_s¡m*v F¯¡m Soän¡\w tNt«m. Wà fpjp¯ F¯¡m sNmXpt¯¡\w. Ip½m NpªpsSms¡ sNmXp¯v sk_psS bnlp¡v Nm\nt¨¡^pSv,"" ASpw b_ªv hm_m½ tbm]n. At¸mjm\v-- hnhn`n {l²n¡p¶Sv tfl¸p_¯v hm_m½]psX {dm]pw bm³äohpfn^n¡p¶p. SnXp¡¯n tbm]SvsNm*v AkÄ ASv FXp¡m³ f_¶p tbm]n^n¡p¶p. kÀ¡n AkÄ¡enfpOfm]n C^p¶p. ""Xo¨À ASv Nm^ykm¡*."" A^s¡«n sIm_nªpsNm*v hnhn`ns] tWm¡n kÀ¡n b_ªp. ""Akav gZow t{dhn]_pw sNmt*m]ns«m¶pw k`n] Nm^yknÃ. A©pw B_pw {bmklyw AkÄNv AsSms¡ Dut^*n k^pw. ASn`pw teUw CXm*v-- tbmNp¶StÃ?"" hnhn`n fWÊn`mNm¯Sv tbms` bp©n^nt]msX kÀ¡ns] tWm¡n. ""fm¯¨sâ b_¼n`m Akav b\n¡v tbms]¡ps¶? fm¯¨³s_ hzemkw Cu Nt^s` FÃm^v¡pw A_n]mtÃm. Häs¸®p§sa A]mav Du¡msS knXptkm?"" A]mapsX Sp_¶pÅ hwhm^w S¶n C{bmklyw H^p tUgykpw k^p¯p¶nà F¶v- AUvepSt¯msX hnhn`n HmÀ¯p. FÃmw dndn³s_ ""{bemg\"" ¯nWp tlgfm\v. ""Hm, Xo¨À B]Sv sNm*v WmX³ km¡pNÄ H¶pw A_n]mt½`m^n¡pw AtÃ? Du¡pN F¶v- b_ªm F¶Sm¶v A_n]mtkm?"" AkapsX fpO¯v Wm\w tIt¡_n. ASv N*t¸mÄ kÀ¡n]psX tIm^t]m«w NqXn. Fs´m^p sNmjp¯, skap¯ I^¡v! NXn tN_n¡jnªp AkÄ¡v. ASm AkapsX fpO¯v C¸w C{S sIf¸v. fm{Skà ssWän¡Xo sfm` l^n¡pw sbm§p¶p! ""Xo¨_nWp A_o¯ntàMm³ b_]mw,"" Wm\w sNm*v NpWnª fpOw AkÄ A¸w D]À¯n. AkapsX fpOs¯ Ipk¸pw Ip*pNans` WWkpw N®pNans` IqXpw N*t¸mÄ A]mapsX A^s¡«na¡ns¡m*v Np® sk«nkn_¨p. ASv tSmÀ¯n Urlyfm]n. AkÄ AkntX¡v tWm¡p¶Sv kÀ¡n N*p. """"At¿m Mm³ Xo¨_nsW bYn¸n¡pN H¶pkà tNt«m,'' A]mÄ b_ªp. AkÄ S`]m«n. """"bYn¸nIm`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNmj¸knà kÀ¡o,'' hnhn`n b_ªp. """"Hm, FWn¡v bYn¸pw knkt^mw H¶pknà Xo¨s_. Xo¨_nsW Hs¡ Mm³ F¶m