Chapter Title : ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

km]nt`¡v N]äpN]pw C_NpN]pw sI]vSpsNm*v, A]mapsX A^s¡«n eofmNm^w bq*n^n¡p¶ NqXm^m¯ns`¡v tWm¡n AkÄ b_ªp. 'Xo¨_nWv sSan]n¡m³ bä¯ntàMm³ b_ªSm l^n. F³s_ sb{¼t¶m¯osX bqän³s_ At{Sw H`n¸v tks_ BÀ¡pw CÃ,"" ""sly..Cu kÀ¡osX H^p Nm^yw. gZn Du^n¡m\n¨mt` knlzhn¡pskmtÅm?"" ""AÃmsS]n¸w...Xo¨_v Ss¶ H¶v- b_. AÃmsS F§sW]m,"" ""sly..."" AkÄ ko*pw kng®]m]n. kÀ¡ns] Wm\t¯msX ko*pw tWm¡n. bns¶ ssN¿n`n^p¶ G¯¸jw tfl¸p_¯v N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sk¡m³ SpX§n. bns¶ ASv tk* F¶v- sk¨v AkÄ ASv km]n sk¨p. bNpSnemPw km]n`pw bNpSn skan]n`pw. AkapsX Ipk¶ Ip*pNÄ kr¯mNm^¯n bj¯nWp fSn tbms` Wn¶p. F¶n«v fXn¨v fXn¨v ssWän tfÂt¸m«p sbm¡n. AkapsX ewPn]pÅ, fmUNewPn]pÅ, sNmjp¯ Wo* Nm`pNÄ kÀ¡n¡v fp¼n bSns] bSns] AWmkrSfm]n. IqXpÅ N®pNtamsX kÀ¡n]psX tWm«s¯ tW^n«psNm*m\v AkÄ ssWän D]À¯ns¡m*n^p¶Sv. bns¶ SpXNapw A]mÄ¡v fp¼n skankm]n. kÀ¡n]psX lzmh PSn]p]À¶p. CSpks^ hwekn¡m¯ fp_p¡¯n`pw N«n]n`pw Np® Ip«pbjp¯v sbm§nWn¡m³ SpX§n. hnhn`n SpXNÄ AXp¸n¨p sk¨v bm³äohv bSns] Du^n. A]mapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n, km]n bjkpw NXn¨pbnXn¨v sNmjp¯v fmUNfm] SpXNan`qsX bm³äohv Du^ns]Xp¡p¶ NmjvI kÀ¡ns] l^n¡pw {em´p bnXn¸n¨p. SpXNÄ¡nX]ns`¡v A]mÄ Ipjnªp tWm¡n. F¶m hnhn`n SpXNÄ tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p. bns¶ AkÄ bm³äohv A]mapsX tWs^ F_nªp sNmXp¯p. knl¶p kaª H^p b«n C_¨nN£\w N*Sptbms` A]mÄ ASv knUPvVfm]n bnXns¨Xp¯p. ""bnjnsªXp¡m³ bmN¯n`ntÃ?"" SpXNÄ¡v bNpSn ks^ ssWän D]À¯nsk¨v hnhn`n tImUn¨p. A]mÄ ASv {em´v bnXn¨v f\¡pN]m]n^p¶p. sNmjp¯ skÅw A]mÄ W¡n W¡n kr¯n]m¡p¶Sv AkÄ N*p. At¸mÄ A]mapsX H^p ssN {em´fm]n Np®]n bnXn¨p sM^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. ""h½Sn¨p,"" A¸w Njnªv NnS¨psNm*v A]mÄ b_ªp. ""F³s_ sb{¼t¶m¯osX bqäo¶v- k^p¶SntW¡mÄ D*v Xo¨s_.."" AkÄ bjw km]nÂ