Chapter Title : ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

Nm¨ns]Xp¯m fSn,'' S³s_ N^n¡«]psX Wn_fpÅ Np®]psX kn`§sW skap¯ Wo* ewPn]pÅ kn^`pNÄ Ipän¸nXn¡p¶Sv A]mÄ N*p. Nmft¯msXm¸w A]mÄ¡v AktamXv-- kÃmsS, ASn^nÃm¯ hvtWikpw tSm¶n. hpµ^o, F³s_ kn^qbs¯, kr¯n]nÃm]vfs], Alp²ns] F{S WnÊm^fm]m\v Wo AkP\n¡p¶Sv? F³s_ kr¯nsN« f\w, AWmNÀgNfm] l^o^w, U^n{U³ F¶ ØnSn Hs¡ Wns¶t¸ms`]pÅ H^p Abvh^hpµ^n AkP\n¡pt¼mÄ Mm³... hnhn`n]psX ssN Ak³s_ Np®]n tkP¯nÂ, Sma¯nÂ, I`n¸n¨p. AkapsX skap¯v hpµ^fm]v-- kn^`pNÄ Wn_s] A]mapsX {bo Nw Du_n]q_nk¶v- AkapsX skap¯v hpµ^fm] kn^`pNsa sNmjp¸n¨p bpS¸n¨p.Wn]{´\w bqÀ®fm]pw Wãfm] H^p tka kÀ¡n Aksa thmc]nt`¡v f`À¯n¡nX¯n. AkapsX Nm`pNÄ A]mÄ Sp_¶v- sk¨p. ASn³s_ Bklyfp*m]n^p¶nÃ. kas^ ]m{´nNfm]n¯s¶ hnhn`n NkNÄ ^*pw AN¯pfm]n^p¶p. bs£ H^p bp^pg³ Ss¶ ASv sI]vSv Nm\pkmWpÅ B{Piw sNm*v AkÄ A]mÄ sI¿p¶Sv Nm¯n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. bqÀ¯pa kas^ sI_pSm]n^ps¶¦n`pw ASnÂWn¶v- {hkn¨ sNmjp¯ fUK`kpw ASn³s_ PÔkpw AakäSm]n^p¶p. AkapsX ANwSpXNapw PpUUzm^w ks^]pw H`n¨v HjpNn] fUK`¯m bpSªn^p¶p. ASn³s_ ^pIn]pw f\kpw fpjpk³ H¸ns]Xp¡pkm³ A]mapsX Wmkp APvWnbÀÆSfpO¯n³s_ IqXpÅ AkapsX bq_nt`¡v Spa¨n_§n. """"Biv Biivi,'' hpOmhàn]n A`_nknan¨v AkÄ A^s¡«v tbm¡n]p]^v¯n Ak³s_ fpOt¯mXv D^p½n. Ak³s_ Wm¡v sNmjp¸pskůn`qsX H^p SnfnwP`s¯t¸ms` N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkapsX DÄ¡X`nt`¡n_§n]t¸mÄ Bhàn fq¯v, Nj¸v fq¯v AkÄ A]mapsX S` bq_ntWmXv AfÀ¯nsM¡n ¸nXn¨p. """"kÀ¡o, NXn¨p b_ns¡Xm...FXm...F³s_ ....F³s_ ....bq_v...'' H¶pw Aksa SXªnÃ. A]Âk¡w. Xo¨À F¶ bUkn. fpSnÀ¶ H^m¬Np«n]psX A½. H¶pw. hpOw A\s¡«n skÅw Wn_]p¶SntW¡mÄ tkP¯n Wn_]pN]m]n^p¶p. kÀ¡n]psX bÃpNÄ N´n³tf sNm^p¯t¸mÄ AkÄ C¡nansNm*p bpaªnÃ. A§sW]m]n^p¶p t`m_³hv sI¿pt¼mÄ. bs£ Ct¸mÄ N^Ä b_n¡p¶ hpOw. """"kÀ¡o...F³s_ bq_n Np® tNä^pSv F¶ Hä Dt±ltk sWW¡ptÅm?'' hf]w Wo*ptbm]t¸mÄ AkÄ tImUn¨p. ASnWnsX bq_nÂ