Chapter Title : ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

I`n¡p¶sS¶v b_]m³ kngfw. """"FXm kÀ¡o,'' CX]v¡v AkÄ A]msa knan¨p. AXn SpX^p¶SnWnX]n kÀ¡v AkapsX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. """"F³s_ sfm`]v¡v Ct{Sw fpjps¸m*m]n«v H^p {bt]mKtWmw CtÃXm?'' Ak³ H^p ssNsNm*v AkapsX fp` bp_s¯Xp¡m³ {lfn¨p. """"tk*, Mm³ Ss¶ bp_s¯Xp¡mw,'' AkÄ ssWän¡pÅn Wn¶v- kn§nkoÀ¯pNnX¶ fp`NÄ bp_s¯Xp¯p. """"C¶m, ^*pw l^n¡v sM¡ns¸m«n¡v,'' fp`NÄ ^*pssNNÄsNm*pw FXp¯p]À¯n AkÄ AktWmXp b_ªp. kÀ¡n]psX b^pb^p¯ ssN¯`w AkapsX fp`Nan AfÀ¶p. """"l^n¡v Nl¡v...FWn¡v tkUWn¡nÃ...fp_ps¡ ..CWow fp_ps¡...im..iiii...Hmtimtimtim...'' Aksa SpÅnkn_]v¡m³ SpX§n. f`]na¡n k^p¶ sNmXp¦mäptbms` kÀ¡n Akan BtklWr¯w sI]vSp. sNmXp¦mänWp Nosj hpOSmZWfWpekn¡p¶ Sn^fm`NÄ tbms` AkÄ sk«nkn_¨p.

D¨]v¡v Du\pNjnªv Xo kn]psX fp¼n`n^n¡pt¼mÄ dndnsâ hfobt¯¡v hnhn`n k¶p. ""F¶SmXm tbm{Pmw?"" ""GgymsWäv AkmÀZv ssWäv B\v f½n,"" ""Hm..Bt\m. F¶m bßnWn¡m^n¡pw sdÌv As{Îhv AkmÀZv. tX]vNv Hm\n F¶m sbÀtcmÀf³hm!"" hUÊn fp³Wn^]n Ss¶ bßnWn]n^n¡p¶Sv hnhn`n N*p. ""Nt*m, Mm³ b_ªntÃ,"" N_p¯tXm¸v A\nªv bßnWn sSt¡m¯v F¶ hpµ^n]pw dp²nlm`nWn]pfm] WXn bp©n^n¨psNm*p fp³ Wn^]n`n^n¡p¶Sv dndnWpw N*p. ""kngmU]mt{S AenW]n¨¸w N* bßnWn]m\v CsS¶v- B^pb_]pw?"" ""l^n]m A¶v- W^´v tbms`]n^p¶ sb®m,"" ""AtS..."" Ak³ In^n¨p. ""Wos]´m In^nt¨?"" ""AÃ, A¶kÄ¡v A½nª Sos^ CÃm^p¶p,"" ""Wn³s_ Nm^yw!"" hnhn`n Ak³s_ tSman bSns] AXn¨p. ""At§m«p fmt{S tWm¡q,"" """"At§m«p fmt{S tWm¡q,'' dndn³Nan]m]n hnhn`n b_ª km¡pNÄBkÀ¯n¨p. """"sb®p§Ä¡v Cãfm B\p§ÄAk^psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A½nª]nt`¡v tWm¡ps¶. Atöv f½n¡v b_]mtkm?'' hnhn`n]nÂA¸w Wm\w NSn^nXp¶Sv dndn³N*p. """"AtÃ? Mm³b_ªSv tW^tÃ?'' """"H¶v-tbmXm..Mm³b_]nÃ,'' """"H¶v-b_ f½n, ¹ohv,'' """"WnW¡_n]ntÃ, Wo k`n] Fjp¯pNm^³Hms¡]tÃ?'' """"AStà b_sª, M§ÄB\p§ÄWn§Äsb®p§sX sfmt`ÂtWm¡p¶Sv Wn§¡v Cãkms\¶v. bs£ f½n h½Sn¡p¶nÃtÃm,'' """"h½Sn¨nà F¶v-B^v b_ªp?'' """"Hmtim A¸w CãvXtfms¡ B\v,'' """"Np_s¨ms¡,'' AkapsX fpO¯v tItSmi^fm] `Ö knXÀ¶p.