Chapter Title : ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

tWm¡n A]mÄ b_ªp. ""H¶v- knan¨n«v k^m³ bmXnÃm^pt¶m. Hä]v¡v Ct{Sw Uq^w k*nt]mXn¨m..."" A]mÄ sbs«¶v- WnÀ¯n hnhn`ns] tWm¡n. ""B hm^knÃ. tfm³ tf`W§n Ft´`pw Hs¡ sI¿s«, Atà Xo¨s_?"" ""AsS,"" ssd¡nÂWn¶n_§n In^n¨psNm*p hnhn`n b_ªp. AkapsX In^n]psX ftWmim^nS]nt`¡v A]mÄ A¸hf]w tWm¡n. At¸mtj¡pw t^\pN]pw HmXn]n_§n k¶p. AkÄ HmXnk¶v hnhn`ns] tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p. ""F{S Wmam]n C§sW sNmSn¨pNm¯n^n¡p¶p. C¸tj`pw f½n]v¡v k^m³ tSm¶otÃm,"" sÌ]ÀtNhv-- kjn fpNant`¡v H^pfn¨p WX¡tk t^\pN b_ªp. ""tfmta, ASv hf]¯n³s_ Nm^yw..."" hnhn`n b_]m³ SpX§n. ""bnt¶..."" t^\pN N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv In^n¨psNm*v hnhn`ns] {bSnt^mVn¡m³ tWm¡n.

AkÀ C^pk^pw fpNans`¯n. ^knl¦À ASnWnX]n sX_Ênt`¡v Wm`©p Nth^NÄ CXpkn¨p. bns¶ A]mÄ tcm\n`qsX Sn^¡n«v BÀs¡ms¡t]m Fs´ms¡t]m WnÀtUl§Ä WÂNn. ""hmt_, F´nWm CsSms¡? b_¨n tN«n«v t`mNs¯ s_tÌm_³ävshms¡ ko«nt`¡v sNm*pk^pkm¶p tSm¶qtÃm,"" tcm\n`qsX]pÅ A]mapsX hwhm^w {l²n¨psNm*v dndn³ b_ªp. ""k^s«Xm sFäwhv Hs¡,"" fpO¯v ASn]m] {bNmlw Wn_¨psNm*v ^kn l¦À b_ªp. ""C¶v- ht´mgn¡mWm. Wo Nt*m F³s_ tfmÄsX sfmOs¯ ht´mgw? Wn³s_ f½osW N*¸w. FWn¡v F´ptkt\ AkÄ¡v sNmXp¡m³ bäpw ssbh sNmXp¯m Nn«p¶Sv. Culz^³ AWp{Pin¨v ASnsWm¶pw H^p sfmXt¡mw CÃ. bs£ F¶m sI¿mWm AkÄ¡v tk*Sv NX`mÊn³s_ sk`]pÅ hmVWkÃtÃm. Culz^Wv fm{Sw S^m³ bäp¶ H^p hmVWktà AkÄ¡v tkt*? At½sW? MmsW§Wm ssbhm sNmXp¯v At½sW km§n¡ps¶?"" At¸mtj¡pw At§m«v-- t^\pN]pw hnhn`n]pw k¶p. ""F³s_ bp¶m^ B§a H¶v- tNs«,"" k¶]pXsW t^\pN b_ªp. ""Njnª Sk\ M§av AknsX k¶¸w f½n H^p bm«v bmXp¶ tN«p. F´m H^p Ì]n`³ bmXm^p¶p ASv! MmWS§sW f_ªn^p¶v sNmt_ tW^w tN«p. At¸mÄ bm«nWntX f½n Fs¶ N*p. Bs*Xm A¸w f½n bm«§v WnÀ¯n. MmsWt´m^w b_ªn«pw f½n