Chapter Title : ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

hz]w f_¶v- hpO`i^n]n lÐfn«p. A]mapsX ssN¯`w AknsXWn¶v- Smtj¡njªt¸mÄ AkÄ fp^*p. ssNs]¯n¨p A]mapsX ssN bnXn¨v ko*pw AkÄ SpX]nXp¡ns` koÀ¸n sk¨p. F¶n«v A]mapsX ssN]psX tf ssN ssNsk¨fÀ¯n S³s_ Cãf_n]n¨p. A]mapsX ssN IqXp_k bp_s¸Xpkn¨psNm*n^p¶ koÀ¸n ko*pw ko*pffÀ¶t¸mÄ hnhn`n SpXNaN¯n. A¸w Njnªv AkÄ A_nªp Sm³ km]pkn`qsX h©^n¡pN]m\v. ^knl¦À Ss¶ A]m]mhsfXp¯p]À¯n WX¡pN]m\v. A]mÄ NnX¸pfp_n]nt`¡m\v WX¡p¶Sv F¶v- knNm^knkl]m]n hnhn`n fWÊn`m¡n.

hnhn`n]psX]pw ^knl¦_n³s_]pw knkmiw t^\pN]psX]pw dndn³s_]pw GäkpfXp¯ hpir¯p¡apsX]pw hm¶nVy¯n ^KnÌÀ Hmcohn sk¨v WX¶p. knkmimW´^w ^knl¦_n³s_ ko«n _nhbvg³ D*m]n^p¶p. FÃm¯nWpw fp³ssN FXp¯Sv, HmXnWX¶Sv dndn³ B]n^p¶p. Ct¸mjpw IXp`fm] I`W§am]n^p¶p Ak³s_. ^knl¦_n³s_ hpir¯p¡Ä AsSms¡ knhvf]t¯msX]m\v Ak³s_ {bh^n¸v {l²n¨Sv. ""Wo H^msa knan¡mªSv Nãfm]n dndn³,"" SWn¨p Nn«n]t¸mÄ t^\pN AktWmXp b_ªp. ""H^msat]m? Bs^?"" AkWp H¶pw fWÊn`m]nÃ. ""f½n Njnªm Wn³s_ KoknS¯ns` Gäkpw Ct¼mÀ«³äv B] BÄ B^m? A]msa,"" dndn³ fpOw Ipan¨v Aksa tWm¡n. ""FWn¡v f½n Njnªm Gäkpw Ct¼mÀ«³äv AÑWm\v. bns¶ Wo]pw,"" bns¶ Ak³ PmZfm]n Bt`mIn¡p¶Sm]n AenW]n¨p. ""Cks^ ^*ptbs^]pw Mm³ knan¨m^p¶tÃm,"" ""tbmXm Sfmln¡msS. Mm³ Dt±lnt¨ WnW¡v sskcnsW¡qXn knan¡m^p¶ntÃ? {bnt]sW,"" dndn³ b^n{eft¯msX Ipäpw tWm¡n. ""F³s_ sbm¶ptfmsa Wo Fs¶ Npj¸¯n`m¡tÃ. FXo PmÔÀk¯n³s_ Nm`mkVn Njn]m_m]nÃ,"" ""CWn C¸w F´nWm dndntW tbXn¡ps¶? A¨³ C¡m^y¯ns`ms¡ k`n] t{bm{PÊokm. A¨³ H^p Nm^\klm`pw FSn^v Wn¡nÃ. bns¶ A½. At½sX ht´mgw Nm\mWtà Wo CsSms¡ fp¶n«n_§n sI]vsS? A¸w At½w ht´mgt¯msX {bnt]sW hzoN^n¡pw,"" ""F³s_ tbmt¶m!"" Ak³ S`]n ssN sk¨p. ""Cu tbm¯n³NpªntWmXv F§Wm Nm^y§Ä b_ªp fWÊn`m¡ps¶? FXo f\p§qth, Cu AÑWpw At½w FWn¡v fmt{S DtÅm? AkÄ¡pw D*v. ASpw sNmXnsN«n] Wm]½m^v. Wns¶t¸m`s¯