Chapter Title : ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

b_ªnÃ. ""F³s_ Nm^yw!"" Ak³ sbs«¶v kng]w fmän. ""C¶s¯ Unkhw F´m? Aà C¶s¯ ^m{Sn F´m? cÌv-- ssWäv! C¶v- SNÀ¡\w tNt«m,"" ""¨o tbmXm,"" AkÄ Wm\t¯msX Ak³s_ ssN S³s_ k]_n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¶v- fmän. ""¨o tbmXm! Dw hpµ^n f½osX H^p Wm\w...AsS ...C¸tj sbmt¡m. A¨³ AknsX Nm¯v fpgnªv C^n¡pkm^n¡pw. F³s_ hpµ^n f½osW sNmSn¸n¡mWpw ^hn¸n¡mWpw...D½ sk¨v ...sSm«v ..bnXn¨v ..sM¡n ..."" ""Ct¿...Cu sI_p¡³!...H¶v tbmNp¶pt*m..."" AkÄ `Ön¨v fpOw ssNsNm*v bmSn f_¨p. ""l^n Mm³ tbmNpkm...B ssNs¿m¶v fmänt¡ ...F³s_ hpµ^nf½osX fpOw H¶v NqXn MmsWm¶v Nm\s«...skap¸nWv FWn¡v tbmtN*StÃ..At¸mÄ Ns*¶p k^nÃ..."" ASptN«t¸mÄ hnhn`n]psX fpOw kÃmsS]m]n. ""tfmtW...Wm`^]v¡v Ss¶ tbmt\m? Mm³ GSm]m`pw A`m_w sk¨pNnX¡mw,"" ""At¿m A`m_w sk¨v Fjpt¶Â¡pskm¶pw tk*. Mm³ sbmt¡mamw,"" Ak³ fpt¼m«v-- k¶v- AkapsX Nknan Ipwdn¨p. bns¶ Aksa tWm¡n. ""CknsX]pw H^p D½ skt¨ms«?"" AkapsX Ip*n sSm«v Ak³ tImUn¨p. ASnWp¯^fm]n AkÄ Ak³s_ AV^¯n Ip*pNafÀ¯n. AkWn Wn¶v- WnlzmhlÐw AkÄ tN«p. Ipwdn¨v Njnªv tWm¡pt¼mÄ Ak³s_ N®pNÄ Wn_ªn^n¡p¶p. ""tfmtW!"" AkÄ b^n{efn¨v knan¨p. ""F´m]nSv?"" Ak³ N®pWo^n`qsX bp©n^n¨p. ""ht´mgw sNm*m\v,""

t^\pN]pw ^knl¦_pw bm]v¡äpNapfm]n Uf]´n fman Wn¶pfn_§n Nm_nWXpt¯¡v k^nN]m]n^p¶p. ""A½]v¡v Wà hyq«m^n¡pw AÑm B Kf´n¡a_n`pÅ hm^n,"" t^\pN b_ªp. ""MmsWXp¯ s_Zv Na_pw hyqs«ms¡ Ss¶]m,"" AkÄ A]msa CãvXt¡tXmsX tWm¡n. ""ipw! s_Zv! A¨³ bj] N½yq\nÌv AtÃ? B s_Zn³s_ im§v HmkÀ Ct¸mjpw D*v,"" ""Wo k`n] tfmUn eà]tÃ? F¶m Nmkn Wn_w FXp¡m³ tf`m^pt¶m?"" t^\pN D_s¡ In^n¨p. ""At¿, Nmknt]m? Cu AÑsâ H^p NaÀ sh³hv! Nmkn DXp¡m³ A½ F¶m B{lf¯n`mt\m? fmSm hnhn`n BWµf]n...iii.."" A]mapw In^n¨p. AkÀ