Chapter Title : ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

tWm¡n {bn]t]mXp BÝ^yt¯msX tImUn¨p. B tImUykpw t^\pNs] AUvepSs¸Xp¯n. ""Cu tcmt«ms]§sW Wn§sX ssN]n k¶p?"" {bn] tImUn¨p. ""Hmtim.."" Nm^yw fWÊn`m¡n]Sp tbms` {bn] b_ªp. ""FWn¡v bnXnNn«n knft`. Cu Np«n ...Wn§Ä t^\pN]tÃ? dndn³s_ kpZv do?"" B tImUyw A£^mÀ°¯n t^\pNs] Ahv{S{bÚ]m¡n. Culz^m, Fs´ms¡]m\o tNÄ¡p¶Sv? Ft´ms¡]m\nkÀ b_]p¶Sv? dndn³ {bn]t]mXp b_tªm Mm³ dndn³s_ emknkVpkms\¶v? bns¶ dndn³ F´nWm\v Ft¶mXv {bn]s] Sm³ ^ihyfm]n N`ym\w Njn¨p F¶v- b_ªSv? ""Np«o,"" {bn] kngmUemk¯n t^\pNs] tWm¡n. ""Np«nt]mXpÅ hvtWifm\v AksW Ct¸mjpw Cu eqfn]n Kokn¸n¨pWnÀ¯p¶Sv. Asæn H^p bs£ Ak³ ...A_n]mftÃm...Ak³s_ tZmNväs_¶ Wn`]n FWn¡v tfmtamXv H^pbmXv Wµn]p*v. Ak³ b_ªSv F{S l^n]m\v. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ak³ N*n«pÅSn sk¨v Gäkpw hpµ^n]m\v F³s_ sb®v-, Ak³ t`mN¯ms^]pw ASv tbms` hvtWin¡p¶nÃ. dndn³s_ B sb®nsW Ft¸msj¦n`pw Nm\\w F¶v- Mm³ B{Pin¨n^p¶p. ASv Ct¸mÄ hmVn¨p. tfmÄ timhvbnä`nt`¡v Bt\m?"" ""A...ASv ..AtS...Mm³ ..Mm³ timhv¸nä`nt`¡v B\v,"" ""F¦n k^q, M§apsX NqsXt¸mNmw,"" knf`m\v b_ªSv. ^knl¦À Ss¶ Nm¯n^n¡p¶ps*t¶m timhv¸nä FSms\t¶m H¶pw t^\pN In´n¨nÃ. irU]w CXnªpWp_p§p¶Sv tbms` AkÄ¡v tSm¶n. bSns] bSns] Nm^y§Ä¡v kyàS k^p¶SkÄ¡_nªp. H^p ]{´s¯t¸ms` AkÄ tZmNväÀ {bn]s] Nm_nt`¡v bn´pXÀ¶p.

t^\pN]pw ^knl¦_pw bp_t¯¡v tbm]SvsNm*v hnhn`n D_§m³ So^pfmWn¨p. C¶s` fq¶v- f\nks^ Ss¶ ^kn D_¡n]nÃ. S³s_ l^o^¯nWv C{Stf tfmiNm´n]p*v F¶v- C¶s`]m\v A_nªSv. S³s_ l^o^¯nt` Hmt^m S·m{S]n`psfmanªn^n¡p¶ ^hdnµp¡sa sSm«p\À¯m³ F{S fnXp¡Wm\v ^kn. AtSmÀ¯t¸mįs¶ tUiw IqXv bnXn¨p`]p¶Sv Aka A_nªp. AkapsX Ip*n bp©n^n knXÀ¶p. NnX¡m³ tbm]m`pw D_§ptfm Sm³? C¶`s¯ Nm^y§tamÀ¯v M^¼pNÄ k`nªpfp_pNm³ SpX§n¡jnªp. NnX¶m tfmimtklw Nm^\w DXpSp\n]jn¨pfmäpkmWm\v hmVyS. tfmimtklmtfm? AÃ. Nmfmtklw. t]mWn¯Xw WWªp NpSnÀ¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp.