ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 535

N¼nNp«³.sWäv `nwP¯ns` kl¯v H^p f_pNv D*m]n^p¶p. ASpw NrSyfm]n dndn³s_Sn`pfp*v.
A¨m]Wv Cu {bm]¯n A{S k`n¸kpw N«n]pw Wo«kpfp*m]n^pt¶m?
B fpOs¯ emkw! Cutlmt], Nmfw Sna¨pf_n]pN]m]n^p¶p Ak³s_ fpO¯v. St¶mXv Nq«pNm^sWt¸ms` kÀ¯fmWw b_]p¶ sNm©p¶ Nan¡p¶ F³s_ tbm¶ptfm³…
tUiw bpãvXns¸«p Wà Aeymhn]psX tbms`]m]n«p*v. N^p¯pw tfmiWkpfm] l^o^w. hnhn`n¡v H^p Wnfngw kÃm¯ AenfmWw tSm¶n. A©pkÀgfm]n Hä]v¡m\v AksW tbmän kaÀ¯p¶Sv.
C^pb¯ns]m¶p k]Êm]ntà AkWv? hnhn`n, WnW¡v Ak³ sNm¨pNp«n]m]n^n¡pw. bs£ Ct¸mÄ Ak³ H¯ H^p bp^pgWm\v. Ak³s_ {bm]¯nWv tI^m¯ H^p {bkÀ¯ns]m¶pfà Wo A¸w fp¼v Ak³ sI¿p¶Sm]n N*Sv. sSäv Wn³s_]m\v. Ak³s_ {bm]s¯, Ak³s_ hzNm^ySs] dipfmWn¡msS Ak³s_ fp_n]nt`¡v CXn¨pN]_n]Sv Wo sI]vS sSäv Ss¶]m\v.
Cu {bm]¯n B¬Np«nNapw sb¬Np«nNapw sI¿p¶ H^p hmVm^\Nm^yftà AkWpw sI]vSpÅq? bs£ dndn³ S³s_ tfmWm\v. b`t¸mjpw fpSnÀ¶SnWp tlgw Sm³ AksW sN«n¸nXn¨p AksW Sm³ sN«n¸nXn¨p NnX¶n«p*v. ssUktf F³s_ tfm³ At¸mÄ S³s_ tUiw N*n«v Fs´¦n`pw A^pSm]vN tSm¶n]n«p*mkptfm? hnhn`n]psX DÅv sWm´p. F¦n`pw ASnWpw Nm^\w Sm³ Ss¶]m\v. fN³ fpSnÀ¶p Njnªn«pw H^p NpªnsW F¶tbms`]m\v Sm³ AksW N*Sv. Ak³s_ bp^pgSzs¯ fWÊn`m¡m³, {bm]¯nsâ Bkly§Ä fWÊn`m¡m³ Sm³ {lfn¨nÃ.
C^pb¯ns]m¶p k]Êv! Nmfw N]_psbm«n¡p¶ {bm]w! Cutlmt], F¶n«v Sm³ AksW {Xoäv sI]vS knVw? H^p tWjvh_nsNm¨nsW tbms`!
F´v S^w Xo¨À B\v Sm³?
AkÄ bSns] Fjpt¶äp. hmkVmWw dndn³s_ fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. kmSn`n fp«n.
“”””tfmtW,”
AkÄ knan¨p.
“”””Biv”
Ak³ knantN«p.
AkÄ NSNv lÐw tNĸn¡msS Sp_¶v- AN¯v N]_n.
dndn³ N«n`n Nfnjv¶v- NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p. AkÄ Ak³s_ NnX¡]n C^p¶p. Ak³s_ tSman ssN sk¨p. tSman Wn¶v- ssN hmkVmWw S`fpXn]ns`¡v AkÄ Wo¡n.
“”””tfmtW,”
AkÄ bSns] knan¨p. hnhn`n]psX Wnlzmhw S³s_ bn³Njp¯n sSmXp¶Sv dndn³ A_nªp. Ak³ ln^ÊW¡n. fpOw hmkVmWw Sn^n¨v hnhn`ns] tWm¡n.
hnhn`n¡v irU]w Wp_p§p¶Sv tbms` tSm¶n.
dndnsâ N®pNÄ Wn_sªmjpNp¶p.
“”””tfmWq!”
AkÄ A`ntkmsX AksW knan¨p.
“”””f½n, sFw _n]`n thm_n…sFw Asg]nwZv Hmcv Cäv–..”
“”””G]v–…CÃ tfmWp.. N¼nNp«³.sWäv