ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 535

N¼nNp«³.sWäv kn_]v¡m³ SpX§n .
dndn³ ssd¡n Wn¶pfn_§n.
“”dndntW, tfmtW, Wo F´nWm k*nt]¶v- F_§ps¶? km Wfp¡v tbmNmw. k¶v k*nt]t¡_v,””
sh`n³s_ e]¶v kn_¨ lÐw dndn³ tN«p.
“”H^p tImUy¯nWv Ht^ D¯^w ^*p tb^v S^t\m tI«m?””
A½]psX tImUyw AkP\n¨v, sfm«¯`]sW AenfpOoN^n¨v dndn³ tImUn¨p.
“”Wos]¶m iot_m Nan¡pkmt\m?””
sfm«¯`]³ dndn³s_ tWs^ ssN D]À¯n.
“”tI«sW A½]nÃmsS {bhkn¨Sm^n¡pw. ASv sNm*v A½s]¸_ªm tI«Wv H^p co`n§pw H*mN¯nÃ. bs£ FWn¡§sW]à tI«m. At¸mÄ FWn¡v iot_m A]m`tà bäs¯mÅq?””
sfm«¯`]³ D]À¯n] ssN]v tUi¯v kojpw fp¼v dndn³ A]mapsX ssN]psX Npj]n bnXn¨p. F¶n«v làns]Xp¯v A]msa bnt¼m«p Bªp SÅn. SÅ`nsâ làn]n A]mÄ Wn`t¯¡v ko\p.
“”dndntW WnÀ¯v!””
sh`n³ lÐfp]À¯n.
“”Wnt¶mXm b_sª, k*nt]t`m«p k¶p tN_m³!””
S³s_ l^o^w kn_¡p¶Sv sh`n³ A_nªp.
“”A{S]v¡mt]mXm bq_n tfmtW, Wo?””
NmSX¸n¡p¶ hz^¯n sWän]n sk«psNm* bmXpÅ]mÄ fpt¼m«mªpsNm*p b_ªp.
“”dndntW tfmtW,””
sh`n³ dndn³s_ fp¼n k¶v- Wn¶psNm*v fNsW tIÀ¯p bnXn¨p.
“”F¶SmXm kjos¡X¶v H^p diaw?””
sbs«¶v bn¼n Wn¶v- BÚmhz^¯n`pÅ km¡pNÄ tN«p FÃmk^pw Sn^nªp tWm¡n.
ANt`¶v- k¶p Wn¶ H^p skap¯ hvt¡mÀ¸nt]m]nÂWn¶v- N_p¯ gÀ«pw Ipk¶ fp*pfpXp¯v, CXSqÀ¶ SmXnt^mf§apÅ H^mÄ IXp`fm] IpkXpNtamsX C_§n k^p¶p.
“”ASv l¦t^«m…””
ASnWnX]n Wn`¯v Wns¶jpt¶ä sfm«¯`]³ ekySt]msX bpSpSm]n k¶]mapsX fp¼n Wn¶p.
“”MmWo sI_p¡tWmXv W½sX ftä¸mÀ«osX kotXm¶tWzgn¨Sm…At¶^w Ck³ Fs¶ SÅn]n«p…””
bpSpSm]n k¶]mÄ sfm«¯`]sW ^q£fm]n, b^nimht¯msX tWm¡n.
“”Wm\skmt*mXm””
A]mÄ ssNf`À¯n tImUn¨p.
“”tbm¯v tbms` kaÀ¶p. F¶n«v foltbm`pw sfma]v¡m¯ H^p sI¡³ SÃo¶p b_ªv Nw¹]n³äv sI¿p¶p! sWWs¡ms¡ sI`knWv S^p¶ tW^¯v b¯v kmj ..kmj tk* ASv b_ªv kÃmsS ¢otg B]n. b¯v b¶n¡pªp§sa ka¯n]m^ps¶ Ft´`pw {bt]mKWw H*mt]sW!””
ASv tN«t¸mÄ ASv ks^ tbXn¨p Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶ hnhn`n]v¡v In^n k¶p. hmkVmWfpÅ In^n bns¶ k`pSm]n. sfm«¯`]Wpw sWän]n sk«n³s_ bmXpÅkWpw tbXn¨v A]msa tWm¡n. A]mapsX N®pNÄ At¸mÄ hnhn`n]n S_ªn^p¶p. ASv N*v– hnhn`n In^n WnÀ¯n.
“”Hm, N¼nNp«³.sWäv