ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 535

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¶v- H^p fn«m]ns]Xp¯v AkapsX tWs^ Wo«n.
“”””FWn¡o NX`mhv bm¡än Wn¶Ã tkt*,”
Ak³s_ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n Ak³ b_ªp. AkapsX lЯn IqXp*m]n^p¶p.
“”””ASo¶v fSn,”
Ak³s_ Ip*pNan C^n¡p¶ fn«m]n]n tWm¡n AkÄ b_ªp. Kmc_nWv H¶pw fWÊn`m]nÃ. At¸mÄ AkÄ fpt¼m«mªp. XogÀ«nWpÅn Sn§nsM^p§n¡nX¶ AkapsX fpjp¯ fp`NÄ At¸mÄ fpt¼m«v– NpSn¡p¶Sv KmcÀ N*p. Ak³ fp`Nans`¡v tWm¡p¶Sv N*v– AkÄ N®n_p¡n. Sm³ GSv Wnfngkpw tdmVwsNXpsf¶p AkWp tSm¶n. Ak³s_ Ip*pNÄ¡v skan]n¡nX¶ fn«m]n]psX emPw AkÄ NXns¨Xp¯v fp_n¨p.
bns¶ AksW tWm¡n ko*pw N®n_p¡n.
“”””C§sW]pw b¦psk¨p Sn¶mw f*q,”
Kmc_n³s_ lzmhw {NfmSoSfm]n.
H^p hzbvW¯ns`¶tbms`]m\v Ak³ AknsXWn¶pw Sn^n¨ptbm]Sv. Ak³s_ Nknan`pw Ip*n`pw Ak³ Ipwdn¨p. Ak³s_ B{Pi{bNm^w Aksa Ak³ Nknan`pw Ip*n`pw Ipwdn¨p. Srgv\]psX Sp¼nNÄ BNmltf_n] H^p tka]n Ak³s_ ssN Xo gÀ«nWv tft` AkapsX Sp_n¨ fp`]n Af^m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ AkÄ B ssN]n bnXn¨p.
“”””Ct¸mjÃ,”
AkÄ Ak³s_ NmSn f{´n¨.
“”””ASv AXp¯ h½mWw. imcv C]À`n b^o£¡v FÃm kng]¯nWpw A¼Sn fp¸Sv fmÀ¡v km§n]mÂ,”

Kmc_n³s_ Np® N*t¸mÄ hnhn`n]psX N®pNÄ A£^mÀ°¯n skan]nt`¡v ImXn.
“”Nt*m, CSm Mm³ Nm\n¡nà F¶v b_sª,””
Ak³ Np® ssNsNm*v f_¨pbnXn¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”Xo¨_nWv Cãs¸«n«nà F¶v fpOw N*m A_n]mw.””
‘Wos] ´m C¸_]ps¶?””
hnhn`n b_ªp.
“”hz´w ÌpZ³än³s_ Np® N*n«v H^p Xo¨À b_]m³ bmXnÃm¯Sm\v. bs£ F§sW]m b_]mSn^n¡m? Wo]nt§ms«m¶v- tWm¡nt¡.””
hnhn`n ^*pssNNÄ sNm*pw AkapsX bq_p knXÀ¯n AksW Nm\n¨p.
“”Wn³s_ Xo¨_n³s_ bqän³s_ AN¯q¶v- WÃ IqXv bq_p skÅw Np¯n HjpNpkm C¸w. lngy³s_ Np® N*n«v.’
KmcÀ knXÀ¯n¸nXn¨ AkapsX Nk¡nX]nt`¡v tWm¡n. l^n]m\v. fUK`w HjpNn]n_§n sdÍn WWkq_p¶p.
“”CWn Wo Ct§m«v tWm¡nt¡?””
AkÄ S³s_ Sp_n¨p fpjp¯ ^*p fp`Napw AksW bnXn¨p Nm\n¨p.
“”fp`¡t®t`¡v tWm¡nt¡. Xo¨_n³s_ sfm`¡®v ^*pw WÃtbms` Sp_n¨v Wn¡p¶Sv Nt*m?’
“”AsS´m Xo¨s_ , bqäo¶v- C§sW skÅw Han¡ps¶? AsS´m Xo¨_nsâ sfm`¡Ãp ^*pw C§sW NÃn¨n^n¡ps¶?””
“”ASv N*n«m tfmtW,””
Ak³s_ Np®]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv