ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 535

N¼nNp«³.sWäv NmfknNm^w hnhn`ns] b^kl]m¡n]n^p¶p.
hnhn`n Ipf¨p.
“”B^m?””
AN¯pWn¶v hm_m½ knan¨p tImUn¨p.
“”MmWm hm_mt½, hnhn`n,””
“”Hm, Xo¨_m^pt¶m?””
AN¯v Wn¶v- ko*pw hm_m½]psX lÐw hnhn`n tN«p. SnXp¡¯n Fs´ms¡t]m FXp¯psk¡p¶Sn³s_]pw fX¡n sk¡p¶Sn³s_]pw lÐw AkÄ tN«p.
NSNv Sp_¶v- hm_m½]pw bn¶ms` kÀ¡n]pw C_§n k¶p. hm_m½ Njp¯n_¡w NqXn] H^p b¨ s»uÊpw Ipk¶ `p¦n]pw DXp¯n^p¶p. AkapsX sNmjp¯ fp`Nan kn]À¸v N\§Ä hnhn`n N*p. S`fpXn A`hfm]n NnX¶p. ^*v tb^psX]pw tUi¯v Wn¶v- fUK`¯n³s_]pw lp¢¯n³s_]pw sNmjp¸n¨ f\w hnhn`n]psX Wmhm^{µ§sa Spa¨p.
kÀ¡n]psX tkgw hnhn`ns] A¼^s¸Xp¯n. N_p¯v SXn¨ N^p¯pä SpXNÄ¡v bNpSn fm{Ssf¯p¶ H^p Ipk¶ tSmÀ¯v– fm{Sfm\v A]mapsX tkgw. hm_m½]psX bn¼n tIÀ¶fÀ¶m\v A]mÄ Wn¡p¶Sv. hm_m½]psX I´nknXkn A]mÄ Np® sNm*p Np¯p¶p*v F¶v- hnhn`n¡v fWÊn`m]n. ASm\v– AkÄ CX¡nsX bnt¼m«p A^ SÅnsNmXp¡p¶Sv.
“”F¶m Xo¨s_,””
A^s¡«v H¶v NqXn bn¼nt`¡v SÅns¡mXp¯psNm*v hm_m½ tImUn¨p.
“”tfm³s_ H^p fmhnN C¶s` tbmÌv–fm³ CknsX C«m^p¶p. AsSXp¡m³ k¶Sm,””
“”Bt\m?””
hnhn`n S`]m«n. hm_m½ In^n¨psNm*p ko*pw kÀ¡n]psX A^s¡«nWv tWs^ I´n SÅns¡mXp¯p.
“”Xo¨_v km. ^*p fnWnäv C^n¡v. Mm³ fmhnN FXp¯p S^mw,””
“”At¿m hm_mt½. tfm³ NtX¶p C¸ k^pw,””
“”Hm A§v sNm¨o`pw tNm]¼¯q^pw H¶pkÃtÃm. B Nm\p¶Stà Xo¨_n³s_ koXv?””
hm_m½ fpä¯v– kaÀ¶v- Wn¡p¶ kmjNÄ¡nX]n`qsX kn^ Iq*ns¡m*v tImUn¨p.
“”kmt¶,””
hm_m½ AkapsX ssN]n bnXn¨p. At¸mÄ S³s_ ssN¯*]n Ft´m kjpkjp¸pÅ {UmkNw H«n¸nXn¡p¶Sv hnhn`n A_nªp. ssN knXpkn¨v hm_m½t]msXm¸w ANt¯¡v WX¡p¶SnWnX]n hnhn`n B emPw f\¯ptWm¡n. hwl]w l^n]m\v. lp¢w. N«ns¡mjp¸pÅ lp¢¯n³s_ f\w.
“”C^n¡v Xo¨s_,””
Aksa AN¯v H^p Nth^]n C^p¯n]n«v hm_m½ ANt¯¡v tbm]n. kÀ¡n AkapsX fp¼n¯s¶ Wn¶v- hnhn`n]psX sW©ns` D¶Sfm] boYeqfn]nt`¡v tWm¡n. ssWän¡N¯v fp`bÀÆS§Ä kn§nkoÀ¡m³ SpX§p¶Sv hnhn`n A_nªp. AkapsX tWm«w kÀ¡n]psX A^s¡«nt`¡v Wo*p. Cutlms], C]mÄ AXn]n H¶pw CXn«nÃ. Np®]psX Hu«v–ss`³ kyàfm]n Nm\mw. A]mÄ AW¡p¶pt*m? CX]v¡v tSmÀ¯v– sbm§p¶Sv tbms` hnhn`n]v¡v N¼nNp«³.sWäv