ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 535

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNmj¸knà kÀ¡o,”
hnhn`n b_ªp.
“”””Hm, FWn¡v bYn¸pw knkt^mw H¶pknà Xo¨s_. Xo¨_nsW Hs¡ Mm³ F¶m bYn¸n¡mWm?”
“”””A§sWm¶znà kÀ¡o. FÃmÀ¡pw FÃmw A_n]\w Fs¶m¶pw CÃ. kÀ¡n fpt¼ Ft´m b_ªntÃ? AsS¶Sm¶v- FWn¡_n]nÃ. A§sW H^pbmXv Nm^y§Ä,”
“”””fpt¼ b_ªtSm? MmsW¶m fpt¼ b_sª?”
“”Aà kÀ¡n b_ªnÃm^pt¶m Ft´m H^p “”Du”” kn SpX§p¶ H^p km¡v?
“” “”Du”” knt`m? Duªm`mt\m?””
“”AÃt¶tks_ H^p km¡m..””
“”Xo¨_nWv HmÀ½ Nn«p¶pt* H¶v- b_tª, Mm³ f_¶v tbm]n,””
hnhn`n]psX fpOw `Ö sNm*v ko*pw Ipk¶p. A^s¡«n koÀ¯v k^p¶ QWbÀÆS¯n AfÀ¯nsM^n¨p sNm*v kÀ¡n AkapsX `Ö BhzUn¨p. S³s_ fpOs¯ fmhvf^ shuµ^yw kÀ¡n]psX A^s¡«n I`W§Ä D*m¡p¶p F¶_nªv hnhn`n A¸w CaNn]n^p¶p. At¸mÄ fp`NÄ l^n¡v CaNp¶p*v F¶v- AkÄ D_¸v k^p¯n. A]mÄ Nm¬sN AkÄ S³s_ SXn¨p skap¯ SpXNÄ Nq«nsM^n¨p. CX]v¡nsX AV^w WW]v¡pN]pw Ip*pNÄ Iq*pkn^`pw sb^pkn^`pw Nq«nAfÀ¯n sM^n¡pN]pw sI]vSp.
“”kÀ¡n b_ªSv Du¡pN F¶ km¡m,””
“”Hm, C¸w HmÀ½ k¶p Xo¨s_..Du¡pN F¶m Mm³ b_sª? F¶v- b_ªm F¶Sm¶v Xo¨^nW_n]mtkm?””
“”CÃ,’
AkÄ Wm\t¯msX b_ªp. F¶n«v ko*pw CaNn]n^p¶p. fp`NÄ CaNp¶p*v F¶v- D_¸v k^p¯n.
“”F¶v- sk¨m B\pw sb®pw NqXn C§sW sI¿pN,””
A]mÄ CXSp ssN¿psX Iq*pkn^`pw sb^pkn^`pw sNm*v H^p kr¯fp*m¡n k`Sv ssN¿psX sb^pkn^Â ASnWpÅn`qsX C_¡pN]pw Smjv¯pN]pw sI]vSpsNm*v b_ªp.
“”iifw…:
hnhn`n]n Wn¶v- H^p lÐw bp_s¸«p. A]mapsX NknįX§ans` Ipk¸v Wn_w NqXn. N®pNans` Sna¡kpw SpXn¸pw NqXn. AV^¯ns` WWkpw.
“”Xo¨_n³s_ gZn]v¡v Ct{Sw k`n¸fpt*m?””
tfl¸p_¯n^p¶ hm_m½]psX bm³äohv D]À¯n¡m\n¨psNm*v tImUn¨p.
“”Cà kÀ¡o, F³s_ bmân]v¡v Ct{Sw CÃ,””
Wm\¯m NpSnÀ¶ lЯn hnhn`n b_ªp.
“”bs£ N*m CSn`pw k`n¸w tk\w F¶v- sSm¶pw tNt«m,””
“”bnt¶, Ip½m..””
AkÄ `Ön¨v bp©n^n¨p.
“”CSv tWm¡nt¡ Xo¨s_,””
A]mÄ WWªv NpSnÀ¶ fp³emPw AkapsX tWÀ¡v knXÀ¯n.
“”hm_mt½sX bqäo¶p bän] skÅfm CSv. CSv Nt*m..””
A]mÄ WWªp NpSnÀ¶ emPw hnhn`ns] kXn¨v– Nm\n¨psNmXp¯p. kÀ¡n]psX Sp_¶ hwhm^w hnhn`n]n S^n¸v N]än. AkÄ ko*pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv