ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha] 535

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ? f½n tks_ GtS`pw ko«ns` sb®v B^pt¶Â Mm³ N®pw bq«n f½osW N`ym\w Njnt¨sW,””
“”bns¶ bnt¶…””
hnhn`n]psX hz^w fm_n. AkÄ AksW tUgyt¯msX tWm¡n.
“”Wn³s_ tbjvhn³s_ ANs¯ B sb®tà t`mNs¯ Gäkpw hpµ^n. MmWm\v Wn³s_ N®n Gäkpw hpµ^n F¦n AkÄ F§Wm Wn³s_ tbjvhn³s_ AN¯v tN_nks¶?””
“”ASv Mm³ sN«m³ tbmNp¶ sb®tà f½o? Aksa¸ns¶ AksX sk¡t* FWn¡v NqsX¡qsX Nm\m³?””
“”tfmtW Aksa¡mÄ F{St]m ewPn]m t^\ptNsW Nm\m³. AkÄ WnW¡v tk*n So]n ImXm³ tbm`pw s_Zn B]n Wn¡pkm. F´v h¦Xkm^p¶p B sNm¨nWv Wo Cu sb®pkm]n ss`Wm¶v A_nª¸w.””
dndn³ H^p Wnfngw A`ntkmsX hnhn`ns] tWm¡n.
“”f½n t^\pN hpµ^ns¸®m. ASnWp SÀ¡w H¶pknÃ. sI`¸w Mm³ N* Gäkpw k`n] hpµ^n . Wà tW¨_pw. hvtWifpÅ Np«n. f½n b_ªtbms` FWn¡v tk*n ImNm³ tbm`pw s_Zn. bs£ …W½av S_kmXnNatà f½n? H^p sb®nWp km¡psNmXp¯n«v tks_ H^p¯ns] Nm\p¼w km¡v fm_p¶Sv S_km«n sb_¶ BapNÄ¡v WÃSmt\m?””
hnhn`n H¶pw b_ªnÃ.
bntä Unkhw AkÀ ^knl¦_n³s_ ko«nt`¡v bp_s¸«p. ^knl¦À ko«n`ps*¶v dndn³ D_¸v k^p¯n]tS]p*m]n^p¶pÅq. sIÃpsf¶v tW^s¯ A_n]n¨m A]mÄ k*n A]¡psf¶v- dndn³ A_nªn^p¶p. ASv Ak³ B{Pin¨nÃ.
dndn³ ssd¡v tPänWXp¯v F¯n¨t¸mįs¶ koXn³s_ f«p¸mkn ^knl¦À Wn¡p¶Sv N*p. A]mÄ knlzmhw k^msS S§sa tWm¡p¶Spw Ak³ N*p. DXtW A]mÄ SnXp¡s¸«v Smtj¡n_§p¶Sv AkÀ N*p. Wnfng§Ä¡pÅn A]mÄ sP]nänWXpt¯¡v HmXnk¶p.
“”Xo¨t_, dndntW,””
AW¸fm] ht´mgt¯msX, Wn_ª In^nt]msX A]mÄ Aks^ knan¨p.
“”WÃ Bam,””
dndntW tWm¡n A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”H¶v- knan¨n«v k^m³ bmXnÃm^pt¶m. Hä]v¡v Ct{Sw Uq^w k*nt]mXn¨m…””
A]mÄ sbs«¶v- WnÀ¯n hnhn`ns] tWm¡n.
“”B hm^knÃ. tfm³ tf`W§n Ft´`pw Hs¡ sI¿s«, Atà Xo¨s_?””
“”AsS,””
ssd¡nÂWn¶n_§n In^n¨psNm*p hnhn`n b_ªp. AkapsX In^n]psX ftWmim^nS]nt`¡v A]mÄ A¸hf]w tWm¡n.
At¸mtj¡pw t^\pN]pw HmXn]n_§n k¶p. AkÄ HmXnk¶v hnhn`ns] tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p.
“”F{S Wmam]n C§sW sNmSn¨pNm¯n^n¡p¶p. C¸tj`pw f½n]v¡v k^m³ tSm¶otÃm,””
sÌ]ÀtNhv– kjn fpNant`¡v H^pfn¨p WX¡tk t^\pN b_ªp.
“”tfmta, ASv hf]¯n³s_ Nm^yw…””
hnhn`n b_]m³ SpX§n.
“”bnt¶…””
t^\pN N¼nNp«³.sWäv