ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv In^n¨psNm*v hnhn`ns] {bSnt^mVn¡m³ tWm¡n.

AkÀ C^pk^pw fpNans`¯n. ^knl¦À ASnWnX]n sX_Ênt`¡v Wm`©p Nth^NÄ CXpkn¨p. bns¶ A]mÄ tcm\n`qsX Sn^¡n«v BÀs¡ms¡t]m Fs´ms¡t]m WnÀtUl§Ä WÂNn.
“”hmt_, F´nWm CsSms¡? b_¨n tN«n«v t`mNs¯ s_tÌm_³ävshms¡ ko«nt`¡v sNm*pk^pkm¶p tSm¶qtÃm,””
tcm\n`qsX]pÅ A]mapsX hwhm^w {l²n¨psNm*v dndn³ b_ªp.
“”k^s«Xm sFäwhv Hs¡,””
fpO¯v ASn]m] {bNmlw Wn_¨psNm*v ^kn l¦À b_ªp.
“”C¶v- ht´mgn¡mWm. Wo Nt*m F³s_ tfmÄsX sfmOs¯ ht´mgw? Wn³s_ f½osW N*¸w. FWn¡v F´ptkt\ AkÄ¡v sNmXp¡m³ bäpw ssbh sNmXp¯m Nn«p¶Sv. Culz^³ AWp{Pin¨v ASnsWm¶pw H^p sfmXt¡mw CÃ. bs£ F¶m sI¿mWm AkÄ¡v tk*Sv NX`mÊn³s_ sk`]pÅ hmVWkÃtÃm. Culz^Wv fm{Sw S^m³ bäp¶ H^p hmVWktà AkÄ¡v tkt*? At½sW? MmsW§Wm ssbhm sNmXp¯v At½sW km§n¡ps¶?””
At¸mtj¡pw At§m«v– t^\pN]pw hnhn`n]pw k¶p.
“”F³s_ bp¶m^ B§a H¶v- tNs«,””
k¶]pXsW t^\pN b_ªp.
“”Njnª Sk\ M§av AknsX k¶¸w f½n H^p bm«v bmXp¶ tN«p. F´m H^p Ì]n`³ bmXm^p¶p ASv! MmWS§sW f_ªn^p¶v sNmt_ tW^w tN«p. At¸mÄ bm«nWntX f½n Fs¶ N*p. Bs*Xm A¸w f½n bm«§v WnÀ¯n. MmsWt´m^w b_ªn«pw f½n bns¶ ASv bmXm³ h½Sn¨nÃ. bns¶ bmXmw bns¶ bmXmw F¶v- Hä¸_¨nÂ. B bns¶]m C¸w. C¸w CknsX F³s_ B§a]p*v. A¨³ D*v. CSm bän] hf]w . dndntW H¶v- b_,””
“”H¶v- bmXv f½n. FWn¡msN Ht^s]m^p sb§atà HÅq. AkXm{Piw A§v hmVn¨p sNmXp¡v,””
^kn l¦À hnhn`n]psX fpO¯v Ss¶]m\v tWm¡p¶Sv.
“”ASv tfmtW FWn¡v Wm\kmNps¶Xm,””
AkÄ b_ªp. bns¶ AkÄ Ss¶ N®pb_n¡msS ko£n¡pN]m]n^p¶ ^kn l¦s_ tWm¡n.
“”tWm¡v, f½n, AÑWpw F´v {bSo£t]msX]m f½ns] tWm¡ps¶! H¶v- bmXps¶!””
“”tlym NãvXw! GSv bm«m?””
“”Mm³ b_]s«?””
dndn³ tImUn¨p.
AkÄ Wm\t¯msX S`]m«n.
“”fWÊn fnTpW fj sbmjn]pw…””
hnhn`n N®pNÄ fnjn¨p.
“”B bmt«m? ssUktf FXm ASv C¯n^n Xcm. WÃ {do¯v– Hs¡ tk\w,””
“”Xcm. AsSWn¡_n]mw. ASpsNm*m ASv bmXm³ b_sª. AÃmsS f½ns]t¸ms` bmXm³ A_n]mt¶mt^mXv H¶mWmw Np¶n Hm^Xn¡p¶n Nq«nWnaw Nnan NqXpsk¨p A§Ws¯ bms«ms¡ bmXn¡m³ sNmÅmtkm?””
“”Hmt¡..ss{X sI¿mw. FWn¡v {do¯v– N¼nNp«³.sWäv