ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A½nª]nt`¡v tWm¡ps¶. Atöv f½n¡v b_]mtkm?”
hnhn`n]nÂA¸w Wm\w NSn^nXp¶Sv dndn³N*p.
“”””AtÃ? Mm³b_ªSv tW^tÃ?”
“”””H¶v-tbmXm..Mm³b_]nÃ,”
“”””H¶v-b_ f½n, ¹ohv,”
“”””WnW¡_n]ntÃ, Wo k`n] Fjp¯pNm^³Hms¡]tÃ?”
“”””AStà b_sª, M§ÄB\p§ÄWn§Äsb®p§sX sfmt`ÂtWm¡p¶Sv Wn§¡v Cãkms\¶v. bs£ f½n h½Sn¡p¶nÃtÃm,”
“”””h½Sn¨nà F¶v-B^v b_ªp?”
“”””Hmtim A¸w CãvXtfms¡ B\v,”
“”””Np_s¨ms¡,”
AkapsX fpO¯v tItSmi^fm] `Ö knXÀ¶p.
“”””F¶v-sk¨mÂ?”
“”””F¶v-sk¨mÂH^p f]¯ns`ms¡ tWm¡n]mÂ. AÃmsS t_¸v sI¿p¶tbms` tWm¡n]m H^p sb®pw CãvXs¸XnÃ. Wn§sX hnN-vhv bm]v¡pw fhn`pw Hs¡ sb®p§ÄtWm¡p¶p, {l²n¡p¶p F¶_n]pt¼mÄB\p§Ä¡pw CãvXftÃ? ASptbms`,”
At¸mÄdndn³s_ sfmssdÂlÐn¨p.
tcm¬ k¶t¸mÄ dndn³ bp_t¯¡v tbm]n. hnhn`n hwl]n¨v AksW tWm¡n]t¸mÄ dndn³ sI_pIn^nt]msX b_ªp.
“”tWm¡n tbXn¸n¡ptkm¶pw tk*. CSnWm¯v Zmäm CÃ f½n,””
Ak³s_ fpOw kna_n]n^p¶Sv AkÄ {l²n¨p.
“”Ipän¡an H_¸m. AtàF´nWm Ck³ tcm¬ k^p¶tS sbm_t¯¡v HmXps¶?””
A¸w Njnªv dndn³ Sn^n¨p fp_n]nt`¡v k¶p.
“”f½o, bänÃ. ^kn l¦À hmÀ CsSs{S]m¶p sk¨m W½sa CWvisW knan¡ps¶? Wfp¡v Wmsa hm_n³s_ ko«n tbmN\w,””
“”A]mamt\m knant¨?””
“”AsS,””
“”Wo tbm]m fSn. MmsWt§m«pfnÃ,””
dndn³s_ fpOw tUgyw sNm*p Ipk¶p. Ak³s_ ewPn]pÅ fnjnNan hnhn`nt]mXpÅ sk_p¸v Wn_ªp. ASv bns¶ hmkVmWw h¦Xfm]n. ASv hnhn`n]v¡v Sm§mkp¶Sn`¸p_fm]n^p¶p.
bs£ ^knl¦s_ Nm\m³ A]mapsX ko«n tbmNp¶SntWmXv AkÄ¡v t]mKn¡m³ Njn]pfm]n^p¶nÃ.
dndn³ imÄ kn«ptbm]n. Ak³s_ tbm¡v tWm¡n]n^p¶SÃmsS AkÄ AksW Sn^n¨p knan¨nÃ.
dndn³ Sn^n¨p imant`¡vSs¶ k^pw F¶v- N^pSn Nps_ hf]w AkÄ iman sk]näv sI]vSp. bns¶ Xn kn Hmcv sI]vSv AkÄ Ak³s_ fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n.
Ak³s_ fp_n]ns`¯n] AkÄ hvSwen¨ptbm]n. fp_n]n Wn¶v- hnPs^än³s_ f\w. ssUktf Ak³ ko*pw k`n¡m³ SpX§nt]m?
AkÄ SnXp¡¯n Ak³s_ fp_n]n N]_n. N«n`n f`À¶p NnX¡pN]m\v dndn³. N®pNÄ f¨nt`¡v S_ªp tWm¡pN]m\v. sPu^kfm] Bt`mIW]n`m\v. kn^`pNÄ¡nX]n bpN]p¶ hnPs^äv–.
“”Wo bnt¶w k`n SpX§n AtÃ?””
dndn³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv