ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FÃmw. Ct¸mÄ ^*p fmhfm]n sh`n³ Ak³s_ Cu hzemk kySn]mWw {l²n¡p¶p. Nq«pNmt^msXm¯v sskNpt¶^§an N_§m³ tbm¡pw ^m{Snt]s_¡jn]pt¼mÄ fX§n k^p¶Spw bmtX WnÀ¯n. CX]v¡nsX]p*m]n^p¶ hnPs^äv– k`n WnÀ¯n. dn]_pw In` {btSyN Akh^§an knhv¡n]pw {dm*n]pw Njn¡p¶Spw bqÀ®fm]n WnÀ¯n. ASv fm{Sfm]n^ps¶¦n {blvWfnÃ. bs£ Ct¸mÄ AXp¡a]n him]n¡p¶p. fp_nNapw fpäkpw AXn¨pkm^n kr¯n]m¡p¶p. blp¡sa {l²n¡p¶p. b_¼n Nna¡mWpw b\n]mWpw Hs¡ SpX§n]n^n¡p¶p.
Nps_ Bt`mIn¨t¸mÄ sh`nWv Nm^y§Ä GSm*v kyàfm]n. ^*p fmh§Ä¡v fp¼m\v sh`nWpw dndnWpw sXu\n A^pÔSn ¢nWn¡Â tZmNväÀ ^knNpfm_nsW Nm\m³ tbm]Sv. bWn]m]n^p¶p. hz]w InNnÕ]pw Ngm]kpw H¶pw A{S]v¡§v c`n¡msS k¶t¸mam\v Cw¥ogv sfZnhn³ Ss¶ l^\sf¶p sk¨Sv. tZmNväs_ N*p Sn^n¨p k^pt¼mÄ eqS¯m³ b_¼v F¶ Np{bhn²fm], hÀ¸Nmkpw Npakpsfms¡]pÅ, Dtb£n¡s¸« H^p b_¼nWXp¯v NqXn]pÅ Np_p¡pkjn]n`qsX k^tk]m\v dndnsâ ssd¡nsW t»m¡v sI]vSv H^p Ko¸v Wn¶Sv.
ASn Wn¶pw BKmWpdmip¡am] ^*ptbÀ C_§p¶p. Xn¸n¡Â kn÷mÀ¡v tIÀ¶ ^qbw. H^pk³ sfm«¯`]³. fsäm^p¯³s_ sWän]n sk«psNm*Sn³s_ bmXv. ^*ptb^psX]pw N®pNÄ Ipk¶pN`§n]n^n¡p¶p. ^*ptb^pw N_p¯ Ém¡v C«n^p¶p.
WÃ N^p¯pä, D]^fpÅ, l^o^kpw.
“”B^mXm Wo?””
H^pk³ Aks^ hfobn¡p¶p.
A]mapsX tImUy¯n fUy¯n³s_ ^q£PÔw sh`n³ A_nªp.
“”dndn³,””
dndn³ e]w Wn_ª lЯn b_ªp.
“”GSv dndn³?””
bn¼n`p*m]n^p¶k³ tImUn¨p. tImUyw dndntWmXm]n^ps¶¦n`pw Ak³s_ N®pNÄ sh`nsW sNm¯nfp_n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
“”sSt¡¡*¯ns` dndn³. sSt¡¡*w t`m_³hn³s_ fN³,””
“”CSm^mXm?””
BUys¯]mÄ sh`nsW tWm¡n tImUn¨p.
‘f½n]m. F³s_ f½n?””
AkÀ b^hvb^w tWm¡n.
“”sI_p¡m ska¨ns`Xp¡*,””
^*mf³ hztS]pÅ hz^¯ns` {Np²S kÀVn¸n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”Cu I^¡v Wn³s_ SÅt]m? ASnWp sWW¡v CkapsX sfm` NpXn¡p¶ {bm]tk HtÅm?””
e]fp*m]n^ps¶¦n`pw dndn³s_ ^àw Sna¡m³ SpX§n. AbfmWn¨n^n¡p¶Sv hz´w A½s] B\v. ASv AWpkUn¡m³ bmXnÃ. F{S tf {bmt]mPnNfms\¦n`pw {bSnN^nt¨ bäq.
“”tfmtW,””
f^n¡p¶SnWp fp¼v bm¸m b_ªn^p¶p.
“”f½ns] tWm¡\w. Aksa N^]n¡Ãv,””
“”At\mXo? Cu sI_p¡³ Wn³s_ tfmWmt\m?””
sh`n³ B`n` tbms` N¼nNp«³.sWäv