ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം

N¼nNp«³.sWäv At½sX Np^p…tbm]n Wm¡p kXns¡Xm BUyw!””
bns¶ A]mÄ lm´Wm]n dndntW tWm¡n.
“”CWn]m\v b^nI]s¸Xp¯`ns` fpOy CWw. Cu dndn³ t`m_³hv B\v t^\p tfmav sbmtjko\v f^n¡m³ sSmX§o¸w H^p ssUkUqSsWt¸ms` ^£s¸Xp¯oSv…””
tSmfhpw hKn]pw AUvepSs¸«v dndntW tWm¡n.
“”A§sWs]m¶pfnà hmÀ…ASm^m]m`pw….. “”
dndn³ shufyfm] hz^¯n b_ªp.
“”dndntW…””
^kn l¦À Ak³s_ tSman bnXn¨p.
“”Wn³s_ ØmWSv B^m]m`pw A§sW sI¿q F¶v- AtÃ? sNmÅmw tfmtW…BÀ¡v ..BÀs¡ms¡ C§sW b_]m³ hmVn¡qXm? AknsX H*m^p¶tÃm tks_ sNmt_ F®w. F³s_ sNm¨v skůnko\v …ssN]pw Nm`pfn«Xn¨v ….lzmhw fp«n ….bnX]p¼w …AkÄsX fq¡n`pw lzmhtNml¯n`pw I¦n`pw skÅw tN_n sW_]p¼w …sh`vcow FXp¯v ….Hs¡ Mm³ A_nªp …H*m^p¶p AksX A½mk³s_ tfmWpw…hz´w tIm^…F¶n«v ..AknsX]nÃm^p¶ sWW¡v Ht¨w ditamw tN«v HmXnkt^*n k¶p F³s_ sNm¨nsW ^£n¡m³. AkÄsX hz´w tIm^]v¡v tSm¶m¯ fWÊ`nkv …F¶n«v Wos]¶Sm b_sª? Wn³s_ ØmWSv B^m]m`pw F¶v- Atà …AtSXm ..A_n]mw. Wn³s_ ØmWSv B^m]m`pw C¸w sfmssd FXp¯v sg]À sI¿pw ..F³s_ sNm¨v sWt^man¡ps¶, ImNps¶..sc]vhvdp¡n`pw bns¶ F¶Sm …§vim kmXvhv B¸n`pw…tks_ H¶v NqXn H*tÃmXm F¶Sm ASn³s_ tb^v…””
“”C³sÌ{Pmw…””
hKn b_ªp.
“”Hm, C³sÌ{Pmw!””
^kn l¦À AkÚt]msX fp^*p.
“”Wm¡pap¡msS Pp^pWmT F¶v- b_]m³ A_o¯nÃ. bs£ H^£t^mw sSämsS t`mNs¯ hN` kr¯nsN« km¡pw b_]m³ A_n]mw. Wn³s_s]ms¡ Nm^yw . ipw!””
hKn KmaySt]msX A]msa tWm¡n.
“”tfmtW dndntW A¶v- Ss¶ Mm³ k*ow FXp¯v CknsX k¶Sm,””
^knl¦À SpXÀ¶p.
“”CknXps¯ Nkt` F¯o¸w BÄ¡m^v b_ªp. Wo f½otWw Nq«n tNmSfwP`w sI_n] bÅo tbms]¡pkm¶p. ASv Njnªv Wn§av ssfhqt^m sNmXNnt`m F§m*ntà Wn§sX hz´Nm^v? AknsX N`ym\¯nWv tbmNq¶pw Ak^v b_ªp. FWn¡pw H^p ASymklyfm]n sIss¶ ks^tbmN\m^p¶p. A^f\n¡q_v fp¼v F¯osS HÅq. F¯oSpw Wns¶ Nm\m³ HmXn k^pkm^p¶p,””
“”Fs¶ Nm\mtWm?””
knhvf]fX¡msS dndn³ tImUn¨p. ^kn l¦À A_n]s¸Xp¶ dnÂZ_m\v. ^m{ão] kr¯§an`pw sbmSpNm^y§an`pw kas^t]s_ A_n]s¸Xp¶]mÄ. b`t¸mjpw A]mapsX In{Sw b{S§an Ak³ N*n«p*v.
“”F¦nÂ…hÀ ..hmÀ…ko«nt`¡v km…””
“”GSm]m`pw dndntW]pw f½nt]]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv