ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWs^ tWm¡n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”FXm MmWo Nm\p¶Sv– hSyfmt\m? C{S k`pSmt\m Wn³s_ Np®? k`pSv fm{Stfm? Fs´m^p ewPn. C{S Wotamw kt®mw shuµt^ymfpÅ tks_m^p Np® Cu Nm`w ks^ N*n«nÃ. At¸mÄ bns¶ bqäo¶v- l^n¡v skÅw k^ntNw sfm`¡®v- NÃv– tbms` Sp_nt¡w sI¿ntÃ?””
“”Xo¨À l^n¡pw b_]p¶Smt\m? Xo¨À Nan¨ H^mÄ¡v– tbm`pw Ct{Sw k`n] Np® CÃm]n^pt¶m?””
“”tW^v,””
AkÄ b_ªp.
“”fq¶v- Np® tN_n] bq_m CSv. H^p¯³s_ tbm`pw sbm¶ptfmsW, Kmcs_, tW^v b_¿m, CSn³s_ AXp¯vtbm`pw F¯nÃ.””
KmcÀ Np® bnXn¨v St`mXns¡m*v hnhn`n b_]p¶Sv tN«psNm*n^p¶p. Ak³s_ hmVW¯nÂWn¶v- N®pNÄ fmämsS Akapw.
“”Wn³s_ Np® C§sW k`pSm]nWn¡m³ Nm^\w Wn³s_ Xo¨_n³s_ bq_pw sfmt`w N*SpsNm*mt\m?””
“”F³s_ Xo¨s_, MmsW´m b_]vN? B sfmssd Cs§Xps¯,”” tfl¸p_¯n^p¶ sfmssd IqXn¡m\n¨psNm*v KmcÀ b_ªp. hnhn`n ssNs¿¯n¨v– Kmc_n³s_ sfmssd FXp¯p AkWv sNmXp¯p. C³säÀsWäv Hm¬ sI]vSp. bns¶ PqPnan ssX¸v sI]vSp: sKWäv tNmÄfm³.
“”Xo¨s_ , CSv Nt*m,””
S³s_ fpjp¯ fp`NÄ ^*pw bp_¯n«v Wn¡p¶ {bhn² tbm¬ Ìm_nsW Iq*n¡m\n¨psNm*v Ak³ b_ªp.
“”F§Wp*v CkapsX fp`?””
“”F´p ^hfm Nm\m³. Hm!””
“”F¶m CSntW¡mÄ fpjp¸pw sS_n¸pw Sp_n¸pw k`nt¸mw D*v Xo¨_n³s_ sfm`¡v.””
“”ssUktf, CSnsW¡mtam?””
hnhn`n AknlzhWo]St]msX tImUn¨p.
“”l^n,””
Ak³ Nmf_ Hm¬ sI]vSv AkapsX H^p In{SsfXp¯p.
“”tWm¡v””
Ak³ At¸mÄ FXp¯ AkapsX WPvW In{Sw Aksa Nm\n¨p.
“”l^n]m tW^m\tÃm.””
KmcÀ sfmssd`n FXp¯ S³s_ WPvWIn{Sw tWm¡n AkÄ b_ªp. “”ssUktf, Wn³s_ Xo¨À Bsam^p I^¡v Ss¶]m. Wo Cu sb®v- C§sW sfm` Nm\n¨p tcmt«m FXp¯m F´v Nn«pw?””
“”`£§Ä Nn«pw,””
Ak³ In^n¨p.
“”F´m Xo¨_nWpw CSptbms` sfm` Nm\n¡t\m sWänÂ?””
“”`£§Ä Nn«q¦n Wo Fs¶ kntäm . fmN-vhnfw Nmlp*m¡nt¡m.””
Ak³ bp©n^n¨p.
“”F³s_ tfmtW Wn³s_ ³s_ Np® N*n«v N®p b_n¡m³ tSm¶p¶nÃ. Fs´m^p ewPn]m. F´v ^hfm. bs£ CSpkt^w ASnWv H^p bqän`pw N]_m³ bäoà F¶v tN¡p¼w FWn¡v kngfw k^p¶p.””
“”F³s_ Xo¨s_ sNmt_ tPÄ {c*vhv D*m^p¶p. Aks^Ãmw F³s_ Np® N*n«v tbXn¨p bn·m_oSm. bnXn¨p S¶n«p*v. km]n NX¯m³ tWm¡ot«m*v. bs£ bq_nsW sSmXm³ tWm¡p¼w N¼nNp«³.sWäv