ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hnhn`n tWm¡n. gman«p fm_nXw f_¨n«ps*¦n`pw s]uÆW¯n³s_ {em´³ BhànNapsX hq^ySmbw f_]v¡pkm³ AkapsX fpjp¯ fp`NÄ¡v NjnªnÃ. Wà ewPn]pÅ HSp§n] A^s¡«v. In{SNm^³fm^psX emkW]n fm{Sw knX^p¶ H^p ^qbw.
“”””dndn³s_…?”
AkapsX tImUyw BUyw hnhn`n tN«nÃ. N®pNÄ AkapsX AjNv H¸ns]Xp¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
“”””f½n]m. tfmtaSm?”
“”””Hm…”
AkapsX N®pNan`pw AUvepSw knXÀ¶v- Wn_]p¶Sv hnhn`n N*p. AkÄ hnhn`n]psX tWs^ ssNNÄ Nq¸n.
“”””At½, Mm³ t^\pN. dndn³s_ ¢mhv tfäm,”
“”””Hm, Bt\m? k^q,”
hnhn`n sbs«¶v- AkapsX ssN]n bnXn¨p. hnhn`n]psX hvbÀlW¯n S³s_ tUiw Npan^\n]p¶Sv t^\pN]_nªp. AkÄ fpOfp]À¯n hnhn`ns] tWm¡n. AkapsX fnjnNÄ Wn_]p¶Sv hnhn`n N*p.
“”””F´m tfmsa?”
“”””ASv…At½..Fs¶ sSm«t¸mÄ F³s_ ..F³s_ A½ sSmXp¶tbms` tSm¶n…”
hnhn`n]psX fpOkpw k¿mSm]n. A¶v ^knl¦À b_ª Nm^y§Ä hnhn`nt]mÀ¯p.
“”””tfman^n¡v tNt«m,”
AN¯v Xn kn]psX _ntfm«v t^\pN]psX ssN]nt`¡v sNmXp¯v hnhn`n b_ªp.
“”””A½ AXp¡a]nt`¡v tbmNpkmt\m? tk* At½….Asæn …MmWpw NqXn k^mw,”
t^\pN Fjpt¶äp.
“”””At¿m tfmaknsX]n^p¶m fSn,’
“”””hm^fnÃt¶,”
t^\pN]pw hnhn`nt]msXm¸w AXp¡a]nt`¡v WX¶p.
“”””dndnsWknsX At½?”
fn¡v bmWnt`¡v b©hm^]n«SnWp tlgw bm Ca¡ns¡m*n^p¶ hnhn`nt]mXp t^\pN tImUn¨p.
“”””Ak³ B Smjs¯ NtXÂ ks^t¸m]Sm. C¸w k^pw tfmsa,”
hnhn`n bp©n^n¨psNm*p b_ªp.
AkÄ bp©n^nt]msX t^\pNs] tWm¡n.
“”””F´m At½?”
AkÄ Wm\t¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”””H¶pfnÃ,”
“”””A½]v¡_n]mtfm Mm³ Ct¸mÄ CknsX KoktWmsX]n^nt¡*mkaà F³s_ HmÀ½]n`p*v. CSpks^Nm\m¯ Wn_§apÅ H^p t`mN¯v F¯n]sSms¡ kyàfm]n HmÀ¡p¶p. AknsX B]n^¡\¡nWv Bßm¡Ä Fs¶ hzoN^n¡m³ Wn^Wn^]m]n Wn¡p¶sSms¡ Mm³ N*p. At¸mÄ Bt^m F³s_ ssN]n bnXn¨p. Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ ASv dndnWm\v.Fs¶ sbm¡ns]Xp¯vsNm*p dndn³ tkP¯n Wo§n. Bßm¡Ä tUgys¸Xp¶Spw F³s_]pw dndn³s_]pw tWs^ H¨]nÃmsS A`_ns¡m*v HmXn]Xp¡p¶Sv N*Spw Mm³ HmÀ¡p¶p. bs£ AkÀ¡v HmXns]¯m³ bäm¯{S tkP¯n dndn³ Fs¶]pw sNm*v tbm¶p. Fs¶ N^]v¡v sNm*pk¶p,”
hnhn`n In^n¡m³ SpX§n.
“”””CsS¶m t{bShnWntfs` NTb_]pkmt\m?”
“”””MmWpw HmÀ¡m_p*v…A§sWs]ms¡..NT]m]m`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv