ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. dndn³s_ fpO¯v At¸mjpw ftWmi^fm] bp©n^n]p*v. Ak³ AkapsX N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n.
“”””t^\q,”
Ak³ bp©n^n fmän sPu^k¯n knan¨p.
AkÄ {bSo£t]msX AksW tWm¡n.
“”””Wn³s_ Wmkn Wn¶v- C¯^w km¡pNÄ tNÄ¡m³ B¬Np«nNÄ SbÊn^n¡pw. t`mN¯ns` Gäkpw shuµ^yfpÅ, hÂhzemkn]m] H^p bp^pg³ B{Pin¡p¶sSms¡ t^\pN]n`p*v…”
Ak³ H¶v- WnÀ¯n Aksa tWm¡n.
Ak³s_ km¡pNÄ hrãn¨ {bN¼W¯n hq^ytlme]mÀ¶ `Ö]n bq¯p`ªp Wn¡pN]m\kÄ.
“”””bs£,”
AXp¯ km¡v tN«v AkÄ sM«n.
“”””t^\ptN…Mm³ b_]p¶Sv t^\pN H^p bs£ knlzÊn¡nÃ. bs£ knlzÊn¡mSn^n¡p¶Sv sNm*v hSyw f_n¨mkpN]nÃtÃm,”
“”””dndn³ F´m b_]m³ Dt±ln¡p¶Sv?”
Ak³ sfuhn ssNsk¨p. Zn ss{Zkn ¢n¡v sI]vSp. tcmt«mhnÂ. ssf sbjvh\ tcmt«mhv. ASn H^p tcmÄZÀ ¢n¡v sI]vSp.
“”””CSv …”
t^\pN tWm¡n. knkmikhv{S§an Wn¡p¶ hpµ^n]m] H^p ]pkSn. skap¯ gÀ«nÂ, IµW¡p_nsSm«v, Aksa tIÀ¯p bnXn¨v dndn³.
“”””CSv..{bn]…”
t^\pN tcmt«m]n Wn¶v- tWm«w dndn³s_ fpOt¯¡v fmän.
“”””Mm³ C`k´n bYn¡pt¼mÄ F³s_ hoWn]À B]n^p¶p {bn] i^nUmhv. hoWn]À sb¬Np«n KyqWn]À B¬Np«ns] t{bfn¡p¶Sv W½psX Wm«n A{S hmVm^\fm]n«nÃ. bs£ M§apsX Nm^y¯n A§sW hwekn¨p. {btSyNfm] H^p hmiI^y¯n …FWn¡v …Aà M§Ä¡v knkminS^pfmtN*n k¶p…”
irU]w Wp_p§nInS_p¶Sv tbms` t^\pN]v¡v tSm¶ns]¦n`pw sbs«¶v- Ss¶ AkÄ bj]emkw kos*Xp¯p. AksW tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”””MmWnSv Bt^mXpw ..f½nt]mXp tbm`pw b_ªn«nÃ. Ct¸mÄ t^\pknWv Ft¶mXv ..A§sW tSm¶n]nÃm^ps¶¦nÂ, Wnt¶mXv tbm`pw MmWnSv b_]nÃm^p¶p.”
F{Stf Wn]{´n¨n«pw t^\pN]psX N®pNÄ Wn_ªp.
“”””ht´mgw sNm*m tNt«m,”
N®pWoÀ SpX¨psNm*v t^\pN b_ªp.
“”””A{S]v¡nãfm]n. dndnWv l^n¡v tI^pw. A{S hpµ^n…MmsWms¡ Cu Np«osX fp¼n F´v?”
“”””A§sW]Ã t^\q,”
dndn³ AkapsX tSman ssN sk¨p.
“”””SoÀ¨]m]pw H¯n^n emPyfpÅkWmNpw F³s_]o sb§sas¡«p¶]mÄ…”
“”””sb§Ä?”
“”””AsS. F³s_ f½n {bhkn¨nà Wns¶ Ft¶]pÅq,”

t^\pN tbm]n¡jnªv Nm¸n Sna¸n¨v– H^n_¡v NpXn¨p Njnªt¸mÄ B\v hm_m½]psX ko«n dndnWv H^p fmPhn³ k¶p NnX¸p*v F¶Sv– N¼nNp«³.sWäv