ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hnhn`n¡v HmÀ½ k¶Sv. C¶s` Wà Nmäpw fj]pw Nm^\w tbmÌpfm³ ASv AknsX CXpN]m]n^p¶p. A¸w Njn]pt¼mÄ hm_m½]psX eÀ¯mkv kÀ¡n sNm*pk¶p S^pfm]n^n¡pw. bs£ tk*. Fs´¦n`pw {bVmWs¸«Sv ASn b»ngv sI]vSv k¶n«p*mkpw. Hm ..AÃ! In`t¸mÄ dndnWs] bpSn] NT kÃSpw ASn k¶n«p*mk\w.
hnhn`n hm_m½]psX ko«nt`¡p WX¶p. ko«ns`¯n “”””hm_m½ tI«¯o” F¶v knan¡m³ SpX§ns]¦n`pw AN¯pWn¶v tN« lÐw Aksa kn`¡n.
“”AªXns¡Xm ssft^,”
hnhn`n sbs«¶v- hm_m½]psX lÐw tN«p. Hm, At¸mÄ ^*pw NqXn sbm^nª Nan]m\v. hnhn`n]psX Ip*n bp©n^n knXÀ¶p. hm_m½]psX SXn¨p sNmjp¯ fUwfpän] l^o^fnt¸mÄ kÀ¡n]psX Nma¡^p¯n³s_ AXn]n So{khpO¯m ISªv A^]pN]m]n^n¡pw. tfmlfm\v. Ak^psX hzNm^yS]nt`¡v C§sW {btkln¡p¶Sv. AkÄ Sn^nªp WX¡m³ emkn¨p. bs£ kÀ¡n]n Wn¶v k¶ AXp¯ km¡pNÄ hnhn`ns] AknsX¯s¶ bnXn¨pWnÀ¯n.
“”F³s_ hnhn`n Xo¨t_ bq_ntfmsa, Wn³s_ bq_p F´v ssXämXo”” hnhn`n AUvepSs¸«p. kÀ¡n hm_m½s] Nan¡pt¼mÄ Fs¶]pw F³s_ bq_nsW]pfmt\m HmÀ¡p¶Sv? ASv tN«n«v hm_m½]v¡v H^p {blvWkpfnsÃ? bs£ AXp¯ km¡pNÄ Aksa l^n¡pw S^n¸n¨p Naªp.
“”F³s_ ssXäv bq_p sfm¯w Wn³s_]mXm dndntW. Wn³s_ BW¡p® Wn³s_ f½n hnhn`osX bqäns`¡v AXn¨v N]säXm ssft^.””
hm_m½ kÀ¡ns] knan¡p¶Sv dndn³ F¶mt\m Nan¡pt¼mÄ? hnhn`n]psX Ip*n bp©n^n knXÀ¶p. sbs«¶v Ak^psX A`À¨Napw ho¡m^kpw NqXpS D¨¯n tN«p. b^hvb^fpÅ dndn³, hnhn`n knanNapw NqXn. ^*ptbÀ¡pw skXn sbm«ns]¶p tSm¶p¶p. hmkVmWw A`À¨Napw ho¡m^kpfX§n.
“”Hm, F³s_ sbt®,””
kÀ¡n hm_m½t]mXv b_]p¶Sv hnhn`n tN«p,
“”WWª tNmjns]t¸ms` B]n^p¶p Wns¶ Mm³ Nan]v¡m³ knan¡p¼w. F{S sbs«¶m sWW¡v Dln^pks¶ dndn³s_ tb^v tN«t¸m.””
“”At¿, kÀ¡n¨m tk*. Nan NjnªntÃ, CWn dndn³s_ Nm^yw b_ªm Mm³ I½nt¸mNpw.””
“”F´nWm tfmsa I½ps¶? Wfp¡o Nm^y¯n H^p Han]pw f_]pw tk* F¶v W½Ä So^pfmWn¨StÃ?””
“”AsS kÀ¡n¨m, Hm kÀ¡n¨³s_ Np® hnhn`n Xo¨_n³s_ tb^v tN«¸w Ss¶ Ft´m^w N«n]m]n.’
“”dndn³ F¶v tN«¸w Wn³s_ bqän`pw skÅw k¶ntà tfmsa?””
“”bn¶ntÃ? FWns¡t´m B sI¡sW¸än HmÀ¡p¼w Ss¶ bq_p WW]pw. F´v ewPn]m AksW¡m\m³? B sI¡Wv kà hnWnf]n`pw AenW]n¡m³ tbm]v¡qsX?”
“”AsS]sS, N¼nNp«³.sWäv