ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ko*pw tkUWn¨v bjw ANt¯¡v SÅn.
“”BimAiv..””
kÀ¡n tWm¡n WnÂs¡ bjw fpjpkWpw AkapsX bq_n A{bS£yfm]n.
bns¶ AkÄ hmkVmWw ASv bp_t¯s¡Xp¯p.
At¸mjpw Wn`knan]v¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p, hnhn`n. kÀ¡n]mNs« N×p¼n Nm\p¶ AknlzhWo]fm] Nmjv¨ S^p¶ `i^n]n hN`Spw f_¶v- Np® bnXn¨Xn¡pN]pw.
AkhmWw AkapsX Wn`knan hpOfÀ½^fm]n. hpOho¡m^fm]n. kas^ hpOfm]n bq_ns` fUK`¯n bpSªv lÐw tNĸn¨v bjw ANt¯¡pw bp_t¯¡pw N]_n]n_§n.
kÀ¡n Np®]ns` bnXnkn«v ImXns]jpt¶äp. A]mÄ hnhn`n]psX AXps¯¯n. AkÄsX ssN bj¯n Wn¶v- knXpkn¨v A]mÄ ASv AkapsX bq_n Wn¶v- Du^ns]Xp¯p. F¶n«v Np® ASnt`¡v fp«n¡m³ SpX§n.
“”””Wn¡v,”
AkÄ kn`¡n.
“”””Ct{Sw N«n]pÅ Wà N_p¯ Wo* Np® H¶v- bnXn¡s«. H¶v- ssN]n FXp¯v Smt`m`n¡s«. sNm©n¡s«. ASv Njnªv D`]n`n«p Nm¨ns]Xp¯m fSn,”
S³s_ N^n¡«]psX Wn_fpÅ Np®]psX kn`§sW skap¯ Wo* ewPn]pÅ kn^`pNÄ Ipän¸nXn¡p¶Sv A]mÄ N*p. Nmft¯msXm¸w A]mÄ¡v AktamXv– kÃmsS, ASn^nÃm¯ hvtWikpw tSm¶n. hpµ^o, F³s_ kn^qbs¯, kr¯n]nÃm]vfs], Alp²ns] F{S WnÊm^fm]m\v Wo AkP\n¡p¶Sv? F³s_ kr¯nsN« f\w, AWmNÀgNfm] l^o^w, U^n{U³ F¶ ØnSn Hs¡ Wns¶t¸ms`]pÅ H^p Abvh^hpµ^n AkP\n¡pt¼mÄ Mm³…
hnhn`n]psX ssN Ak³s_ Np®]n tkP¯nÂ, Sma¯nÂ, I`n¸n¨p. AkapsX skap¯v hpµ^fm]v– kn^`pNÄ Wn_s] A]mapsX {bo Nw Du_n]q_nk¶v- AkapsX skap¯v hpµ^fm] kn^`pNsa sNmjp¸n¨p bpS¸n¨p.Wn]{´\w bqÀ®fm]pw Wãfm] H^p tka kÀ¡n Aksa thmc]nt`¡v f`À¯n¡nX¯n. AkapsX Nm`pNÄ A]mÄ Sp_¶v- sk¨p. ASn³s_ Bklyfp*m]n^p¶nÃ. kas^ ]m{´nNfm]n¯s¶ hnhn`n NkNÄ ^*pw AN¯pfm]n^p¶p. bs£ H^p bp^pg³ Ss¶ ASv sI]vSv Nm\pkmWpÅ B{Piw sNm*v AkÄ A]mÄ sI¿p¶Sv Nm¯n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.
bqÀ¯pa kas^ sI_pSm]n^ps¶¦n`pw ASnÂWn¶v- {hkn¨ sNmjp¯ fUK`kpw ASn³s_ PÔkpw AakäSm]n^p¶p. AkapsX ANwSpXNapw PpUUzm^w ks^]pw H`n¨v HjpNn] fUK`¯m bpSªn^p¶p. ASn³s_ ^pIn]pw f\kpw fpjpk³ H¸ns]Xp¡pkm³ A]mapsX Wmkp APvWnbÀÆSfpO¯n³s_ IqXpÅ AkapsX bq_nt`¡v Spa¨n_§n.
“”””Biv Biivi,”
hpOmhàn]n A`_nknan¨v AkÄ A^s¡«v tbm¡n]p]^v¯n Ak³s_ fpOt¯mXv D^p½n. Ak³s_ Wm¡v sNmjp¸pskůn`qsX H^p SnfnwP`s¯t¸ms` N¼nNp«³.sWäv