ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം

N¼nNp«³.sWäv A_nªm bp¶m^s¸§sa Ak^v sNkntW sNm¶Sv tbms` Fs¶ Bän sN«n¯mjv¯pw,””
“”Hm…””
Nm^yw fWÊn`m]t¸mÄ t^\pN b_ªp.
“”bns¶ W½av sfm¯¯n C¸w tb«v Wm]½m^m. tNt«m dndn³ Wm]t^. Atàtk* Wo C¶v- sfmS dndn³ bnÅ,””
AkÄ In^n¨p.
AkWpw.
fäpÅks^ AUvepSs¸Xp¯n] H^p Nm^yw dndn³s_ AfnSmËmUfm\v. Ak³ D¨¯n hwhm^n¡p¶p. BapNsa Sfmlb_ªp In^n¸n¡p¶p. FÃm¡m^y§Ä¡pw Bßknlzmht¯msX hwhm^n¡p¶p.
_nhbvgWv tlgw sX_Ên Wn¡pN]m]n^p¶ A½]psX]Xps¯¡v dndn³ sI¶p.
“”F´m f½o, H^p k`n] Bt`mIW?””
Ak³ bn¼n Wn¶v- Aksa k«w bnXn¨p.
“”Mm³ Wns¶ bän HmÀ¡pkm^p¶p,””
“”Hmtim..Fs¶¸äns]m? AsS´m?””
Ak³ AkapsX bn³Njp¯n Ip*pNafÀ¯n.
“”CWn HmÀ¡m³ ^*ptbÀ NqXn]p*v. AÑtWw tfmtaw,””
“”Dw..D*v..F¶m`pw Wns¶¡mÄ k`pSà AkÀ FWn¡v…””
hnhn`n]psX hz^w knNm^mVoWfm]n.
“”CSv tbms` FknsX]m tks_ H^p fN³? Wns¶t¸ms`? hz´w A½s] knkmiw Njn¸n¡m³ fp¶n«n_§n …AkapsX ht´mgw Nm\m³…””
dndn³ ASv tN«Sm]n emkn¨nÃ.
Ak³ BNmlt¯¡v tWm¡n.
Wn_s] W£{S§Ä.
CX]v¡nsX tfQ¨o´pNÄ. ^m¸£nNÄ tfQ§ta Spa¨v b_¶psNm*n^p¶p.
Uqs^ t£{S¯n Wn¶v- f\nfpj¡w Ak³ tN«p.
“”b` hnWntf`pw DÅ Z]t`mPv B\v…””
Ak³ b_ªp.
“”F´v?””
“”W£{S§Ä Bßm¡am\v F¶v-,””
hnhn`n H¶pw fn*n]nÃ.
“”At¸mÄ b¸m ASns`m¶m]n^n¡pw Atà f½o,””
W£{S§sa tWm¡n dndn³ tImUn¨p.
S³s_ k]_nsWIpän¸nXn¨n^p¶ dndn³s_ ssNNapsX tf AkÄ ssN¯`ffÀ¯n.
hnhn`n]pw W£{S§sa tWm¡n.
“”ASns`m¶Ã,””
hnhn`n b_ªp.
“”b¸m A¡q«¯n GSv W£{Sfm\v F¶v- Mm³ N*pbnXn¨p,””
dndn³ AkapsX km¡pNÄ tN«v AUvepSs¸«p.
“”F§sW?””
“”tfm³ tWm¡q…GSv W£{S¯nWv B\v Gäkpw NqXpSÂ Sna¡w?””
dndn³ N*p.
H^p tfQ¨o´nWXp¯v Gäkpw {btlmen¨v H^p W£{Sw.
Ak³ ASnsW tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p.
“”W½apw f^n¨p Njnªv b¸msX AXp¯v Ss¶ Nm\pw Atà f½o?””
hnhn`n D¯^sfm¶pw b_ªnÃ.
“”F³s_ Nm^yw!””
Ak³ sbs«¶v kng]w fmän.
“”C¶s¯ Unkhw F´m? AÃ C¶s¯ ^m{Sn F´m? cÌv– ssWäv! C¶v- SNÀ¡\w tNt«m,””
“”¨o tbmXm,””
AkÄ Wm\t¯msX Ak³s_ ssN S³s_ k]_n N¼nNp«³.sWäv