ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¶v- fmän.
“”¨o tbmXm! Dw hpµ^n f½osX H^p Wm\w…AsS …C¸tj sbmt¡m. A¨³ AknsX Nm¯v fpgnªv C^n¡pkm^n¡pw. F³s_ hpµ^n f½osW sNmSn¸n¡mWpw ^hn¸n¡mWpw…D½ sk¨v …sSm«v ..bnXn¨v ..sM¡n …””
“”Ct¿…Cu sI_p¡³!…H¶v tbmNp¶pt*m…””
AkÄ `Ön¨v fpOw ssNsNm*v bmSn f_¨p.
“”l^n Mm³ tbmNpkm…B ssNs¿m¶v fmänt¡ …F³s_ hpµ^nf½osX fpOw H¶v NqXn MmsWm¶v Nm\s«…skap¸nWv FWn¡v tbmtN*StÃ..At¸mÄ Ns*¶p k^nÃ…””
ASptN«t¸mÄ hnhn`n]psX fpOw kÃmsS]m]n.
“”tfmtW…Wm`^]v¡v Ss¶ tbmt\m? Mm³ GSm]m`pw A`m_w sk¨pNnX¡mw,””
“”At¿m A`m_w sk¨v Fjpt¶Â¡pskm¶pw tk*. Mm³ sbmt¡mamw,””
Ak³ fpt¼m«v– k¶v- AkapsX Nknan Ipwdn¨p.
bns¶ Aksa tWm¡n.
“”CknsX]pw H^p D½ skt¨ms«?””
AkapsX Ip*n sSm«v Ak³ tImUn¨p.
ASnWp¯^fm]n AkÄ Ak³s_ AV^¯n Ip*pNafÀ¯n.
AkWn Wn¶v- WnlzmhlÐw AkÄ tN«p.
Ipwdn¨v Njnªv tWm¡pt¼mÄ Ak³s_ N®pNÄ Wn_ªn^n¡p¶p.
“”tfmtW!””
AkÄ b^n{efn¨v knan¨p.
“”F´m]nSv?””
Ak³ N®pWo^n`qsX bp©n^n¨p.
“”ht´mgw sNm*m\v,””

t^\pN]pw ^knl¦_pw bm]v¡äpNapfm]n Uf]´n fman Wn¶pfn_§n Nm_nWXpt¯¡v k^nN]m]n^p¶p.
“”A½]v¡v WÃ hyq«m^n¡pw AÑm B Kf´n¡a_n`pÅ hm^n,””
t^\pN b_ªp.
“”MmsWXp¯ s_Zv Na_pw hyqs«ms¡ Ss¶]m,””
AkÄ A]msa CãvXt¡tXmsX tWm¡n.
“”ipw! s_Zv! A¨³ bj] N½yq\nÌv AtÃ? B s_Zn³s_ im§v HmkÀ Ct¸mjpw D*v,””
“”Wo k`n] tfmUn eà]tÃ? F¶m Nmkn Wn_w FXp¡m³ tf`m^pt¶m?””
t^\pN D_s¡ In^n¨p.
“”At¿, Nmknt]m? Cu AÑsâ H^p NaÀ sh³hv! Nmkn DXp¡m³ A½ F¶m B{lf¯n`mt\m? fmSm hnhn`n BWµf]n…iii..””
A]mapw In^n¨p.
AkÀ Nm_nWXps¯¯n.
“”F¶m`pw B dndnWv Ak³s_ {c*nsW Nm\m³ tbmNm³ N* hf]w! At½sX dÀ¯v tZ]v¡v AkWnÃmsS…””
^knl¦_n³s_ fpOkpw kÃmSm]n.
AkÀ bm¡äpNÄ hoän sk¨p.
tZmÀ Sp_¶v- ANt¯¡v N]_m³ SpX§n] t^\pN sbs«¶v- AUvepSb^S{´]m]n t_mZn³s_ f_pemPt¯¡v tWm¡n.
“”F³s_ tUko…””
AkÄ f{´n¨p.
“”AÑm H^p fnWnäv…Mm³ Um k¶p,””
t_mZnWn^pklkpw tWm¡n NW¯ {XmcnNv sskUPvVyt¯msX fp_n¨p NX¶v AkÄ ftä sshZns`¯n.
“”{bnt],””
tim«Â Abvh^]psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv