ആദ്യപാഠം [Malathy David] 851

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AksW I^n¨pNnX¯n Akaksâ Np® Du¼m³ SpX§n. AkapsX bq_v– Aksâ fpO¯nWXp¯m\v. F´psI¿\sf¶_n]msS AkWm bq_n fpOffÀ¯n NnX¶p. bns¶ F\oäv– Aksâ fpNanÂN]_n AkÄ sbmSn¡m³ SpX§n. AkapsX fp`NÄ km]n`n«p_n©ns¡m*v Ak³ A^s¡«v tft`¡v SÅns¡m*n^p¶p. CX]v¡nsX AkÄ Aksâ sW©n AfÀ¶pNnX¶p SaÀ¨]Nän. bns¶s]t¸mtjm sb]vSn_§n] Aksâ skÅw bq_n Wn¶v SaÀ¶ Np®]n`qsX Aksâ A*nNÄ WW¨v NnX¡]n`n_§n. Aksa\oäv ssWänsNm*v Aksâ SpX]nXp¡v SpX¨p kr¯n]m¡n. ssWän]n«p, kna¡psNXp¯n, NSNpIm^n AkÄ M§apsX fp_n]nt`¡v k^pt¼mtj¡pw Mm³ D_¡w WXn¨p NnX¶n^p¶p. FÃmw b_ªv, Nm^äpw kn^`pw Ip*pw sNm*v AksaWn¡p b`k«w k^p¯n. bntä¶v h-vNqan tbmNpwfp³bv, bmânsâ hn¸q^n AkakWv Du¼n k^p¯ns¡mXp¯p. Fsâ fpOemk¯nWp fmäsfm¶pw CÃm¯SpsNm*mkmw AksWsâ fpO¯ptWm¡n bSnkptbms` ]m{S b_ªp tbm]n. CSnWnX]n AkÄ AksW Du¼`pw PpU^Sn]psfÃmw bYn¸n¨n^p¶p. Nps_WmÄ Njnªt¸mÄ Unkh¯ns`m¶pw, {Ntf\ AkVn Unkh§an`pw fm{Sfm]n AkaksW Wn]{´n¨p. ^*pfmht¯maw C§sW Njnªp. emkmWnt]mXp b_ªnsæn`pw Ak^psX Hs^mä tkjvItbm`pw Mm³ Nm\mSn^p¶n«nÃ. M§apsX dÔw bj]Sptbms`Ss¶ SpXÀ¶p. Ct¸mÄ M§apsX Nm^änWv H^p ^qbfp*m]n; “”””CSm, Npªnsâ Np®” F¶pb_ªm\v ekmWn ASpbt]mPn¡p¶Sv.

H^pWmÄ, ekmWn H^pbmXv In´m¢m´]m]n^p¶p. AkÄs¡t¶mXv Fs´¦n`pw AWnãfm] Nm^y§Ä b_t]*nk^pt¼mjm\v Aksa C§sW Nm\p¶Sv. Fsâ WnÀdÔw b`t¸mjpw tk*nk^pw. AsSt¸mjpw Fs¶¡p_n¨pÅ D¡¬Y Ss¶]mkpw, Nm^\w AkÄt¡äkpw k`pSv MmWpw Fsâ tfmWpfm\v. H^pbmXv kj¡nWptlgw AkaSv Sp_¶pb_ªp. “”””sNm¨t½, sb®nWv H^m\nsâ l^o^w F{S kn`s¸«Sms\¶v W½psX tfmWnÂWn¶m\v MmW_nªSv. ASv MmWnt¸mjpw AWpekn¡p¶p. Fsâ sNm¨½ fm{Sw Fsâ kn^`pw Nm^äpw sNm*v Njn]pt¼mÄ FWns¡{S kngffp*mkpsf¶v Bt`mIn¨p tWm¡q”.
“”””ASv W½psX knVn]ms\¶v N^pSn¡qtX ekmWn?”.
“”””sSäms\¦n sNm¨½ £fn¡\w, Fsâ fWÊn`nt¸mjpw W½psX]nX]n NnX¶p_§p¶ tfmWm\v. Ak³ Fs¶ sI¿p¶sSÃmw sNm¨½t]]pw sI¿\sf¶m\v Fsâ B{Piw”.
“”””Wos]´m\o b_]p¶Sv? AksWsâ tfmWtÃ?”
“”””sNm¨½]psX fp`]n bnXn¨p NpXn¨tà Ak³ kaÀ¶Sv–? Ct¸mÄ sNm¨½]psX fp`]n Ak³ bnXn¨ms`´m\v Npj¸w? sNm¨½]psX bq_n Wn¶tà Ak³ KWn¨Sv–? Ct¸mÄ Aksâ H^k]kw N¼nNp«³.sWäv