ആദ്യപാഠം [Malathy David] 851

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FWn¡v In´n¡mWmknÃ. Fsâ fnjnNan tWm¡n]n^p¶ AkapsXtWt^ tWm¡n, AtSs]¶p Mm³ S`]m«n. “”””sNm¨½¡v– UpOnt¡*nk^nÃ. Ak³ Ftâ]pw NqXn tfmWtÃ?” AkÄ BËmUt¯msX Fjpt¶äp. “”””FÃm¡m^ykpw Mm³ sNm¨½t]mXp knlUfm]n b_ªpS^mw”. AkÄ AkapsX fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. A©pfnWnänWptlgw fp_n]nÂWn¶n_§n] Aksa Mm³ tWm¡n. AXnkhv{S§sam¶pfnÃ. tWÀ¯ skÅ s»uhv, ASptbms` tWÀ¯ Hs^mä fp*v. Fsâ fp³bn AkÄ fp³bpw bn³bpw Sn^nªpWn¶p Nm\n¨p. hq£n¨ptWm¡n]m l^o^w fpjpk³ Nm\mw. Bt^]pw NojX¡p¶ H^p bp©n^n]pfm]n AkÄ Aksâ kmSn`n S«n. GSmWpw Wnfng§Ä¡ptlgw kmSnÂSp_¶p, AkaNt¯¡v N]_n.

AX¨n«nÃm¯ kmSn`n`qsX AkapsX hwhm^w tNÄ¡mw. “”””Npªv F®]n«pNjntªm? Npan¡m³ skÅw IqXm¡t« ? Npªv l^n¡v F®]nt«m F¶_n]mWm\v sNm¨½ Fs¶ A]¨Sv. At¿, Cu k]än fm{Sfmt\m F®]nXp¶Sv? MmWn«pS^mw”. AtSmsX kmSn`Xªp, Npän]n« lÐw tN«t¸mÄ Mm³ sfsà Smt¡mÂbjpSns`¯n. AkÄ ssNWn_s] F®s]Xp¯v Aksâ Hmt^m ssN]n`m]n tS¨pbnXn¸n¨p. Aksâ bp_Nn fp`NafÀ¯n tIÀ¶pWn¶v Njp¯pfpS Smtjm«p tS¨pSpX§n. l^o^¯n`fÀ¶ fp`NÄ Aksâ A^s¡«n sbm«ns¯_n]p*m¡p¶Sv FWn¡v Nm\mw. AkapsX ssNNÄ Aksâ tSmÀ¯pwNX¶v Smtjm«p tbmNp¶p. AkWmsN sMan]p¶p. bns¶ Aksâ sW©n fp`NafÀ¯n bp_w tS¡p¶p, AkapsX ssNNÄ ^*p I´nNan`pw F®bp^«n sM¡p¶p. N¼n]m] Np® AkapsX tf`n S«mSn^n¡mWm]n Ak³ A^s¡«v bp_tNm«p ka]v¡p¶p. F®bp^* s»uhn`qsX AkapsX fp`¡®v ks^ kyàfm]n Nm\mw. bns¶ Aksâ fp³bn Np¯n]n^p¶v AkÄ Nm`pNan F® tS¨p. fWbqÀkfmt\m F¶_n]nÃ, bq_pfpjpk³ AkWp Nm\m³bmN¯nWm\v Akan^n¡p¶Sv. fpNant`m«p tbmNp¶ AkapsX ssN Aksâ tSmÀ¯pw D]À¯p¶p. Aksâ SpX]nXp¡n`pw I´n bnaÀ¸n`pw AkapsX ssN HmXp¶p. A^]ns`mSp§n] tSmÀ¯n Ak³ Np® f_]v¡m³ H^pbmXv bmXpsbXp¶p. Aksâ N®pNÄ AkapsX knXÀ¯n] Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n`ms\¶v FWn¡v Nm\mw. bns¶, hmkNmlw AkÄ hz´w SpX]nXp¡nsâ fpjpk³ fmhvf^nNS]pw AksW Nm\n¨psNm*v F\oäp. Aksâ A^s¡«nsW A¸fm]n Ipän]n^p¶ tSmÀ¯n ssNk¨p. ASn fp_psN bnXn¨n^p¶ Aksâ ssN]n bnXn¨p AkÄ b_ªp, “”””Npª½ Nm\m¯sSm¶pw WnW¡nÃtÃm. hm^fnÃ, Ajnt¨¡v”. At¸mjpw AkWSn AfÀ¯n bnXn¨n^n¡p¶p. AkaSnsW d`fm]n k`ns¨Xp¯p. Aksâ Np® kn_¨pWn¡p¶p. ssNWn_s] F®s]Xp¯v N¼nNp«³.sWäv