ആദ്യപാഠം [Malathy David] 853

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÄ Np®]n`pw A*nNan`pw tS¨p. Ip^p§n]n^p¶ A*nNÄ AkÄ k`n¨pWo«n. Np®]n AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨v AXn¡m³ SpX§n. Ak³ hpOwsNm*v A^s¡«v fpt¶m«pka¨p. ssN]psX tkPS A¸w Np_¨psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp, “”””F®]n«v– SpX]v¡nX]n k¨Xn¨m CSnWv Wà lànNn«pw. F´m, tkt\m?” Aksâ fpOw Wm\¯m NpWnªp. tfltf Im^nWn¶v fp³kls¯ Sp\n]Nän AkaksW tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p. bq_nsâ Ip*nWnX]n Np®]psX Aäw fp«n¨pk¨v, I´n]n bnXn¨v AkaksW A^s¡«n tIÀ¯p. fpjpk³ Np®]pw AN¯m]t¸mÄ AkÄ A^s¡«v fp³tbm«pw bn_tNm«pw I`n¸n¡m³ SpX§n. AkWm I`Ww sbs«¶v fWÊn`m]n. AkWpw A^s¡«v I`n¸n¡m³ SpX§n. AkÄ »uhnsâ iq¡pNÄ knXpkn¨v Aksâ ssNNÄ fp`Nan k¨fÀ¯n. dm¡n Nm^y§Ä {bNrSnhiKfm]n Ak³ sI]vSp. Fsâ SpX]nXp¡ns` {bkmiw Nm`nt`¡v HjpNm³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ MmsWsâ tVm¯nsNms*m¸n. AkapsX N®pNanÂWn¶v AkÄ¡p b`{bmklyw k¶psk¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. Npt_tW^¯nWptlgw Aksâ tkPS Bhp^fm]n. bns¶, Ak³ SaÀ¶p AkapsX sW©n ko\p. Akaksâ bp_w St`mXns¡m*n^p¶p. A¸w Njnªp AksW sfsà bnXn¨p]À¯pt¼mÄ AkapsX Nm`pNan`qsX Aksâ ko^yw H`n¨n_§p¶p*m]n^p¶p. At¸mjpw SpÅnNÄ DSn^p¶ Aksâ SaÀ¶ Np®s] ssN]ns`Xp¯p `man¨psNm*v AkapsX fp*n SpX¨psNmXp¯p. “”””skÅw IqXm¡n]n«p Npan¡m³ knan¡mw. ASpks^ NpªnknsX C^pt¶m”. AkÄ bp_¯n_§pwfp³bv Mm³ AXp¡a]nt`¡p WX¶p.

AXp¡a]n H¶pf_n]m¯f«n`n^p¶ Fsâ tWs^ knXÀ¶ In^n]pfm]n ekmWn k¶p. F´m]n F¶ Fsâ tImUy¯nWv AkÄ knXÀ¶p In^n¨p. bns¶ fp*psbm¡n, Fsâ ssNbnXn¨v SpXNan tIÀ¯p. sNmjp¯ {UmkNw kn^`n kXns¨Xp¯v AkÄ Fsâ Ip*pNan k¨p. At±i¯nsâ AtS ^pIns]¶v Fsâ fWhv b_ªp. “”””sNm¨t½ Fsâ KoknS¯ns` BUymWpekw. CSv kjpSW§]pw Nm^äpfÃ, H^p sNm¨pNp«n]psX Np® D^p¡m\v. ASnWv ka]mWpw Sn^n]mWpsfm¶pw A_n]nÃ. ASv FknsXs]ms¡]m\v Np¯n¡]_p¶Sv F¶v Wfp¡v b_]msWm¡nÃ. KoknS¯n`mUyfm]n MmsWm^p B\nsW A_nªp. H^p sbs®¶Wn`]n CWn I¯m`pw tk*nÔ, AkapsX N®nÂWn¶p ht´mg¯nsâ N®os^mjpNn. H¶pf_n]m¯f«n Mm³ tImUn¨p, “”””WnWs¡{S k¶p?” “”””A©pks^ MmsW®n, bns¶s]Wn¡_n]nÔ. FWns¡m^n¡`pw tW^n«_n]m³ Njn]m¯Spw F¶m tW^n«pN*Spfm] B hwek§Ä AkapsX km]nÂWn¶v H^n¡Â¡qXn tNÄ¡m³ FWn¡v sNmSn]m]n. “”””Wos]s´ms¡ sI]vSp? F§sW?”. AkÄ b_ªp, “”””^m{Sn N¼nNp«³.sWäv