ആദ്യപാഠം [Malathy David] 851

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FÃmw knlUfm]n b_]mw. C¶nWn In`t¸mÄ Hs^®w NqXn tk*nk^pw. NpªnsW Mm³ Npan¸n¡msf¶pb_ªn«p*v. ASpNjnªv FÃmw tIÀ¯v ^m{Sn NnX¡pt¼mÄ b_]mw sNm¨t½”.

A^ f\n¡qÀ Njnªt¸mÄ Npanfp_n]nt`¡pÅ skÅw IqXm¡n ekmWn Aksâ fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. S«nknan¨v– AkÄ b_ªp, “”Nptª, skÅw s_Zn]m]n. k¶pNpan¨n«ptbm”. Ak³ tSmÀ¯pXp¯v– fp_n]nÂWn¶n_§n Npanfp_n]nt`¡v WX¶p. Aksasâ tWt^ Sn^nªv, H^p NphrSn In^nt]msX b_ªp, “”””Mm³ tfmsâ tf`pNjpNn¨n«pk^mw sNm¨t½”. AkÄ Npanfp_n]n N]_n Npän]n«t¸mÄ Fsâ {em´pbnXn¨ fWÊv Fs¶ At§mt«¡v bnXn¨pk`n¨p. Npanfp_n]psX kmSn`nsâ knXkn`qsX MmsWmanªptWm¡n Wn¶p. IqXm¡n] skůn Np_¨p S\p¯ skÅwNqXn tIÀ¯v AkÄ IqXpl^n]m¡n. bns¶ Npanfp_n]psX Hm^wtIÀ¶v S`NpWn¨pWn¡p¶ Aksâ tSmÀ¯v– AkÄ Ajns¨Xp¯p. Aksâ Np® GtSm {bSo£]n N¼n]m]n Wn¡p¶p. AkÄ f¤n IqXpskÅw Wn_¨v Aksâ S`]ns`mjn¨p. tf`pfpjpk³ WW¨v AkÄ thms¸Xp¯p tS]v¡m³ SpX§n. NpWnªpWn¡p¶ AkapsX fp`]n Ak³ AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨p. “”””Npsªsâ s»uhv WW¡tÃ, CSpNjnªp FWn¡v sNm¨½]psX AXp¯p tbmtk*Sm\v. Mm³ »uhv Du^n¯^mw”, AkÄ »uhq^n Ìm³Zn`n«p. AkapsX {Shn¨pWn¡p¶ fp`Nan Ak³ bnXn¨pNan¨psNm*n^p¶p. thm¸ptS]v¡p¶ ssNNÄ Aksâ Np®]ns`¯n]t¸mÄ Ak³ AkapsX SpX]v¡nX]nt`¡v ssNWo«n. “”””Nptª, Sp\n WW]v¨m FWn¡v sNm¨½]psX AXp¯v tbmNmWmknÃ. MmWSv Ajn¨pS^mw”. AkÄ AkapsX Häfp*v Ajn¨v Ìm*n Sq¡n. Ct¸mjkÄ AksWt¸ms` bqÀ\WPvW]m\v–. Aksâ ssN AkapsX SpXNÄ¡nX]nt`¡p Wo*t¸mÄ AkÄ b_ªp, “”””Cu F® NjpNn]n«ptbmt^ tfmtW dm¡n?” Ak³ ssNNÄ bn³k`n¨p fp`]nt`¡v Wo«n. WPvW]m]n, SpXNÄ knXÀ¯n Np¯n]n^p¶psNm*v AkÄ Aksâ Nm`pNan thm¸ptS¨p. tW^t¯ F® tS¨Sptbms` Aksâ bp_Nn fp`NafÀ¯nWn¶psNm*v fp³klkpw, sW©n tIÀ¶pWn¶psNm*v bn³klkpw thm¸ptS¨p. H^pssNsNm*v A*nNÄ k`n¨pWo«n, f_pssNsNm*v– AkÄ Aksâ Np® AXn¨psNmXp¯p. bn¶oXv f¤n IqXpskÅw tNm^ns]mjn¨v AkaksW Npan¸n¨p. tf`ptSmÀ¯m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ A¸w Wm\t¯msX, H^pssN]n N¼n]m] Np®s]Xp¯v ftässN AkapsX bq_n sSm«psNm*v– Ak³ ]mIWmemk¯n Aksa tWm¡n. “”””tfmWnWn]pw tkt\m?” AkÄ HuUm^ysf¶f«n tImUn¨p. Ak³ AtSs]¶v S`]m«n. AkÄ bn´n^nªv AÂbw NpWnªv knXÀ¯n] I´n¸naÀ¸pNÄ¡nX]n`qsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv