Chapter Title : ആദ്യപാഠം [Malathy David]

bq_n fpXn]pt*m F¶v tImUn¨m In`t¸mÄ Ak^Sp Nm\n¨pS^pw. bns¶ F§sW]m\v fWpgyÀ sI¿p¶sS¶v bmkwtbms` tImUn¨m In`t¸mÄ A½ Nm\n¨pS^pw. Asæn`pw WnW¡v N¼n]mkpsf¶v A½ A_nªm W½Ä sI¿p¶Sv A½ N*m`pw k`n] Npj¸fnÃ''. H^p Wm«p¼p_¯pNm^n sb®nsâ dp²n]pw hmfÀ°ykpw Fs¶ AÛpSs¸Xp¯n. AkapsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ¹m³ GNtUlw fpjpkWm]n FWn¡v bnXnNn«n. Mm³ fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. sSm«pbp_sN Akapw k¶p. """"Ak³ bnXn¡p¶SpN*m sNm¨½¡v-- tUgyw k^ptfm?'' """"F´nWv? AsSÃm B¬Np«nNapw sI¿psf¶tà Wo b_ªSv?'' """"l^n, CWn sNm¨½ Ak³ tImUn¡p¶ hwl]§Ä¡v NrSyfm]n f_pbXn sNmXp¯m fSn. AksW Mm³ bYn¸n¨n«p*v. bns¶, Nm^y§Ä b_ªpsNmXp¡m³ fm{SfpÅSÃ, Nm\n¨psNmXp¡mWpw NqXn]m\v. CWn sNm¨½ Aksâ Im]]pfm]n Aksâ fp_n]n tbm]m fSn''. AkÄ fp_n]psX kmSn Npän]n«v FsâsWt^ Sn^nªp. Aksasâ ssWän sbm¡n. AXn¸mkmX]pw {dm]pw AkÄ Ajn¨pNaªp. """"CsSms¡ AhuN^yftà sNm¨t½?. bmYw bYn¸n¡m³ tbmNpt¼mÄ ASnsWm¯ huN^yfpÅ tkgftà WÃSv?'' Im]]p*m¡mWm]n Mm³ AXp¡a]nt`¡p N]_pt¼mÄ AktamXnk¶p. """"sNm¨½]nt¸mÄ kn]À¡m³ bmXnÃ. Im] MmWnXmw''. Im]¡v-- skÅwk¨n«v AktamXnk¶p. A`fm^n]nÂWn¶pw hvt{bs]Xp¯v, ssWän sbm¡n, Fsâ N£¯pw SpX]nXp¡n`pw ASXn¨p. """"Fsâ sNm¨½]psX ^*mfs¯ BUy^m{Sn]tà Ct¸mÄ? W½psX NpªnWv ht´mgfmks«''. H^p N¸n Im]s]Xp¯p Aksasâ fp³bn k¨p. bns¶ Fsâ Ip*n`pw fp`Nan`pw Akap½k¨p. H^p fuW{bmÀTWt]msX Akam Im]¡¸v Fsâ ssN]n S¶p. """"sNm¨½ H^pWnfngw Wn¡v. Mm³ b_ªn«v At§m«ptbm]m fSn''. AktamXn Aksâ fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n. GSmWpw Wnfng§Ä¡ptlgw Akan_§n k¶p. Aksasâ sIkn]n b_ªp, """"NpªnWmsN sX³g³. AkWp N¼n]mNp¶nÃ. MmsWsâ fp` AkWp bnXn¡m³ sNmXp¯p, bns¶ Sp\nsbm¡n bq_pw Nm\n¨p. Ct¸mÄ kà knVkpw H¶pN¼n]m]n Nn«n. CWn sNm¨½ sskN*, sb]vt¡maq''.

FÃm ssUk§ta]pw {bmÀTn¨psNm*v MmWksâ fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. Im^n]n^p¶ kmSn sfsïp_¶p AN¯pN]_n. FWn¡v bp_wSn^nªn^p¶p Ak³ bnXn¡p¶p.