Chapter Title : ആദ്യപാഠം [Malathy David]

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N¼nNp«³.sWäv WnWs¡´m C{S sskfWhyw?''. AkÄ fpOw Smjv¯n b_ªp, """"W½psX Npªv k`pSmkpN]tÃ? AksW FÃm Nm^y§apw bYn¸n¡t* ? W½tamXv tImUn¡m³ bäm¯ H^pbmXv hwl]§Ä AkWp*mNpftÃm?'' Akapt±ln¨Sv Aksâ ss`wPoN knÚmWfms\¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. """"Ak³ sNm¨pNpªtÃ. Ct¸mtj AsSÃmw A_n]mWpÅ {bm]w B]n«nÃtÃm''. """"sNm¨t½, MmWksW kas^ AXp¯pWn¶p Nm\p¶p*v. AkWp {bm]¯nt`s_ kaÀ¨]p*v''. Fsâ fWÊn`nt¸mjpw AksWsâ fp`NpXn¡p¶ Npªm\v. Fsâ fpOs¯ hwl]emkw AkÄ {l²n¨p. """"sNm¨½¡v-- hwl]fms\¦n Mm³ Nm\n¡mw'', Aksas¶ sI_pSm]n skÃpknan¨p. sbs«¶v AXp¡a]n Wn¶n_§n AkÄ Aksâ kmSn`ns` Smt¡mÂbjpSn`qsX tWm¡nWn¶p. bns¶ H^p knK]n]psX bp©n^nt]msX Aksasâ AXp¯pk¶p. """"Npªv Npan¡m³ F® tS]v¡pN]m\v. sNm¨½ tWm¡nt¡''. Mm³ sfsà Aksâ fp_n]psX Smt¡m Uzm^¯n`qsX ANt¯m«p bman tWm¡n. H^p tSmÀ¯pXp¯v-- Ak³ tf`n F® tS]v¡p¶p. Ct¸mjksâ ssNNÄ A^s¡«n`m\v. D²^n¨pWn¡p¶ Np®]n Ak³ F® tS¨p bnXn¸n¡p¶p. A^s¡«ns` fpXn W¶m]n N_p¯v Wn_ªn^n¡p¶p. Aksâ ssN Wn_ªpWn¡p¶ Np®]n F® tS]v¡pt¼mÄ ASnsâ Aäw Sp_¡pN]pw AX]pN]pw sI¿p¶p. B¬Np«nNÄ hz]wtemPw sI¿p¶ Nm^yw At±iw Ft¶mXv b_ªn«nÃm]n^p¶p. ASpsNm*pSs¶ Ak³ hz]wtemPw sI¿pN]ms\¶v FWn¡v fWÊn`m]nÃ. (bn¶oXm\v ekmWn NnX¡_]n AkapsX bq_ptWm¡n bnXn¡p¶ eÀ¯mknsW¡p_n¨pw,