Chapter Title : ആദ്യപാഠം [Malathy David]

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*nÃ'', 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]nÃ''. 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

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