Unnikuttanu oru shokamundayirunnu. Avante veettil oru patti undayirunnu, peru ‘Pappu.’ Pappu valare budhijeevi aayirunnu. Pakshe oru prashnam: Pappu bhoori bhoori aayi kunikkum. Unnikuttante amma parayum, “Mone, ithu Pappuvinte swabhavamanu. Nee athu karanam vishamikkanda.”
Mother laughed. “Son, that is the truth too.” Would you like a different theme—like friendship, nature, or a folk-style story?
Unnikuttan laughed. He went home and told his mother: “Mom, Pappu doesn’t limp for our laughter. He is protecting the flowers that fall and wither on the ground!”