Pathumma's Goat (original title: Pathummayude Aadu) is a 1959 Malayalam novel by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer.

Ever since Basheer first left home to participate in the salt satyagraha at Kozhikode, he had led a wanderer's life; Ottaanthadi, muchaanvayaru.

It would eat up anything it could, from fallen leaves before someone came to sweep them, Chaambaykka fruits (Water Apple) from the lower branches of the tree basheer planted, trousers worn by Basheer's nephew Abi, grass specially gathered for it, food set away for it, even food meant for human inhabitants of the house, to the author's copy of newest editions of Basheer's Baalyakaalasakhi, Shabdangal and Vishwavikhyaadamaaya Mookku, fresh out of press.

When Basheer gives money to his mother, the next day his younger brother Abdul Khadar would take it all from her.

At times the author would return home with a small fortune after publishing one of his books, then people of the family and the village would approach him with supplications.

Once when Basheer's tolerance was pushed to the limits, he beat up his younger brother, and since then Abdul Khadar began giving him due respect.

That was the time when he lived in near poverty, struggling to get to eat one square meal a day, having to borrow from everyone even to manage a cup of tea.

Abdul Khadar, instead of admiring his brother's literary genius found fault with the grammar and language usage.

Then Abdul Khadar no longer complained of grammatical errors in his brother's sentences, instead asked him for copies of the book so that he could make money selling them.

Pathummayude Aadu is the only major Basheer work that was published without any revisions from the original manuscript.