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Articles: Short Stories | tegina goLLAlu
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asalu okappuDu jagannAthaM A vADalO chITIlu vEsEvADu. nelanelA Dabbu pOguchEsEvADu. kAni Adilakshmi chITIlu vaddaMdi. A lAbhAlu vaddaMdi. iMTlO chITI vEstE tanu uMDanamdi. chITI kAvAlO, tanu kAvAlO tElchukOmamdi. modaTa jagannAthAniki arthaM kAlEdu. tarvAta tana bhayaM cheppiMdi. mushTimumDa Uru mAripOtOMdaTa, ippaTikI A vADaMtaTikI phalAnOLlu chITI vEstunnArani telisipOyiMdaTa. aMchEta evulakayinA kaLlagganaM avutuMdaTa. maga manishi rAtri DyUTIlakani veLtE, ayinA pagalayinA rAtrayinA evari buddhi elA mArutuMdO? A DabbuMTE nEnumDanu - pedda taguvE ayipOyimdi moguDU peLlAlaki. vAraM rOjulu mATalu kUDA lEvu.
marippuDu iMTlO Dabbu vadilEsi vachcheyyaDaM beMgagA uMdi. bassu nAlugaidu sTApulu dATAka raddI ekkuvayiMdi. adi peLLiLla sIjanu kAvaDaM valla amdarU kaTnAlu, baMgAraM guriMchi mATlADukuMTunnAru. evarainA pilichi mI iMTi daggara evarnainA uMchi vastunnArA ani aDagAlanipimchiMdi Adilakshmiki, kAni aDagalEdu. bayaTaku chUstunna bhartani koTTi 'rAtri peLlayipOgAnE rEpu tellAragaTTE phasTu bassuki vechchEddAM elAgayinA' cheppiMdi Adilakshmi. 'alAgE' annaTlu talUpADu jagannAthaM.
'I okka rAtri gaMDaM gaDistE adE chAlu' svagataMgA anukuMdi. 'ayinA mana daggarEmuMdani evaDayinA vastADu' maLLI anukoni guMDe nibbaraM chEsukonE prayatnaM chEsukuMdi. A nibbaraM eMtOsEpu uMDaDaMlEdu. A madhyAhnAniki jagannAthaM daMpatulu pillalatO UrlO bassu digAru. peLli illu chErukunnAru. bhOjanAlavutunnAyi. Adilakshmi chellelu anasUya chUsimdi. 'chuTTAlochchinAru. bhOjanAlu peTTaMDarrA. tinEstE maroka gaMTalO bassumdi' anEsi AgakuMDA veLlipOyimdi anasUya. chellelu manasu grahiMchiMdi Adilakshmi. jagannAthaM Ame kOpAniki navvukunnADu.
chinnADu rAju bhOjanAla daggaruMDE vALlaki nILlu poyyaDAnikani jaggu tIsuku veLtunnADu. naDipADu aTukEsE naDustunnADu. appuDE vachchADu Adilakshmi maridi nArAyaNa. vILlanu chUstUnE annADu -'mIrU pillalni kannAru. peLlikAni cheyyaDaM mAnEstArA? pilavaDaM mAnEstArA? mEmU selavu dorakalEdanO, bassulu dorakalEdanO cheppalEmA?'
'adikAdu tammuDU, selavU dorikiMdi, kAni iMTlo evarnuMchi rAvaDAnikI evarU lEru. kanIsaM rAtri pUTayinA kApuMTE rAvaDAniki' paristhitini aMtakamTE vivariMchalEkapOyADu jagannAthaM.
A mATa viMTUnE gaDapalO kUrchunna musaldi nArAyaNa talli 'A padekarAla raituvi. tOTA, doDDA, paMTA kApA? pOni bakkA, baDugA? kOLlA, gorrelA? ETunnAyani poddubOtE kaTTalEdanOI, muyyalEdanO beMga? tALaM vEsi rAvaDAniki?' dIrghaM tIsiMdi.
paTTaNam saMgataMtA vivarimchAlani Adilakshmiki anipiMchiMdi. aMtalO anasUya amdi -'dAni kUturayitE adi eMduku rAdu? okka pEgu erusani tEDA chUputumdi' nishTUraMgA uMdAmATa.
Adilakshmi A mATatO AgalEkapOyiMdi. guMDelO aNichipeTTukunna du@hkhAnni kAyalEkapOyiMdi. aMtE! 'kusumaki kALlu kaDigi kan&yAdAnaM chEsE hakku nAdannAvu. ADapillalu lEnidAnnani chAlA kanikarimchAvu. chellivayitEnEmi? tallilA arthaM chEsukunnAvu akkani. kUturlu lEkapOyinA nEnu goDrAlni kAdE!' Adilakshmi mATalu rAvaDaM lEdu kaLlammaTa nILlu tappa.
'.....UraMtA peddakUturni....' cheppabOyiMdi anasUya. arugu mIdi musaldi lEchi 'nuvvAgE migatA iddarU ADapillalu kArE? nIku nachchinadAnni aTTukupOyE....eLlE!' goMtetti aMdi.
'....A....ippuDilA aMTAru, dAnni tIsukOmaTTE tarvAta idigilAgE, ayinA evula biDDa AlabiDDa. A puNNemU vaddu, mIrE mUTagaTTukupOMDi' EDustUnE aMTOMdi Adilakshmi. jagannAthAniki elA OdArchAlO aMtupaTTakuMDA uMdi. sariggA appuDE vachchiMdi kusuma. peLLi kUturu gadilOMchi, Adilakshmi gamaniMchalEdu. kusumE daggaragA vachchi, 'ammA!' pilichiMdi.
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