| aMjayya dikku adOrakaMgA chUstU, '%Uriki paDam&aralO 15 ekarAlu, ikkaDa 20 ekarAlaki tODu 3 ekarAlu kottagA bATa koraku kon&n&adi kalupukon&i m&ottaM 38 ekarAlu%' chalapati javAbu.
m&aLLI EdO spuraNa kochchin&aTTugA, '%iMdulO m&A an&n&aki vATA uMdi. an&n&a paTn&aMlO uMTADu%' m&an&asulOn&i m&ATala n&ijAyiti an&n&ala m&uMdu bayaTapaDiMdi.
'%sarE - bayapaDaku. iMTiki veLLi m&A n&aluguriki m&Am&Ulu bhOjan&aM paTTukurA. sAdA - sIdA an&n&aM, kUra, chAru chAlu. toMdaragA rAvAli. I viShayaM ekkaDein&A cheppAvaMTE n&I pan&i khataM. jAgratta%' n&aksaleiTla hechcharikatO bratuku jIvuDA an&i parugu parugun&a iMTiki veLLaDaM, iMTi n&uMDi bhOjan&Alu tIsukurAvaDaM, taruvAta n&aluguru an&n&alu bhOjan&Alu chEsi ikkaDan&uMchi veLLaDaMtO n&En&u Upiri pIlchukun&n&An&i cheppi m&ugiMchADu aMjayya.
'%ayitE - A n&aluguru evarayi uMTAru aMjayya ?%' raghupati AsaktigA aDigADu.
'%A - aMtA m&an&avALLE !%' aMTU n&Aluka karuchukon&i m&oun&aM vahiMchADu aMjayya.
an&n&ala sam&AvESaM saMgati vin&n&a taruvAta gAn&i tam&m&uDi sm&aSAn&a veirAgyaM arthaMkAlEdu raghupatiki. (samAptaM)
marO kotta kathatO taruvAyi SIrshikalO kalusukuMdAM...
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