| migilina chikAkulannI oka ettU, SrIlatatO vyavahAraM okkaTI oka ettU! dInni elA sahiMchaDaM?
tanE eMchukuni tana ishTaMtOnE oka manishini tana jIvitaMlOki techuchchukunnADu. manishi mIda eMta SraddhatO vunnADO, avatala manishi mIda eMta AsaktitO vunnADO telisipOvaDaM lEdU?
modaTlO pratirOjU rAtripUTa iddarU kalisi navvukuMTU kaburlu cheppukuMTU annAlu tinEvAru.
rajani EdannA navala chaduvutOMTE tanu paDukoni saMtOshamgA vinEvADu.
kAssEpu tana kalekTu chEsina pATalannI vEsi vinipiMchEvADu.
rajanitO mATlADDAniki tahatahalADutOnnaTTu vuMDEvADu.
ElA mArADO…eppuDu mArADO…rajani A mArpE gamaniMchinaTTE kanapaDadu.
‘annAlu tiMdAmA?’ ani ammAyi aDigitE, bijines` jarnallO mohaM peTTukuni ‘nuvvu tineyyi’ aMTADu. A ammAyi kAssEpu chUsi A panE chEstuMdi. manasu kashTa peTTukOdu.
A ammAyi EdannA chaduvutOMTE viMTU vunnavADallA Ponu rAgAnE parigettutADu SrIlatE? kAlakshEpam kaburlu pAvugaMTasEpu! AppaTiki POnu peTTi, venakki rAgAnE rajani eppaTilA maLLI chaduvutuMdi.
‘pustakaM visirEsi lEchipOdEM? AnipistuMdi rukmiNiki.
ninnaTidAkA rukmiNiki kUDA koDuku mIda anumAnaM lEdu. kAnI, kaLLa muMdu enni jarugutOnnA samdEhiMchapOtE, aMta guDDi prEma evarni rakshistuMdi?
TAksI digi iMTlO kAlu peTTagAnE ‘rajanI! VochchESA! nA skUTaru nAkE ichcheyyAli sumA!’ ani aMTADu.
KshEmaMgA vachchESADanE saMtOshaMtO rajani navviMdi.
appaTiniMchI TUru kaburlu chebutUnE vunnADu.
‘A bIch`ki veLLAM, I thiyETar`ki veLLAM, shippulO tirigAM’ aMTU.
sUT`kEs` terichi jIDipappu pEkeTlu BOjanAla TEbul` mIda paDESADu.
‘ammA! nIkE’ aMTU paTTukuchchullAMTi cheppulu techchi talli pAdAla daggira peTTADu.
(migatA BAgaM vachchE budhavAraM)
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