'madhyalO mATaki aDDu rAku. pApaM! Ayana kUrchunna kurchIki edurugA, ettugA gODaki amarchina addaMkEsi chUpeTTi rahasyaMgA, 'aMdulO chUstuMTE nAkannI kanabaDutU vuMTAyi. pedda pedda chaduvulu chaduvukunna vALlE laMchaalu, dagaalU, mOsAlu, durASaki pAlpaDutunna rOjulivi. nEnennOsArlu alAMTi saMGaTanalu chUSAnu. chUsi navvukuMTAnu. dInni doMgatanamananu. nannu aDagaTAniki mohamATapaDi EdO tIsukupOtuMdi! eMduku tIsukupOtuMdi! evarikOsaM tIsukupOtuMdi!' annAru.
'avunu mAmayyagArU! vALlu parAyivALlu kAru. I vayassulO mimmalni aharniSalu kanipeTTukuni, mI bAgOgulu chUsukunE 'AtmabaMdhuvulu' annAnu. Ayana viSAla bhAvAlaki, dUra dRushTiki anuguNaMgA.'
'raGu toMdarapaDDADu. I addaM rahasyaM ekkaDa bayaTa paDutuMdO ani nEnU kaMgAru paDi vADi nOru nokkE prayatnaMlO...'
'EmI paravAlEdu. taMDri lEni raGUki taMDrilAMTi vAru, deivasamAnulu. ChivATlu peTTE adhikAraM mIkuMdi' annAnu.
'dAnikiMta avamAniMchaDameMduku! 'orE, raGU! ilArA' ani gadilOki pilichi ....' nEnu cheppabOyEnu.
'nIkaMta gouravaM dakkAlaMTE, nuvvu chUsimdi rahasyaMgA mI pedanAnnagAritO cheppi uMDAlsiMdi. ayinA raGU! DabbADu chakkera tIsukupOtE doMgatanaM annAvu. manaM E adhikAraMtOTi, E dharmasUkshmaM AdhAraMgA Ayana daggirniMchi laksharUpAyalu ASistunnAM!' aMdi nirmala.
'sarE nAku jNjAnOdayaM ayiMdi. iMtakI nuvvA laksharUpAyala saMgatI aDigEvaa lEdA?'
'imta jarigEka Ayanni E mohaM peTTuku ADaganu! veLli nuvvu peTTina chichchunu challArchi vochchEnu. jarigiMdaaniki Ayana bAdhapaDi tvaralOnE nEnE vijayavADa vostaanu. nAku vADi mIda kOpaM EmIlEdani cheppu aMTU, chebutAnO, cheppanO ani yI uttaraM nIkimmannAru.' aMTU kavar` TIpAy` mIda paDEsi lOpalikeLliMdi.
ayishTaMgAnE kavaru chiMpi chUSAnu. aMdulO lakshA padihEnu vElaki DrAfT`
(samAptaM)
marO kotta kathatO taruvAyi SIrshikalO kalusukuMdAM...
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