pustakaM mIdavunna Ayana baraMpuram eDras`ki leTarurAsi padihEnu rOjuleiMdi. ikkaDakochchi kalsukOmani. prayANa karchulakOsam O DrAfT`kUDA paMpEnu. mari javAburAlEdu. bahuSA Ayana baraMpuraMlo lEDEmO. Ayna gEyAlukonni iMglIshulOki TrAn&s`lET` cheyyadalchukunnAnu. A vishayaMlO kUDA AyanatO mATlADAli. elAgeinA Ayanani kalavAli. nuvvelAgeinA Ayanni paTTukuni nAku DhillIki fOn`chEyiMchu. Ayana akkaDiki rAgaligitE sarEsari, lEkapOtE nEnE marOsAri vostAnu lEdA sinArEgArini kalavamaMTAnu.' annADu OyassAr`. EM mATlADAlO telIka nAku muchchamaTalu paTTEyi. kiMdakeLli Ayanni tIsukostE EM raBasa jarugutuMdOnanna BayaM.
'EmiTi AlOchistunnAvu. idigO Ayana eDras`.'
'Ayanni elAgeinA paTTukuni mIku fOn` chEyistAnu.' annAnu.
Ayanni prasannuNNi chEsukOvAlaMTE muMdu jarigimdAniki kshamApaNa cheppukOvAli. kAsta TeiM tIsukOvaDam SrEyaskaraM anipiMchiMdi.
'verIguD`. iraveiyyELlakritam rASADu. ayidELlakritaM mInAnnagAru achchEyiMchEruTa. mInAnnagAru pOyiMtarvAta A pustakaM kApI dorikitE mI annayya jAgratta chESADu. Ayana kavitallO mAnavatAvAdam poMgi porlutuMdi. varNaBEdhaM, vargaBEdhaM, daLitavAdam aMTU samAjAnni chIlchi paraspara aviSvAsaM dvEshaM rechchagoTTi SAMtiyuta parishkArAlaki dOhaM chEsE Ayana kavitalika cheitan&ya sravaMti....' Ayana mATalu chevullO giMgurumaMTunnAyi.
OyassAr` kArekki hOTal`ki veLlipOyina tarvAta hanumaMtarAvugArikOsaM saBaMtA gAliMchEnu. kanabaDalEdu. nEnichchina padirUpAyalanOTu nalipi visirEsi visavisa bayaTaki veLli pOyinaTlu chUsinavALlu cheppEru. iMkekkaDani vetakanu! Ayana kUturevaru? illekkaDa? padihEnu rOjula tarvAta baraMpuraM eDras`ki nEnu rAsina pOsT`kArDuki akkaDunna Ayana kUturu javAbu rAsiMdi. nAlugu rOjulakritaM Ayana kalalu kanna lOkAniki veLlipOyEDani falAnArOjuna veikuMTha samArAdhanani.
(samAptaM)
marOkotta kathatO maLLI kalusukuMdAM
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