| ''nAku rekkalu rAvaDAniki mA amma kAraNamani aMta KachchitaMgA O nirNayAniki eTlA vachchAvu?'' aMdi.
''mari?...''
''mA SyAmala TIchar~ snEham vallanE nAkI rekkalu vachchAyi'' ani tana rekkalni chApi. vATivaipu muripeMgA chUsukuMdi. muraLi lAlanagA ASa rekkalanu sutAraMgA nimirADu. ASa kaLlu garvaMtO veligipOyAyi.
''nEnu enimidO taragati chaduvutunnappuDu, mAku iMglIshu TIch~ chEsEdi. Ame mAku ennennO kotta kathalu cheppEdi. avi E pustakAllO vuMTAyO, A pustakAlu ekkaDa dorukutAyO aDigAnu. okasAri iMTiki rammaMdi. chAlA pustakAlu vunnAyi. nAkappuDE telisiMdi nAkkUDA pustakAlaMTE prANamani. nEnu iMTar`lO chErAka kUDA mA TIchar~ iMTiki veLli buks~ techchukoni chadivEdAnni. raMganAyakamma rAsina 'jAnaki vimukti' navalanu' baTTiyam chESAnaMTE nammu. A buks~ nAlO kotta kotta AlOchanalu rEkettiMchEvi.
''evaru EM mATlADinA EdO lOpaM unnaTlu anipiMchiMdi. nEnu amma cheppinaTTu naDuchukOvaDaM lEdani, dInikaMtA kAraNaM SyAmalA TIcharEnani mA amma anukoMdi'' ani cheppiMdi ASa.
''kAlEjIlO chErAvu. SyAmalA TIchar~ iMTiki eMduku veLatAvu? A pustakAlu chadavaDaM mAnEsEy`' okarOju ASa talli anUrAdha aMdi.
''A buks~ chadavaDaM nAkishTaM. chaduvutAnu.''
''iTlA eduru mATlADutunnAvanE A TIchar~ iMTiki veLloddu aMTunnAnu.''
''nA tappEmI lEkapOyinA nannu kOppaDitE, gaMgireddulA talADistU vuMDalEnu.''
''I talabirusutanamE vaddanEdi. E tappu lEdaMTUnE eTlA mATlADutunnAvO chUDu. pakkiMTi sItanu chUsi nErchukO. eMta aNakuvagala pilla. I vIdhikE vannetechchE pilla'' aMdi anUrAdha.
''nijamE trEtAyugaM sItaku, I sItammaku pisaraMta tEDA lEdu. cheppinaTTu vinE maMchi pilla. tana kishTamaina pani EdI chEyadu. aMdarichEta maMchi anipiMchukODAniki, enni bAdhalochchinA BaristU batakaDAniki tayAravutOMdi. jIvitamaMtA du@hKistuMdi.''
(migatA BAgaM vachchE SanivAraM)
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