| 'ayitEMTaMtAru... mAkU kuTamAMuMdi...mA bAmmardinO... mA tammuDinO.... mA mAmanO attalapArTIlOki paMpEmaMtArEmiTi?'
'adi kAduvOy`... alaga teginOliki, alaga tegadIsAM.... vALlaki adE migulu. mana muKyameina kAryakartalaki idigO Ejen&sI umdigadA....talli!
'ei PAD` nidhulochchAyi. vOy` mUDu lakshalU....nAlugu lakshalU...KarmOTivOy`....kOTi rUpAyala varkulu cheyyaMDivOy`. eTuvaMTi kAMplikEshan` lEdu. eTuvaMTi kaMplayiMTu lEdu....palletti mATDADAniki molatADu kaTTina mogADE lEDu' aMTU naDichAru emmelyEgAru. venaka kAryakartalu vokari mokaM vokaru chUsukuMTU kadilAru.
'manaMdaramU kalisi tolIta molatADu kaTTimdi ADikE.... ADu ilagaMtannaDu sUDurA' annADu gIdarayya mallutO....
'mallU... mallU....' arusukuMTu gOrapiTTa vachchi bujAna vAliMdi.
'O rerridAnA! eMduku aruttAvE jalmaBUmi mITiMgaMtE poddallA uMtAdanukunnAvETi? ilagottAru alagelipOtAru... manUri kareMTunAga. annI sardIsI raDI guMchI mITiMgukeltAM, vattAM bayildEripODamE...'
'pOnnE EDAdikoka paMDugaMtE... iMTila puruDu IdilasAvu... rA' aMTU mUti virichi, gODaku pAtina addam peMkulO boTTu sarichEsukuMdi. imtaku muMdu addaMlO tana muKAniki badulu panneMDuvaMdala rUpAyilu Alapasupu, reMDu bastAla jonnalu kaLlaku kanipiMchi mukAnni kappEsEvi.
Sirimela ippuDu praSAMtaMgA uMdi.
rachchabaMDa mIda koMdaru adhikArulu, adhikAra pArTI nAyakulu kUrchunnAru. oka mUla mahiLalu kUrchunnAru. vAri madhyalO Sirimela chOTu chEsukuMdi.
chaduvukunna kurravALlatO kAgitAlu rAyiMchi, APIsarugAriki aMdiMchunnAru. APIsurugAru gumAstAkistE gumastAgAru Peilu chEstunnAru. rivvuna egurutu vachchi Sirimela bujAlapei vAlimdi gOrapiTTa.
AfIsaru dRushTi piTTa mIda paDimdi. maralalEdu.
' akkA... chuTTAlA ' amdi gOrapiTTa.
'U....' aMdi Sirimela
APIsaru moKam bIrapuvvulA virisimdi.
'bApU! eMDAkAlaM vachchiMdaMTE aDivala aggibayaM bAvU....aDivila aggibuDitE... nASinamai pODamEgAni, ArpaDAniki nIlachukkaluMDavu bAvU.. aMdukani bAvU... guMTalavArI APIsu anni vUrlakI maMdaDilO eTTaMDi bAvU' annADu gIdarayya.
gOrapiTTa TapaTapA rekkalu koTTukuMTU dUramgA gaDikapei egurutunna gEtuni paTTukoMdi. APIsaru gAbarAgA lEchi piTTa diSanu gamanistunnAru. APIsaru venaka gumastA lEchADu. Ayenaka amdarU lEchi aTu chUsElOpu gEtuni miMgi, egurutU vachchi Sirimela bujAlapei vAliMdi. nODal` APIsaru kUrchunnADu. gumastA kUrchunnADu. gAbarAgA 'alagE...vUrikoka agnimApaka kEMdraM....' aMTU 'A... kAdu propOjals` peDatAM' annADu nODal` APIsaru.
(migatA BAgaM vachchE SanivAraM)
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