| 'mIru annadi nijamE aMkul. okkOsAri chiTTI pADukunna vAri daggarnuMchi Dabbu kaTTiMchaDaM gaganameipOtuMdi. kAnI chAlA chiTTIlu mA APIsu vALLE vEstunnAru. mA mEnEjar kUDA vEstAru. aMdukE Dabbu sulaBaMgAnE rikavar avutuMdi. mA APIsulO chAlAmaMdi mA PeinAn&s dvArAnE bAgupaDDAru.' SArada eMtO saMtOshaMgA cheppiMdi.
'SArada kIpiTap`' nEnu aBinaMdiMchAnu manasulOnE. peiki cheppaDAniki dheiryaM chAlalEdu.
SArada muKaMlO viSvAsaM marokari nuMchi prOtsAhAnni AhvAniMchElA lEdu.
ArOjE SAradanu chivarisArigA kalisiMdi.
mEmu amerikA veLLi evari udyOgAllO vALLaM chEripOyAM. saMpat`, nEnu kshaNAlni koluchukumTU, nimishAlni tUkamEstU mA roTIn lOki paDipOyAM. ArEDu nelalu gaDichipOyAyi.
OrOju samayaM kAni samayaMlO nAnna daggara nuMchi POn.
nEneMtO AScharyapOyAnu. BayapaDDAnu kUDA- EM upadravaM muMchukochchiMdOnani.
eMdukaMTE, nAnna oka vAchIki amerikA TeiM seT chEsi uMchAru. vELa kAni vELa mammalni nidra lEpi ibbaMdi peTTakUDadani. mEmEmI BAratIya samayAnni pATiMchaM. tarachU vALLani ardharAtri aparAtri nidralEpi palakaristUnE uMTAM. adi vErE vishayaM.
eTUkAni samayaM ardharAtri reMDunnara gaMTalaku nAnna POn chEyaDaMtO chAlA BayapaDipOyAnu. A BayaMtOnE O chEttO POn paTTukuni, marO chEttO gADha nidralO unna saMpat`nu gabagaba taTTi nidra lEpESAnu. saMpat O mUlugu mUligi maLLI musugESADu.
'EMTi nAnnA vishayaM?' nEnu BayaM BayaMgA aDigAnu.
'KaMgAru paDaku.' nAnna nemmadigA annA A goMtu mAmUlugA lEdu. AMdOLananu gaMBIraMgA aNichipeTTinaTluMdi.
'SArada ikkaDE uMdi'
'Oh.' nEnu tEliggA gAli vadilAnu.
'kaMgAru peTTESAvugA nAnnA. SAradEgA vachchiMdi. mEM tarachU mATlADutUnE uMTAMgA. EmeinA viSEshAlunnAyA EMTI? attaya ArOgyaM adI...'
'anaMt kanipiMchaDaM lEdu.'
(migatA BAgaM vachchE budhavAraM)
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