bhOjanAlaki kUrchuni aragaMTayiMdi. kaMchAllO annI voDDiMchukunnAM. I saMbhAshaNallO paDi annaM kelukutunnAM. kAni evaLlaM O muddayinA nOTlO peTTukOlEdu.
amma mohaMlO sahajameina vyaMgyadhOraNi, chirunavvu lEvu. gAMbhIryaM chOTuchEsukuMdi. nEp`kin&`tO chEtulu tuDuchukuni lEchi, mEmu kaMgArupaDutuMDagA, nAkU, nAnnakI madhya vunna KALI kurchIlO kUrchuni nAnna bhujaM mIda cheyyi vEsiMdi. nAnna taletti amma mohaMlOki chUsEDu.
'innALlUmanaM kalisi jIviMchinA, nI vyApAraM tAlUku kiTukulu mAtraM nAku bhOdhapaDalEdu.' annADu nAnna tana bhujaM mIda vunna amma chEti mIda tana cheyyi vEsi amma mohaMlOki chUstU.
'raMgA! EM chEsinA maniddarnI dRushTilO peTTukunI chEsEnu. nuvvu jNjApakaM techchukO. nA nirNayAlni nuvvu kAsta AlasyaMgA mechchukOvaDaM nIku alavATu. modaTlO gAyatri rAjArAvula peLliki nuvvu sumuKaMgA lEvu bAdhapaDDAvu. avunA?'
'appaTlO avunu. ippuDu kAdu. appaTlO mana baMdhuvulE chAlAmaMdi vyatirEkiMchEru. mana kuTuMbaM apratisThapAlavutuMdani bediriMchEru.' nAnna oppukunnADu.
'mari A baMdhuvulE ippuDu mana kiSOr`ki pillanistAmaMTU muMdukochchEru. EMchEtanaMTAvu? mana pratishTha mIda vALla abhiprAyaM mAri kAdu. mana eiSvaryaM chUsi. manaM gouraviMchE mAnavatA viluvalanu gurtiMchalEni kuTuMbalO pillani kODalugA techchukuMTE, mana chivari rOjullO maniMTlO manamE parAyivALlamayyE pramAdaM vuMdi. aramarikalu lEkuMDA manatO mana biDDalAga kalisipOyE kODalu, avasaraM raMgA! SaSi manaki kODalE kAdu, marO kUturugA vuMTuMdani AlOchiMchEnu. nI saMtOshaM nA saMtOshaM kAdA?' aMdi amma.
akkayya, bAva mohAlu sIriyas`gA vuMDaDaM chUsi taletti amma mohaMlO chUSAnu. oka kannITi biMduvu amma cheMpa mIda jArutU kanabaDiMdi. nAnna vEMTanE oka pUrI mukka tuMchi kUratO kalipi amma nOTlO peTTEDu.
'mari nA peLli saMgatEmiTi?' ani aDigEnu navvutU. amma bhujaM paTTuku kuduputU. amma tana nOTikEsi chUpeTTiMdi. 'mariMkO mATa mATlADitE ninnu kUDA namili miMgEstAnaMTuMdi' ani nAnna vyAKyAniMchEDu.
(samAptaM)
marO kotta kathatO taruvAyi SIrshikalO kalusukuMdAM...
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