| DAm& yU hOlDen`! kOpaMtO piDikiLlu bigiMchi vATi Ten&shan taggiMchaDAniki kOTu jEbulO chEyi peTTADu. akkaDO kavar tagilimdi. bayaTaku tISADu. bAgA naligi Sithilamai pOtunna kavar adi. Aks`pharD mudra umdi. A uttaraM Aks`pharD richarD`san rAsinadi.
mai Diyar phOsTar
elA vunnAvu mai bOy`? nI udyOgaM elA vuMdi? bAgA eMjAy chEstunnAvanukuMTAnu. nI TAleMT vRudhA avutunnadani nA dRuDha nammakaM. nIvu charitralO kRushi chEstE eMtO maMchi bhavishyattu vuMTumdani nAtO pATu itara prophesarlaki kUDA nammakaM. EmayitEnEM nIvu iMDiyA veLlipOyAvu. adi nI nirNayaM. mEmu cheppEdi EmI lEdu.
kAni nIku EnADainA tirigi Aks`pharD`ki vachchi sTaDI chEyAlanE AlOchana vastE nI kOsaM udyOgaM, skAlar`ship annI siddhaMgA uMTAyi. iMDiyAlO nIku labhiMchE lagjarIlu mEmu ivvalEmani nIku telusu. Taimu dorikitE javAbu rAyi. nI abhyunnatini ellappuDu kOrE prophesar AlbarT richarD`san phOsTar kaLlu chemmagillAyi. tanani svaMta koDukullA chUsukunE prophesar richarD`san ataDi bhArya eDit`. tana mIda vArikunna nammakaM, vAtsalyaM ataDiki gurtukochchinappuDallA kadalchivEstAyi. prophesar`ki uttaraM rAyAli. ippaTikE lETayiMdi. dAdApu aravaiyELlu unna prophesar ArOgyaM aMtamta mAtramE. Ayana eMta amAyakuDu! sarvIs vadili Aks`pharD vachchEstAnani elA anukuMTADu? How naive! kavar jEbulO peTTukunnADu.
'hallO TerrI' ulikkipaDDADu phOsTar`. hOlDen vachchADu. edurugA vunnADu. mukhaMlO mischIph`, koMTetanam.... kaLlallO iMTelijen&s vunnAyi. phOsTar navvADu.
'vachchAvA hOlDen`? marO ayidu nimushAllO nIvu rAkapOtE O TAMgA chUsukuni veLadAmanukuMTunnAnu. nA uttaraM aMdalEdA nIku?'
'uttaram aMdiMdi. I blaDI Treyin karekT Taim&ki vastuMdani nEnu kalagannAnA? AlasyAniki skshamiMchu. okavELa nIvu TAMgAlO bayaldErinaTlayitE I DhillIlO nannu paTTukOvaDAniki nI taramayyEdi kAdu. ayinA lET chEsi kshamimchamanaDaM nAku alavATu. nIku mAmUlE kadA? plIj TerrI eks`kyUj`mI... Al`raiT`?
phOsTar niTTUrchADu. 'Al`raiT hOlDen pada pOdAM'. sAmAn&latO iddarU bayaTiki naDustU 'nAkemduku AlasyamayiMdO nIvu aDaganE lEdu TerrI... cheppamaMTAvA?'
'nO plIj DOMT`! AlasyAniki tODu O padda katha cheppi nannu visigiMchaku. nIku porapATu. nAku alavATu. aMtEkadA' ani navvADu phOsTar`.
'O pilla vachchiMdi TerrI. brishTal`lO Ame mEnamAma mEyar`. reD heD`. verI TAl garl`. rAtri O pArTIki veLlAM. bAgA lETayimdi. liliyan`ki lETesT DAn&ses annI telusu. pheMTAsTik garl`. maLlI rEpu Dinnar DET vuMdi.' cheppukuMTU pOtunnADu hOlDen`.
janaM bAgA paluchabaDipOyAru. bayaTa O nallaTi TU sIjar kAru vuMdi. aMdulO sAmAn&lu vEsukuni bayaldErAru. 'TerrI vaisrAyitO nI apAyiMT`meMT phiks ayiMdi. rEpu sAyaMtraM nAlugunnara gaMTalaki vaisrAyiki lADjilO TIki rammani sekraTarI nuMDi AhvAnaM kUDA amdiMdi.
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