| 'atta mA voddanE vuMDenannA.' mA Ayana i.es`.ei. kArDu mIda davaKAn&la ssUpistuMTimi. DAkTarlu guMDekochchina rOgamaniri. chAna karIdeina maMdulu rAtuMDri. gavannI vOLLE istun&ri. aviTitOna jerapAnaM bAguMDe. mA gAchchArAniki EvochchenO EmO ... mA Ayana kaMpenIki SanipaTTe annA. yADAdi saMdi jItAlu sariga iyyakuMTayin&ru. i.es`.ei. vunnaMga atta naMDla jUpinam`. koluvula lEkuMTE gA davAKAn&laku rAnIyaraMTa. kaMpeni mUsi ArnellAye. mUsinappiDichchina gA peisalu appulakE pAye. giTla naDimiTla kolvulu dIsi, mamla rODla mIdaki nUkiri. pillalanu kAn&veMTula EsiMTimi. nelanela fIjulu gaTTakuMTe baDilaku rAnIyaka pOyiri. atta rOgaM malla malla diragavaDavaTTe. sarkAru davAKAnaku koMDavOyinAM gAnI, maMdulu lEvADa. payivETla sUpute veyilaku veyilaDaga paTTin&ru. gaTlanE appulu chEsi talliki sUpichche. sEtulla peisalEkuMTAye vunna koluvUsipAye. kirAyilu gaTTakuMTe iMTODUkuMTaDa, lolliveTTe, tiMgi giNjelu konarAkuMTAye. pillalanu pastula paMDabeTTa baDtimi. dinaM gaDusuDu kashTamayi pAye annA ... doMgalu doMgalu Urlu paMchaka tinnaTTu evaDevaDu jatagaTTi kaMpenni dOskatinenO ...
'sarkAru noukarO, sarkAru noukarO aMTanisasti sarkAru noukarla mannuvaDa naDimiTla noukari dIsiri gadane muMDa koDukulu. Urla yADa kashTaM jEskunnA giMta buvva dorukutuMDe, nI batukeMdukiTlAye koDukA aMTa mA atta okaTE EDsuDu surU jEse.'
'appulu dechchi maMdulu konakuMDri. nEnu giTlanE sasta. nAkOsaraM appula pAlu gAkuMDri... attaku gidEsiMta.' mA Ayana koluvu vOyinAMka manusulla manishigA kuMTayyiMDannA. kanapaDDa kaMpenIla kADki vOyiMDu. noukari yADa lEdaniri.
'okasAri UrkivOyesta. Uri mIna pAnaM guMjutuMDadani mEmAlu mogulaM eMta ganaM jeppina inakuMTa koDukutAna bassekkipichchukoni vachche atta.' 'nA sEtula tOna bassekki pichchi... mA ammanu saMpukoMTigadA' aMTa gIyana okaTE EDsuDu.
'pillala sadvu mAn&pistimi. mallagI Urki tolichchiMDu. pichchOn&tIrla - paTnaM galli galliki tirukkuMTa EDunnaDO, EM diMTunnaDO... mA batkululla mannuvOsi, aguDu jEsiri gadannA. nOTikADi bukka guMjiri. mA vusurumuTTa... kaDupu gAlte tiTTabuddhayitadannA...' cheppaDaM okkasArigA ApiMdi lakshmi. maLLI EdO cheppabOtU nOru pegalaka bOrumaMdi.
'eMdukEDustavE pichchidAnA, puTTichchinODu saMptaDA? eTlananna kAyakashTaM jEskabatkalEmA, kAljEtulunnaMga bayapaDE dEmiTiki?' sAyamma lakshmini UraDistUnE nAveipu tirigiMdi.
'koDukA pUrNamma gI Uriki vachchiMdi modalu evartOna mATalE, oka muchchaTalE. buvva veDtE tinalE. koDukutAniki malla paTnaM bOnannadi. vOni sarkAru koluvu disirE... batukulla iMglaM bOsirE... anukuMTa, EDsukuMTa vuMDe. nAtiri ennigoTTaMga lEsi bAyikADiki vOyiMdO koDukA... tellaMjAmuna pUrNamma ganapaDakapOtE Uralla gAlistimi. maltadinaM gIyAlappuDu karNamOLLa bAyila pInigei dEle.'
'UrlaMdariki Ita nErpi, IdarAkuMTa reMDu gALLaku tALLu gaTTukunnadi koDukA... balimi sAvu sachche koDukA, giMta gAchchAraM eMdukochchenO koDukA...' sAyammalO jNjApakAla ganulu karugutunnAyi.
Ame du@hKAlApana tIgalugA sAgi nannu chuTTukuMTuMDagA pUrNamma chAvuku kAraNaM telisiMdi.
(samAptaM)
marO kotta kathatO taruvAyi SIrshikalO kalusukuMdAM...
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