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'ehhehhehhe...' ani vekkiriMchabOyina abbuliki, mUDoMdalaMTE padihEnurOjula kUli, anna lekka gurtukochchi Ame chEtini mRuduvugA tana chEtilOki tIsukuni resTAreMTlOki aDugupeTTADu.
appaTikadE AKari sparSa. A tarvAta grEs` guriMchi vinaDamE tappa chUDalEdu. A rAtri iMTiki veLlAka, grEs`ku tallitO chIrala goDava maLlI rAjukumdi. prEma vachchinA, kOpaM vachchinA poDi poDi mATaltO tIrchukOvaDaM tallI kUtuLliddarikI telIdu. kalabaDDAru. koTTukunnAru.
tellavArujAmuna tana chIralu, sarTiPikeTlU sardukuni bassu ekki EDustU veLlipOyiMdi. vAriMchina vALlaMdarni baMDabUtulu tiTTiMdani pETalO vALlu ippaTikI chebutuMTAru.
aMtE, A tarvAta eppuDO, Ame BImavaraMlO vALla mEnatta iMTiki veLliMdani telisiMdi. kOpaM taggAka tirigostuMdi kadA ani iMTlOvALlu eduruchUSAru. abbulu kUDA alAgE anukunnADukAnI iMtalOnE piDugulAMTi vArta vachchiMdi. evarO rAjula kurrADitO lEchipOyiMdani vALla mEnatta kaburu mOsukochchiMdi.
A vishayaM telisina rOju, tana gadilO dUri talupEsukuni abbulu reMDu gaMTalasEpu vekkivekki EDchADu. kannIru kArchina kaLLanu tuDuchukunnA gurtupaTTavachchu.
'Ey~ bAyyA maMdu koDatAvA?' EDchi bayaTikochchina abbulni sarasvati aDigina praSna adi.
'ChI... alA aDugutunnAvEMTI?' marokasAri kaLLu nulumukuMTU aDigADu.
'pEmiMchina pilla egiripOtE sinimAlO nAgArjuna EM sEttADu? maMdukoTTaDA?' ani turrumani pAripOyiMdi.
abbulu navvESADu. nijamaina jIvitaMlO navvukI EDupukI madhya sarihaddu rEKa uMDadu. grEs~ gurtochchinappuDallA abbuliki kAsta digulU, koMcheM gubulU kalugutuMdi. Ame mATa, Ame sparSa, Ame SvAsa...! annI kOlpOyAnani anukuMTE digulu, konnALLayinA poMdagaligAnanukuMTE gubulu.
(migatA BAgaM vachchE SanivAraM)
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