sAyamtraM SrIrAMni vemTabeTTukuni TAk&sIlO Anamdasadan`ki bayaldErAnu. trOvalO kottagA kaDutunna bilDimg`chUsi, 'bAbAY`! ikkaDa madhugAri illumDaali!' aDigADu. madhu vADiki telusu. madhu daggara nEnu panichEstunnaTlU telusu.
'adE idi. pAtadi kUlagoTTi kottadi kaTTADu.'
'imta pedda illA! ammaDAnikA? tanE uMDATAnikA?'
'tanE umTADu. uttarOttarA amdulO nI mEnalluDumTADu!' annAnu. 'anni iLlU bhagavamtuDivE. evari hayAMlO vALlu tamadi anukumTAru!' anna SrIhari mATalu jNjApakamochchAyi.
'nA mEnalluDA?' annADu SrIrAM ardhaMkAka AScharyamgA.
'avunu. madhuki SArada tana koDukuni dattata ichchimdi.'
'meigAD`!emduku?'
'madhuki pillalu lEru. puTTarani DAkTarlu cheppAru.'
'koDukuni dattata ivvaval&sina agatyamE mochchimdi SAradaki! Dabbumdi, chaduvumdi, udyOgamumdi. pillANNi kresh`lO umchi, tanu SaraNAlayaMlO udyOgaM chEsukOvachchu, lEdA A Anamdasadan`lOnE chErchi tanatO umchukOvachchugA!'
'SArada alAgE cheyyAlanukumdi. 'nuvvu tallivi. nI pillADikkaDumTE vADi paTla pakshapAtaM, pratyEka Sraddha chUpeTTaDaM sahajaM. adi I SaraNAlayaM kramaSikshaNaku viruddhaM!' annADu mI nAnna. pillANni dattata ichchEsi Anamda nilayaMlOnE umDipOyi A pillalatObATu tana taMDriki kUDA sEva cheyyAlani tIrmAnimchukumdi!' annAnu.
'dEvuDekkaDO unnADanukumTAM. nAnna gumDellOnE unnADu. A daarE SAradaki chUpeTTADu!' annADu SrIrAM AlOchanagA.
(samAptaM)
marO kotta kathatO taruvAyi SIrshikalO kalusukuMdAM...
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