| madhyAhnaM doDlO maMdAra cheTTukiMda vAlu kurchIlO kUchuni kaLA pUr&NOdayaM chaduvutunnAnu.
katha naDipina tIru nanneMtO mugdhuNni chEstOMdi.
UhiMchani malupulu. malupu malupukU oLlaMtaTikI gagurpATuku aMTiMchE kudupulu.
pustakAnni oLlO peTTukoni aMdulOni dRuSyAlni sajIvaMgA manOPalakaM mIda gIsikonEMduku prayatnistU kaLlu mUsikoni venakki vAlAnu.
iMTlO amma, iMdirA mATlADukonE mATalu aspash&TaMga vachchi nA chevula sOkEMduku prayatnistunnAyi.
vATini nEnu paTTiMchukOdalchalEdu gAni, poTTakka guriMchina mATa vin&piMchEsariki AsaktigA chevulu rikkiMchAnu.
'vAni mogaMlE. pesiDemTu ayinAnike vAni buddhulu gUDA mAripOtAMDayi' amma aMTOMdi.
rAtri nEnu cheppina mATa Ame chevinEsiMdi kAbOlu iMdira.
'A poTTadI nEnU sinnappaTniMchI sAvAsagattelaM. iddaraM kal&si barugoDlaku pOtAMTimi. appuDu gUDA yiMta lAvu poTTEsukuni tirugutAMDe. vAllamma beTTina sogaM mudda saddi saMgaTi dAni kaDupulO E mUlakU sAldu. nA saMgaTi gUDA guMjaka tiMTAMDe. nEneppuDannA mAyama mImda aligi saMgaTi tIsappOkuMTE dAni sogaM muddalOnE iddaraM sardakapOtAMTimi. A rOju yiMga dAni agasATlu sUDAla. sElallO alasaMdakAyalu kaMdikAyalu perakkutiMTadi. kaMpaseT&lallO dUri dOradOrarEggAyalu pIkkatiMTadi. bachchaTAyi gaDDalu tovvaka tiMTadi. iMTikochchEdAkA EdOkaTi tiMTAne vuMTadi.'
chinnappuDu telisO telisO teliyakO chEsina panulni Ame goppagA cheppukOvaTaM nAku sahiMchakuMDA vuMdi.
kODalu tana mEnagODalE kAbaTTi saripOyiMdi gAni, evarainA parAyi pillayi vuMTE mAlOlla saMgaTi tinnaMduku Amenu eMtagA asahyiMchukoni vuMDEdO!
'adi lEkuMTE yIDEDa vuMDADanI! yIDu puTTaDaM AkalitOnE puTTiMDu. bUmmIda pannEla muMchI okaTE EDupu. nAkADa sAllEvu. barugoDDu pAlu voMTalE. ADikI Avunu paTTakochchiMDu mI mAma. ayyI kudarlE. ippuDEla appuDEMpAlapADi DabbAlunneyA? pADA?... Ayammanu yI yammanu enrOjulanI baMgapaDAla. yIni EDupu ApAlaMTE nA sEtagAle. A kAlAniki dEvatAla yI poTTadE aDDapaDiMdi. vAlla pillOniki saMgaTO sArakO peTTukoni yIniki pAlachchiMdi.. yIDu yiMtODayyEdAkA poTTakkanu sUschEsAlu egurukuMTU poyyi vollO paDEvODu.'
tarvAta nAku vinabuddhi gAlEdu.
E vishayAnni guriMchayitE nEnu madhana paDutunnAnO, dAnnE Ame keliki kaMpujEstOMdi.
rAjakIyaMgA eDigi, saMGaMlO gurtiMpu poMdiMtarvAta, ArthikaMgA aMta goppa sthitilO lEkunna nA chaduvunu, chUsO, padavini chUsO padimaMdi pedda reD&la sarasana nAkU sthAnaM kETAyiMchina taruvAta -
(migatA BAgaM vachchE budhavAraM)
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