| anni kulAla vALLanI EkaMgA kaTTagaTTi BujaM mIda vEsukuni tanapani tAnu chEsukuMTU pOtUMdi mOTAru yaMtraM! vaMdala saMvatsarAla sAmAjika charitralO padimaMdi saMskartalu kalisinA sAdhiMchalEni panini oka yaMtraM ati tEliggA chEsEstuMdi. yaMtrAniki vyApAraMtO tappa kulaBEdhAltO nimittaM uMDadu.
UrlO veMkaTanAyuDi tOTa daggara malupu tirigipObOtU Thakkuna AgipOyiMdi bassu. peLLi naDakalu naDustU vachchinAru veMkaTanAyuDi iMTi ADavALLu.
'lEvaMDi,lEvaMDi. muMdusITu KALI cheyyaMDi. nAyuDu vALLu vachchinAru' ani AdurdAgA arachinADu bassu kaMDakTaru.
muMdu sITlO kUrchunnadi ADavALLu kAbaTTi, vAri venuka kUrchuna magavALLu sITu KALI cheyyavalasi vachchiMdi. nAyuDiMTi ADvALLu bassu sITulO ASInulu kAgAnE 'reiT` reiT`' anE kEkatO bassu kadiliMdi. nAyuDiMTi ADavAri darbAru chUstuMTE mallayyaku maMTagA uMdi.
I bassu nAyuDidI kAdu; nAyuDi abbadI kAdu. preivETu bassu. takkuva kulamOllaku mAtraM CArjIlu tIsukOrA? aTuvaMTappuDu nAyuDi kuTuMbaM vastE migatA kulamOllu sITu eMduku KALI cheyyalla? ani rOshapaDipOyinADu. A sITu KALI chEsiMdi mallayya kulaMvALLE!
'tanE A sITlO uMDi vuMTE nAyuDi vALLa kOsaM sITu KALI chEsEvADu kADA? pOlIs`sTEshan`lO palukubaDi kaligina nAyuDiki eduru tirigE Sakti, dheiryamU tanakuMdA?' ani AlOchana rAgAnE mallayyaku tana jIvitaM mIda rOta puTTiMdi.
'thU....dInemma! I batukU oka batukEnA?' atani muKaMlOni kaMDarAlu asahyaMtO kadalADinAyi.
nAyuDu kuTuMbaM vastE sITu chUpiMchAlani kaMDakTaru AdurdA paDaTAniki marO kAraNaM kUDA lEkapOlEdu.
modaTa A grAmAniki gavarnameMTu vArE bassu naDipinAru. appuDu veMkaTanAyuDiki kUDA tana Uriki bassu paDaTaM maMchidE kadA anipiMchiMdi. kAnI rAnu rAnU tana Uriki bassu paDaTaM tana prayOjanAlaku BaMgakaramE gAnI lABamEmI lEdani arthameiMdi.
BUmilEni pEdalu kUlikOsaM tama grAmaMlOni reitulamIda mAtramE AdhArapaDE paristhiti pOyiMdi. padI, iravei kilOmITarlayinA sarE; ekkaDa ekkuva kUli dorikitE akkaDiki bassekki veLLi vastunnAru kUlIlu. dInivalla A pallelO kUlIlaku DimAMDu ErpaDiMdi. kUli rETlu periginAyi. munupu EDava taragati pUrtichEsina pillalu heiskUlu chadivE avakASaMlEdu. tama chEn&lalOki, tOTallOki takkuva kUliki paniki vachchEvAru. kAnI ippuDU? EDava taragati pAsu kAgAnE bassekki pOyi heiskULLalO chaduvutunnAru. kAlEjIlaku pOyostunnAru. bassulEni rOjulanATi mATa.....TounulO uMDi, akkaDa tiMDi KarchulU, bADuga rUmu Karchulu BariMchE Arthika sthOmata kaligina veMkaTanAyuDu mAtramE A grAmAnikaMtA yas`.yas`.yal`.si. pUrtichEsina modaTi vyaktI, Ekeika vyaktI ayinADu. kAnI AnADu ataniki dakkina pratyEka gouravaM, DigrI pUrti chEsina atani koDukki dakkalEdu. bassu puNyamA ani DigrI chaduvukuni, peigA pOsT` grADyuyEshan` kUDA chEsina takkuva kulaMvALLu ippaTikE tana grAmaMlO iddaru mugguru uMDaTaM veMkaTanAyuDiki kaMTagiMpugA uMdi. Uriki bassupaDina taruvAta tama kammakulAlaku uMDE okkokka pratyEkatakU kAlaM chellipOtU vachchiMdi.
(migatA BAgaM vachchE budhavAraM)
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