'BAskar`ki, surEsh` BArya rEKaki madhya akrama saMbaMdhaM vuMdanI, BAskar` reMDusArlu Dabbu paTTukochchi rEKakivvaDam svayaMgA chUSAnani surEsh` vAMgmUlaM...' nA saMdEhaM chebutunnAnu.
'BAskar` yichchiMdi reMDusArlu kAdu I reMDu samvatsarAllO chAlAsArlu. surEsh` chUsiMdi reMDusArlE. nijAniki A Dabbu ekkaNNuMchi vochchidanukunnAvu!' ani veMkaTrAvu nannaDagaDaM dAniki samAdhAnamannaTlugA sarasvati chirunavvu chUsEka nAkarthameiMdi.
'prasAdarAvuki telusA?'
'teliyadu. nEnichchinaTlu chepoddani, nA nagalammi BAskar` dvArA rEKaki Dabbu paMpiMchEdAnni' aMdi sarasvati.
'mari BAskar` mIda aMta nIchameina nimda...' aMTunnAnu.
'AstaMtA tagalabeTTukoni, BArya saMpAdana mIda bratukutunnADu. A dAridyaMlO, duraBimAnaMtO, tAguDu meika (samAptaM)
marO kotta kathatO taruvAyi SIrshikalO kalusukuMdAM...
