| pAtika ekarAla chelakamAdi. poDuggA vuMDEdi. oka chivara bOru. akkaNNiMchi chUstE dUraMgA reMDOchivara kanipiMchEdi. aTnuMchE rAvAli nAnna. pedda pedda aMgaltO ettaina rUpaMtO tellaTi Kaddaru baTTalatO, chEttO karra paTTuku vachchE nAnnanu chUstuMTe chUchi ennO gaMTalu kAkapOyina eppuDikkaDiki chErukuMTADA anipiMchiMdi. madhyalO kalisina chaMdrigADitO mOTAru daggaridAkA vachchADu. 'koddikkUDA vaMkara lEkuMDA kOMDra bemmAMDaMgA pOSAru chakraM bAbugAru' chaMdrigADu cheppADu. 'vaddaMTunnA vinakuMDA nUtilOdigi gAlodilAru'. vIrAsvAmi tAnu cheppAl&siMdi cheppADu. nAnna mohaMlO tappanisarigA mechchukOlu kanipistuMdani ASagA chUSAnu. 'lESAmAtraMgA AnaMdavIchika, veMTanE EdO AMdOLana nAnna mohaMlO kanipiMchAyi.
UrilO vIdhilaiTlu dUraMgA kan&pistunnAyi. sinimAhaalu! pATalu vinavastunnAyi. muMdu nAnna. venuka pAlEr&lu. madhyalO nEnu. mettaTi isuka puMta. sannaTi dhULi gAliki lEchi nOTlO paDutOMdi. chitramaina ruchi, nAnna nAtO eMduku peddagA mATlADalEdO arthaM kAlEdu. mottaM mIda nA polaM rAka vishayaMlO nAnnakEdO aByaMtaraM vunnaTTanipiMchiMdi.
appuDu padO taragatilO vunnAnu. heDmAsh&Taru iMTlOnE rAtruLlu nidra. Ayana paDukunnAkA TUriMg` haallO prati sinimA sekeMD` shO chUDAl&siMdE. A sAri mahESaM vALla shApulOMchi ettukochchina Dabbulu aMdarikI saripOTlEdu. nEnu testAnani yiMTiki vachchAnu. taDika chappuDuki vAkiTlO rEDiyO viMTunna nAnna lEchi nannu chUsi 'eMTrA' ani aDigADu. pustakaM marichipOyAnu. tEliggA samAdhAnaM cheppi lOpaliki vachchAnu. mishan` bAk&s`lOMchi Dabbulu tIsukuni chEtikaMdina pustakaMtO bayaTaku vachchAnu. 'chIkaTigA vuMdi. jAgratta' aMTU TAr&ch`laiTu ichchADu. byATarIlu tIsEyaTaM valla rEDiyO mUgagA maMchaM kODu daggaruMdi.
aMtE parIkshalu ayyEMta varakU maLlI sinimA chUTalEdu.
'vishayamEMTO toragA tElistE vadilipOddi. evari panullOki vAr pOvachchu. avatala pogatOTa jiDDutItaku kUlOLlu vastAru.' nA pakkana chEri gaTTigA anna nAgaLla brahmayya mATalaku spRuhalO kochchAnu.
nA chEtilO TI AripOyiMdi.
'kotta vishayamEvuMdi. ULlO jarugutunna vishayAlu aMdarikI telisinavayyE gadA! inni rOjulu manalO manaM enni paDina saripOyyEdi. ippuDu paristhiti adikAdu. mAlagUDeM vALLayitEnE@Mvi gavaLlagUDeM ayitEnEM, evarikI mana mATalekkalEdu. ekkaDikakkaDa goDavalu avutunnAyi. monnaTi dAkA puMtallOnO, polaM sarihaddullOnO taguvulochchEyi. bas&TAMD`lO digi chIkaTi paDDAka mana ADALlu oMTariga rAvaTAniki bayapaDtannAru. dIni vishayaMlO manamaMtA EM chEyAlO O nir&NayAniki rAvAli. paMchAyitI monnaTidAkA mana chEtilO vuMDEdi. Arnella kritaM pOyina presiDeMT`tOnE mana adupu kUDA pOyinaTTanipistuMdi. ippuDu manaM tIsukunE nir&NayaM rEpu elakshan&la mIda kUDa praBAvaM chUMchuddi.''
(migatA BAgaM vachchE SanivAraM)
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