| '%verri n&Ayan&A! san&m&An&aM m&adhyalO kareMTu pOyin&appuDu...%' SivarAM guMbhan&aMgA an&n&ADu.
n&A burra adbhutaMgA arjaMTugA veyyi vATla balbulA veligiMdi...
'%avun&n&A, A chappuDu, A vichitram&ein&a gAvukEka... vADE%'
'%I tataMgAn&iki, I saMghAn&ikI, I san&m&An&An&iki m&UlapuruShuDu... vADE... vADE chANukyuDu... chIkaTlO kUDA n&an&n&u san&m&An&iMchin&a asm&adIyuDu.. Aptam&itruDu%' daMDalU vageirAlu paTTukochchin&a vALLaMdarU vADi bhaTulu... puNyaM, puruShArdhaM dakkE gouravapradam&ein&a udyOgastuDu vADu.
'%EdirA vALLu vEsin&a daMDa paTTukurAlEdEM? iMTlO aMdariki tallO pUlu vachchEvi%' aMdi am&m&a.
chevilO pUvu an&E m&ATaki am&m&aki arthaM teliyadu. saMgataMtA vin&i%' adA saMgati! m&on&n&an&E chaMTi vachchi, n&uvveppuDu vastun&n&Avu Em&iTi an&i an&n&i vivarAlu aDigADu. iMdukA... n&I daggara virALaM kOsaM an&i cheptE n&En&E cheppEdAn&igA. n&uvvU, m&an&a Sarm&alU, SAstrulU gALLaMdarikI yugayugAlan&uMchI puchchukOvaDam&E gAn&I ivvaDaM iMTA vaMTA lEdan&i%' `aMdi am&m&a an&ubhavaMtO%' ... aMdulOn&U n&uvvu m&arI kakkurti vedhavvi....%' an&i iMkA EdO an&abOtuMTE leiTlu veligAyi.
am&m&a n&Aku chEsE san&m&An&aM eppuDU velugulOn&E... chaMTigADiki pagalU, rAtrI tEDA lEdu... san&m&An&Alu cheyyaDam&E vADi udyOgaM.... (samAptaM)
marO kotta kathatO taruvAyi SIrshikalO kalusukuMdAM...
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