'mI pAta yillu ammEsi A DabbeTTi I sthalaMlO kotta yillu kaTTukODAniki. uttarOttarA A yillu mI annayyaku cheMdutuMdi.'
'eMduku kaligiMdI AlOchana?'
'A pAta yiMTiki maramattu cheyyaDaM Dabbu daMDagani nEnU nAnnagArU AlOchiMchAM.'
'amma oppukuMTuMdA?'
'nA mATa kAdanadu. mI annayya mA nAnnagAri mATa kAdanaru. nI mATa nAku lekka lEdu.'
'eMchEta?'
'nuvvu vutta baDuddAyivi. ninnaDigi prEmiMchEnA! ninnaDigi peLlADEnA! nIkannI saMkOchAlE. annI nA yishTaprakAramE jarigEyi.'
'reMDELla nuMchI I vishayaM eMduku dAchEvu?'
'mI annayyaki Dabbu paMputunnaTTu nAku cheppEvA? ninnu peMchi chaduvu cheppiMchi iMtavANNi cheyyaDAniki mI ammA, annayyA eMta tyAgaM chESArO nIkE telusunanukunnAvu!'
'nEnalA anukunnAnani eMdukanukunnAvu?'
'POn`lO mI amma nagalu guriMchi aDiginappuDu nA samAdhAnaM kUDA vinaDAniki nirAkariMchina vIruDivi' aMTU A bharaNi terichi dhaga dhaga merisE nagalu bayaTaku tIsi, 'attayya nagalu cheripiMchi marO nAlugu vElu vEsi kottavi chEyiMchEnu. ivi mI vodinakimmaMTAnu. idigO AruvElu peTTi mI annayya kUturuki golusu... iTu chUDu.... eMta bAguMdO!' aMTuMTE nEnu A nagalakEsi chUDaTaM lEdu, rama viSvarUpaM kEsi chUstunnAnu.
rama nA juTTulOkivELlu jonipi gaTTigA paTTukuni, 'nAku talatOnE kAkuMDA hRudayaMtO kUDA AlOchiMchaDaM telusunani nammakaM kudiriMdA!' aMTU nA talani tana mohaM mIdaki voMchutuMTE, 'nA juTTu paTTukuni jIvitAMtaM ilAgE naDipiMchu' anukuMTU tala kriMdiki voMchEnu.
(samAptaM)
marO kotta kathatO taruvAyi SIrshikalO kalusukuMdAM...
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