| ' ammI..EDakE...legE ekkaDikO eltAnannAvu ' Sirimela cheyyipaTTi lEputU annADu gIdarayya.
' nuvvu marI telInaTTaga aDugutAvETi mAvA...ALLa maNekka daggiTiki eltAnani adoka pAli cheppimdi. nAnoka pAli cheppinAnu. '
' A marsipOnAnurA ...negammI negE...ekkaDikO eltAnannAvu ' maLLI aDigADu gIdarayya kisukkuna navvimdi Sirimela ...muggurU navvAru...sAmAn&lu sardaDAniki mallu parigeDutumTE Api gIdarayya annADu.
ammI... manam mana yishTam vachchinaTTaga batakalEmE.... amdarikI yishTapaDinaTTagE manam batakAla... mana yishTa mochchinaTTaga manam batakAlani - mA tammuDu ... mI mAma... debbalADi emdarO chachchipOnAramma....gOrapiTTani testAnulE bAdhapaDaku sumI maesipOnAnu gAni rAtriki pArrAmDi...mI iddarU DAnasu cheyyAlinAnu DappukoTTAli ' cheppi. pODu veipu naDichADu paTnam bayaldErAru AlUmagaliddarU.
' TI tAgutAramDI ' aDigADu hOTal yajamAni.
' lEdamDI ' muKam chiTlimchAru nErEDu mAnugUDa ammagAru.
' umdamDI ' annADatanu.
' OhO umdETi...ayitE nAkoddamDi ' annAru ammagAru.
' faravAlEdu tAgamDi...Dabbu livvakkaralEdu ' annADataDu.
' amdariki alagEnA eppuDu numchI...' navvutU aDigAru ammagAru.
hOTal yajamAni navvEstU ' ETi ? ap emD Doun chestannArETi ? ' anaDigADu.
' lEdamDi. mEsTrudyOgamE chEstannanu ' navvakumDA ammagAramTE hOTal yajamAni glAsulu pagilipOyinaTTu navvADu. A yiddarU eppuDU mATlADinA vinaDAniki padimamdi pOgavutAru.
' ETi mI bassu yimkA rAlEdETi ? ' annADatanu.
' ammagOrU..' dUram numchE palakarimchimdi Sirimela.
' adigO mA bassu ' anI ' sirI...' amTU mumduku naDichimdi.
Sirimela daggarikochchimdi.
' I rOju mIrostunnaTlu... mI akkatO cheppAnu.. ippuDE O gamTa kimdaTE kOrTuki veltamdi. kOrTu daggara umTAnannadi veLLamDi. manUru bassukE vachchAru kada... nEneltAnayitE.. alagE... tinnagA veLLamDi. daggarE ' naDustU chEtulatO dAri chUputU venakki tirugutU... mumduku naDichAru ammagAru.
(migatA BAgaM vachchE budhavAraM)
| 
