AfIsu nunDi rAgAnE, chEtilO plETutO eduraindi nA satImaNi.
(idO pedda talanoppigA tayArayyindi nAku. I madhya patrikallO dorikina
pratI resIpI techchukoni nA mIda prayOgaM ceyyaDam paripATi ayi
pOyindi mA AviDaki. vanTalO tanE goppa anipinchukOvAlani tApatrayam
kAbOlu).
eppaTilA navvutUnE "nuvvu Em chEsinA adi amOgham, tirugulEkunDa unTun
dani vErE cheppAlA" ani anTU okaTi tIsi nOTlO peTTukoni korikAnu.
(abbA! I tokkuDu laDDula resIpI lO koncham inumu lAnTidEmainA veSindA
EmiTi? maLLA DenTisTu daggariki veLLavalisi vachchETaTlundi. krindaTi
sAri virigina pannu pIkinchukoni nela kUDA ayinaTlu lEdE).
"aha! enta bAgunnAyO. elA chEsAvEmiTi chUpinchu? (enni chEsAvEmiTi
chUpinchu lekkapeDadAm. 32 kannA takkuva unTE bAgunTundi. panTiki
okaTi choppuna. kanIsam oka pannEnA migulutundi.). modaTisArikE inta
bAgA elA kudirAy? ayinA chAlA takkuva chEsinaTlunnAvu. mA kolIguki
inkEm istAm? annI manakE unDanI (vALLa paLLu kUDa viraga kOTTaDam,
tarvAta lalit dvArA AfIsulO andarikI mA AviDa mahatyam telisipOvaDam
enduku)." anTU bAtrUmlOkeLLAnu moham kaDukkOTaniki (noTlO enni paLLu
virigAyO lekka peTTukODAniki).
intalO nAnigADu skUlu ninchi parigeTTukunTU vachchADu. vADu rAgAnE
pustakAlu O mUla paDEsi "mummI nAkOsam EdO svITu chEstAnannAvu.
chEsAvA? koncham peTTammA. AkaligA undi. tini ADukODAniki pOtAnu" anTu
arichADu.
(uh. nItOkUDA nI kOsamE pratyEkamgA svITu chEstunaTTu cheppindI.
tinu. bAgA tinu. andaram kaTTa kaTTukoni DenTisTu daggariki pOvacchu).
nA satImaNi nAnIki kUDA O renDu laDDulu plETlO andinchindi. "mummI
ivi chAlA bAgunnAyE. vITi pErEmiTE? ivi intaku mundeppuDU nuvvu chEsi
naTlu lEdu kadE" ani anTU (loTTalu vEstU) tinasAgADu.
"tinarA nAnnA. bAgA AkalavutOndanukonTAnu. EnADanagA tinnAvO. inkO
renDu temmanTAvA?" ani aDiginidi.
vALLiddarini chUstunTE nAku kaDupu manDindi. (manDadU mari. nEnu kUDA
EnADanagA tinnAnO rabbarulAnTi sAgE renDu roTTela lunchu, mA AviDa
chEsinivi. mA amma ayitE ilAgE AkalitO kaDupu mADanichEdA. AkalanagAnE
vEDi vEDigA pakODIlO chEgODIlO vEyinchi peTTadU?).
"vedhavA! asalaina tokkuDu laDlu anTE elA unTAyO nIku eppuDainA
telistEgada. elA unnA tini mechchEsukODamE. nAyanamma chEti vanTa
okkasAri tinTE telustundi asalu vanTala ruchI pachInu" ani gaTTigA
paiki anAlanipinchindi. kAnI, vAchchE vipatkara pariNAmAlani
UhinchukunTU manasulOnE saNukkunnAnu. alA konchemsEpu vALLiddari mIdA
saNukkoni tRptipaDDAka, "koncham TI peDatAvA" anTU vanTinTlO
kochchAnu.
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adanDI. ayipOyindi. I kathalO EmI pratyEkata lEdanukonTunnArA. unDadu.
endukanTE adi katha kAdu kAbaTTi. idantA mA nAnnagAri DairI lOni oka
pEgi. nAku paDELLunnappuDu Ayana rAsukonnadi.
annaTTu cheppaDam marachA. mA amma chEsinanta ruchigA ippaTikI evarU
tokkuDu laDDulu cheyyalEranTE nammanDi. entainA amma chEti vanTa amma
chEti vanTE. nAnnakEm telusu alA cheyyaDAniki amma paDE tanTA.
------ Krishna Kandadai
(After reading so many amma chEti vanTalu, I am also inspired and
thought of writing something. Technically this is my first attempt at
writing a "telugu katha" after almost 15 years. bAvundO bAvulEdO
cheppanDi.)
(inkOTi cheppaDam marichA. I kathalOni pAtralu kalpitAlukAdu kAni, mA
nAnngAri DairI mAtram kalpitam).