kaani ammayila jolikivastadanukoledu. Eeloga jeep ekkado agindi.Radhani jeep lonundi bayataku dincharu. Alage edointloki ettukellaru. Lopalaki vellina tarvataRadhani dinchi talapaina vesina plastic sanchiteesaru.Oka pedda pasuvula kottam lanti dantlovunnatu Radhaki ardham ayyindi. Lopala kondaruKurchoni mandu tagutunnaru. Daadapu padi mandidaka vunnaru. Andaru balanga, meesalato,chustene bayapadetatlu vunnaru. Radha kalluvoniki kinda kulabadindi, matalu raledu

shocklonunchi terukokamunde evarivo chetulu Radhavollanta muttukuntunnayi. Radha kevvuna kekapettindi, kani mokham meeda plastic sanchivundatamto sound bayataku raledu.‘Aray naidu kasepu agarada, elagu idi manachetullo padindi kada,Ekkadiki poddi’ ani okabonguru gontu andi.‘Ledu reddy, deenni chustuntejeep lone ekkalani vundi’ ani naidu gontu palikindi’.‘Voddura, mundu Prakash engili chesina tarvatemanam’ ani ade bonguru Gontu andi. Radhakivonuku vochchindi, Prakash Reddy tammudegodavallo chanipoyadu, ante tanani valle ettukelutunnarannamata,Prakash Reddy chaladurmargudani Radha vinnadi, kaani ammayila jolikivastadanukoledu. Eeloga jeep ekkado agindi.Radhani jeep lonundi bayataku dincharu. Alage edointloki ettukellaru. Lopalaki vellina tarvataRadhani dinchi talapaina vesina plastic sanchiteesaru.Oka pedda pasuvula kottam lanti dantlovunnatu Radhaki ardham ayyindi. Lopala kondaruKurchoni mandu tagutunnaru. Daadapu padi mandidaka vunnaru. Andaru balanga, meesalato,chustene bayapadetatlu vunnaru. Radha kalluvoniki kinda kulabadindi, matalu raledu, chetulettimokkindi,’anna, nannu vodilipettandi, maaputtintiki vellipota’ antu deenanga igindi.‘Ninnuodalaka vunchukuntama ‘ antu okadu gattiganavvadu. ‘Vodulutame, kaani neeto veellandaruadukunnaka vodulatam’ antuOkadu annadu. AtanePrakash Reddy ani Radhaku ardham ayyindi.Andaru Atanemantodani chustunnaru. PrakashReddy ettuga balanga vunnadu. 40 vuntademo.Andaru tellani lungilo vunnaru. Mugguri chetullotupakulunnayi. Migilina vari vadda vetakodavalluvunnayi. Rabandula madhya pavuramla vundi Radhaparistiti. Emi cheyalo tochatalledu. Valla chupulueppudu dadi cheddama anna todella chupullavunnayi. Radha andamainadani andaru anukuntaru.Ettuga vunna rommulu, gundrati pedalu,rechagotte pirralu, kasi repe todalu, RadhaniMadhu eri kori pelli chesukunnadu. ‘Kani Reddy,tellavarlu ekkina karuvu teeretatlu ledu’ anivokadu Arichadu.Radha kopanga vadi vaipuchusindi. ‘Eme atla chuste memenna bhayapadatamanukunnava’, antu vadu daggaraki vochchiRadha guba meeda chelluna vokkati ichchadu. Adebbaki Radhaki kallu bairlu kammayi.‘AMMAAAAA’ani pedda keka pettindi. ‘Chudu, maryadagavoppukoni ratranta vundi pote manchiga podunneintikada dimputam, lekapote etlagu ayyedi kakamanadu, vollu hunam avutundi’ antu PrakashReddy nilabaddadu. Chinnappatinunchi eppududebba eragani Radha kasepu emi matladaledu,Veellu tanani vodalaru ani matramardhamayyindi.Vallandaru tanani…Ammo talachuntene Radhaki chemataluposayi.Eeloga vokadu vochchi Radha daggaranilabaddau, ‘eme reddy cheppindi Vinipinchinda,lechi aa pakka meeda poduko, poddunnepamputam, late cheyaku’ antu Radha ventrukalupatti lepadu. Aa laguduki Radha pranalutodinatlayyindi. Vadini vokka topu tosindi. AnteRadha rendu chempalu chellumannayi. ‘ lanjamanchiga chepite vinava’ antu okadu Radha paitanigattiga gunjadu. Cheera vudi vadi chetilokivellindi. Radha bhayamto valla vaipu belaga
chusindi. Aa kottamlo oka mula Oka parupu duppativesi vunnayani appudu chusindi. Malli Radhachempa chellumannadi. ‘Chepite ardham kaadaneeku’ antu Radha ni atu tosadu.Radha velli aparupu meeda padindi, langa mokalla vaddakuvellindi, Bhayamto rommulu giripadutunnayi.Akkada vunna vaari chupulanni Akalito vunnayi,tama vontu eppudaa ani eduruchustunnayi. Vallajeevatalalo Radha vanti pillani vallu chudaledu.Tellaga vunna Radha kallanu chustune vallamadapichchi lechinilabadindi. Valla moddalunemmadiga lechinilabaddayi. Radhaki valla chupuluchustunte paipranalu paike poyayi.NemmadigaPrakash Reddy vochchi pakkana kurchunnadu,gattiga jacketnu Pattuku lagadu, hooks vudujacket vidipoyindi, lopala emi lekapovatamtorommulu rendu bayatapaddayi, bhayamto gattigavupiri teestundadamto avi egiri