ALL ABOUT REVENGE

RAMAH.. AWAKE !

When the rain began to subside, the sound of chicken crowing began to earthy from a distance. Tama fell asleep in front of the window in her house, while holding Rama.

" dad.. Mother.. Brother.." Suddenly Tama shouted to her family while still asleep.

Tama's cry made Rama wake up and cry. He was shocked and hugged his sister very tightly.

" ah.. Rama..why are you crying?" tama asked while rubbing her eyes that felt sore because she still felt very sleepy.

Rama was constantly crying. He felt a great fear. Tama's gentle hand did not make her stop crying.

" Do you want to drink Mom's milk? Alright.. Brother will take you out to meet Mom."

Tama opened the door of her house and immediately came out carrying her sister with great difficulty.

" Mom, Rama is crying. I can't calm him down. It looks like she's thirsty." said Tama in front of her mother who was lying on the ground.

But Rani did not answer Tama's words. He didn't even move a bit. Tama also shook Rani's body, until her breath gasps.

" Mommy. Rama asked for milk. Let's get up quickly. Poor him.." said Tama once again.

While continuing to shake his mother's body, Tama continued to try to talk to his mother. Not getting an answer, he stepped towards the moon lying down.

" Brother Moon, Rama is crying. I don't want to give my milk to Rama. Brother, help Tama calm Rama down. Come Brother.." Tama whined at the lifeless Moon.

To no avail, Tama left last month to go to her father who was lying down.

" Dad..did you not want to calm Rama down either? He was crying non-stop. What am I supposed to do?" Tama felt desperate, and she cried along with Rama in front of her father who was lying down.

While crying, Tama stood up and held her sister who weighed only four kilos from her. He looked around the people lying down.

" Why..why don't you want to wake up? Have you forgotten us? What's going on with you guys?" tama lirih.

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Morning sunlight began to be seen in between the trees. Tama continued to hold Rama who continued to cry. Not knowing what to do, he then tried to take Rama through the path he used to walk with his family. The road leads to the top of the hill. By walking on the gontai, he followed that path.

" Rama. Brother will take you for a walk. Hopefully you won't cry anymore. But Brother will bring a drink first." Tama said to his sister.

He put his sister on the living room floor carpet still crying. Actually Tama did not want to part with her sister for a while. But he had to take drinking water for his journey.

A few minutes later, Tama returned to the living room and held her sister back with a bottle of water.

" Rama. Let's take a walk. Brother brought you a drink." said Tama.

Rama was silent, he was resigned to be carried by his brother staggering to the top of the Hill.

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It took a long time for Tama and Rama to reach the top of the hill. Arriving above, the sun was already towering quite high. Tama breaks Rama down under a small hut that his father had made some time ago.

" Rama, there's nobody here. I thought there would be people here. Where are we going? Everyone is asleep and does not want to wake up. Mother, Brother Moon also does not care for us." said Tama to Rama who was lying down looking at her brother.

" Mother.. Father, Brother.. Why are you? Why don't you want to see us?" Tama cried lamenting her fate. He did not know why everyone close to him, became changed and did not care.

"Dad.. Mother.. Brother. I'm afraid. Why are you quiet. I'm here with Rama. Come here. accompany us." the voice of Tama's lamentation, which although the way of speech is still not perfect, but he has mastered many words.

The day that was quite blistering suddenly changed into a cloudy one. Shortly thereafter, it rained heavily. Tama started to get scared when lightning started coming. Unlike Rama who looks calm, when his brother is busy covering his ears.

The sky was getting blacker, the rain was getting heavier. The sound of a very loud lightning bang, making Tama aghast. Just a moment made Rama who was initially calm, became agitated and then cried.

Tama tried to comfort her crying sister. But the more he tried to calm him down, Rama grew louder in tears.

" Mom... How is this? Teach me to calm Rama. He was crying, I couldn't see it." - Tama said as she looked up at the sky, hoping the rain would stop soon enough to bring Rama home.

The wind was blowing pretty hard. Rain water was also carried into a small wallless hut. The clothes and pants Tama was wearing, soaked. Rama was also bored.

Two hours later, the rain did not stop. Rama also did not stop crying. His body shivered, his lips began to turn blue. Tama herself was exhausted, she fell asleep despite hearing her sister's voice crying.

Shortly after, the rain began to fall. The sky started to turn blue again. The sun seems to be tilting west. Tama woke up from her sleep. He remembered his sister and then saw her brother's situation.

" Rama, thank goodness you don't cry anymore. It is no longer raining. Let's go home. Brother will change your clothes. Brother will also change clothes." said Tama while carrying his brother's cold body.

Slowly down the hill. The road is quite slippery due to the rain, making Tama feel difficulty in walking. Moreover, he carried his sister. The little boy who was not yet a meter tall, had to carry a heavy burden carrying his sibling who was quite heavy.

The scorching sun that came down to the hill, made the wet clothes that Tama was wearing dry. Tama was relieved, now he was no longer cold. He also thought, Rama is more comfortable in his carrying when the clothes he wears are not wet anymore.

Until three in the afternoon, Tama arrived in front of his yard. He looked at the body of his family lying on the ground. I don't know what's going on with his family. Had he understood, he might have cried when he found out that his family was no longer alive.

" Mom, Dad, Sisters, why did your body change. Why are you sleeping here? Why don't you take shelter when it's raining?" Tama wondered in her heart.

Understanding that no one noticed him, Tama went into his house and laid Rama in his mother's room.

" Rama. wait here. Brother will heat the water for us to take a shower. Don't cry anymore." Tama's message to Rama.

He rushed to the kitchen, picked up the pot and filled the water until the pot was full. When it was full, he tried to lift it. But he couldn't because it was too heavy. He also tried to reduce the water in the pot many times. After feeling light, he tried to lift the water and intended to heat it on the stove.

His short body was unable to put a pot of water on the stove. He also tried to dance the chair and he used to lift his pancake on the stove.

" Kuklk..." Tama started to light the stove.

He waited and stood on the chair, waiting for the water to boil.

Seven minutes later, the water is boiling. He then turned off the stove and intended to lift the pot from the stove.

" Ahhhhh." - Shouted Tama when the handle of the pot he was holding felt hot.

He blew his fingers so many times that the pain he felt diminished.

" The pot is hot, I can't lift it." Tama muttered inwardly, then went down and out of the house looking out of the house.

He intended to ask his mother or brother to help lower and pour the water into the bucket. But he realized, it was impossible to ask for help from his family who could not do anything. Close the door and go back to the kitchen. He looked at the kitchen table, two small, shabby fabrics. He recalled, the cloth was commonly used by his mother to lift the pot from the stove. Without waiting for long, Tama took the cloth and used it to cushion her hand to pick up the pot from the stove. Slowly he got down from the chair and brought water in a pot and poured it into a bucket filled with water in the bathroom.

" Oh, the water is warm. Rama let's take a shower." said Tama then went to his mother's room and met Rama.

" Rama.the water is ready. Let's take a shower. Don't sleep on. Wakes up. Come awake.. Ramah.."

Tama was restless when Rama did not wake up, after he had worked hard to wake her up.

" Rama... Rama. wake up!" Tama started screaming to wake Rama up. But Rama did not want to move a bit.

His body was stiff, cold and his entire body turned blue. He's not breathing anymore.

I felt very scared and crying. He didn't know how to wake his sister. Rama is his only friend at the moment. But now, his only sister was no longer willing to be invited to play anymore.

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