
The little hand so painstakingly arranged the cake in a plastic tray, after cleaning the flask containing some ice in it.. Sakti put the tray again on the school cafeteria table. The boy sat down to see his friends playing in the school field not far from the cafeteria where he was. He was content to just pay attention. Nobody wants to play with him anyway.
Since his father died, Sakti became a private closed also often angry, yelling, and even hit his friend. Though in the past when he was a child, Sakti was a friendly boy who was also easily familiar with anyone. Sakti like that is not without reason, he just wants to protect himself.
She was often ridiculed and countless times Sakti came home from school crying because of the mental burden her friend gave her.
Not to say everything she had experienced in school to her mother, but she knew.. His mother was busy and busy every day. Departing early in the morning to sell at the market and then go home during the day, afternoon mother Sakti.. Shopiah, will return to shopping to be sold the next day. Such continuous, monotonous activities but indeed that is the work that Shopiah can do to meet the needs of her family.
Once he complained to his homeroom teacher about the bullying treatment his friends had done to him but the teacher considered Sakti's complaint and the behavior of his other students to Sakti as just the usual actions of a boy of his age Sakti in expressing themselves within the scope of friendship.
Sakti is tired if they have to constantly relent and be silent by their ridicule, sometimes they deliberately do scribble the book or bag of the poor boy. Instead of complaining here and there, Sakti chose to form a closed person and did not hesitate to reciprocate the treatment of his friend. He became a figure to be feared when emotions had mastered him. No friend wants to play with him because he thinks Sakti is a bad boy.
And even more sad, parents of students whose children have been in contact with Sakti directly prohibit their children from being close to each other, playing or having any interaction for fear of their children getting caught naughty.
Without them thinking why the once jolly boy could become changed in character like that. Instead of finding out, the parents of students actually interfere with Sakti as a child of a problem maker or trouble maker at school.
"Sakti why? How the tray was put again." Ask the canteen mother to see the gelagat Sakti who is like lazy in doing its activities.
Keep in mind, although Sakti is notoriously quiet also closed in school but, this boy secretly helped ease her mother's burden by selling market snacks made by the canteen's mother and she sailed around the housing close to her school.
At the break time, he will bring a tray and an ice thermos around to be peddled. Not much profit he got, because it was a very short selling time. It's only at rest, but it doesn't matter to Sakti. Because to buy books or pay for school books can do it yourself from the money from selling the market snacks.
"I want to go to my father's place" said the boy confidently.
"Lho.. You know, it's still school hours. Can't go to le.. Besides, if you want to go to your father's place, then let the bulek tell your mother only, let your mother who nganterin there. Don't go there alone. Danger, lots of vehicles.. Far away too, right? Are you not afraid if you are even there already malem?" The mother of the canteen tried to ban the desire of the boy who wanted to meet his father at the cemetery because of his longing.
I don't know what Sakti means, only he himself knows. Although many do not like Sakti, in fact there are still good people like this canteen mother who believes that Sakti is actually not a bad boy as often accused.
At first he allowed Sakti to help peddle his wares at that time when he saw Sakti crying as he pleased near the school bathroom. The boy then told me if the money to pay for school LKS books was taken by his upperclassman. With his small body Sakti could not fight the seniors who were arbitrary to him.
Pity immediately appeared, the canteen mother invited Sakti to her canteen. There he gave rice wrap and warm tea but was immediately rejected by Sakti. The boy asked if he could help work in the cafeteria so he could make up for the money to pay for the school books his friends had taken?
"My mom doesn't have any more money.. I don't want to ask you again, and say that the money was taken by people. I must be sad, my mother has worked alone but the money to pay for books is taken by people." He said with trembling lips.
"Let's go report it to the principal who took your money! What do you want to do? Here bulek only sells packaged rice, the same snacks.. After all, the bulek does not want if later your mother knows you are working together. Thought by your mother again, can be caseed later! Exploiting a child, say those who pinter."
Getting rejection from the canteen mother made Sakti's face more moody. Not the boy came back crying without a sound, he thought about how later if the student guardian charged LKS payment money to him? It was easy if he said that the money was taken by the upperclassmen as the reason for his arrears of payment. But it definitely prolongs the problem.
Still mending if his words trusted by the teacher, if not.. Sakti would be considered a liar. The shadow of his mother's sad face when he complained if the money was lost was printed in his eye. For some people, looking for fifty thousand is not an easy thing to do.
"Hey, you help sell getuk, nagasari, the same other markets around here want?" Ask the canteen.
Sakti looked at the kind-hearted canteen ma'am and immediately nodded quickly. "But.. I should be home in time after school lesson time is over.. How do you help?" Tanya Sakti is confused.
"Hmmm.. Yes gini only, just in the break hours just sell it. Here, give it to the teacher. Pay for your book. Don't cry anymore. My boy is strong, huh?!" Fifty thousand bu canteen money tucked in the small hands of Sakti.
It was like to refuse but the canteen said, itung-itung as the initial wage Sakti worked in his canteen. Even though he worked with her not yet but has been given a wage, that's how good people like the canteen mother helped the plight of orphans like Sakti.
No matter how nominal it is that it is important to sincerely help others, it does not have to say much or patronize if silence and listening to stories are needed by Sakti today.