FRIEND OF THE NATION

EPS 9;GOLD BLACK GRAPE

EPS 9 BLACK ORCHID GOLD

In wishful thinking, leaving behind a cold and frozen place, flew to a place familiar to my heart. Screens of blue, white and green are reflected alternately. The sun is shining warm, the green fields are stretching, the houses are standing on the trees, the black valley is full of small rivers. The vast jungle that I miss so much, the rain forest of Papua.

After traversing the slippery and rocky Baliem river, Marlon and Marlin arrived at the place they first saw. An overdraft within a fairly wide rock hill in the darkest interior of the forest. That's when the mustika stone given by Iles Mowa delivered by Nene Yoteni lit up with light. Make it clear that everything is hidden. Uncovering the darkness is no longer a mystery.

“Wow! It was amazing the stone Nene gave her. Can really light up in the dark,” exclaimed Marlin almost shouted.

“Sstt!” Marlon placed his index finger on the lips, signaling for Marlin to keep the words.

Marlin closed his mouth. His eyes turned to every corner.

“This is the best phosphorus stone,” whispered Marlon. “This stone can save light. When you bring it into the dark then the stone will emit light, so this room is brightly lit”

“Iya kaka, I can see everything,” Marlin said while whispering as well.

The towering hardwood trees surrounded them. And what they saw in front of them was truly shocking. The eyes of the two twin boys were amazed to see it. On top of the branches of giant trees perched dozens of birds native to Papua are beautiful feathers. There are crow cendrawasih, small yellow cendrawasih, Halmahera Angel, collar cendrawasih to red Cendrawasih.

“Look at the birds brother, it's beautiful,” Marlin said.

“Vintage. Like the fairies waiting for this lake,” said Marlon.

The two twins were fascinated. They used to see birds of paradise, but only this time they saw dozens of nirvana birds gathered into one. And as soon as they felt the presence of man, the birds that had been silent, suddenly moved like they were dancing. Its wings and tail expanded, then it jumped right and left while making a high shrill sound.

“Wuiiii! Wuiiiks! Wuiiik!”

Instantly the atmosphere became rowdy and boisterous. The sound of the wingspans, footsteps and the shrillness of the voice actually made the two boys jump backwards. Marlon stared carefully. Surprisingly all the birds were moving with their eyes closed. Like I was sleeping. Why did they know of their arrival?

“Why are their eyes closed?” ask Marlin again.

“It looks like they are blind. Maybe because since childhood they live in a dark world without light,” said Marlon.

Marlon moved closer to the stone, followed by Marlin behind him. Marlon held tightly to the wooden end of his stone axe, while Marlin prepared a bow with his arrow. The overdraft contains blue water, combined with a brown color of mud on the edge. The water from the overdraft flowed through the holes and crevices of the rock. There was the carcass of a giant frog trapped between the rocks.

“This carcass that causes a foul odor. His body was already full of maggots,” Marlon whispered to his sister.

Marlin simply nodded while covering his nose. Then the two twin boys climbed on top of the overdraft and walked around the lake through the edges. At the end of the overdraft, two gigantic trembesi trees grew tall. Then between the two grew smaller trees and a very thick bush covered the view. But under the dense foliage was seen flowing water filling the overdraft.

“Maybe you're right. But so far I have not seen any signs of the existence of the golden black Orchid,” Marlon said.

Marlin stood between the two giant trees.

“We just go in through the foliage it kaka.”

Marlon immediately stepped forward. Then prepare to swing his stone axe to cut the leaves and shrubs that cover the road they will pass.

“Zrrd! Zrrd!”

Suddenly two red objects stuck out and almost hit their bodies. Both of them jumped backwards. Then he had the head of a giant creature emerging from behind the bushes. Stalling his tongue like he was smelling two humans in front of him. His eyeballs were shiny black, wrapped in red flames around him. The tube is full of thorns like a crocodile and its magnitude is also like the body of a crocodile.

“That dragon lizard red eyes, why is his body so big?” marlin shouted while aiming with his arrow.

“Quiet Marlin. The red-eyed dragon lizard was not a dangerous beast. Take out the rest of our supplies, then give it to them,” Marlon said.

Marlin took out two pieces of grilled meat, then tossed towards the giant lizards. They immediately caught it with their tongues and directly devoured it. Red-eye thorn lizards do like to live around water streams because they are very fond of habitats with high humidity. They are scary like dragons, but they are not dangerous.

Carefully they walked past the two dragon lizards and scattered the grove of trees. Like an endless path, they continued walking down the stream of water and scattered the increasingly dense foliage. It seemed like almost every hour they had not yet found the end of the spring. Until they heard the gurgling of water falling on the rocks and squinting everywhere. Marlon sloshed the final foliage.

“This is Marlin's end. And this water comes from up there,” Marlon said as he pointed up.

It turned out that the end of the water flow was a cliff that was quite high. Maybe the water of the Baliem river is on the hill. The black-colored rock hill was towering straight. But above they saw an object protruding out of the rocks. It was shaped like a round stone, but it emitted a golden light. Once again Marlon and Marlin were fascinated and unconsciously opened their lips.

“Wow! What stone is kaka? What is a golden stone protruding out of a rock hill?” ask Marlin.

“In order not to be curious, we must climb it,” Marlon said.

Marlin circulated his gaze, he saw an amber tree growing towards near the rock hill.

“We went up that tree only kaka.”

Marlon nodded his head in agreement.

“Let's go up. Who knew the black orchid was on top of the hill.”

Marlon and Marlin started climbing the hardwood tree. But because it was wet and mossy, they had trouble climbing it. Only with the strength of heart and spirit steel did they finally manage to reach the high branch that was parallel to that golden stone. And their conjecture was correct, the thing that protruded out from the black stone hill was indeed a lump of gold. And on top of that golden chunk grew a black orchid tree that dangled down. The orchid grows attached to a dead wood.

“Kaka, that is the golden orchid flower we are looking for!” marlin shouted excitedly.