Ghost Story (The Story of the Angler)
The Fishing Story (Genderuwo)
Dark black cloud had been hanging in the sky since noon, but it did not discourage Juned and Udin from going fishing. Yes, since seeing the two sightings of the night fishing with Juned first, now Udin so not so timid again. And this time he's going to go fishing with Juned again.
At half-five in the afternoon they gasped with Juned's motor maticnya, came to a fishing spot that was different from the old one, still one river flow, but further downstream. After stopping by the bird feed store to buy worms, also stop by the local market to look for frozen shrimp.
"The money's all gone.. How about..?" udin said as they were already out of the market.
"Pake the doank worm." replied Juned. "Dewan just in case the tilapia fish want to eat.."
"Will I have shrimp bait?" ask Udin.
"You're the big nila who wants to, so the small ones don't even disturb the bait." said Juned.
Finally they only use worm bait, and immediately continue the journey to the location. Because this is the end of the dry season, and the river water is receding, then the target this time is catfish, cork and cork males aka betutu. Juned wants to repeat his former glory that has managed to land a catfish as big as an adult's thigh.
The journey takes an hour. Entering the last village, they had to pass through a rice field road on the right left there was a wide moor. And at that time the moor is being planted with melon that has already borne great fruit and is ready to harvest. They both go into it themselves.
"Well, I want to harvest melons.ntar go home to take one or two pieces." said Juned.
"The intention here would be fishing.not even howling melons.." said Udin.
"Don't help me. Ask the farmer.."
"Ntar if you go home, it must be too lazy. Where are the farmers nightly to the moor?" deny Udin again.
"Tell me about it, let me take care of it." replied Juned.
Along the dirt road Juned continued to stare at the melons on the right left of the road. Even the motor was slowed down as well. So focused on seeing the melon that ranum, Juned did not realize that the handlebar of the motor had turned to the left.
Grusaak..! Byuurs!
The front tires of the motor run into the roadblock and into the irrigation ditch on the side of the road. There was a loud laughter from Udin, apparently he had jumped from the motor first before the motorbike was plunged into the gutter with the Juned.
"Bangk* nilaialaann..! just wanted to go fishing already got gini!" aspersons Juned.
"Huahahaha.do I say. if you want to lure it do not have bad intentions.this is the result.." said Udin while laughing.
"Don't laugh at you, help me pull.."
While still laughing, Udin started pulling the back of the bike. Irrigation sewer water is only as deep as the knee, but it is located much lower than the dirt road, so they have to bother pulling it first before the motor can return to the road again.
The front of the motorbike was covered with mud, as well as his legs juned to the knee. Still gnawing, Juned washed his feet and the motor with the irrigation ditch water as well. After it was felt to be quite clean from the mud, they continued the journey without looking again at the melons earlier.
Finally they arrived also at the edge of the river in question. After parking the motor, they walked a few meters to the water's edge. And they're preparing fishing gear. Fishing technique this time fishing base by using buoys and postor starlet. Reel trolling with strings and large hook eyes as they target large fish. Its 1.8-meter-long torch is also very strong.
The key to fishing at low tide is to look for deep parts of the river, in the riverbanks. Because at low tide, the fish will look for a deep place, and usually the fish will gather in that place. By throwing the strings into the water, then they will know how the depth of water in the spot.
After finding a deep enough spot, they began to wait for the bait to be struck. Although Maghrib had not yet arrived, the atmosphere was dim because of the thick black cloud that hung in the sky.
"Wuihh.nu is only a quarter of an hour." exclaimed Juned as he quickly jolted his fingers. A betutu fish as big as an arm fluttered at the end of the strings.
"Well, this is a good sign." said Udin. "The fishing must be good again.."
Juned took the fish out of his hooks, put a worm in and threw the strings into the water at the exact same point where he had the fish. Ten minutes waiting, the buoy seemed to sink quickly. Juned pulled back his fishing net, and a smaller betutu fish managed to land him.
"Smaller than that, no papa. consider this his son." said Juned.
"Belom half an hour you've got two. lha I, just nudged.." said Udin.
"It's necessary to move spot here aja. betutu family again.ngumpul here." said Juned.
Finally Udin obeyed the suggestion, he moved the spot right next to Juned, two buoys spaced a half meter away seemed to be floating on the surface of the water. Five minutes later, again the shelter Juned was drowned because the bait was struck by fish. This time it was bigger than the first one.
"Well, his father betutu was already cangkep as well. lived this grandparents.."
"However, the bait is the same, the place is the same, the way is the same, but why is it that only your bait is eaten?" udin Protest.
"This is the difference between pro anglers and amateur anglers.." - ledek Juned.
"It has nothing to do with time." said Udin.
"Or maybe your worms don't taste good.try the tuh.." continued Juned.
"Lu's the nyicipin! Buy it from the same place." said Udin.
But then Juned's bait was struck by the fish again. And within the next ten minutes, he had raised two more betutu fish. The last two are the biggest, until it is referred to by Juned as his grandfather and grandmother betutu. Five fish were hooked at the same point in a row, even Udin had not got a fish.
"Udah out the fish.your family have caught all.." grumbled Udin.
"There is still no doubt. pakde and budenya belom, added om and tantenya. there are still many times.." replied Juned while laughing.
"Maybe more apes angled me.." answered udin.
But after getting 'grandfather and grandmother'nya betutu, fishing so slowed down. Half an hour passed and there was no fish. Without them knowing that the day has changed. The wind was blowing faster, while in the distance there was seen lightning had started to strike.
"Lu brought a raincoat, right?" ask Udin.
"Well, bring that big betmen raincoat.."
"Good.because I didn't bring it. So just go to your raincoat.."
"May not rain only. ribet really if the rain fitting fishing gini night." said Juned.
That was when Udin jolted his fingers hard. And the river water seemed turbulent because of the movement of the fish who tried to fight to escape. Pulling happens too. But eventually the betutu fish give up and can be lifted to the edge. And it turns out that Udin's betutu is as big as a calf! Biggest one so far.
"Finally it can too. after a long time." said Udin. "Wahh, this is the biggest one like him.."
"Yes that's the biggest so far" Juned said. "It's my word. You've already got betutu pakde tuh.. there are still three more.."
"Why can you be sure they're family?" ask Udin ngasal.
"So of course they gather in one point.., meaning one family is.maybe the family is." said Juned.
"Maybe even betutu students who are in high school.see only their size is the same, it means sepantaran.. Ahaha.." Udin goes with ngaco.
"It's up to you. but betutu size like this including small nih.. but yes no papa. origin dapetnya much aja.." sahut Juned.
A quarter of an hour later, Udin again raised his second fish, while Juned's acquisition had not increased. Now they have got seven betutu fish as big as an arm, although that size is still small
Betutu fish have good meat, many restaurants serve this menu at a very expensive price. Betutu fish size can be as big as an adult's thigh, short body and puffer. But rarely can they reach that size. All in all, betutu is a good fish.
The night went slowly, lightning and thunderbolts increasingly often sounded earthy, still accompanied by strong winds that carry points of rainwater. Juned does not want to be rained on time still fishing gini, because it is night time. Grumbling he started packing his fishing gear, and Udin just followed him. Finished cleaning, rushed them to the motor park.
But when they got near the bike, it rained very hard. Juned immediately picked up the raincoat from the motorcycle seat and put it on immediately, and Udin was just a jerky in the back. Then they rushed gas out of the river.
The house is still very far away, so there is no place to shelter from the heavy rain. They still had to pass through the road in the middle of the vast moor of melons earlier. The matic motor light can only penetrate rainfall as far as five meters until visibility becomes very limited.
Entering the middle road moor, the situation becomes more difficult, the road is layered with soil, and when exposed to rain water, it will be slippery extraordinary. Many times the tyres were slippage, so Juned had to be very careful and could only drive very slowly.
When they reached the middle of the moor, they saw a very strange sight. With the lighting of the motor lights that were only a short distance away, they could see there was someone sitting on the muddy ground in the middle of the road!
The man sat facing the moor, so Juned and Udin could only see from the side. And even stranger, that guy was smoking! Juned and Udin could clearly see the bright burning embers in the darkness, amidst the torrential rain! Juned stopped the bike, hesitating to continue.
"However, at night, when it rains gini, how come there are people hanging out in the middle of the moor…"
"That's a cigarette why it can still burn in the rain gini ya?!" ask Udin.
"What is that guy, right?" Juned asked.
"Don't..."
Uncompleted Udin's words, the person seemed to turn his head slowly towards them. And strangely, now the embers of cigarette fire was increased by one more! There were two cigarette flames lined up very close!
"It-it-it's. It's not a cigarette! It. It's the eyes!" exclamation Udin.
"Gue had guessed before! Where there are cigarettes can light up in the rain. It's the genderuwo eye. Only the genderuwo has a bright red eye like that." Juned said.
"ki-we.. how do we go home?" udin asked in fear, apparently he was still afraid of facing the apparition.
It's true, what was thought to be the embers of the cigarette was actually a pair of eyes from that person. And when he turned his head, then the other eye was also visible, so now the pair of eyes were clearly visible, pushing red in the darkness, amidst the torrent of rain!
Then the man seemed to rise up standing in the middle of the road, facing Udin and Juned while shaking his waist, as if he was deliberately intercepting to challenge. And then, it was clear that the person's body was slowly beginning to grow and continue to grow. But the strangeness did not stop there, because then began to grow dense black feathers all over his body!
Juned immediately pulled the motor gas in deep, he did not care about the rear tire slippage is not care. Only one goal came to his head, which was to crash his motor towards the figure earlier! By the time they were close, the size of the figure had already reached 4 meters high over!
But before Juned's motorbike had hit the legs that were as big as a thick hairy coconut trunk, the red-eyed genderuwo creature suddenly vanished without a trace. Junet continues to drive the motor taut leaving the moor.
Arriving at the village, Juned slowed down his motorbike, and finally stopped in front of a patrol post. Although wearing raincoats, but their clothes are still wet too, because it is very heavy rain.
The village felt very quiet, no one came out of the house at all, even though the wall clock at the patrol post just pointed at the number 8. But because heavy rain is still pouring, people prefer to curl up and pull the blanket in their homes.
"Apes really, why every time you go fishing at night, it's always been disturbed like that!" aspersons Juned. "This time it's raining again! The weather is back and forth!"
"My card is no longer fishing at night.."
"Lu is afraid of such creatures? Want to be hit by a motorbike has stopped first so how, why feared?" said Juned.
"Well, how many times have I been fishing in a mall and been shown to me!" timpal Udin's.
"Important this time we managed to capture the entire betutu family.hehehe." Juned said.
"Or the students of the first class." continued Udin.
Juned pulled the gas slowly, the motor moved to leave the patrol post as if nothing had happened before. Fishing tonight this time can be said to be successful, they brought home 7 fish betutu as big as an arm, but only fishing for a few hours. I'm sure they'll have a good breakfast tomorrow morning.
