OXEN

Chapter 1

"sister, I want dong to play with brother and sister's friends.I also want to have friends" Nana whined to her twin sister Tirta.

"oh, not that the sister does not want to invite you to play, but the same brother Dimas, Edo and Linda want to go fishing in Situ Cikaret using a raft boat. Later fear you move a lot and make the boat even sink. Brother is not yet good at swimming" replied Tirta asserted.

But Nana continued to whine and cry for her brother to invite her to play and fish with him. Tirta who was tired of hearing her sister's cry finally accepted Nana's request and allowed Nana to go with her fishing in Situ Cikaret.

Tirta and Nana waited for the other friends in the place they had agreed to. A few minutes later, the other friends arrived.

The five of them immediately boarded a raft boat that was always on Lake Situ. Tirta was the first to board the raft boat and then gave a signal to his friends to join the raft boat. Dimas, Edo and Linda are now on a raft boat, now it's Nana's turn to get on the raft boat.

"sir Tirta I'm not going to go fishing. I do not dare to take a boat raft from bamboo" said Nana.

"Are you this really ngerepotin na. If you don't want to go up, you want us to stay here alone?" ask Tirta.

While scrunching his forehead then Tirta continued his words, "later you kidnapped a ghost loh. hihihi"

"ahhhh yes already then I'm coming, but you have to promise to take care of me!" nana Pinta.

Tirta swiftly replied while giving her thumbs up to Nana a sign that she promised, "get ready my sister.where I never took care of you"

Nana is on a raft boat with Tirta, Dimas, Edo and Linda. Tirta, Dimas and Edo were both pedaling raft boats to get to the middle of Lake Situ. According to them, many fish gathered in the middle of Situ Cikaret Lake, because often Tirta saw the fish trappers get a lot of fish if it was in the middle of Lake Situ. After arriving in the middle of the lake, Tirta, Edo and Dimas both use their own fishing rods. While Linda and Nana are just fun watching the three act like a real mania fishing.

"striiikee.." said Dimas because he felt that his fishing rod vibrated a sign that someone was holding me in his hook.

"wah tug hold Dim. like fish big tuh" said Tirta while helping Dimas roll reel fishing so that the fish are attracted to the surface.

Sure enough what Tirta said, it turns out that who grabbed the hook belonging to Dimas is a type of Cork fish that is heavy in size. Tirta estimated the weight of the fish was about one kilogram more. Seeing that, Tirta and Edo became burned with spirit. They both did not want to lose to Dimas.

"yesss striikeee" this time it was Edo's hook that was struck by a fish.

Sure enough, Edo's hook was struck by a Cork fish that was slightly smaller than the Cork fish that grabbed the hook belonging to Dimas. About the fish that snatched Edo's hook weighed about half a kilogram. Tirta who saw his two friends managed to get a big fish was envious. He was upset why his hook was not grabbed by the fish.

"you see, I'm the one who will get the biggest fish than yours" said Tirta cynically.

It didn't seem like they had been fishing for long. And as always, only the hooks belonging to Edo and Dimas were often struck by fish. Even though this time it was just a little fish they got, but it was enough to ignite the emotion in Tirta's chest until he said, "fuck it.. What is it about my hook? why aren't there any fish grabbing my hook?!" Tirta emotion.

"ahhh. This must be because you are with Nana, usually I always get the most fish if you do not come. But now I can't even get it at all!" tirta said while pointing towards Nana.

"i really want to say that to Nana, Nana also said that Nana did not come. Nana is afraid to take a raft boat" replied Nana who felt she was just a burden to her sister.

"yes it is he, you are very difficult. anyway tomorrow-tomorrow you never again join brother play. brother males play with you!" hardir Tirta to his brother.

Nana could only be silent and misbehaved. I want him to come home soon so that his brother does not feel burdened again by him. But that is not possible because now they are right in the middle of Lake Situ Cikaret. If Nana forced her to go home by swimming to the edge, she would definitely drown.

In the midst of silence, Tirta who was still emotional and threw a handful of earthworm bait in the direction where he threw the hook while saying "Look damn, anyway if I haven't got the fish I won't go home!". The rest of the friends just fell silent to see Tirta filled with emotion.

But shortly after Tirta threw, then the sound of the echo of Ashar Adhan. All the friends invited Tirta home, but Tirta would not let them go home until he could fish.

A few minutes after the adzan was finished suddenly Tirta's fishing line vibrated a sign of a fish snatching. Tirta immediately took his fishing rod and rolled up the fishing reel.

"ughh.. how heavy the pull is. Did I get a big fish?" tirta murmured in the heart.

Edo and Dimas also pull and hold the fishing rod so as not to be carried away by the pull of the fish. They wonder what fish grabbed the hook belonging to Tirta. Finally they can slightly control the fishing, the fish that snatched the hook belonging to Tirta has started to appear to the surface of the water. Apparently this is also a cork fish but is very large in size. When viewed from its size, it weighs about 10 kilograms more. Seeing the enormous fish continuously trying to resist the pull of the hook belonging to Tirta, Nana seemed a little afraid. For fear Nanapun hugged Linda.

"calm Nana do not be afraid.it is just a large fish. later if it succeeds, we will burn fish later tonight" said Linda so that Nana can be calmer.

"not so Linda's sister. It's like I see the fish's eyes are angry" replied Nana.

"hahahaha.You are just weird, Nana. All the predatory fish are always seen to be angry. moreover he knows that his fate will support at the dining table.hehehe" said Linda joking.

Eventually the fish was found. But somehow Nana felt there was something strange and asked her brother to release the big fish he got. Hearing that, Tirta went up and scolded her sister. While Nana only cried because she could no longer bear to be scolded by Tirta.

"ahh I think your sister has a point too Tirta" Dimas said confirming Nana's request.

"the problem is that the fish you get is very large and will likely make it difficult for us to pedal this raft boat"

"What if later this raft boat is upside down because it is not balanced.of course you do not want it to happen right?"

"we've all admitted that the fish you get is the biggest, you're better than me and Edo".

"hmmm. whereas I thought we were going to have a big meal this time, but yes I'm going to let go of this fish" Tirta replied while releasing his fish.

"this time I share your desire Nana. but tomorrow-tomorrow I gamau again you follow me play!" again Tirta rebuked his sister with hurtful words.

The big fish had been released, and now they all decided to go home to Tirta to cook the fish they were fishing. But not yet reached the lake. Suddenly their raft boat was shaken as if someone was heading his boat from below. Nana who is a coward can only hug Linda. Tirta who sensed there was something strange immediately ordered all friends including his sister to be in the middle of the boat so that the boat did not capsize.

"my sister is afraid" Nana told Tirta.

"don't be afraid Dek, brother will definitely protect you" Tirta replied reassuring Nana.

"do you really play with me again, right?" suddenly asked Nana.

Tirta who heard it felt a strange thing "loh why are you so Na. do not think too much of the talk of brother, that brother was just e...". Suddenly the boat shook violently, then there was a whirlpool under the raft boat they were riding on. Shortly after that their boat capsized and they all sank into the lake.

Luckily Tirta, Edo and Dimas can swim. And Linda could be saved by Dimas. But where is Nana? None of them managed to find Nana.

"Could Nana drown?"

"Will Nana be eaten by fish? certainly not possible"

"or maybe Nana was sucked into the whirlpool?"

The mind of Tirta was raging. At first glance, he remembered the last words from his sister.

"do you really play with me again, right?"

Tirta felt that she was too outrageous to have cursed Nana on a raft boat. In the midst of Tirta's daydreams, the daydream was solved by Linda's speech.

"It looks like Nana was pulled by the Ox" Linda said.