Shadow of a Child

Forest School

“APAAAAAA!!!!”

They were surprised by what was inside, the animal\-animal holding a book, sitting on a wooden bench, facing the black board with white writing, squirrels who saw it immediately shouted in panic.

“There are humans who entered this school!!!!”

“Quick save yourself!!!”

They immediately ran frantically, erratically where they were going, some were hiding in the ceiling\the roof, under the table, behind the shelves and pretending to be dead so that they would not eat them, Marina was confused by them, panicked when she saw things they had never seen, her eyes stunned at the contents, “What place is this..?” he asked in a curious tone, looking around neat and crowded because of them. Until one of them throws an apple at their head, they come to their senses and look at the gray squirrel\-grey “Hei, you aliens, go there!, or we will file it to master teacher!!” suddenly they shouted to drive them from their place, strangely Marina did not know what they were talking about, “Master.....???” innocently tilting his head to the right, his big eyes flashing, Sky just sat staring at those who were trying to drive them away.

“They're strange animals”

“I think what you said was true Sky, they never saw us so they look weird with us”

“Otherwise, they didn't know that Marina never actually went to school, anyway,

so he doesn't know guru”

“Hey, wolf, you want to eat us?!”

“Hearing their taunts, Sky instantly revealed his ferocious face, his teeth were sharp He appeared, He was very angry to hear their words and his eyes shone, “what did you say, wolf?!” mataja sharply looks at them, but they dare to mock her by the name of ‘wala’.

“Hey, I am a dog, not a wolf, a strange animal!!

DOG!!!”

He shouted in front of him, so that there was a commotion between them, throwing mockery and anger at each other, then there was a roar from behind them, Marina, Sky, the bear lord and the animals looked straight at the entrance, a lion stands behind them, its large, its mane is blown thickly, and its eyes are sharply staring at them, “See master teacher is coming, we will be free!!” they cheered happily as they shook their heads in confusion, the lion approached them, and looked at them seriously, Marina began to tremble as the king of the forest approached her with dignity, “Who are you??” he asked, they suddenly looked at each other to answer the very serious question, so Mr. Bear decided to answer the question, “Include, Mr. Lion, I'm Mr. Bear, living doll, he said, this big dog is Sky...” has not finished He spoke, the animals in it dodged, they often do not admit that Sky is a dog, but a wolf who wants to eat them, he said, so he raised his hand to ask him to calm down, not allowed to talk, until allowed to talk again, “continue” he said, “Oke. Sky is a Siberian dog, he said, indeed he is similar to a wolf but you can tell, he is a dog, because he is very tame” Sky started to turn their faces away from them “and this girl is Marina Herlock, he is the adopted son of Mr. Jason Frederick,” he continued while pointing at the girl, Marina just waved with a small smile, “hai..” said gently.

The lion who knew Marina's identity began to widen his eyes, his tears came out of his eyes, they were confused as to why he suddenly\ suddenly cried, so the animals approached him, hugging him gently to raise him, so that he could not help but, but He took off their arms and approached the girl who was confused with him, “Nak, you...., want to go to school, right??” slowly, Marina was confused with him, how could the lion she had never known before know with her dream, “Iya, so that they are welcome to enter the classroom.

The room was the size of his bed, the beast\-beast could sit freely while those who were newcomers had to find more space to sit, so they sat behind, barefooted, they tried to fit in the medium-sized room, Sky sat in the dog position, unable to lay down, Mr. Bear just leaned on the dog's body, he said, and Marina just bended her feet and held her with both hands, those who saw the newcomers sitting down, started talking about it, Marina was curious about what they were talking about, but they showed a serious face to her.

“Oke, please open math book page 12”

“For you newcomers, you can pay attention to it towards the whiteboard”

Marina raised her hand, so the lion saw her.

“Sorry to interrupt, what is ‘board tulis’??”

Hearing his question, those in the room laughed, “You don't know the blackboard, man??, you never went to school??” ask her with a mocking tone, “School, what is school??” she asked again, Marina knew nothing, and they mocked her loudly.

“Stupid...!”

“Newly this time there is the dumbest man in the world!!!”

“He does not know the school, and he is not educated anyway!!”

Marina tilts her head, “What education is that?, I've heard of it from the big\-people at the party back then.....”, He's still curious about it, as he's curious, they laughed loudly, they mocked with a term that He never knew meant, Marina did not realize that He was mocked, innocently He dropped himself because of the questions that piled up on his little head, before long, they threw an oak at her head, Marina instantly got up from the fall and saw them laughing and pointing at her, “Go, fool!!!” banish him.

As if they were growing up, Marina suddenly ran out of the room with a sobbing that echoed throughout the room, Sky and Mr. Bear who saw her running away suddenly\suddenly chased after her, without saying goodbye, they came out and ran after Marina.

“Marina!”

“Marina!”

Sky chased after the young master, Marina away from the school, her tears came out and fell to the ground as her cries began to fester, she was full of water but the rain on her face continued to fall profusely, and the rain on her face continued to fall, until He came to a halt when He came out of the forest, and returned to his place, they were breathing hard\-sengal because of the long way to get out of the forest, Marina stood up while closing her big eyes with her hands, her tears soaked her long sleeves, her lavender clothes were filled with soil, her shoes as well. The dog came to him who was sleeping softly, He stroked his thighs with his fur, so that He began to sit down and He slept on his skirt, replenishing his energy after watching his young master full of strength.

Her crying slowly subsided in her backrest, her eyes stopped pouring rain and Marina calmed down and invited them back to the room to rest.

In the shade of the forest, the animals sat quietly without making a sound, bowing their heads, in worry and a lion walked behind them with an angry look on their face, ready to pounce on the prey, fear enveloped them, as well as worrying about them, then stood before them.

“You guys, it is very evil that you treat your guests, not help them but mock them just because He knows nothing!!”

The lion roared loudly before them, until the feathers of the\-feathers in their bodies trembled, his eyes wide open, looking at the student\-student who had already done a deed that crossed the line, who had, “Are you not taught adab by me before?!”

“do you guys sleep when I explain the lesson of adab and attitude back then?!”

The lion was angry with them, and their heads bowed in regret for what he had done to them, pondering with their actions and the shame and regret that continued to envelop them in class, until he felt worried about the condition of the girl, while staring at a photo that really remembers her.

Marina and Sky play in her room, Mr. Bear sings happily while hitting the table to give rise to a beautiful\-tone, they dance happily, forgetting the sadness that happened before, he said, his eyes danced until he accidentally dropped a picture book, looked at a painting of a school, He stopped and looked at the picture, Sky and Mr. Bear who originally danced arrived\- suddenly stopped when the girl squatted when looking at the picture, it turns out that the picture at the school there are also animals\-beasts and girls who are having fun in the painting.

“Is my imagination really real?”

Mr Bear nodded, “Iya, didn't I tell you this a few days ago??”

“For so long, I didn't realize it, at first I just imagined the school after dad told me, how it looked, and it turned out that my shadow could appear according to what I thought..”.

Marina laughed, Sky saw the picture of the little boy, full of bright colors\, He was curious about the picture, until He whispered towards the doll, “Hey, what's wrong with him???” whispered, Mr. Bear just smiled, He explained about the imagination of Marina and Jake, at length he explained until Sky nodded his head, and they laughed with the smile of the girl, “Marina…. just imagine your work!” his laughter while rolling over\-roll, a happy atmosphere rose from their smiles.

“If I imagine a good thing, it might appear a good thing!”

……….

Night appeared, a blanket of darkness covered the blue sky, but the blanket was adorned with the dark\-flickering stars, owls sounded the sign of night had arrived, the lights\-lights along the streets revealed its light, the, the wolf howled in the light of the goddess of the night, its black shadow looming from behind the trees, the animals returned to her house to sleep.

In a school standing in the middle of the forest, the shadow wrote a letter on paper and sealed it with green candles and decorated with lavender, then gave it to a night bird, his eyes glowed in the darkness, bright to the point of only showing eyes on the body of the bird, “Please give a letter to the girl named Marina Herlock” her order, please, but the bird turned its head back and returned to its original position.

“You're still thinking about the girl….

even when he ran away from this place.”.

“I want to know, what happens if He does not want to come to him again or He is not interested in entering this area..”.

He just sighed, “He will obey, he has not gone to school and this letter should have come down on his hands, I hope He accepted it sincerely..”.

The letter was bitten by its small beak, holding it back from falling as it flew, the owl flew away leaving it, its wings flapping strongly and speeding over the path of the sky, and seeing the window of a room open, he waited for an opportunity to enter it.

“Nak, come….

master teacher is worried about you”