Shadow of a Child

First Class Marina

“Welcome to school son..”.

The welcome from the king of the forest made the atmosphere warm, his eyes sparkling when he saw the mane that was beautifully decomposed, the lion walked over to him, Marina seemed amazed to see the atmosphere of the room bright, and, the vines adorn the ceiling\-ceiling, the flowers\-flowers show a beautiful crown around a\-table of wood, not only that, He saw the book\-books of pliers arranged in a shelf of brown color, the, and he could feel the cool breeze from that school. “Please enter, nak” takes him, He enters the room, Sky and Mr. Bear also enter the room, and they sit behind the girl's bench.

“Chirp...chirp.

Marina heard the sound of birds chirping from outside, melodious like classical music that she always heard, “Birds sing in the middle of the morning??” He tilted his head with a question stored in his head, “the bird sings means the class is about to start, usually, they are almost late, but you guys have arrived early, happy” his praise, “Then, why do birds sing??” he asked again, the lion smiled and looked at his big eyes, “Birds sing because their hearts are merry” he said while looking at the blue birds chirping on the branches of the tree, they were amazed by the beauty of the fur, he said, “dia was so beautiful...” amazed her with eyes full of sparkles.

Before long, they entered the classroom, the animals sat on their benches, Marina sat in the back because her body was bigger than theirs, Mr. Bear knew that the students in the school were children of\-children the same age as him, those sitting in front of him saw a human sitting in the backseat, he said, their eyes blinked when they saw his shining blue eyes. “Good morning, child\-children,”, saya, “Morning!!” they replied, shouting excitedly, except for those sitting behind, the newcomers did not move their mouths to speak, for them this was their first time doing anything new, he said, that is school, "good morning everyone, today we have a new student, He is not the original resident of this forest, black-haired girl, please stand up and introduce yourself" Marina stood up and they looked back, looking at the sky-clothed girl, smiling in shame.

"Hi, I'm Marina Herlock, I'm from London and now I live in Edensor, here I am with Mr. Bear whom he is a doll, and with Sky, my pet dog, my dog, maybe he looks like a wolf, but he's war and he likes to play"

Sky and the Bear Lord waved their hands and feet.

“I have never been to school before and this is the first time I set foot or the second time my foot is here, so please help you guys so we can get used to it here"

He introduced himself with confidence and happiness, those who were initially cynical as a ray of happiness emerged from their hearts, until a smile appeared from their hairy faces, the lion asked him to sit down. " Thank you for your arrival, Marina, Sky and Mr Bear, and before we begin, do you have any questions regarding them?" He gave them a chance to ask about the new student.

"Is your house close to this forest?"

"How's your house in London?"

"You sure love playing in the harbor, don't you?"

"Marina, can we play at your house?"

All the questions they asked, no matter how many questions were given, Marina tried to answer their questions one by one, "yes.near, her house was a bit smaller than the one here...., continue I love playing in the harbor, almost every day, continue to play in my house, it's okay...." He often answered questions that piled up, continuously until He asked him to stop and return to the lesson, then their mouths locked "well, now we will learn to write...." While taking chalk, he began writing a combination of the words\-word, often letters began to form, as soon as they followed yes by writing them on pencil, their hands\-hands Moving into a letter, the letter being written, except for Marina, He only saw a page on the book, his hand shaking as the tip of the pen was about to approach the paper.

"How do I make it?

The letters are like an abstract.....

I can't....."

Cold sweat came out of his face, his eyes were pouring out water, expecting a favor, Sky just fell silent unable to act for him, for he served to accompany him, not teach him, "Son, don't you know that I'm a dog, although this school of animals also learns, but I don't have the authority to do this...." His worried voice appeared, He could not be quoted to help him anymore, so the lion came up to him and sat beside him, smiling warmly, "Marina, is there a problem....?" He looked at his heartbroken face, He did not know how He wrote, but He remained patient and taught him.

"First, make it out of tilt like this...."

" Look at your hand, son..."

"Try to make a curved line....."

"Make a straight line....."

Slowly He taught her to even move her hand to learn to write a letter, until He produced the letter \-letter alphabet on his paper for the first time, although the results did not match his expectations, but He was still happy as he showed his teeth, slowly He tried to make a word, followed by a sentence, and followed his slate, and finally He made a sentence for the first time.

Dad, Mom, I love you guys..

Such was the first sentence written by him, Sky and Mr. Bear who saw him amazed by his writing, even though it looks tangled but they are still happy, “Today you can write” praise with sparkling eyes, sparkling, her tail swayed to see the girl's smile.

At night, Jake was fast asleep, warmed up with his blue blanket, his eyes slumbering in his dreams, calm down until shortly he felt a touch on his arm, only a glimpse of the touch felt, He went on to sleep, he was still sleeping, but the touch was back, interrupting the rest, and He stayed asleep. Until after many\-times He did not wake up, then the touch soon turned into a great shake, which made him immediately wake up not asleep again, his originally closed eyes instantly opened when the swaying felt on his body, He instantly woke up from his bed, "earthquake, there is earthquake here, all protect yourself!!" Panicking, his eyes wide, suddenly awakened, and accidentally, his head turned towards the wall and saw the girl standing beside him holding the Candle, smiling over the small light, he looked at the wall, The half-conscious Jake was immediately frightened and shouted in front of him, but the figure asked him to be quiet, while covering his mouth which shouted with his index finger, He calmed down, "astaga Marina, you startled me...." jake said as he stroked his chest, "why did you suddenly appear in the middle of the night like a ghost playing at a party? " he continued, Marina put the candle on her desk.

"Jake, you know what?"

"Know what....?" He asked back half-consciously, rubbing his eyes, and yawning beside him.

" There is a school in the woods, I also studied there..., tomorrow morning we are there, the teacher also asked you to go there....."

"School in the woods?! What the hell are you talking about?

"Hey, it's midnight, you don't think if you're here and we're not sleeping, Mr. Jason's gonna give us a job tomorrow to clean up every room in the house!"

Jake cried out before him, and before long, there was a sound of feet, his footsteps approaching their door, He asked him to hide under his bed, until the door opened, and he laid himself on the bed and closed his eyes. The light came out of the door, revealing the image of a couple examining their son, "Jake was still asleep, but I heard a conversation from inside, was there anyone else but him?" Halu's voice that was worried about her existence, "no, I think it's just your direction, Emily" the husband calmed his wife down, and brought her back without worrying about it.

After the door closed again, Marina crawled out of her bed, "Mar, you need to get back to the room immediately, before Master looks for you" she asked as she pushed the girl out of her room, He just fell silent and returned quietly\without showing any voice or expression from her.

"It turns out he doesn't believe this in me,

He only believes in puppets and talking dogs...."

The next day, all the family members who were in the house doing their activities\each, Mr. Jason as usual went to work, Marina quietly\walking towards the backyard of the house, together with the two companions who were unusual for others, they walked towards the end of the courtyard, suddenly the sound of footstroke approached them, the figure of the black boy slowly stopped the stomping of his brown shoes,"Marina\-Marina!!" Call the guy, he looks at his best friend, and he's carrying a book, "Jake, what are you doing here?" Ask, while adjusting the breath, He spoke with a sharp breath\-sengal, “Where do you want to go?” she asked back, Marina just stood up and waited for her to get back up normally, “anyhow me question first!” the two boys stared at each other in the backyard.

“Didn't I explain last night to you, but you don't believe me”

Jake who heard it just kept quiet, “and you just walked on a limb like a wooden doll” he continued.

“Hey, after all why are you talking to people sleeping in the middle of the night, surely they will not believe!”

“I just want to tell you, maybe you want to go with me to the school that is in the middle of the forest”

“On the forest school is not it? there is no school that contains animals, it's just a story in your brain!”

They told each other, until Sky and Lord Bear looked at them cynically, gaping they just sat down to hear the chattering that was thrown at them, until they got bored and the big dog barked between them, breaking the ruckus until it went quiet again. “From you guys fighting here, it's better Jake, you come with us and Marina, take him to school with you”, he proposed firmly, hearing that, Jake was happy, his eyes sparkled, he said, he quickly returned home and returned with a white sling bag.

“You want to come, I thought you didn't believe what I said last night,??”

“To learn, no word ‘takrust’ to prove it”

He tilted his head in question.

“Learning must be done by every human being…

and that means I have to study with you, Marina.

His smile showed white teeth, they just kept quiet and winked, saw the spirit of the boy, “From us lingering\-long here, we better go straight, and Jake….” the doll pointed at him, “never walk away from us, because you do not know what is behind the shade of the forest” he continued while crossing his hands, He just gave a small nod and started holding Marina and started walking towards the forest, his eager attitude to learn to make the dog laugh, as well as the doll, just a small smile after looking at her, Marina shook her head with the manner of her best friend.

Until they stopped in front of the wooden door, their eyes were fixed on the wooden motif, not visible because it was covered by green vines that adorned the atmosphere of the forest school, full of beauty, and the, the door was opened by him and the animals had entered the classroom with them first, the lion teacher greeted him warmly, and invited them to sit down, when the chirping of the birds rang, the class began, they put out a book, He wrote a number on the chalkboard, “ can anyone answer this?” quietly asked, Marina and Jake looked at the maths like worms writhing on a board, abstract paintings with no known reason, “I know the answer, teacher!” said the gray wolf, “Oke, Willow, but how do we give Marina and her best friend a chance to answer him” he said, hearing that, they looked at each other and nudged their shoulders.

“Mar, you answered it,

I don't know how to do it”

“I don't know the numbers, Jake, 'em,

haven't you studied, even read a book for a long time?”

“when I've been reading a book for a long time,

doesn't mean I know math!”

“Come on, we have to how

they've been waiting for us..”.

The serious gazes of the beasts made them tremble, their bodies let out cold sweat, their eyes did not blink for a moment, and their feet slowly moved them towards the dark green colored board.

“We answer as soon as possible.!”