Shadow of a Child
New Friend
“Marina, do you want to go to the library?”
A boy\ boy invited him to play in the library, he was sitting on the sofa with his doll, he just saw it without playing it, empty feeling enveloped him, his eyes empty like there was no hope, “Marina, do you want to go to the library?” re-question, but Marina did not listen to him, so the boy sat next to her, he was worried about his master's adopted son, “Marina, you why?” he was curious, and now he looked at her.
“When did dad get home?”
“If you are not busy, it may be afternoon, but because this time he is busy, may be able to go home late or may not go home for a few days”.
Hearing his reply, he cried “I want dad, there's no one else I can tell you”
The boy\ boy felt regret for the answer that made him cry, so he understood the heart of the girl, “Marina, feeling, I know you miss your mother so much that you don't want your father to leave like your mother did, but Mr. Jason is a man who works in English law, now there's a case he has to solve right away, and he works to keep this country safe”
Marina was silent, her eyes looked at the child, “I know because I am one of your master's aides” said optimistically, then her crying subsided and a sweet smile was seen from her face, “ your father asked me to accompany you, so you're going to the library?” asked happily, the girl finally nodded happily.
“Iya, I want…..
But what's your name?”
The boy laughed, he forgot to introduce himself, “My name is Jake, I was here a year ago, the maid who made food for us is my mother, the person who takes care of the garden is my father”
Jake pulls his hand and runs through the stairs and is fluttered in front of a large brown door, he opens and Marina's eyes shine, in front of him, the shelf of\-book shelves standing upright, the books\-books lined up on the shelves neatly, and, the library floor was covered with a middle eastern style carpet, the carpet flower motif was colorful, so they were amazed to see it. “This is the library sir, we are allowed to read here, before you exist, master told me to read books, let me be smart, now let's read book”
They looked at the library, so vast that they could run\-run inside while looking for a book to read, Jake carried a stack of thick books onto a round table, while Marina carried a book, which was a little bit of a punch, looking at the stack of books, he fell silent and was astonished by it. “Uhm... Jake, are you unsaturated to read this many books?!”, Jake smiled “Of course not, I just feel happy, I used to want to read books, from the beginning I want to read books, so when I look at the book, I want to read everything” He was so happy that he fell off his stool, but he was still happy, He looked at him excitedly, and he returned to his reading. Books about animals\-animals he read, Jake approached him, “You read a book about animals, the contents are so cool!” excitement continues.
“You ever read it??”
“Iya, it's its contents about...”.
“Do not leak the contents Jake,”
He cut off the speaker, and he returned to his stool and read the book quietly.
………
After they read the book, Marina invites Jake to her room, Jake agrees and they walk to her room, which is not far from the library, when they enter the man\he is amazed by his room, bright green color warmly welcome her, “welcome to my room, Jake” she look around, hold her furniture ‘the room is so nice, the color\-colorful, do not let her to my room, I want to, surely he did not like it’ mumbled, then they sat on the mattress, Jake saw a picture frame picture of a happy family, black and white but looks a happy face\-face, and he took the photo, and he took the picture, she asked Marina and she replied that it was a picture of her family first, she gave the picture to the girl, and she looked at it with longing, he told me about his family until the last time he saw them. “I'm sorry, Marina, but you have a new family here” entertain Jake for him, “Thank you Jake”
“Jake, I want to go to your room” Marina wants to go to her room, suddenly she fell silent, “Marina...Maybe we go to my room later...”, please, “But I want to go to your room now” he cut off the talk of his best friend, he felt that the girl next to him was very curious about his room, “Don't Marina,” refused
“But I want to see your room”
“No need Mar, besides my room is a mess”
“We're tidying up, we're one home now,”
Marina persisted in her desire, so she sighed and went to her room which was underground, once in her room she saw her room only in the sun from the top of the window, the door of her room was wooden, and she saw her room was open, the floor is made of cement, the walls are of cement as well, the mattress is only coated with white sheets, there are no blankets and the furniture is old, “Marina, this is my room, sorry a little ugly” He felt ashamed of it, he said, “Do you know this?” tanyanya worried, Jake felt embarrassed to talk in front of him instantly “Actually...we do not want to say it to the master, since we were first here, we found this room, we, at first the master asked if we got the bed and the condition, we said yes and the quality was good, he wanted to see it to make sure, but my father refused it, worried about messing it up, so we let room\- Our room was like this and never told him even to you” He told him honestly while bowing his head, “When it rains and when winter comes the room is cold, and when winter comes the room is cold, we don't have blankets so we always rely on our thin\-clothes clothes we wear them in layers\-layered, sometimes I often get sick because of the cold weather but I'm fine\-just”, He endured his cries, as if\-as if he felt good\-nice, the tears he held so as not to come out, but his sadness was known to him, Marina felt the sadness and suffering of her friend, she said, he thought of ways to make his best friend feel better.
They played together on the green land in his yard, they rolled on it, until his yellow skirt was covered by the grass\-green grass of his courtyard, his long black hair was filled with flower crowns, and his yellow skirt was covered with green grass, likewise with Jake, his clothes were filled with grass and his head was full of\-color\-flower flowers, they laughed together while laying their bodies on the green hill near their house, “It turns out Jake orngnya excitable”, staring at the blue sky filled with cotton\-white cotton. These two children feel happy all day, “Sky in Edensor nice, Mar bright blue beautiful eyes look” he praised. “Jake, you people are rarely seen here, even people\-people like you rarely seen” Marina feels there is something she does not usually see, she feels that people\- people like Jake rarely show up at his house, “Oh yes, I forgot that actually I'm not a native of England” he said while showing his teeth.
“Where are you from?”
“I'm from Afrika”
“Where is Africa?” tanyanya curious
“Away, you have to sail first to get there, and besides I am here as immigrant”
“Immigrant?” Marina felt confused by what she said, even it was a new word for her.
“Immigrant is a person who moved from his home country to the land of people to work and live”
“Ohh, so you stay there and come here to work with your family, must be so exciting in Africa??”
“Of course, my grandparents are there, the difference is there is no snow and many animals like you read in book”
Then Marina eyes sparkle “ What animals??”
“There are. lions, elephants, deer, antelope, wolves, foxes, crocodiles, hippos and many more”
They look up at the sky, “Wahh, great, someday I want to go ah”
Jake laughed, he looked at the girl, “Where are you from??” ask him back, “I am from London” he replied.
“London what's it like??”
“Many with adults, the clothes are very fancy, near the sea but the sea is dirty because of garbage, the buildings are luxurious, and the people there are very royal”
“Surely you feel happy?
I wonder what the city is like
and that means, you're a London native,?”
“Iya, before my mother went to heaven”
He fell silent, and returned to his sight, “But I am glad to have a new family here”, he continued while looking at the birds\-flying birds, “Thank God, until then Jake woke up from the fall of “Marina, because we are one house, I think we are friends”, hearing that, He immediately woke up, saw Jake showed his little finger, he is happy to connect his little finger with his best friend's little finger, “Good, we are friends, friends forever” now they start to be friends after their promise.
Lunch bell reads, “Marina, Jake, let's eat!” shouted the maid, they immediately got up from the ground and walked towards their house, they embraced each other, the maid who saw them together happy, ‘finally they are friends,’ murmured.
“Uhm...Jake, you know not my foster father's name?”
Hearing Marina's question, He immediately patted her on the forehead because He forgot, “Oh yes, I forgot, your adoptive father's name is Jason Frederick, We call him Mr. Jason”
“Yes, sorry not to ask this from the beginning, because I was too engrossed to play with you, so I forgot about my father”
They walk together, Marina and Jake who have a big difference between them are able to become friends because they are home, so their promise is bound to be friends forever.
