Short Story (Cerpen)
The Sinking of the Yin Galama Lifeboat
Category: Fiction Fantasy Short stories
Title: The Sinking of the Yin Galama Lifeboat
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The red sky began to fill the Western horizon, birds chirping began to be heard no more. The waves are getting regular. The wind blows. Nature began to end its activity.
From a distance can be seen the shadow of a lifeboat will enter Kuala. Slowly but surely he approached. Instantly, the cannon sign of the arrival of the ship into Kuala sounded. Tummmm' the sound of the cannon has been sounded. The lifeboats began to trace the flow of the river, walking slowly because the river was not so wide.
The atmosphere is increasingly tickling the ears, river insects sound alternately, mouth-punching. It's like being in a crowd, breaking the silence. The captain continued to focus his gaze forward. Regardless of the crowd of insects the middle river rejoiced, because all day restraint.
Suddenly from the room of the curtain of the lifeboat lodging there was a melodious sound breaking the noise of the sounds of river insects that had been continuously ringing. It was Yin Galama, the daughter of Kho Ho. This Yin Galama is not the Yin Galema in the novel by Ian Sancin. She was only the daughter of a Chinese merchant who carried items such as; ceramics, Chinese bowls and so on. These items he brought directly from his country. Kho Ho boat cruise across the Natuna Sea in Muntok waters to enter the Metibak Peradong sea area.
The melodious voice of Kho Ho's daughter is more stunning. The captain became the spirit of playing the lifeboat steering propeller, although the dark night increasingly gripping. For a moment the melodious voice came to a halt, and a question from Yin (call of Yin Galama) was heard.
'Pa, where are we?'
Kho Ho answered his daughter's question.
'We are now in the Peradong River stream.'
Then Yin asked her Papa again.
'This Peradong River enters the area where Pa?'
After understanding, Yin fell silent. His mind wondered why his Pap had brought such things to Peradong.
The night grew darker, the river bugs one by one began to stop the sound. Yin went into the hut room. In the room he pondered, what was wrong in the village of Peradong, so that his father brought such things there.
Amid the dim noise of river insects, the nahkoda voiced to the whole lifeboat that will soon arrive at the port of Pekal Peradong. This port is not the same as other ports, because the port of Pekal Peradong is only a small port, which is more suitable to be named after a boat mooring. However, such is the existence of the port of Pekal Peradong.
Slightly happy in Yin's heart, although the feeling is haunted by curiosity towards the intended village.
Suddenly, the captain screamed in shock, the whole lifeboat became shocked, what was the nahkoda yelling'?? It turned out that a large crocodile passed in front of the lifeboat. Now, the shock has disappeared. But, suddenly' Gradakkkk'. like something hit, the lifeboat so swayed to kriri and to the right. Nahkoda panicked, he felt something different on the lifeboat he was in. Apparently, the back tail of the lifeboat had a leak. The whole lifeboats were so scattered, a sense of fear haunted their hearts.
The water has entered the lifeboat half an adult's foot, the lifeboat continues to walk until it arrives at the bend of the river. Arriving at the bend of the river, the water has half the body of a lifeboat. A whole lifeboat jumped out.
Slowly but surely, the lifeboats began to sink. Hope Kho Ho also drowned, because his belongings drowned along with the lifeboat. They swam to the banks of the river, including Yin. Arriving at the river bank, they climb the trees. With a cold body they clutched in the trees waiting for the night to change by day with a dashed hope.
The intended Kampong Peradong has not been delivered, the anticipated afternoon is still long. The unfortunate fate of Yin Galama, because the lifeboat Kho Ho drowned along with the late night.
Lifeboat: small boat
Kuala : estuary (meeting between sea water and river water)
Pekal : base
