
The night crawled late, the breeze blew slowly stroking the lush foliage of the forest. The cold weather penetrated into the skin, the sound of crickets and owls combined to break the silence in the forest, coupled with the occasional cold crashing on the nape of the neck making all the feathers crouching.
Seeming two young men were walking down the path of the middle of the forest at night, Yayan who was behind Mamat occasionally turned his head back when he felt someone was following. But when looking back, only darkness is visible as far as the eye can see.
Wushhhh
Suddenly a white shadow flashed quickly until it could be felt only cold, but Mamat who walked in front had already felt something unusual to make him stop.
Yayan who was still focused on looking back did not realize that Mamat stopped until Yayan hit Mamat's back.
Bruckk
Getting an attack suddenly made Mamat a little shrewd, fortunately he immediately swiftly balancing the body. If not, just a little late the tray containing the offerings will fall and scatter.
"You what the hell Yan." said Mamat a little upset because the stuffing on the tray was not neat
"Loh even nahake me, it was clear that the wrong way to stop arriving." said Yayan
(Loh blamed me)
"Sampeyan kudu can ndeleng nalika I mandheg, amarga sampeyan ana ing mburiku." said Mamat ketus while tidying up the tray filling
(You should have seen that I stopped, because you were behind.)
Yayan only grimaced at Mamat's ravings, it felt like Yayan wanted to say the reason for not looking ahead. But Yayan undoes considering since earlier the most excited to go is himself, Yayan is afraid Mamat will laugh at him if he says his fear.
"Well, why sampeyan mandheg?" tanya Yayan switched the conversation
(Well, why did you stop?)
Sure enough, Mamat soon forgot the Yayan question and now focus on what was seen earlier. But Mamat's answer was not Yayan's wish, it would add to his fear.
"I stopped because I saw a shadow." - Mamat
"Ojo guyon."
(Don't joke.)
"I'm serious, if I'm joking I don't want to stop everything can my tray fall." said Mamat while turning lazy eyeballs
"Wong obviously I see for myself, I'm not hallucinating." jolted Mamat
"Wes, let the sampeyan be in the back."
Without answering, Mamat immediately moved behind Yayan. The two of them continued their journey in silence, Mamat who was still upset because Yayan did not believe her chose to be silent. While Yayan, he chose to focus on looking ahead so as not to go the wrong way.
But strangely, the road that had been to the forbidden forest that had to be taken for two to three hours now changed. Just a few minutes away, they had arrived in front of the forbidden forest.
They could tell it was a forbidden forest because the waiter had once shown in a dream, plus the forest they planted with the forest in front of it was very different. It is different during the day, especially at night.
The forest they were in was still quite a bit bright because it was exposed to the moonlight, while the forest in front was very dark as if there was no life there.
"Loh said it took a long time to arrive, but we did not walk until half an hour has arrived. Sampeyan lied yo, kept pie iki midnight is still about an hour and a half away" said Mamat grumbling
Yayan was just silent, he himself was confused why it could be like this as if they were indeed awaited and led to quickly arrive.
"I also do not know Mat, you have not been made dizzy we just wait here." said Yayan lightly
"Just wait for your bald, until you don't see here very dark what if there are ghosts or even wild animals" said Mamat who again made upset
Yayan was immediately aware, in the forest there are still many wild animals. Even sometimes some residents hunt wild animals in the forest, but not up to the inside as the two humans do.
"Clearly how? Do we start now." asked Yayan
"Yo I ora know, wong I've never done anything like this."
They both seemed to think for a moment to decide something.
"We've just waited, after all it's not long and here it's also safe" said Yayan finally
Inevitably Mamat also followed Yayan's decision, they also sat leaning under a large tree. Sometimes their hands shrewdly pat the other limbs that are affected by mosquito bites, and occasionally they will curl up to hug their knees so cold.
Whether in the forest the ban will be similar, will there be mosquitoes and other insects, and will the atmosphere also cool. The two of them did not know for sure, for sure they now had to wait.
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