The Story of Pilu A Village Flower
#1. Santi is dead
Today is Wednesday, Sari goes to school excitedly, Sari permission to go to school to Alex, her father and Santi, her mother.
"Mom, today's mother to the week (market) right?, do not forget to buy my favorite fish yes Mom, and do not forget to buy a lot of snacks" Sari said to Santi, her mother.
"Yes, you are diligent yes learn, so that your brothers can follow you later, because you are the mother for your sisters later" Santi advised to Sari.
"The mother's younger siblings, why become Sari Bu" protested Sari.
"You have left there, it will be too late" Santi reminded Sari.
There was no sign that it was her last day to see her mother.
In the shadow of Sari, today he will eat his favorite fish, because every Wednesday his mother will buy her favorite goldfish, and will buy snacks, such as bananas, martabak, and so on, and village popcorn or rondang.
After school Sari was very excited because she wanted to quickly get home, usually after Sari got home, stay 2 hours more her mother will arrive.
Before her mother arrived from the weekend, Sari beberes home, lifted the water from the lake, cooked rice, then directly fed her sister.
Can't wait for his mother to arrive with her favorite fish and snacks, as this is only enjoyed once a week.
But 2 hours passed his mother did not come. Arriving the neighbors on the run towards the lake where the ship carrying the residents docked, Sari confused and asked the residents named Tio's mother.
"Mom Tio, what's up, how come all the citizens are screaming while running towards the harbor?", asked Sari questioningly to a citizen who happened to pass by and was about to go to the dock.
"There is a citizen transport ship that came from week to week to this dock, burned and then washed away, the story is that there were no survivors" Tio's mother explained.
Sari's heart was pounding, she immediately put away her prejudice, 'is that my mother one of her victims', crossed the question in her heart, but hurriedly threw away the prejudice. 'no no' his mumbling was in heart while ringing his head. Sari asked Tio's mother
"Have any residents been helping to find victims?" ask Sari curiously.
"There have been victims found now on the dock, residents have also come to the dock" Bu Tio told Sari.
"Yes yes, ok thank you very much Bu Tio for the information" replied Sari. Bu Tio immediately decided to go to the dock to see who the victims in the tragedy of the burning ship.
Sari is confused between going to look at the dock and find out who the victim in the tragedy of the burning of the ship, because the feeling is not good, somehow she wants to cry.
Sari said to her second sister Siti, "Dek, I want to go to the dock first, yes, you replace the sister feed Ita ya!" pamit Sari to her sister Siti, not to mention her sister said yes, Sari had run away from Siti to go to Pier.
Sari ran as fast as her fast, for some reason Sari was eager to find out who the victim in the accident burned the ship to that week, the fact that her mother had not returned, as usual her mother should have returned from the week.
It turns out that right, people have been on the crowded dock, Sari asked who the victim had been found, it turns out my neighbor's mother Goddess, my mother often went with him if going to the weekend, Sari, Sari asked the people who were gathered at the dock, "Did they see my mother?, did my mother join in this burning ship?, Sari asked Horas' mother, the front neighbor of Sari's house.
"Yes Sari, I should have been on that one burning ship, but since my merchandise was missing, I didn't go up, and intended to take the next trip, when I got off the ship, I passed by your mother and the mother of the Goddess, they were one ship with the burning ship" Horas' mother explained quietly and with a barely audible voice, because without realizing Horas' mother immediately cried to explain it to Sari, because Horas' mother felt sorry and concerned for the fate of Sari and her younger sister who was still small had been left by her mother for a long time.
Not long after the residents shouted, "this is still the next victim found".
Sari immediately ran to the crowd and tried to approach and pay attention to who the victim found it, such as the feeling of being struck by lightning, Sari noticed the clothes she recognized then the face of the victim, as well, and Sari is no stranger to that face, Sari was screaming as loud as she was crying "Mother, mother wake up mother. From now on my sister and I have been waiting for mom, u.u.u, mom, please wake up mom, don't leave us, let's go home mom.uuuu...mother.how sister without you mother, wake up mother.jamgan stay us" weeping sari continues, so add heartache of people who are there, they continue to tear, they continue to tear, they embraced the sari, and said patiently, patiently the sari.
Sari continued to scream and cry, and the residents were alert and told the news of this grief to Sari's father, in order to clean up the house, so that the body of Sari's mother could be brought home. After telling the news of the grief, the body of the mother saripun was lifted and taken home. Not willing to feel separated from her mother, Sari continued to hug her mother while crying, so the residents forbade her because the corpse wanted to be brought home. Weak knees to stand and walk, sad sangkin, Sari felt dizzy dark view, arrived Sari also fell to the ground, residents immediately brought Sari along with the entourage of the bodies.
After the corpse arrived at the house, sister Sari immediately cried and shouted "Mother..mom wake up mother, mother.mom don't leave us, have the heart of you mother..., who will take care of us.mom..mom..wake up mom" cried sister Sari simultaneously.
Then Sari realized from her stupor it turns out that her mother's body has reached her inner home in the heart while looking around there is her sister crying over her mother's body. Unable to cry anymore, Sari could only hug her sister.
Sari also saw her father Alex could only cry without saying a word.
Sari continued to look at her mother's face, a dream and did not believe that her mother would leave them, and tomorrow her mother's body would be buried and would not see her face for long.
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After her mother was buried, a week the family still stayed at home to accompany her, Sari had not gone to school. One by one the family went home, they lived alone and their father.
A lot of advice from the audience who served, that Sari will be the substitute mother for her 4 younger siblings. Sari should be able to lead and teach her younger sister, even being the backbone for her family.
There is no way Sari does not go to school, Sari intends to go to school, after cooking and cleaning the house, and feed her sister, Sari was excused to go to school. After returning home from school, Sari immediately ran as fast as her fast to get home, not yet home, Sari heard her sister crying, then Sari came over and asked why crying.
"Why are you crying Ita", asked Sari to her youngest sister who was unable to speak,
Siti's second sister replied "It's hungry, there's no rice at home" Siti explained
"Dad, where?" ask Sari to Siti.
"Fathers are gardened, meaning to take yams" replied Siti.
Sari is concerned about the events today, it is selfish if Sari continues her education, how the fate of her younger sister later. Sari also intends to stop her school, in order to be able to stay late or learn to weave, as her mother usually does, because if you only rely on farming or rice fields still have to wait months to reap the harvest, if weaving, once a week can be sold to buy living expenses . "Well I've been able to read, write and count, that's enough" Sari's inner heart.
The next day Sari did not go to school as usual. Her father asks her "Sari why don't you go to school son" Alex asks Sari.
"Sari will not go to school anymore well, because Sari wants to help father go to the garden or the farm, Sari also wants to learn, how to weave ulos, so that Sari can buy our needs every week", answer Sari to Alex.
Alex was just silent, on the one hand, it had to be like that in order to buy basic necessities, but on the other hand, Alex felt sorry for his little girl Sari had to bear this heavy burden.
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