The Story of Pilu A Village Flower

#10. Ita has not recovered

Sari is upset with her father Alex, unwilling to sell the buffalo to take care of Ita's medical treatment. Whereas Sari used to buy the buffalo, as capital if there was an urgent need, Sari used to buy 2 young male and female buffalo, it takes a few more years to give birth. Now the buffalo has given birth to 2 children.

'Why do you fear Tiur is angry, Tiur is not entitled to the buffalo, because the buffalo existed before Tiur entered the family or rather, the buffalo existed before Tiur married the father', muttered Sari was full of anger over the father's indecisive behavior, and did not care about Ita's recovery.

For more than a month, Ita only relied on self-medication only rely on prickling, the changes were less satisfying, because Ita was still asleep, Ita could not sit alone, let alone walk.

Sari sees Alex coming out of her room, and rush Sari to Alex, before Alex goes to the stall to hang out at the coffee shop. It's dad's custom, this afternoon to hang out at the coffee shop, before dinner arrives, Alex is back home.

"Dad wait", Pinta Sari called Alex.

"Otherwise Sari" said Alex flat.

"Dad please think that Ita's future is good" said Sari firmly.

"What do you mean?", said Alex confused.

"Regarding Ita dad, do you want Ita to be paralyzed for as long?" Sari told Alex.

"What do you mean?, Ita is still continuing his treatment curiously", Alex defended himself.

"Yes the father, but did you not see, the change is not too good, Ita still can not move the legs, even just to sit can not" Sari tried to convince Alex.

"Indeed like that, the skewer will also get better, we'll see first" said Alex while leaving Sari, and was about to leave the house.

"Please father, think it's good, before it's too late, we have to bring Ita to medical treatment, before it's too late" Sari continued to persuade Alex.

"Here you go, we'll talk again, I want to go now" Alex said, continuing to open the door to get out.

Sari was just silent, upset and sad to see Ita still lying, Sari shed tears seeing Ita who was sleeping in the room. Ita must be bribed if eating, even to urinate or defecate should be in bed and provide a potty.

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Sari continued to train Ita to be able to sit alone, the beginning of his illness and difficulty, Ita always cried when trained to sit, either because his bones were stiff, because it was accustomed to the rebound continues.

Sari continued to persuade her sister Ita, to be trained, even though Sari was very busy. Sometimes if Sari trains Ita, Tiur is angry, for having left his job to weave.

" Finish your weave first, you and your sister will eat what later, if the weave results will be reduced" Tiur shouted in a loud voice to Sari.

Sari must pursue the target, ulos must be able to at least 4 sheets can be brought to be sold to the week.

Sad Sari can not routine every day to train Ita.

Seeing Tiur angry with Sari, Ita so moved her heart to practice sitting alone, Ita tried to endure the pain, ita just kept trying, even though it eventually became rolled to the side, Ita did not give up.

Finally, after practicing regularly and persistently, Ita can sit alone, although it must be with difficulty and must reach for something to be held.

Sari was happy to see the change of Ita, even though it was just sitting.

At night before they go to sleep. In the room Sari and her sister spoke and continued to encourage Ita, to continue practicing. "Now training to walk yes deck, spirit yes deck, do not give up" Sari, Siti, Sita, and Vina told Ita. And the five of them were crying while hugging.

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Sari saw the buffalo in her cage was no more, there were only 2 cubs. Sari shouted to call her sister, Sari had intended to take the buffalo out of her cage, waiting for Sita and Vina to take him to the field for a day there eating grass, and then there, the afternoon will be brought back home. But now, the buffalo was not in his cage. Sari enters the house and intends to knock on Alex's room door, telling her that their adult buffalo has gone missing.

"Dad, dad, dad", cried Sari as she knocked on Alex's bedroom door.

Tiur opened the door, scolding Sari for shouting loudly.

"What's Sari?, why are you shouting so loudly?", asked Tiur with emotion.

"Our adult buffalo has disappeared, Mom, now only her child lives in the cage" said Sari told, for the incident this morning, which was only known.

"Oh that, it's been sold" Tiur said casually.

"What!, sold, why", asked Sari curiously, because indeed Alex did not tell her why the buffalo was sold and for what purpose.

Tiur was upset that Sari kept asking, perhaps Tiur was still feeling sleepy, and had interrupted his sleep because of the knock on Sari's door that had built him up.

"It's Sari, disturbing my sleep, tomorrow you ask your father" said Tiur annoyed while closing the door to his room.

Sari does not accept Alex selling the buffalo, without telling Sari. Though from yesterday Sari wanted the buffalo to be sold for the medical treatment of Ita, Alex did not allow it, now it has been sold for the sudden purpose of what it is, asked Sari in a heart full of turmoil and curiosity.

Sari could not wait for Alex to wake up and ask about the sale of the buffalo. But the time comes for Sari to go to school, and Sari has to bring her curiosity to school.

After school, Sari hurriedly ran to the house, wanted to meet with Alex and ask about the sale of the buffalo.

Arriving at home, Sari immediately knocked on her father's room door.

tok.tok.." dad, dad", cried Sari.

"Father and mother, there was no sister, they had gone together while carrying Reni" said Vina.

"Where did they go Vin" asked Sari curiously.

"Don't know my sister, my father and mother didn't tell me, they left immediately, after I came home from school" Vina explained.

Vina left school earlier than Sari, because Vina was 1st grade, Sari was 6th grade Elementary.

Again Sari was annoyed, and increasingly curious, why the buffalo was sold.

Sari again doing her routine of continuing to weave ulos, Sari must pursue the target. Can Tiur will be furious if it does not reach the target.

Until the afternoon. Alex and Tiur have not yet arrived at the house, and until it is time for dinner, Tiur and Alex have not yet arrived home. Sari and her sister finally decided to first have dinner. 'Maybe Tiur and Alex will be home late at night', Sari murmured inwardly.