Bergores Coretan

            The sun is shining too bright, and the wind of cool couldn’t give a coolness for me. I am walking under the sunshine and sometimea feel so tired, but I can not stop. Too lazy to stop in this way. I have to enjoy this time, ‘cause this is my last time here before I back to the home, certainly the last time to play with them.

           

2 weeks ago........

            “Here is too bore! I hate this place, Dad!” I said that to My Dad. I don't like this place. It was like hell and it will kill me.

At the first time, the situation tortured me so poignant.

“Hey buddy, if you feel bored, you can play some games with kids near you. Will you?” Dad said to me.

“Ha? Are you kidding me? I can’t play with dirty kids,” I answered

“Hahaha. You never try and you will never know.”

“I have no all I need here.”

“Up to you. I don’t care now. You will get some lessons here, actually I brought you with me to teach you a life. Please enjoy.” And Dad leave me to continue his work.

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            I was standing under the big banyan tree, playing a game in my gadget and try to cool. I didn't know how to live here, I just tried to habituate my own and to get virtues until the time ended my dad’s work and we will back to home.

            Suddenly, a ball struck my leg and they want their ball back, so I took the ball and I threw to them.

“Thanks,” they said to me.
“Yeah,” my replied with  a short word and then play the game again.

            “Would you like to play with us?” The sound from a boy surprised me, for several times I can not respond his invitation, but finally I accepted it.

            When I was playing football with them, I found a reality, it was the first time for me to play football without shoes and in the field which has no goalposts. I felt wonder why accepted his invitation, but I thought there was no wrong if I try, at least only now.

“Hey. Why you not take my pass?!” He who using black t-shirt scolded me.
“Ehm, sorry. I didn’t concentrate.” My apoligize to him. Ah, it was the first time, I felt nervous.

            We continued the game, and the end of the time, my team won this game and I made a goal.

“Hey, nice to meet you, what’s your name? You aren’t live around here, right?” One of them asked me.

“I’m Ravi. Yeah, I came here yesterday with my dad. He want to complete his work, he is a writer and he told me he need natural place,” I explained

“Where’re you from?”

“I’m from......................................”

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            That is the first time I play with them. After that, I began stand by them. We played many games, such as football, tongkak dingin, cakbur, congklak, petak umpet, kelereng, layangan, lompat tali, enggrang etc. You know? Those are better than video game. I learned about cooperation, creativity and teamwork. I couldn’t found these in my home. I always play gadget and never know about kids around my home.

            Now I knew why my dad brought me here, he want to give some lessons to me. Maybe my parents made a mistake in my social development, and now they are trying to repair that. They want their child knows how to live with social cultural, play with real friend and has a responsibility to each other. Of course, know how to live together as one.

Time was changed, my dad told me about his childhood, and it was too different. He want to get everything was captured by the time. Although, it’s too hard.

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            The misty mountain stands very strong overthere. Sunlight shines above that, and birds are singing in the sky. The river’s sound gives reflection the beauty of this place. The sky’s colour is very fine. Leafs are heaving merilly accompany my little steps. I will hear their every story, take hold of my own dream. Be strong as the corals in the sea and fly as an hawk’s wings.

            I’m grateful, I got something that couldn’t find by other kids. But, to make a happiness, we just need our environment because we are living in the real world! Your life depend on you and with whom you do the interactions. Play with our friends, that can make us learn each other. Find the wisdom in every place we go and then we will find the world! Someday, we’ll show our history and we give what we had to our children. Do not forget give thanks to The God about our life, because somebody out there, they had no life like us.

            I will go back home. But I promise to visit this place later. Play together, and learn about naturalistic more and more.

-Soni Indrayana-