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This road reminded me a lot about every single thing that
happened to me ten years ago. In this intersection, that unstoppable smile
accompanied me to get back to home and, at the same time, that unstoppable
smile welcomed me to my new home. Ah! A small place, where in the rainy season
there was no guarantee we would stay dry and warm, did not have any reparation
physically yet it repaired my sight about the government that showed their
empathy to this place.
I remembered exactly the first day I was welcomed by their
warm greetings, but this special 100-centimeters child welcomed me with her
hugs around my waist. Shocked and happy flew together with my blood. My brain
told me to keep smiling until some utterance made me frown.
“Alona, why do you hug our beautiful teacher with your dirty
clothes and hands?” asked the red one. She just showed her teeth happily.
“You don’t fit with us.” said the blonde one.
My heart deeply cried. I saw there was such a big wall that
they built to make a relationship with her but the fact that she did not notice
what they did made her smile last forever.
Haunted by Alona’s specialne, I talked to some people about
her life. She was actually 17-year-old girl who lived by her grandparents
because her parents worked out of town. She used to throw everything near her
no matter it was alive or not. The last time I remember, she threw a cute kitty
right after she kissed the kitty.
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Days grew faster, the more I knew Alona was very different,
the more I was sure she was a nice girl that nobody admitted it. She did not
want to study using book and pen as many children were excited about, but
playing some instruments and singing. Bonnie, a friend of mine, was very impressed
when Alona asked to play his guitar and sing together.
Fire flamed through a long white curtain fulfilled entire
rooms of village hall, made the screaming as a lullaby to Sukanegla’s
civilization. Everybody was scattered around the hall bringing as many palls as
they could. Alona’s eyeball moved from the right to left edge following her
heart’s beat, showed her anxiety. She did not know what was happening and just
sat cross-legged while kept closing her ears. Bonnie came to her and carried
her on his back, which then made her anxiety faded away with carefully quick
steps.
“You’re going to be alright, Al.” said he calming her down.
She just smiled and murmured to him.
“Why are you so egoistic? You don’t know how worried I am
now. Do you know how does it feel when someone you care about doesn’t seem care
to you? It sucks!” He seemed angry with Alona yet he kept hugging her tightly
in a crowded night. What she did was only grinning to him.
He brought her to a safe place where she felt like home.
Everything seemed much fine to her when she was in her warm home, even though
she always made everything fine. A warm home that she didn’t have to face the
fact that not all of people cared about her led her to a new life she didn’t
expect before. In his hug, she didn’t need to worry about what people said
about her and how arrogant the world to her is. It didn’t last long because one
by one people came to knock her home and kept messing her home.
“It’s all because of you! You’re no different with your
parents!” said a fat woman while kept pointing her index finger to her.
“I am very sorry about what happened tonight that caused by
my little sister but I think we cannot fully blame her because she’s only a
special girl.” said Bonnie with a very calm voice.
“We all here have given up in tolerating this kid. It’s just
her who cannot adapt with us!” replied her with a raising voice.
“The other students and I are trying to understand what
Alona’s world looks like. We also want she adapts well in here, but it takes
time. I’m sure she can behave way better than this gradually. I can guarantee.”
said him with a strong voice.
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Some teachers and I saw she had a hidden ability, or it was
just us who did not notice her present. She showed some progress to us that she
could pronounce quite clearly about Marawis’ song, even it just one or two
syllables. She also could synchronize her mind and her body; which was shown
when she took guitar and played it randomly. The good news in months she showed
to us kept our smile last in our heart forever.
Word count: 797
References:
- Most of this story is based on one of my students' life at Taman Ilmu
- Instrumental musics from youtube
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