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After getting forced from the surip. Bidin ventured into the water that has now submerged his lower legs. He stuck his hand into the water that became cloudy because the thing Surip pulled continued to wriggle.

Bidin's smile flashed for a moment as he said. "Alhamdulillah the real Sur fish!"

Rushing Bidin raised the fish and threw it towards the ground. But the strange thing again happened when Bidin was about to go to the mainland.

Something from the water seemed to hold the lower leg that was still sinking, until the silent body Bidin made.

"Sura.. Pull Me Sur.!" Said Bidin which is still rigidly stretched, on the edge of the lake.

Looking at the pale face of Bidin, without thinking long Surip immediately grabbed the hand that Bidin thrust, and pulled as tight as possible. Until finally Bidin managed to bounce to the mainland.

"You're why Din!" Tanya Surip was astonished.

"Not to know Sur, my legs are rich there is a hold!"

Hearing Surip's reply, the two men looked at each other, then turned simultaneously towards the water, and shuddered in fear.

After a little calm. The two men rushed to the place where Harti was preparing their catch.

Surip is in charge of finding firewood, Bidin cleans fish, while Harti prepares seasonings for its complement.

Sometimes they turned towards Darto, but the same thing, Darto did not budge at all from his original position. He continued to recite the prayer while playing the prayer beads in his hand while closing his eyes.

"That's Gus Darto really serious Din?" ask Surip.

"Iyo Sur, actually what Gus is doing is Sur," replied Bidin again asking.

"Yo don't know I'm Sur, but soon also literate, if you already smell the fish mateng hehehe,"

"Here, later mas Darto disturbed if you continue to fuss!" ketus Harti silenced the conversation of the two young men in front of him.

They looked back at Darto. Now visible sweat began to flow from his temple, his forehead occasionally frowning, although still in a closed position eyes.

Stunned, the three friends now can only take a sip of saliva. When a strong wind suddenly came from the direction of the forest, making tree branches sway and dry leaves fly. The faces of the three of them instantly stiffened, when they saw the huge bubble that kept emerging from within the lake, right in front of Darto sitting cross-legged. The bubble continued to appear until it created ripples above the surface, and even more bizarrely, the lake water that had originally calmed down, had now become slightly bumpy. Witnessing that, his three friends could only be stunned by the incident. Without them understanding, Darto was fighting with the lake dwellers they had met a year ago.

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The wind, bubbles, and waves in the lake had gradually subsided. Harti looked panicked because he was too focused on seeing strange events around his future husband, so he forgot the fish he was stretching on the coals was almost charred.

"Din help get the fish back!" Harti hurriedly asked Udin who was daydreaming beside him.

"Gee.. Almost this charred Har!" he said while flipping a fish as big as a baby on the coals.

"Yes Din, good luck yes," Harti's face gradually relieved, because the fish they burned was not so charred.

after successfully flipping the fish, they returned to follow Surip who was still watching Darto. It looks like Darto who has been standing, is shaking the ground attached to the back of his pants with his palm.

"Have not been?" Shouted Darto who was walking towards where three friends were watching the action.

"More soon!" replied Harti slightly yelling to be heard.

Stelah Darto arrived at the place of burning fish, ceaseless friends asked alternately.

"How's Gus? That work?"

"Alhamdulillah, smoothly Sur!"

Darto smiled.

"Well, what head?"

tanya Surip came back with a slightly scared face.

"Here Sur," Darto stuck a black cloth in his hand.

"That's filling the head?" Bidin asked while shivering in fear

"The jin Din, you are there, cook the actual head is placed in a cloth as small as this?" said Darto while opening the cloth package, unexpectedly the thing wrapped in cloth is a small keris in gold, the size of a little finger, complete with a sheath.

"Wait for me, dong Gus story, what's the process?" urge Bidin who is still curious about the events that they can not see.

"So gini, I know that the lake waiter here does not like if there are people who lure Din, I know, yesterday when I bought fried rice in the stall of Pak Ndut I was perfect to tell the story that we have been fishing in this lake. You know what Mr Ndut said?" tanya Darto only got the headbands from his three friends.

"He said that we were too brave, he said from the beginning no one ever wanted to fish here, because not only one person had ever been caught head, so after the news spread, he said, no one else dared to go fishing," Darto's story came to a halt when he tried to light a cigarette between his fingers.

"Well, because I already know. I told you to go again, let him quickly out hehehe," continued darto in welcome to the head of Badin and Surip.

"Your staff Gus, make us bait!" Gerrutu Bidin who provoked laughter Harti and Darto.

"But how did Gus defeat him?" Surip put on a serious face.

"Only do I stop Sur from wearing Hadith, he immediately cried hahahaha!" hearing the answer, the three friends could no longer hold back the laughter.

The fish in front of them were now perfectly cooked. As usual, without cue they immediately fight alertness in terms of plucking fish meat lying on top of the banana leaves. In just a matter of minutes, the sound of belching has been interconnected between Bidin and Surip which makes Harti laugh even though it is actually a little disgusted.

"What's the problem that Gus brought to the pesantren?" tanya Surip who was smoking with a full stomach beside Darto.

"No Sur, he will also be a student of Kakung later," hearing Darto's answer, looked like the look on the face of a bidin who was beside Surip wanted to spit out a million questions.

"Emang Pak Kyai taught the fine creatures also Dar?" bidin's questions can no longer be held.

"There was. Many even Din, they also pray and teach our rich,"

"Well, Gus, I've heard the rich voices of people behind the cottage, but it's dark!" Bidin re-opens the sound.

"Well, it's Din, really if you hear behind the cottage, there is where they study," said Darto managed to change the face of his three friends who originally listened to be amazed.

After the taste of food was digested enough, the four of them rushed home to the boarding school, along with the forest back, with a result of the task that Kakung gave.

In the heart of Darto feel quite happy, this is the first time he fought with creatures other than Kakung students in the boarding school. He continued to give thanks because his first task was not as difficult as what he had expected.

On the way home, Darto's smile continued to float. Without anyone realizing it, Darto 15 years ago very timid, now gradually carve his wibawa. Either for fellow humans, or the side of the natural inhabitants next to him.

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