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"Mr!" Shouted Si Mbok while slightly running towards the man.

Darto who was confused was forced to follow the steps of Si Mbok, he came running and kissed the back of the old man's hand in front of him.

"Father of the morning prayer first yes Nduk, then I want to follow you to the saung, but you have reached home first" the man told Si Mbok, then stroking Darto's head and going towards the crock, he took water and then rushed into his house again.

Darto and Si Mbok patiently waited for the old man to come out of his room, they were both sitting next to each other in the living room, on a pandan mat where they had been performing sahur. Not long after, the man came out of his room, he hurried to join and sat down next to Darto.

"What's up, Ndok? everything's fine, right?" ask the man to Si Mbok.

"Alhamdulillah, Sir?! there is no problem, it's just that Darsa had fallen and fainted for two days, fortunately he is healthy again now" said Si Mbok while wiping Darto's head.

Hearing Si Mbok's words, the man grabbed Darto's head, he rubbed slowly while continuing to say hamdalah.

"Have all your letters been memorized, Le?" asked the man to Darto, he looked at Darto with a sad look.

"Have memorized all Juz," answered Darto spontaneously, then began to appear sweaty hair on his temple. He panicked because he answered without thinking, his mind completely in a frenzy, thinking the truth about how many juz Darsa had memorized.

"Well that's good, cook one year you're gone you're not finished, but it's fitting Mr. went you're just one juz less" said the man with a smile floating on his lips.

A sense of relief really immediately lodged in the heart of Darto. When the man did not raise any suspicions against him, it was truly an inconceivable coincidence.

"This is a gift for you, Mr. Le, who made it himself" said the man, while offering a prayer beads, a prayer bead consisting of 99 wooden beads.

"Thank you very much Sir!" darto said with a smile. Darto really feel happy about the gift that Darsa's father gave.

Darto's eyes sparkled, his gaze could not be separated from the prayer beads in his hands. A very simple tasbih but gives a feeling of warmth when grasped.

"Ndock... You'll be gone again in the afternoon, is it okay, right?" said the man with a sad look, he looked at his wife with a look of pity.

"I am very sinful if I obstruct your goodwill" said Si Mbok with floating lips, but his eyes were not in harmony with his smile, a drop of water fell from his eyes as he answered her husband's question.

"I'm sorry Ndok... Le.. You can't be a good parent to you" said the man, looking down.

Seeing and hearing her husband say that. Si Mbok's cry immediately broke out, she hugged her husband with longing mixed with disappointment, because she had just been able to meet after a long time, she was again forced to wait afterwards.

"Amin, Allah knows how hard you fight and obey my request, you are indeed the woman God has prepared for me. I believe, if it was another woman, he would have left because too often you stay" said the man while stroking his wife's head.

Seeing his parents like that, Darto decided to leave them, he rushed into his room and returned to lay his body on the couch. Slowly Darto's eyes closed again, without planning he really fell asleep, and re-awakened when the sun had risen.

When he woke up, Darto rushed out of his house, unexpectedly many children his age were playing not far from his home. A little curious, Darto approached those who are now in a crowd, Darto wanted to see what makes the children continue to laugh while throwing something. And when Darto got to the back of the crowd, Darto ran as fast as possible towards the center of the crowd. Darto really had to push some kids so he could get in the middle.

"There's Darsa! finally, her boyfriend came! let's just go home yuk, ha ha ha ha ha!" yelled one of the boys and then opened up while away carrying a group of friends.

"Are you okay?" Ask Darto to the little girl in front of him. The boy was wearing a shirt that was so shabby and torn in some parts. His body was thin, and also filled with skin diseases that were very severe even to fester.

"Thank you" said the little girl, curled up, and she was so frightened that her whole body shook.

"Don't scratch!" shouted Darto while clasping the girl's hand. He felt pity after seeing the scratched skin begin to bleed mixed with pus.

Seeing Darto scream, the girl hugged her knees again, her body shook violently again. He really had never felt another taste, other than the itching and fear in his life. How not? the incident was enough to explain how accustomed friends of his age to throw stones at him. While continuing to make fun of her form, they continued to laugh happily, they looked very satisfied seeing the suffering this girl was going through.

"Sorry.." said Darto slightly lowered his head. Darto was so sorry to see the girl scared after she screamed.

"You haven't found the waterfall yet, Le?" said the old man aka Father Darsa, he was standing right behind Darto, Darto was really surprised because he did not hear the footsteps of the old man when he approached Darto.

"No, Sir. Darsa will look for it again tomorrow" said Darto as he looked closely at Darsa's father.

Seeing her son continue to look at her, Darsa's father rushed to hug his son. Darto could not resist at all, Darto was completely silent in the arms of the man. Although he is not the real father of Darto, but the face of Darsa's father really has a lot of similarities with the face of Si Mbah turahmin that he always sees every day. At this time Darto really feel comfortable, when in the arms of the father of the body he was possessed.

"Tomorrow you take him to take a bath in the waterfall, surely the disease can be cured, Le," said Darsa's father, pointing to the girl who was still curled up in front of them.

"But where, sir?" said Darto briefly, while looking down.

"You sleep, the Sastro had met the Father. He said he had found the location of the waterfall," said Darsa's father with a smile.

"Alhamdulillah! tomorrow Darsa will be there, sir!" darto said with sparkling eyes, in his heart he was really grateful, because maybe the waterfall was a key to the test he was undergoing.

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