BERHALA ISLAND
EPISODE 170: ADVICE TO HUSBANDS

    Ms. Melan's prayers have been answered. Podin is now healthy, back to normal. Podin was able to go home, although the doctor said he still had to control, still had to take medication. And of course Ms. Melan is happy. Ms. Melan is happy. Ms. Melan is happy.

    Likewise, Podin, who is certainly also happy even though the condition of his body is still not so perfect. But at least he can be free, can freely sleep soundly, eat well, live in his own home. Well, this was the first experience for Podin to go to the hospital and have to sleep in the patient's bed, which was all arranged by the nurses.

    Indeed, all this time Podin never been to the hospital, never been hospitalized, even to the doctor never. Even if he had been sick before, Podin would not be taken to the hospital or see a doctor, because at that time he was still poor and had no money for medical expenses. But now, having married Ms. Melan, all her life is being watched by her wife. At least, Ms. Melan always reminded her husband about how to maintain health. Even eating alone is always reminded and arranged menu. Especially in such a sick condition, whose condition is very alarming, until unconscious for days. Of course, Podin must be hospitalized. And this was his first time in the hospital, and he certainly hoped for the last time. Surely Podin no longer want to sleep on the hospital cot.

    "Mahs .... What exactly are the items in the room that Papah kept secret?" ask Ms. Melan to her husband, who of course she wants to know about the items that had been the place of her husband's disappearance.

    "It's nothing, Mah .... It's just antiques, even so useless junk ..." java Podin who certainly still keep the sacred items secret.

    "But, Pah .... I was surprised ..., why the time of the lunar eclipse yesterday, Papah can enter the place, and just disappear ..... I searched everywhere not found .... Even until I open the crates one by one, I think Papah is hidden in the crate, it turns out there is also no .... And I saw exactly that Papah seemed to be dragged and put in that place .... But how did it even meet at the top of the tree ...?!" said Ms. Melan while stroking and also spawning the legs of Podin who he said was still felt immune, still often tingling. Ms. Melan is understood, who doctors say has mild stroke symptoms. Surely the condition of his body is still not perfect recovery.

    "I was also surprised .... Why did it happen like that ...?! Though I also did not say anything ..." said Podin quibble, of course so that his wife does not take care of the items in the room that he had kept secret.

    "Indeed yesterday, Papah knew that his body was being dragged ...?!" ask his wife again.

    "No idea, Mah .... I don't remember anything ..." replied Podin. He tried to lie to his wife.

    "Belg ..., Papah .... Papah fell out of bed and was dragged into Papah's secret room .... I was screaming, Pah .... I screamed in fear ..." said Ms. Melan.

    "Continue ...?!" ask Podin to know.

    "Well .., I broke that door .... I looked Papah all over the crates in the room .... But .... Papah remains unaccounted for .... Hence, I kept screaming again, and asked the citizens for help ..." said Ms. Melan who told her story at the time of the incident.

    "Continue ...?!" ask Podin again.

    "Alirnya residents are in search of Papah .... Waah ..., the atmosphere is serem, Pah ..." said Ms. Melan.

    "Where is the cerem ...??" ask Podin who is also curious.

    "Everyone was looking for Papah, while beating a kentongan, some were hitting old cans, some were carrying cooking pots, they were beating. Flashlight lights panned in different directions. Even on carrying a torch from bamboo .... Old young, big small, male female ..., all come looking .... They're on shouting lunar eclipses to bring Papah back .... There are even those who poured water one bucket towards the lunar eclipse .... They say, Papah was eclipsed .... He said it was a creepy, big black scary creature." said Ms. Melan.

    Podin silent thermangu. He recalled the time he was lying on the altar of the palace, on the stone of the range. At that time, a giant creature of demonic incarnation that is very creepy, the ruler of the Island of Idols, threatened to prey on him. Is that really his wife's story? Did the villagers really see the creature? Of course Podin began to worry, lest the demon lord of the Island of Idols was already in his village.

    "But, Pah .... Yesterday when the Reverend came here, he had seen the things in the room. She said it was amulets, Pah ..." said Ms. Melan to her husband, who certainly began to bring up the matter of the thing considered as the talisman.

    "I didn't expect either, Mah .... Those things I take for granted, I consider as antiques .... That's Bang Kohar's gift .... Said Bang Kohar, who lives in the Padalarang area there, the objects were antiques .., yes a kind of treasure chests .... I used to take it from Bang Kohar's place. Bang Kohar is a collector of antique objects, yes .., likes to cuddle strange objects, which are antique, and usually rare. I was given that kind of treasure chest. Indeed, Bang Kohar said, if the treasure chests were said to bring sustenance, can launch a job, can make it easier for people to try .." so answered Podin to his wife.

    "I don't know, Mah .... At that time, I just followed the advice of Bang Kohar .... I do not know God .... What I took to church was Mamah .." replied Podin who seemed to be an innocent person, and seemed to know nothing about them. Surely Podin will avoid mistakes.

    "Said Mr. Pastor, those things are idols, Pah .... These things need to be thrown away, they need to be removed from our homes. Because the Pastor said, the stuff is an idol house. If the item is in our house, it means that we are allied with the devil. That's not good, Pah .... We will not be saved by God. And if stuff like that is still here, it could hurt us." said Ms. Melan who of course slowly requested that her husband would throw away the items that are considered as idol places.

    "But .., Mah ..." of course Podin is still confused, because those items are sacred items that can bring wealth to him.

    "But, what ..., Pah ...? It's a danger, Pah .... The Pastor said, if we are allied with the devil, if we keep such idols, we will suffer, we will be doomed, because the idols must ask for the tumbals .... The proof .., Papah has been dragged by the idol, and Papah will be eaten by the idol .... In fact, the Reverend thought that the one who dragged Papah, who brought Papah up to the top of the tall tree, was, surely the idols that had been residing in the room that Papah kept the key ..." said Ms. Melan who began to open her husband's inner eyes, so that her husband is aware of her actions so far.

    Yes, Podin did remember very well, if when the lunar eclipse was indeed he had been dragged by the executioners from the island of Berhala. He was placed on the stone range, the place of sacrifice, the place of offerings for the worshipers of the ruler of Pulau Berhala. And of course, Podin is also still plagued with the appearance of strange creatures, giant creatures, demonic incarnations that have thrown himself, throwing himself to float far away. So that Podin was unconscious at that time. And in fact, Podin was found by the residents, found already stuck in a large tree, on a tall tree.

    Surely, it all happened because Podin had not offered his sacrifices to the Island of Berhala. And of course, Podin has received threats from the ruler of Pulau Berhala. Surely Podin was terrified by the threat. But of course now, he is also afraid of his wife, who has invited himself to the service, to come to church. And of course Podin was also worried that he would be visited again by the executioners from the palace of Pulau Berhala, Podin was required to keep the promise to offer his victims every night of the full moon.

    "But, Mah .... I was afraid ..." so said Podin to his wife, who began to look worried, afraid if anything happened.

    "Fear what, Pah ...?" ask Ms. Melan to her husband.

    "I am afraid of the creature that dwells in the coffin ..." said the worried Podin.

    "What's in the box ...?" ask Ms. Melan to her husband who is starting to get scared again.

    "There are ghosts ..., Mah .... There's a scary creature .." said Podin who looked increasingly frightened.

    "What kind of scary creature, Pah ...?" ask Ms. Melan who is now increasingly curious to hear the words of her husband.

    Bodin did not answer. But his face was getting scared. He knows the prasis, if in the coffins there are strange creatures, a kind of spirit that shimmers. The incarnate creatures of the children he once sacrificed on the stone range, as an offering to the ruler of the Island of Berhala. And the most frightening thing is, if the executioners came again, and dragged back his body, and brought to the palace of Pulau Berhala.

    "Pah ... may be true said Mr. Pastor .... The creatures in the box are idols. Should be thrown out immediately, Pah .... Please, trust God .... Pastu God will help us ..." said Ms. Melan who certainly wants to strengthen her husband's faith.

    "Yes, Mah .... But I was afraid ..." said Podin who even now seemed to be crying out of fear.

    "Don't be afraid .... Leave all the burdens of our lives to God, for sure we will get help. If Papah agrees, tomorrow I will invite the Pastor with the congregation, to pray in our home. Praying for us to survive the threats of idols" Ms Melan said.

    And sure enough, Podin nodded in agreement. Only this time did he get a good wife, who could realize her husband's way.