BERHALA ISLAND
EPISODE 94: CUNNING KIDNAPPER

    Finally, after leaving the angkringan stall, where last night Podin had slept leaning on the telephone pole, and if not awakened by the owner of the stall that will close it, it will, who will summarize his merchandise for fear that if it is transported Satpol PP, Podin immediately drove his car to the gas station. Yes, there sure is Podin going to the restroom, pee and wash his face. At least his body looks fresh.  Although not bathing, but if his hair and face, and hands and feet were splashed by water, then surely his body will be refreshed.

    After finishing washing your face, Podin went into the minimarket on the side of the gas station. Podin buy his own service drink, just take the ingredients, then put in a disposable glass and brewed with hot water available in the mini market. Podin also took chicken rice food wrapped in a very nice package. Two packs. Drinking milk coffee. Of course to block his stomach that is hungry. At the very least, Podin wanted to fill his stomach so as not to hurt and not rumble. He also sat in a chair provided in front of the minimarket, which was deliberately installed for buyers who want to drink and eat while resting, sitting in front of the minimarket.

    Podin enjoys food from the package and drinks his own hot milk coffee brewed in the minimarket. He sat on the minimarket terrace, while observing the environment at the gas station. Surely Podin watched how the atmosphere of the morning around the gas station. Of course, the atmosphere is very crowded by busy people going to work, as well as the queue of gasoline buyers who snare until long.

    And at that moment, Podin's eyes saw a little boy in tattered clothes begging. Podin recalled the time he kidnapped a street child who at that time he brought to the Island of Idols, and became his first offering. Yes, at that time Podin was quite successful and could get a very abundant treasure from the palace of Pulau Berhala. Returning Podin's intention in his heart, he wanted to bring the beggar's son. At least, later the child of the beggar he will make offerings on the island of Berhala. Podin began to move his heart, to invite the child, to seduce the child, and of course later will bring the child to the place that was waiting for his arrival, namely on the island of Berhala.

    Podin kept looking at the beggar boy. It just so happened that the little boy who was begging to the buyers of gasoline was still the age of his first child, named Eko, who was dead crushed by a truck. And it turns out that the oppressed truck of the Eko was as a fall from himself who took the treasure on the island of Berhala. But it is different with his son. Street kids begging at the gas station, most recently about ten years old, certainly do not go to school. Because during the morning rush hour like this, the children leave for school, but this little boy does not go to school, does not wear his SD uniform, they even beg in the streets.

    "Hi ..., Son .... Here, you .... How early in the morning already nyadong here, do you not go to school?" ask podin to the little boy, who of course after being called directly towards him. Surely the boy was sure that the man who was sitting on the minimarket terrace and called him, would certainly give him money.

    "No, Om.." replied the boy innocently and certainly without further ado.

    "Why not school?" ask Podin again.

    "It costs nothing, Om.." the boy answered again, on classical grounds. Yes, street children if asked why not school, the answer must be because it has no cost.

    "Have you eaten yet?" ask the boy again.

    "No, Om .... I haven't got the money" replied the boy who had been expected by Podin.

    Whether you already have money or not, but usually, if asked what you have eaten, then the answer must be like that. If asked whether he had breakfast or not, surely said he had not breakfast, because he did not have money.

    "Wanna eat?" ask Putin again to the boy.

    "You, Om .." replied the boy quickly, which he would love to be invited to eat by someone he thought had money and would buy him food.

    "Come with me, if you want to eat come with me .... I'll take him to the restaurant, the daughter-in-law you choose yourself, eat as much" Podin told the boy, which is certainly a very tempting offer.

    "But, Om .., I have to make money first .... I had to beg the people first" said the boy, who was justified by begging at the gas station.

    "Well, are you going to eat or are you going to beg?" asked the boy again, which of course, Podin hoped the boy would follow him without being forced, without being kidnapped, without violence, without anyone suspecting that he has kidnapped the street child.

    "Actually I want to eat, Om .... But I have to beg first .... This ..., it's like this morning, at this gas station is rame, Om .... A lot of people are in line, and he's definitely a lot of people who will give money to me, he's a lot of pity on me, will definitely give a little sustenance to beggars like me, Om." so sahut the boy, whose language is very shrewd, has been very clever, as if this child has long worked as a beggar, he said, of course, he must have studied the situation and conditions of his workplace.

    Podin looked up at the sky. Surely he thought, maybe it was not time for Podin to bring the boy. It was because the full night was still too long waiting for him. If Podin had brought the boy now, he would have been troubled himself, having to take the boy for a boarding house or rent a room, as he once did when he brought the little girl he kidnapped from a crossroads. Or at least take the child for a long time, to eat, drink, sleep, the daily needs of the child, should be treated constantly. If that kid he brought in now, it would have cost a lot. In the meantime, his finances are running low.

    Podin is also a cunning man. He can predict when he will bring the child, will take the child, and go directly to the place of his dreams, no need for a house contract, no boarding, no need to stay at the hotel, no need to stay at the hotel, no need to eat a lot, no need to spend a lot of money. Podin will come back to that place, on the eve of the full moon.

    "Eh ..., here .... This ..., Om give money to you, later to buy food yes" said Podin while giving a sheet of ten thousand.

    "Thank you, Om .." said the boy who could say thank you.

    "I often go to this place .... You are here every day? One day, I'll have a nice meal." asked Podin to the boy.

    "Yam is .... Tomorrow's in a few days, Om will be here. Anyway, later if you have money, Om will invite you to eat good food, yes .... Want, no?" podin said that of course he had set a trap for the boy.

    "You, Om .... Who is the person who does not want to be invited to eat well with others." replied the child who certainly smiled happily.

    "Well, like that .... Here, I just agreed .... Please find more money .... Sana asks for the mercy of the person who is on the purchase of gasoline .... But remember .., don't be naughty, don't steal, don't force to ask others who don't want to give. If someone doesn't give, let them. If necessary pray that the person will give you tomorrow." so said Podin to the child while giving again a packet of rice that has not been eaten.

    Surely the boy was very happy, because he had been given money by Podin quite a lot. Ten thousand dollars and still plus snacks of packaged rice from minimarket. For street children, get that much money and special snacks.of course he is very happy, because there are good people who want to give enough money to him. Usually others give only five hundred. At most a thousand. Or also many are silent pretending not to know if there is a beggar who asks. But this time, Podin gave not a little. Podin gave big enough money to a beggar. Moreover, the child is also promised to be invited to eat well at the restaurant. That kid must be so happy.

    "Yam is .... I want to go find money first .... Tomorrow I come again, sometime if I come here, when you are here, just meet. Don't be afraid of me .... Later I will give you money, and Om will invite you to eat. That, yes .... Because today you are still busy working, please work first .... Tomorrow when you are ready to eat, I will take you to eat at the restaurant." said Podin who promised the child.

    Of course the beggar's child was happy and excited because hearing the words of the person who had given the money would invite him to eat at the restaurant. Of course in the child's imagination, he wanted to enjoy the cuisine in the restaurant.

    That is the trap of Podin, who of course is more shrewd than the street child, who has a lot of wits to dissent at the dinner, and prefers to beg at the mercy of others.

    A week has passed. Podin returned to the gas station, returned to meet the child who had once been given ten thousand dollars. And now, Podin will keep his promise, want to invite the boy to eat at the restotan. Even Podin has also prepared a new clothing stel for the boy. Surely so that the child beggar does not look ragged.

    "Hi ...!" shouted Podin from the terrace of the mini market, waving his hand, calling the child beggar who was still busy holding his hand, begging to people who buy gasoline.

    But once he knew that Podin was coming, the beggar approached the person who called him.

    "Yes, Om .... How, Om?" said the boy who came to Podin.

    "So eat, don't you?" podin asked, looking relaxed, so it would not seem to force the child.

    "You, Om ..." said the boy who was certainly smiling happily.

    "We're leaving now?" podin asked the boy, worried that as before, it was more demanding than being invited to eat.

    "Yes, Om .... But, my clothes are like this, Om ..., is it worth entering the restaurant?" said the boy.

    "Nuh .... There replace it first ..." said Podin who immediately gave plastic bundle of crackles containing clothes.

    The boy accepted it. Go behind the bathroom wall. He changed clothes, put on new clothes. Then go straight back to where Podin was.

    "Eit ..., wash your face .... Her hair was wet, so it looked handsome .." said Podin, who disagreed that the child was just changing clothes, without cleaning his body.

    "Yes, Om .... A moment ..." the boy went back to the bathroom and washed his face, hands and feet. Even now his hair is wet and tidied using a comb hanging in the bathroom mirror.

    Eventually, Podin was able to get the boy he was after when he first met at the gas station. The beggar boy was begging at the gas station. Yes, indeed Jakarta is a place for children who are not taken care of by their parents, a place where street children are actually very easy to get and be invited by Podin.

    "Already, Om.." said the boy after he was ready.

    "okay .... Come on, let's go now .." replied Podin who was certainly smiling happily. His password will be done. The cunning Podin had already managed to carry out his trap.