MARANTI (FOOD OF THE DEAD)
PART 5 THE GUARD'S DEATH

My husband and I rushed to the kitchen, and Ms. Titi followed behind us while carrying the groceries we had brought from the market. As soon as I reached the kitchen, the scent of carcasses smelled in my nose.

"The smell of the crackle above the amben, Ma'am" said Bu Titi while pointing to the black crackle last night.

"Really! That crackle that was last night was brought by Yu Painem, but why did it smell like a carcass? Shouldn't it be sugar or rice?" I thought as I approached the package.

The more I got closer to where the crackle was, the more stench it smelled.

"Antep smells, Ms Titi" I said as I closed my nose

"Banget, Ma'am" replied Bu Titi also closed his nose

The husband pinched the edge of the crackle, then tipped towards the sidebar, Ms. Titi who opened the door so that my husband could pass.

While watching my husband carry the package, my brain did not stop thinking, "why did the crackle that Yu Painem delivered last night smell like this carcass? Was there a rat that ate the stuff last night and died inside? Why did the rat die, was it poison? Or maybe ..."

Finally we were in the barrel, slowly the husband took out a mysterious object in the crackle. We were all curious about the contents of the package. As soon as the contents were removed in it by my husband, Ms. Titi and I both screamed loudly, she said,

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

Bu Titi not only screams but also nausea and vomiting instantly in the spring. And I just cry. How not, in the crackle there is no sugar or rice at all, which there is just the sweet, my favorite cat at home.

Ms. Titi went into the kitchen, probably wanted to gargle in the bathroom. I sat dumbstruck in front of Sweet's body, not caring about the stench I smelled. My husband sat next to me.

"Sweet, why did you die so suddenly? Though, yesterday the day after tomorrow you were still playing with Nur?" lirih

"Sik, the Sweet one should immediately bury ya?" say my husband

I just nodded, my tears could not be contained. The memories with my beloved cat are back. When I first found him injured on the side of the road, I took him home, until I healed him. After recovering, the Sweetie stayed home, becoming part of my little family.

My son, Nur also loves that little cat. There are unique habits of the sweet. When the time of Maghrib is approaching, he usually circled around the house, I deliberately let it so, some say that the cat is guarding the house from the subtle creatures who want to go inside. After Isha' then he scratched the door leaf, a sign asking to go inside. We let him in and then let him play and fall asleep in my room or my son's room. In the middle of the night, when one of us wakes up for a drink or to the bathroom, the sweet usually comes to wake up.

My husband dug a hole in the pit, took a piece of cloth to wrap the Sweetie, then buried the Sweet in the hole he dug. I watched him from four meters in front of the door. Ms. Titi sat behind me after coming back from the bathroom,

"Mom, that's my cat turned out. Sorry yes, it has made Ms Titi nauseous" I said

There was no response from Ms. Titi.

"Samples are okay, right?" my word is back

There was still no response from Ms. Titi. The smell of soap suddenly smelled in my nose, "surely Mrs Titi was rinsing and washing her face with my soap yesterday" I thought. "OH NO! The smell of this soap is not the smell of my soap that I left in the bathroom, but it's the smell of soap ..."

My hair goosebumps instantly, I just realized that the figure sitting behind me, precisely in the rocking chair was not Bu Titi, but the original owner, Yu Darmi.

My body trembled, I did not dare to look back, I did not want to see that pale face again. I shouted my husband's name, but my voice did not come out. My hands flailed forward helplessly, my ears buzzing at once. My husband did not look at me. He's still busy burying the sweetie. I kept trying to call my husband's name but my mouth was still choked. Then there was a hand that held my shoulder.

"Mhrs ... Maqf ... Madam Sin" call someone from behind me

The smell of soap was no longer smelled and my ears were no longer buzzing.

"Yes, Ma'am" I replied

"Bak Sin, is it okay?" ask the owner of the voice again which turns out to be Bu titi

"I'm okay, Ma'am. Just shocked by the death of my beloved cat" I replied as I turned to him. Scroll the chair behind me, there was no one there. I had to lie to Lady Titi. I still need some Lady Titi at Yu Darmi's house.

"His cat is buried?" ask Mrs Titi

"That, just finished. Ma'am, let's wash the ingredients in the back!" take me

"Come, Ma'am" replied Bu Titi

I asked him to wash the materials first, so that I would accompany washing hands in the bathroom. It's not funny if I have to go to the bathroom alone in this house, I can get yu Darmi again.

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A little afternoon, Ms. Mimin came in the company of two other mothers. Wak Giman and Mang Karjo. Bu Titi told the discovery of the carcass of the Sweet to the mothers. I had to lie again, I said that my cat was sick, maybe he knew his master was in this house, so he died here. Mimin looked at me suspiciously,

"Isn't a cat dying usually away from its master?" telisik

"Yes, don't know either, Mimin. Maybe the sweet one wants to be buried by his master" I replied. I'm afraid that Bu Mimin is suspicious of Yu Painem, because yesterday there was him when Yu Painem delivered the black crackle.

We continued the kitchen work until it was finished. While working in the kitchen, I kept thinking about Yu Painem. I wanted to ask him, why did he bring my cat's body here? Did he find my cat's body in the street or at his house? I admit many people who know that Sweet is my cat because the color is not matching. But did the introverted old lady know that as well? Or maybe he killed her? Wh-wh-what for? I will have to ask him directly. If he does, he has to take responsibility.

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Thankfully, Yu Darmi's spirit was not nongolous anymore during the day or night. Maybe because there are a lot of people there. But still, I always docked with the mothers, because usually Yu Darmi appeared if I was alone, even if only for a few seconds.

The tahlilan event went well, all the food on the plates ludes, the coincidence that gave the seasoning of the day's cuisine, his wife Wak Giman who is famous for his steady cooking. Not to forget when I came home, the mothers I brought three kinds of leftovers and cakes, two packs each. I deliberately left a pack of rice and three kinds of cakes to take to Yu Painem's house, as well as asking about the Sweet.

I walked over to Yu Painem's house, my husband as usual waiting by the side of the road. Kuketok Yu Painem door leaf,

"Dock dock ... Assalamualaikum"

There is no lawfulness.

I pushed the door open.

"Asalaamodayn ..." Still no one answered. I pushed that door down to the wall, afraid that Yu Painem would appear suddenly again like yesterday. When I opened the door, just like yesterday, the unpleasant smell returned. Only now more visible. I was disappointed that Yu Painem did not show up, but since I had already gone to his house, I just put the parcel I had brought on the chair like yesterday. Again the food I threw on the chair because the chair was a bit inside, I was afraid when I put it closed door myself.

"Yu ... I put the food on the chair" I said rather loudly, though I did not see Yu Painem there.

I was surprised that suddenly a cat jumped from the inside towards me, I dodged. The door closed from the inside. I am still inside and my husband is outside.

"Mas .... Mum ...." I gedor-gedor the door that suddenly closed tightly.

I pulled the doorknob from the inside but could not open the door. I panicked because my husband didn't seem to realize that I was locked inside Yu Painem's house. Suddenly the smell of soap smelled in my nose gushed among the unpleasant smells typical of Yu Painem's house. I felt bad air in that stuffy room.

"Yu Dar, please don't show up this time! I'm so scared" I screamed as I continued pounding on the door hard.

"KRIEEEEEEEEE"

"Sir, are you okay?" my husband said from behind the door. Thank goodness my husband came to my aid.

"Let's go home. The man is not inside." I whine while holding my husband's hand.

We left Yu Painem's house without any information about my cat. I who was piggybacking to the side had seen the shadow of someone standing behind the window. Either Yu Painem or it could be the spirit of Yu Darmi.

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Once home, it was not like my bachelor usually locked the door to his room. Is he upset with me for not taking me to Yu Darmi's house? I forbid him not without reason, because he wants to be really healthy first.

"Dok ... Doc ... Doc"

There is no lawfulness.

"Dok ... Doc ... Doc"

"Come, I'll wake up, pray Isya' first!" yell at

The door to the room is open, please,

"Mother ?" sapana

"Yes, why are you so dry, son?" my many. "Don't you get enough of it again?" addku

"T-no, ma'am" she answered stammeringly.

"Trus why are you so dry? Have you had a fever again?" I was worried while I held his forehead. Chilly.

"A-anu, ma'am" he said

"Why, let's tell the same story Mom and Dad!" todongku

"Mother and Father are not angry, right, if Nur tells you something?" he said again

"No, you're honest" I replied

"Here go to Nur's room!"

My husband and I followed Nur to his room. Nur sat on the bed, we both sat on the sidelines.

"Now tell!" my word

"Yesterday, the day after Maghrib, when I was in the bathroom, I heard a granny's voice at the door. But I peeked through the window, there was no one. When I returned to the room, his voice sounded again, I peeked at the window no longer. After that I went back to the room, the voice of the grandmothers was heard again, but followed by the sound of the sweet man. That voice won't be heard anymore." my son's story

"When you get home, you sleep on crumbs?" I asked

My son nodded then continued his story,

"In the middle of the night I was thirsty, I was not so afraid because there was already a Mother and Father at home. I went to the dinner table, the Sweetie accompanied. By the time I drank, the voice of the grandmother was heard again in front, I hurriedly entered the room again. However, the sweet ran forward through the broken window" he added

"Continue?" manya curious. I think this has something to do with the death of the Sweetie.

"I heard nothing more after that. Tomorrow I don't see the sweet one again until now. Then, just as Maghrib was, the grandmother called again at the door. I'm scared, Mom, sir." close my son's story.

"Oh my God, who is this grandmother that my son really meant? Did he kill the sweet? What was the purpose of that grandmother bothering my son?" ask in my heart

"Nur, the sweet is dead" I said slowly

"WHATAAAAAA?" nur said not to believe

"Last noon the father buried him in the house of Bu Demu" I explained

"Oh my God, it must have been the grandmother who killed him!" cry my son while crying

My son cried as he pleased, his tears flowing. I can understand that. Sweetie is like family in this house. I let Nur let go of his emotions. I got him some water to drink after his crying had subsided.

"Nur, if you can find out. Do you know Miss De Painem?" much

"Woman who lives next door to Bu De Darmi?" tannya

"Yes" I answered

"Why, Mom?" tanyanya returned

"A-is, the granny voice you heard, similar to that of Bu De Painem?" much

Nur took a deep breath.

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