Mom, I Want School
17. SCHOOL IS FUN

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I again sat on the edge of the edge of the embankment, a scene that as usual has always been an object of comfort. The trucks that pass in front of it become a separate entertainment for me who is still waiting for the figure of friends who never come when now it has shown at 02.00 noon.

Usually we've been busy playing if the clock is like this but they don't even show up. Do I have to go back to waiting for their arrival like it happened this morning.

"Dad!" the shout of my friends compactly while running towards me made me turn to look at the figures of Ami, Angga Cai and Ririn.

I immediately smiled broadly at the arrival of the friends I had been waiting for. Today I finally met them all.

"You've come home from school?" my many.

"Yes, I've come home from school, if you went to school like us, Ari, maybe you'll come home at these hours too."

"Huh? So you just got home? Uncle Santoso said you came home at 10:00 or at 11:00" I explained and a second later we were now sitting on the embankment, neatly arranged gazing towards the view of the vast rice field that is still seen hijacked, it has been a few days now the sound of a tractor engine is heard filling the sound mixed with the sound of nature that sounds so melodious.

I glanced at my friends who now looked so smiling, their faces now became happier than before. I was silent for a moment, was it possible that it was because they were the first time to go to school, yes it seems like it is.

They must be very happy because today is the first day of school.

"How does school feel today?" my question is staring one by one at my friends who still seem to smile happily even very happy.

"I saw there were a lot of friends there, they were wearing new clothes like me. You know Ari, we learned to introduce ourselves."

"True we introduced ourselves and just so you know, Ririn cried in class because she did not want to introduce her name in front of all the friends."

Everyone laughed as Cai recounted the incident while Ririn instead scratched her head in embarrassment. I also laughed as well as Angga who did not intermittently put down for a long time, "You do not know, you do not know, I also had a friend at the first introduction at school time she also cried exactly like Ririn but unfortunately she after crying down from the front and hugged her mother out of embarrassment."

"Then what are you doing at school other than introducing yourself?" my many.

"We also played, there were a lot of games there but the first time of school a lot of parents were students who came to class."

"Why do parents come to school?"

"Because they're embarrassed this isn't their first time attending school?"

"But I see Uncle Santoso doesn't go to school."

"Well, because I'm brave, unlike my friends, who have to be accompanied by their parents there."

"Well, it must be really exciting out there."

"Excitingly, Ari, I now have a task."

"Tasks?"

"That job means PR. I have a PR to do at home."

"Well, that's very exciting," amazed me.

"Benefit Ari. I have two tasks. I can't wait to do it later."

"You can't wait to do it, Ami? I've even finished the job."

"Well, you finished it? That's fast."

"Ririn, don't be so diligent!" angga.

"I'm not the one who's diligent but my mama's the one who's doing it."

I who had been silent since then frowned confused and then again said, "It's not your job but why is your mama doing it?"

"Of course my mama did it, a little boy like me could understand such a lesson. It's the first time I went to school so I don't know anything yet but I'm sure the school turned out to be really good."

"really?" I asked who was so curious.

"True, I even got rp5,000 pocket money earlier," explained Ami.

"Yes, Angga. I bought glass tea, bread and fritters. There's bakwan on sale in the canteen and it tastes really good."

"Tomorrow I will bring rp6,000 money and eat as many bakwan must be very delicious," continued Ami.

"Oh yeah, you also like the bakwan that Aunt Mia sells?"

"Tante Mia!" I asked who took over the conversation.

"Yes Aunt Mia, Aunt Mia who has a canteen at school. They sell a lot of food there. I often go buy it there."

"Oh so the mothers who wear the big hijab is called Aunt Mia?"

"His name is Aunt Mia?"

"Yes. I have a little secret with Aunt Mia."

"What?" asked Cai, Ririn and Ami who were so curious while I was nodding signifying that I was also so curious.

"I'll tell you about it but you don't talk and tell anyone" he whispered, pointing at us while simultaneously interrupting each other.

"I'll tell him. I once bought a bakwan at Aunt Mia's place with ripped money, no one knows the money and I got a lot of money torn it."

"Well, isn't that a sin?" ask me.

"It's not an important sin, it's still wrong money it's just a rip."

"I see Aunt Mia is young."

"Young what, he's old. Her husband died of illness. Her husband used to be a security guard at school but since her husband died there are no guards at school."

"Oh like that" replied Ami.

"A lot of friends at school?" ask me.

"There were a lot of people there and I thought there was only one teacher in the school but it turned out that there were a lot and every class had a different teacher."

"I also saw the ceremony of many people who lined up. There are tall ones like Angga and there are tall ones like all of us who are small" explained Ririn.

"If class 1 SD is small but if you are already 3rd class like me then you will also have a height like me," explained Angga proudly.

"Dad!" calling Ami made me look.

"If you go to school maybe you'll see the ceremony."

"really?" I asked with a feeling so curious.

"True, I just saw that there were children who were the same age as us, they carried flags and kept flying them at the school poles and a lot of people saluted."

"There is also music that is sung when the flag is raised."

"Well, I feel so happy and excited to see that flag."

"True, it turns out I just knew that Indonesia which I made this place of birth has a red and white flag just like the uniform we use."

"You know our school uniform?" asked Ami who looked at me one eye.

"yes I know. I saw him once when I went into town with my dad buying a fishing line.

Of course I still remember it even that thing that makes me a spirit to be able to go to school.

"In addition we also saluted like this," said Ami as he gave a salute making me nod even I just knew it turned out like that if giving respect.

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