Mom, I Want School
9. WHY NOT ARI?

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"Mak after Ari takes the water in the river we'll go enroll in school, right? If you want to apply for school wait for Ari! Ari took the water first."

That's what Ari said who then stepped away leaving the figure of his mother who was now silent staring at the door area.

His mother let out a long sigh, she sat on the chair with her gaze staring towards the door, ari's shadow figure with his sentence as if still imagined and also ringing and managed to make him peck for a few minutes in the chair sitting.

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Ari dipped a black bucket filling the black bucket room with water flowing through the river's large rocks. This river water is a hope for the residents who live on the edge of the river although many say if this has been contaminated but, it never makes the people around here to be worried.

This river used to be a river that was so very clean, clear, without any garbage, however, over time, coupled with the factory owners who throw tempe dregs and tofu into the river make this river water itchy if the body is soaked for too long.

You once complained of hives if he dug the sand in this river but it is not an obstacle or obstacle, for the money you are willing to resist the itching for a bite of rice.

My little muscles stiffened as I forced myself to tip the bucket from the river into the house. Although the distance between the house and the river is not too far but still requires a lot of energy to carry this water.

My calf is wet because of water that spills into the leg when it banged. I ignored him I forced myself to quickly get home I ran small still tote the bucket and poured it into a jug and a large container specifically for water.

I rubbed the sweat running down my forehead that soaked my face showing how tired I was. Not just once I took the water but repeatedly until the jug and some container where the water became full.

I was sitting on the river on a big rock. Both my arms are tired of topping buckets of water to fill the container, it seems like my strength is up I am really tired now. One of my eyes had felt pain when sweat water flowed and soaked the eyes.

My hopeful gaze stared at the beautiful flow of the river, the sound of the stream sounding like a sleep conductor. I smile small struggle for school seducing the mother who seems difficult to seduce but Ari hope mother wants and wants to register Ari school.

"Dad!"

The sound of screaming from the top of the hill sounded, it was the voice of my mother. I looked over, smiling at the figure of the mother who seemed to be standing there.

In a hurry I got up even though these two calves already felt sore and could no longer walk.

"What's up, ma?" I ask who is full of joy.

My smile was peerless, the shadow of the invitation to enroll in school seemed to have been imagined and I can't wait to hear it.

"Bandah! Your body is wet too" my mother said, and then she walked away.

I jump right into the street. Does that mean mom told me to take a shower and then we'd sign up? Yeah, looks like it's gonna be like that.

That beautiful smile never faded from my face and I hurriedly wet my body after I undressed. Either because the factor is too happy that I do not use soap to bathe, upload my body part with a sense of happiness and after that I run to the edge wearing my clothes and then quickly run to the house.

I don't want my mom to wait too much. All I have in mind is that I have to get there fast.

Yes school finally Ari will school like friends, Ami, Ririn, Angga and Cai.

Soon Ari will also be wearing school clothes, wearing bags, shoes and other supplies like the kids on the roadside that I saw when I bought the pot.

My fast steps are now stopped like the brakes of a car that will go into the abyss, my setting was empty staring at the mother who seemed to be busy sweeping the floor of the house.

"Sme!" my whisper slowly made my mother look over. He looked at me for a moment until he finally spoke, "Wear your clothes!"

I smiled again and I don't know why every sentence my mom said always made me smile. I ran into my room and looked for new clothes that I would wear to enroll in school.

I spread a new, batik-batik shirt that my mom bought a few months ago. I saw the reflection of my body in the worn mirror showing my face that looked so dashing in this shirt. If this dress makes me look dashing especially if I wear school uniforms, of course it will be happy.

I combed my hair in such a neat way while my hair was still wet. After that I ran out to look at the mother who seemed to be busy cooking water.

I took a sip of saliva to regulate my breath that was so tight and still feels bad. I approached the mother standing next to him and back saying with a whisper, "Mom!"

Mother turned. My eyes are a little confused.

"Why are you wearing your new clothes?" the question instantly made my smile disappear, vanishing into nothing but, a second later I returned my smile.

"Wouldn't you enroll Ari in school today?"

Instantly the movement of the mother's hand that pushed the firewood stopped she looked at me with a flat face somewhat surprised by my speech.

"why don't you change your clothes with nice clothes?"

"People will laugh at Ari if she doesn't change clothes. Ari was already wearing nice clothes to enroll in school today."

"Let's be late there's still 1 hour."

"Mom we must hurry! Ari was impatient to want Ari school also impatient to learn to read, write and count like Angga. Angga's been good at reading writing and counting, Mak."

My mother looked behind me as if she didn't care about me.

"Sme!" call me.

There was no answer from the mother, she seemed silent as if she did not care about me.

"Sme!"

"En-"

"You don't go to school" Mom cut.

Like being struck by lightning when I heard it, the sentence uttered by my mother was so cold it even pierced into the chest.

"What?"

"You're not at school."

"But why? Ari's friends from school? Why isn't Ari?"

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