Santri Pekok
12

Agus and Paijo continued to chat a lot of things, that sat. They both ate at a food stall, near the boarding school. A small stall, which is so quiet, because the buyers in the stall are just the santri in the pesantren. Before his Agus did not know, if there is a food stall there, because the location is covered by a dormitory building, if from inside the pesantren area. Not only the stall, it turns out there are still some houses as well apparently.

After a long chat, Paijo also paid his bills. Then take Agus, back to the pesantren.

Once in the pesantren, Agus just back in his room, without knowing what to do.

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Time passed, before the time of Ashhar, some figures began to appear. They are the santri, who have been Pelang from their respective workplaces. The students came home from work early, from the residents. Because after Ashhar, they have activities to study the book, which is taught directly by the caregiver.

The voice of the Adhan began to reverberate, reverberating modestly, which was heard in every corner of the region. Agus peeked out of the window, after the selection Adhan reverberated. He could see the santri who were walking towards the mosque. He actually wanted to perform prayers like them, but he did not know his prayer, as well as the right way of sanctification. He himself never did pray, even though his religion is Islam.

Agus remained in the room silent, in fact he was very agitated, because of the liveliness of the santri in that place. Conduct congregational prayers in the mosque, and learn to teach led by the nanny. The activity continued, until 9 p.m.

"Assalamualaikum.." the voice of someone, in front of the door of Agus' room.he immediately returned his greetings, and went to open the door of the room.

"Wa'alaikumussalam." he answered, opening the door.

"Don't use a mas, just call Andri," Andri replied, smiling, "Oh yes, because Agus is new here, so I gathered friends, so we can get to know each other. Let's join the others," he continued.

Agus was silent for a moment. He feels inferior, gather with the santri. Besides he was new to the place, he was also a layman of religious knowledge.

"Just relax, we're dead there." Andri pulled Agus' arm, taking him forcibly, after seeing the doubt on the face of the interlocutor. Agus could only follow him.

After Agus followed, Andri released Agus' hand. Then the two went hand in hand, arriving at a multi-storey building. Andri climbed the stairs, followed by Agus from behind.

'It feels like something is strange, '" murmured Agus, as he passed through the room near the stairs, towards the second floor. He felt the feathers all over his body standing up. His feelings were a little uncomfortable, but he tried to shake off those feelings.

After stopping at that place for a moment, he immediately followed Andri's steps, climbing the stairs, towards the second floor. Agus could hear joking and laughter, which were transmitted from the room, which was up there.

After reaching the second floor, Agus found a pretty good view. The room above there is only one row, facing west, while in front of the room is a fairly wide balcony, with an elongated shape, from end to end.