THE BEDOL KEMBANG
RISE TO CHAPTER 4
“If you guys don't go home ‘ right? So nginep in my house tonight huh plis? I'm alone because abah (father) is equally ambu (mother) again nginep at home battery (grandfather), plis?” please Goddess. Imas and Esih nodded. “Yes!” exclaim Goddess happy.
“Wi, maneh (you) mah yah yah yah yah, still have battery .. We mah from small also have no battery,” said Esih, Imas nodded. “The word ambu is also a lifting battery .. ga tau the right battery where,” grin Dewi. “Wah means we are children without battery or yes .. we are the same as Wira, he also does not have aki tuh,” laughter Eseh. “Cie inget Wira ni yaa,” goda Imas.
“Dih what the hell Mas (Gold laughs) ... uh this ‘kan stay the three of us nih ... how if we try singing this kawih yuk?” Esih gave me an idea. I looked at the Goddess. “Mmm .. I don't know yes .. I'm a little males Sih,” doubt Goddess. “Wi, if this song has no mystical why should we be afraid anyway?” challenge Esih.
The Goddess looked at Imas, Imas just shrugged his shoulders, like saying, it's up to you. “Mmm .. ok, we try to find the tone but in the room, not on the terrace here, it's late,” said Dewi. The three of them went into the house. Before long a Cung Cuing bird perched on the roof of the house of the Goddess and tweeted.
*Burung Cung Cuing in the belief of some Sundanese people is a bird marker of death. If there are Cung Cuing birds perched and tweet on the roof of a house, then there will be people who die in that house, so the myth.
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Imas cleared his throat for a moment and then tried again. “Wengiii poek .. seungit kembaaang carcass .. abdi ho ... uhuk! Uhuk!” Imas coughing. “Hahaha .. maneh (you) mah teu (no) talent so sinden Imas .. sound maneh (you) ugly hahaha,” ledek Esih. Imas just silent and then handed the book to Dewi, “Try the maneh who sang Wi.” The goddess read the old verse for a while and then clucked.
“I doubt ...”
“Wi, this mah is not a mystical song so relax aja times,” Esih assured.
“Alright,” Dewi sighed, prepared and then took a tone at the first verse. Esih and Imas stared at each other. They were fascinated by the voice of the Goddess. Entering the second verse, Cung Cuing bird more and more often tweet. The goddess fell silent before entering the verse to the three. “Terusin Wi, very good, why stop?” ask Esih. “That bird Cung Cuing .. You guys ga denger?” The goddess looks worried.
“That's a myth .. let's keep ntar if it's good, urang (me) record use hape, this song must be viral!” exclaim Esih excited. Dewi looked at Imas as if asking for support for Esih to stop this all but again Imas just shrugged his shoulders again. With a heavy heart Dewi continued his experiments again to sing the kawih. Finished the fifth verse, the feather of the Goddess stood and she could not continue the cauldron anymore.
“Plis Sih, do not force me.. if you want to let Imas try .. I am not strong,” reject Goddess almost crying. Imas immediately embraced Dewi, “Udah Sih, enough!” Esih nodded, “Iya yes .. punten yes Wi ...” Goddess nodded. “You should sleep first Wi, so it is calmer,” advice Imas. Goddess nodded. After Dewi went to bed, the two friends were still trying to sing the kawih accompanied by joking laughter.
“Cik less ordeal nembang ah (i nyobain nembang ah) .. wengii poooek shalala lalalala .. seungit kembang dung tak tak, hahaha,” cananda Esih. Imas just smiled as he shook his head looking at his friend's hand
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