The Lost Of Ramadan
Thalib the Musafir Part 3

The day changed in the morning, everyone began to return to activity as usual again. Akira's potluck-made sundial has now been shown around Nine in the morning until Akira and the others now begin meeting again.

“Forcuse us Akira, yesterday in a nursing home in this area we found nothing, the parents here they say they do not know, but what I see them like hiding all that,” said Chio.

“They all really didn't seem to want to tell me, when there was a grandmother who wanted to say something to me but, she looked angry and upset when one of the elders' messengers came looking around, ehh ... Finally Grandma suddenly left,” said Ayumi.

“A’ahh .. don't need you to think about, anyway ..” replied Akira.

“Cih .. no need to apologize so to her, we already got the first part of that story,” cut Shiro.

“Really! how can they tell it to you when the parents in the place we went all no one wants to tell you,” Ayumi replied.

“How was the beginning of the story, did what they told me it was indeed the first part?” chio Sahut.

“Cih .. You are this! can't you let me answer Ayumi first!” shouts Shiro annoyed.

“I don't think it's right if we cut it the first part,” said Akira.

“Aira!,” Shiro turned mad at him.

“You mean?” sahut Ayumi was curious to make Shiro bowed lethargic because he felt not heard.

“A’ahh .. I mean the story is not at all the story at first, it's like a story that's already in the middle, it's, for example, like there is someone who is not named there but instead has given a lot of help from the beginning,” replied Akira explained.

At that time Ayumi seemed to not understand while Chio seemed to try hard to memehami.

“Cih .. there is one person who has been suffering from it who has helped the country of Sabbat, but there is no mention of the person's name, he said, whereas in the story he seems to have a strong relationship with Thalib,” Shiro said and they understood.

“Astagfirullah .. why I am always difficult to convey something, I really have not changed, but I managed to persuade Shiro yesterday,” said Akira in his heart was upset.

“It turns out so, try to tell me from the beginning of Akira, let us add understand,” pinta Chio.

“A’ahh .. can't, I mean I'm not good at telling stories I'd rather hear them. Bro you just told me,” replied Akira while asking.

“Cih ... I again I again,” he said complaining, but still agreed.

Shiro also told everything and also told of a grandfather who had told them, of course Shiro told in his lazy style, namely by folding both hands on the chest. Although it looks not spirit, but he can speak well until it is finished.

“What Akira said seems to be true, this story is not the original story but the middle part or maybe it is near the end,” said Chio was more confident.

“Then how do we plan next?” ask Ayumi.

“I think we should go back to see that Grandpa to talk about this,” Chio replied seriously.

“Cih ... What's wrong with you guys, it's a legend? and besides this is not real, I mean just a story of writing, you even heard Aira singleness when the person said it,” Shiro said.

“Well I know this is a little impossible just that I believe this is a real story,” Akira replied.

“Cih .. little you said, it's obvious it's a lot,” Shiro replied annoyed.

“When I first heard the legend of Thalib the traveler I already felt that this was a true story and was directly related to what I was looking for, just for example from the name of Thalib, it is Arabic which means student or a claimant of knowledge, and again the word traveler which means traveler, traveler or person on a journey, all of it is very typical with Islam. Not only that, it was told that the inhabitants of the land of Sabbat were generous and diligent in worship, then it was taught by someone. It is very similar to the teachings of Islam established prayer and tunaikan zakat, zakat itself is a form of giving,” Akira replied.

“So please tell all of you, please help me again, there is nothing more I can ask for help other than you,” said Akira pleading deeply.

Ayumi stood up and hit her head. “Why did you just talk about it, didn't you promise to teach me again about Islam, if you keep quiet how can I get smarter!” he shouted furiously, while Akira held his aching head.

“Ayumi's right, if you have something to say, just say it so we can understand, I also lose teaching me about the science that you have, now that you just told me about Arabic, and didn't teach it to me,” said Chio was also a little upset.

“A’ahh .. Not so, it's just that I'm not good at Arabic.”

“Cih .. You are here, I have an appointment with you. Cih ... I'm so sorry I made a deal with you,” Shiro said shook his head.

Akira was moved and his eyes were a little teary-eyed. “Thank you everyone, I ... very happy,” he said they smiled.

“Yosh .. let's go to that place and go back to meet Grandpa and we ask everything about Thalib the traveler,” Chio exclaimed excitedly to make them excited again too.

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At that time in the nursing home that Akira had come with Shiro there were many people gathered inside, unlike yesterday, today the adults are a little increased. They were all hanging out to listen to him tell a story, only this time it was not about the story of Thalib, but the story of his youth in this village.

Akira and the others entered the place and sat down with them to listen until I finished telling the story.

“Wahh .. it turns out that here in the past there were very few home buildings, even only made from makeshift tree trunks, but the ancients could still live well,” Zen said.

“Of course we used to be when children were very good at hunting in the forest, there are so many wild animals that we can hunt,” replied the arrogant grandfather.

“Then where is the forest?” ask naoto.

“Yah .. what can make our village progressively, then the construction of houses and other buildings is also increasingly intensive to be built, finally the existing forests no longer exist,” replied grandpa.

“But beyond the insistence there is still a forest, we can see it from the edge of the cliff of this village, well what if we ask permission to go out and learn to hunt there,” said Haruka.

“Free!” grandpa's yelling surprised them.

“I mean there is too dangerous for small children, you better go fishing just plain,” he continued to make the three children give up.

“What Grandpa said is right, you are still small so it is not allowed,” said Akira while looking at those who are still bowed lethargic.

“Emm .. oh yes Cake, can Grandpa tell you more about Thalib the traveler?” sis asked.

“There is no more just that yesterday,” he replied.

“Cih .. instead of one more story where he went to our country,” Shiro said to Akira.

“Hah .. free! It's just a fake story made by our former village elders, obviously the story is very opposite to the previous story,” the answer looks upset.

“Fake!” yelling Akira, Chio and Ayumi in unison while Shiro just wrinkled his forehead because of the breech.

“That's just Grandpa's own opinion! everyone thinks it's true,” Shiro said.

“Wait a minute, is it true that it was made by the old village elders?” chio Sahut.

“Cih ... it's just news that certain people talk about who instigated by Grandpa, there is no certainty,” Shiro said while grandfather actually looks furious because of Shiro's speech.

“Loh so you also know the story, why didn't you say from yesterday,” replied Chio.

“Cih .. I just remembered.”

“Basically you are Shiro! it seems like I have to rub your head in order to remember everything,” Chio replied annoyedly.

“If that's true, then why should the village elder bother to make his fake story,” said Ayumi.

“The answer is nothing but to make the citizens to no longer trust the story of Thalib the traveler,” Akira replied to make Chio and Shiro stop fighting.

“Cih .. I told you it was just Grandpa's demeanor, in fact it was the real story,” Shiro said.

“No, he was right, that was the plan of the old village elder. He wants this story of Thalib will only be a regular legend story,” said the grandfather was a little angry.

“Then how the contents of that fake story?” sahut Akira looked seriously.

“It's about the horrors of Talib's journey to our village, but I can't tell you now, we wait for his adults to disperse” replied the grandfather whispering making them all nod in agreement.

At that time all the adults began to leave the place, kekek a little did not want to tell it just Akira and the others were eager to hear so they could tell something. The story tells of Thalib who wants to go on his way after arriving from the land of Sabbat even without using a map at all, he only capital reckless and makeshift.

The residents there forbid and there are also those who are indifferent even do not care about it. It's just that Talib doesn't really care about everything, what he thinks is how to find a country that may still exist and have not been translated by people abroad from their country.

Talib said at that time only thought about his satisfaction, as if he only wanted to add to the wealth of other countries, even though in the end he managed to find the village of a thousand statues, but he has to bet his life to make it.

By the time he arrived already in a state of hunger and exhaustion, his body was already thin, because he had gone through many obstacles to this village, from sandstorms, heavy rain in the winter, because he had gone through many obstacles to this village, the drought in the summer and the roads are very far and filled with steep and rocky roads, even have to pass through many mountains just to get there.

It is also said that Thalib had to take time for 10 times the ceremony or about 100 days, which made him run out of food supplies and again on the food supply journey in nature is very little. When he managed to get there he had fallen ill and could survive for three ceremonies.

Those who heard the story could only fall silent thinking about it, no one could say anything until Grandfather finished telling the story.

“This story is like real, but actually if we think further it will sound unreal and impossible,” said Chio and Ayumi nodded, but unlike Akira he does not seem to like the story.

Ayumi looks at Akira's angry attitude. “What's Akira?”

“I just think the same with Grandpa, this is indeed a fake story, or an original story that was remade to be fake,” Akira replied looking angry like the grandfather.

“Cih ... So you mean how?” ask Shiro.

“I don't know for sure, it's just that in this story Thalib is said to be a person who is only selfish and greedy, but I don't think that's true at all. You remind me in the previous story, he is definitely not that person,” replied Akira.

“I agree with Akira, it seems like it was deliberately made to make people who heard this story will hate Thalib and will not care anymore about his legend story,” said Chio.

“Well that's true, the proof is now that people no longer tell this story, even the adults many do not know what else their children,” said Ayumi.

“Cih .. It's up to you guys that matters next we have to how to help Akira find the month of Ramadan he's been looking for, but for sure you have to think about it Akira!” suhut Shiro lazily argued and pointed at Akira.

“Shiro!” yelled Ayumi and Chio, while Akira she could only gasp in silence.

“Cih ... What la ...!” his shout came to a halt when he realized that he had unintentionally mentioned Akira's name, even pointing at him before the others, it made Zen, Haruka, and Naoto confused, not only that grandfather also looked the same.

“Hey ... Who do you mean by Akira?” zen said looking at them in wonder as well as Haruka and Naoto.

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