The Lost Of Ramadan
Chapter 11: A Fun Country

By the time Kanzo had told him all the truth, Akira and the others were beginning to understand what had happened to Kanzo, from the problems in their country to the journey to the land of the people.

When they understood, Chio immediately told them about Ken who had lost falling on the edge of the village, those who heard it bowed in silence, then Akira tells about himself with the help of Ayumi, Shiro, and Chio so that Kanzo can understand and trust him.

Kanzo who first heard about it really made him distrustful, but seeing their seriousness made him open his heart and mind a little, plus Akira who has a lot of knowledge about Islam.

Akira handed me a letter. “Uncle, this is from the second elder, brother uncle himself who handed this to us.”

Kanzo greeted and opened it slowly. “Go home you fools, our country has changed because of those who are now in front of you!” read Kanzo in shock.

“Ehh ..!” chio and Ayumi shouted.

“So all this time we just bring a letter away and the contents are just so!” shout Chio.

“Cih .. no need to be surprised so, let you guys read it,” Shiro said.

“Basically you're Shiro shameless,” Ayumi taunted him.

“Ehh what!” Shiro surprise.

“Yes pardon .. whatever the content is important we have completed the trust,” Akira replied making Kanzo smile proudly.

After the day began they followed Kanzo to get around the city. Along the way again some residents do not stop giving food and drinks to them. “I deliberately invite you around at a time like this, because the residents will distribute food for people who rest at work, because,” said Kanzo to those who were sitting have finished eating together in the home of the residents.

“Will every day they do this?” ask Chio.

“Yah .. things like this they do in the morning, afternoon and evening. They always do that every day, you will definitely feel at home here.”

“So .. is that the reason uncle didn't come home?” ask Ayumi.

Kanzo smile. “The reason is only one, if no one from our country comes to this place then our country must have not changed, then therefore I will not go home, so I will not go home, but now different you can come here it means our country has started to change.”

Akira and the others stared at each other. “Cih ... Uncle has to go home to see it for himself, we will not be here long because we have to continue the journey later,” Shiro said.

“Let's be calm later I'll be back after helping you find other clues in this country, well then let's continue around the city I want to show you something.” Kanzo stood up and let them go first, then he also thanked the owner of the house.

By then they had reached the place they wanted to be shown. “Inside we perform the worship that is carried out every seven days, I deliberately bring you here to ask if this place is in accordance with the appearance of the religious worship of Thalib, I will bring you here to ask if this place is in accordance with the worship of the religion of Thalib,” said Kanzo pointed to a magnificent and beautiful house with carved wooden ornaments.

“Come in I will tell you about this country,” Kanzo said to those who were amazed.

When they got inside they all sat in a circle facing each other. “Oh yes Uncle I heard from Kak Hana this country has two leaders?” ask Ayumi lebh first.

“As per Hana's words, indeed this country is divided into two regions, namely Megumi city and Shukufuyu city, I became an elder in Megumi city and a king who led in Shukufuyu city, Shukufuyu city, you can see how there is a dividing wall near my house. The reason was made on the basis of the division of the religious territory of Thalib and sun enhancer.”

They were all shocked. “Means the rumors spread through the story of Thalib the traveler is right, that in the land of Sabbat there are sun worshipers?” ask Chio curiously.

“True, this country was first visited by people from the land of Matahari Ekhad, and that country is your next destination.” They all kept thinking.

“Yes our uncle also knows that, we have to collect instructions about Thalib first in this country,” replied Chio.

“Thank God then, stay a little longer in this country,” said Kanzo and they nodded.

“Okay Uncle, we want to go back to Gozali and Hozy, we want to talk about other things to them,” said Chio.

Kanzo nodded and they went home saying goodbye until when they got home, dusk had arrived. As usual Akira and others perform prayers magrib congregation, then continued to eat dinner together.

After they finished eating, they sat together in the middle of the living room. “I was very surprised when I found out that the elder turned out to be the person you are looking for,” said Hana to sit with them while Shiro prefers to sleep not far from Mareka.

“Which we know the elder is a native from our village, but it turns out he is from your place,” said Gozali.

“We also did not expect it, but we are certainly grateful to have succeeded in conveying the trust of her brother,” Akira replied staring at Chio.

“Breathable from it all, is important again we want to ask,” said Chio made the three brothers curious.

“We want to hear the story of Thalib that you know,” said Ayumi.

“Oh of course, Hozy tell them! I want to get out first!” call Gozali to Hozy who's bothering Shiro.

Hozy was suddenly excited and immediately stood up to all of them. “You all listen carefully this is the story of Thalib who decided to go to the next country without a map!”

They all started listening carefully. “At that time Talib and other residents were harvesting vegetables in the garden, some of them were new to come and some were resting. At that time Thalib together with our great-grandfather, they were harvesting potatoes.”

“Either what happened suddenly the sound of a simple bird rose above them, Thalib stood up and tried to look up, and, from far away it turns out that many birds flying in groups from the direction of Thalib came in the opposite direction, it sparked Thalib's curiosity that it was possible that the birds would continue to fly to a land unknown to them all.”

“Thalib ran after the bird even though he couldn't catch up with it, it flew away and Thalib followed the bird up the hill. Almost fell a few times did not dampen his steps to see the bird go where, when it reached the top of Thalib could see clearly the bird went to sunrise.” Hozy tells a story worthy of a good storyteller. He showed everything to make Akira and the others laugh.

“Then what does Thalib do next?” ask Ayumi.

“Seeing that of course makes him more convinced that there are other countries that have never been visited by his teacher, the person who helped the sabbatical country to become prosperous as it is now. The next day Talib tried to ask all the inhabitants whether his teacher had ever told or alluded to a land that might be not far from them other than the land of the Sun Echad, unfortunately, no one has ever heard of it. Not giving up he wants to continue tomorrow.”

“Our grandfather knew it when they banned Talib, which was too dangerous for him, but Thalib managed to convince them until he was finally approved. When tomorrow he went to the market to buy his needs when he decided to leave, he also had time to ask again the seller of knives and tools for farming.”

“Does he know anything?!” ask Akira.

“He said that he had heard about the teacher Thalib talking about birds, he said birds are the most trying and trusting animals, he said, he will go for food in the morning and will return to the evening, tomorrow he does it again, every day he continues to do that. Though why he does not keep food alone for tomorrow so he does not need to look for it every day.”

“Hearing the remark left Thalib confused and clueless as to what he meant and asked the seller. He answered the reason the bird did so because he was never afraid that he would not get help from God, the bird was always convinced that God had given him enough rest. After hearing the seller's man's words, Talib understood what he wanted to say, that he had nothing to fear and had to be sure to surrender to God. Because of that, finally Thalib departed from the land of Sabbat to the country that we now know the land of a Thousand Statues.” Hozy also looked down respectfully at them sign finished telling stories.

Akira and the others applaud Hozy while praising her. “It turns out that, at last we all know the whole sacrifice of Thalib, but I still want to know who is the teacher of Thalib and the one who helped your country, I am very curious because he always appears in the news about the country of Sabbat,” said Chio.

“We also do not really know what kind of person he is, even his origin is still known, but our people always call him with Alhudari Bik from the land of Science,” replied Hana proudly.

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