My Beloved Uncle
C1. First Meeting
A couple were holding the hand of a 7-year-old boy on their right and left sides.
The smiles and chattering that came from the boy made his parents smile while enjoying the morning air at the family recreation area.
Their laughter stopped when the son stopped his pace, forcing the parents to stop their steps.
"What's Zar?" The father asked as he squatted his body equal to the height of the Son.
Instead of responding to his question, the little boy pulled his hand to follow his footsteps into a valley close to the waterfall.
"Zar heard the sound of baby children crying Well" Whispered boy named Abizar who is usually called Zar who suddenly made both parents manage their hearing.
Both eyes of both parents Abizar was perfectly rounded, where when the sayup was heard the sound of a baby crying in the middle of the sound of a waterfall.
Mom held Dad's arm when Dad was about to approach the direction of the sound. The soft arm of Mom and Zar's head had made Dad reluctant to step towards the origin of the baby's voice that suddenly did not sound anymore.
"It wants maghrib Yah. We better get back to camp!!" Said the mother who was nodded by Zar.
Father seemed still reluctant to agree to Mother and Zar's request, as if waiting for a while to wait whether there would be the sound of the baby crying again or not.
After no more crying was heard, Dad agreed to Mom and Zar's desire to leave the place.
Oek Oek Oek Oek
The cry of the baby was heard again, making the three shudder in fear because they heard the sound of the baby crying in the time leading up to Maghrib.
"Dad, Zar is scared!" Whiney the boy who nods his mother.
"Come on, Mom!" Abizar forcefully pulled the hands of his parents to stay away from where the baby's voice came from.
The crying of the baby that was getting louder actually made Mother who stopped her steps, forcing Zar and Dad's steps to come to a halt.
"Well, it's like the baby's crying is getting louder!" Said Mother softly and worried.
Not yet able to answer Mom's words, the woman actually released Zar's hand and ran towards the origin of the baby's voice.
"Astaghfirullahalazim says. Dad, this is a real baby!" Mother screams when she finds a baby who is still red wrapped in a cloth in red plastic that is torn right on the face of the baby.
Following her instincts as a mother, Mother rushed to lift the body of the tiny baby. Release the plastic bag that covers the tiny body that has eased his cry.
"Oh my God, how could they have thrown this baby away!" Rintih Mommy then hugged the baby's body while cleaning the cloth that began to be touched by red ant ants.
"God, let's take it to Mom's camp. Then we clean up. Like this baby was bitten by an ant!" Said the father who also helped Mother get rid of ants from the body of the tiny baby.
The three of them took the tiny baby they found to the tent where they were camping. The mother painstakingly cleaned the tiny baby's body by wiping the baby's body using a wet cloth, looking carefully for if there were any injuries on the tiny baby's body.
There was a soft breath of Mother, which at the time did not find a significant wound from the poor baby, only a lot of ant bite marks that turned the tiny baby's body into a bentol.
"Mother, Dede's bobo?" Tanya Zar watched carefully the baby who was deep in her mother's sling.
"Which father?" Ask Zar.
"So Dad said, Dad went first to the village, wanted to buy milk for dede" Zar also followed Mom's words with a soft voice, as if afraid to disturb the sleep of the handsome little baby.
"Zar want to see Dede?" Zar nodded his head slowly. After getting the approval of Ms. Zar also approached the mother and the baby who had fallen asleep.
"The dede is funny, ma'am!" Whisper Zar while staring at the baby.
"Yes" answered Mother softly.
"That's too bad of your fate, son, like you were just born. Truly the one who has thrown you away even wants to spend your life!" Mum muttered in her heart without letting go of the look of pity to the tiny sinless baby whose umbilical cord was still attached.
"Mother, Zar!" I entered the tent in a hurry.
"We need to get out of here right now!" Tell Father, who immediately tidied up the items in the tent.
"Why Dad?" Mom asked Dad who had finished tidying things.
"We have to save this innocent baby from this village Mom!" Whisper I don't want to make Zar know about the danger that will befall the poor baby.
Mom immediately came out of the tent, and Dad immediately folded the tent, just a few minutes later Dad finished folding the tent and immediately took it to their open tub car.
Dad hurried to ask Zar to come in and sit in the middle of Dad and Mom before Dad drove the car out of the campsite.
Dad stopped the speed of his car when from a distance he saw some men stopping the car that was going out of the recreation area that was specifically for the camper.
Dad looked at Mom who was still holding the sleeping baby in her arms with doubt and worry until Dad sighed softly before asking Mom.
"Mom. Dede the baby's still sleeping, right?. Mom nodded back at Dad's question.
He sighed softly again before speaking to his mother.
" Can I put Dede in the bag for a second?"
Just touch Dad's words made Mom look at Dad with a surprised look of disbelief.
"Dad mau_" Dad shook his head and gave the code to the mother by directing his gaze towards some cars that were stopped at check by some people in front of them.
Mother who seemed to understand what was meant by Father could only take a slow breath and look at Abizar who was already sound asleep.
Mother gently rubbed the face of a handsome baby who was still asleep in sleep before the end of her Mother grabbed a bag containing their dirty clothes.
"Patience, baby, don't wake up, son. I'm sorry, we're forced to do this to you" Whispered Mother then gently kissed the baby's forehead before putting it in the bag.
"Bismillah, O God, please save Our Son, O God" Mother muttered as she slowly approached the examiners' cars, and Mother can only put a bag containing the baby covered by her family's dirty clothes.