SAWMILL
15.THE RIVER IS TERRIBLE
Indeed, at night today the sky is cloudy, and the air is quite hot so that some people who are depressed had to take off their clothes because of the fare said people here.
When we were enjoying dinner provided by the family of Pak Karyo until suddenly the rain began to drip, the longer the heavier.
Some people went home from the family home left by Mr. Karyo, but some were still sheltering on the porch of the house including the two of us.
Quite a long time also we were on the porch of the house waiting until the rain stopped until finally the rain just drizzled.
“We better go home mas Agus, this mumpung just drizzle, I think the same house and sawing tools at home”
“There is no umbrella ta Mad, we borrow their umbrella first Mad”
“Don't mas, don't borrow belongs to the family of a recently deceased person, not good mas”
“It is better to wait until the drizzle stay a little then we borrow a knife to take the banana leaves there, we can use it for umbrella”
But it turned out five minutes later the rain stopped, leaving only a small drizzle with a fairly cold air here.
Mamad went into the house to borrow a knife that could be used to cut the banana leaves that we would use as an umbrella, because we had to walk to the house with a short distance.
“Mas Mamad Pak Agus, it's better here first, it's 22.00 tomorrow morning you guys go home”
“Journey both of you is quite dangerous, because you have to go through a river that will flow profusely if after heavy rain like this” said relatives of the deceased
“No papa sir, we will be careful, if it is not good we will come back here again”
“Bawa here the torch is mas, I added kerosene first” said relatives of the deceased again
After further ado, we walked towards the river, currently at 22:30 we are on the side of the river which is currently flowing quite fast because the sound of water turbulence is heard loud and loud.
The river when we left did not sound at all the sound of the flow, now it was clear that the river was showing off the blaze after the heavy rain.
“Mad, you are sure we will pass the bridge, you hear the sound of the roaring water Mad”
Right now my left hand is holding a banana leaf as an umbrella and my right hand is holding a torch that has been added to the kerosene.
“Yakin mas, must be sure, because if not sure there is always something that will happen mas”
“Mad was there Tugiyem and his son named Anik. The two of them sat in the interior of the house, Anik had a smile to me Mad hehehe”
“Hush, do not disturb the child bu Tugiyem mas, it is possible that if you both fit and mas gus also like, will definitely be forced to marry a mas. how about mas girlfriend who asked to marry mas”
“Aahhh I really forgot who was at home yes Mad, but last time I saw Anik it was forgotten with the one in my village Mad heheheh”
“Asal mas Agus tau , Bu Tugiyem now again looking for a future husband for his son named anik it mas”
“Because as per the custom in the village, the child as long as Anik was it was time to get married. If mas Agus try to deketin Anik, it could be mas Agus asked to marry his son”
“Hahahah if only going out yes I have been dating for a long time. Because his mother like that so I did not dare to approach his son mas heheheh”
The rain that was just drizzling, the longer the more intense, until the torch fire we brought began to be exposed to water and slowly the flame began to shrink.
I tried to keep the flame from dying, but it did not work and my torch died because the fire was exposed to increasingly heavy rain.
“Mad, keep the torch fire from dying” I said rather yelling because of the sound of rain and the river water getting louder
“Ndak can mas, soon this torch will also die mas”
Mamad tried to protect the fire torch carried by using banana leaves as much as possible
But at the end of the day two torches were dead, we were now on the edge of a river where the water was rushing in heavy rain with no illumination except for a small flashlight in my front pocket.
There was nothing we could do but return to the village or recklessly break through the rain to return to the sawmill house.
“What should we do Mad, we go back or stay desperate to break through this heavy rain and cross the river that the water is like that?” I said in a loud voice
“That there is a fairly large tree mas, we just go there so as not to be too exposed to rain”
Mamad shouted loudly because now the sound of rain plus the sound of the river plus the sound of thunder mixed into one
Lightning strikes with a blinding light, the sound of thunder never ceases to frighten us even more.
I agreed with Mamad's proposal to take temporary shelter under the tree in front of us, not knowing what the tree is, anyway the leaves on it though dark but looks lush.
We ran towards the tree in front to take shelter from the very heavy rain, the sound of wind and rain water was very strong, he said, maybe it was because we were in an open area so the wind and rain were really hard.
“Perhaps the appearance of the corpse of Mr. Karyo at the end of this bridge wants to say that we do not need to go there, because there will be heavy rain that causes us to not be able to go home”
I shouted loudly to Mamad between the sound of heavy rain
“Iya mas, it could also be like that mas Agus, but yes we do not understand the sign given by the sighting of Pak Karyo's , we do not understand that there will be rain half this storm
“We just wait here Mad, who knows soon the rain will stop and we can continue the journey home”
It is true, the rain began to stop and just drizzle still there, but in the dark of the night without lighting this river sound that we will pass is getting louder.
Most likely in the upstream of the river there is very heavy rain, so that the water delivery that arrived here is very abundant and toned sound.
I took out a small flashlight my flagship that has helped me in some problems here when I turned on this flashlight and began to pour the light into the river
“Yes God Mad, the river water will soon overflow and look at the river currents that carry various branches and branches of the tree there are even some logs that participate in the flow of the river that”
“The surface of the river is already a few cm away from the river embankment in the form of mas land, we better save ourselves from here mas before flash floods come here!” answer Mamad