The Ucup
Cassava Harvest

"There is no need to be someone else to like a lot. Too naive to pretend to be perfect just to get attention. Just keep it up and see how the world sees you."

A Month Later............

On Sunday our family planned to go to the cassava garden because today the cassava in the garden will be harvested. Our family was in the yard to go to the garden. When we and our family were about to go to the cassava garden.

Suddenly, two bikes drove into our yard. The two bikes stopped next to the father's motorbike and the Ucup motorbike. One motorbike was rode by two men while the other one was only rode by a man.

"Assalamu'alaikum." Said those on the bike.

"Halaikumsalam" replied our family.

"Eh, what are you doing early in the morning to my house?" Zai looked at the three men.

"Where are you going to jog, Zai where are you going?" A man looked towards Zai.

"You want a cassava garden" Zai replied.

"Yes, you can't go with us to jog dong." A man looked at Zai with a sad look.

"Yes I can't, it's wrong of you not to chat me before here" said Zai.

"And you used to be at home only on Sunday, today you want a cassava garden. What's going on in there?" ask that man.

"You want to harvest cassava" replied Zai.

"Can we go to your garden?" ask that man.

"I don't know if you want to ask my dad." Zai told the man to ask his father directly.

"Well, I'll ask your father first." The man thought about his bike after he got off his bike. The man walked over to Zai's father who was talking to Ucup.

When the man was already beside Ucup.

"Aska." Ucup greets the man, he is Aska Zai's classmate.

"Abang Ucup and pakde." Zai immediately slapped the backs of Zai and Ucup's father's hands.

"When did you get here?" ask Ucup.

"About five minutes ago, brother," replied Ucup.

"Tumben you're here early in the morning, what's wrong?" ask Zai.

"I was here to take Zai jogging, brother," replied Aska.

"We can't go to the garden" said Ucup.

"Sir, can I and my friends join the garden?" Aska who looked towards Ucup's father.

"Do you want to go to the garden?" ask dad.

"We want to help the team harvest cassava, can we come?" ask Ask.

"Are you guys strong at pulling out cassava?" I still hesitate to give permission to Aska and friends to harvest cassava.

"God willing we are strong sirde." Aska who convinced dad that they were strong pulling cassava.

"How do you think?" ask dad.

"Just let them come with you, the more people who harvest cassava in our garden, the sooner we finish manen cassava in the garden." Ucup gave father advice to give permission to Zai's friends to harvest cassava in the garden.

"You can go to the garden." Father gave permission to Zai's friends to go to the garden.

Cassava Garden

They were all in Zai's father's cassava garden. In the garden there are already some fathers who will help harvest the cassava. Fathers, mothers and some of the fathers were in the cottage.

While Zai, Ucup, Aska, Ridho and Anton were walking around the cassava garden. They were looking at the cassava trunk which was almost average in height above their height.

"How do you pull out the cassava stem while the cassava stem is higher than our height?" Aska who stopped walking then she looked at the cassava trunk which was on average high in size.

"We cut or break the cassava stem first, after it is no longer high then we unplug." Ucup tells how to pull the cassava stem.

"Can we try to pull out one brother's trunk?" Anto is the largest body among Zai, Aska and Ridho. Anton wants to tell his friends that he can pull the cassava stem alone.

"May, please just unplug the one you want to unplug."Ucup gives Anton permission to pull out the cassava trunk.

" Alright then I pull out the big cassava stem according to my posture." After getting permission from Ucup, Anton walked toward a cassava trunk that looked bigger than the other cassava stems. Anton had stopped walking, he stood in front of a cassava stem that was larger than the other cassava stems.

"Are you sure you want to pull Anton's cassava trunk?" Aska who walked up to Anton, he was already beside Anton, actually Aska felt doubtful Anton could pull the cassava trunk.

"Knew dong." Anton was so confident that he could pull out the large cassava trunk.

"What are you capable of pulling out that cassava stem?" Aska pointed her finger towards the cassava stem.

"Strengthen, you see." Anton broke the cassava rod after that Anton pulled the cassava stem.

"Do you need help?" Aska saw Anton who was trying to pull the cassava trunk.

"No need to be alone." Anton tells Aska that he can be alone.

"You sure you can do it yourself?" ask Ask.

"Yes, don't talk to me anymore." Anton who looks upset from earlier Aska invites him to talk when Aska knows that Anton again trying to pull the big cassava trunk.

"All right, I lock my mouth." Aska closed her mouth as if she was washing her mouth.

They all saw Anton who had tried to pull the cassava trunk but could not, Anton finally ran out of energy and he sat on the ground in front of the cassava trunk.

"Sana moves Anton, let me take it out." Ridho tells Anton to shift from the cassava stem.

"Hahahaha, are you sure you want to pull out that big cassava stem, are you strong?" Anton who underestimated the Ridho, because Ridho's body is the thinnest among them all.

"Keep assured, that's why you're sliding" said Ridho.

"Yes, I'm sliding." Anton stood up from his seat, then he walked away from the cassava trunk.

"Nih look at me unplug the cassava rod." Ridho who was standing in front of the cassava trunk and he tried to pull out the cassava trunk.

In just one pull Ridho managed to pull the cassava stem. The cassava stem was successfully pulled, the cassava fruit is large enough Anton difficulty when pulling it.

...~ Connect ~...