The Ucup
Making Cassava Chips

"You are like a work of art, not everyone will understand you, but the one who understands will never forget you."

Day Afternoon.........

All the cassava stems in the garden were uprooted, those in the garden put all the cassava fruit into the truck that was already in the garden. All the good cassava fruit has been put in the truck.

After that the truck driver drove his car to leave the garden. The truck was no longer visible from their side. They rested in the hut, because the hut did not fit to accommodate a lot of them.

Ucup, Zai and his friends sat on the ground. They sat down while straightening their tired legs from earlier standing still as they pulled out the cassava trunk.

"You must be tired, right?" Ucup looked towards Zai and his friends.

"We're tired, brother," replied his friends Zai simultaneously.

"Have you guys just pulled the cassava?" ask Ucup.

"If I'm new brother," replied Aska.

"I've never been" replied Anton.

"If I am too often my brother" replied Ridho.

"Anyone among you four Ridho who are strong energy." Ucup finally understood Ridho strongly pull out the large cassava stem, because Ridho often pull out the cassava stem.

"He was a little cayenne pepper" said Zai

"Even though he was the smallest of the four of us, he was stronger than Anton" Aska said.

"Si Anton is just a big body but no energy."Ucup glanced at Anton after which he glanced at Ridho.

"It's very true that brother Ucup said" Ridho confirmed Ucup's words that Anton was just a large body of them but no energy.

"Your wives have the heart to say I'm in front of the person directly." Anton who listened to them talk about himself in front then his face turned to a frown.

"It's better that Anton we talk to you, in front of you directly instead," said Aska.

"Of we say you're behind, which one do you think is better?" ask Ridho.

"It doesn't do you any good to talk about me in front of or behind me is a sin" Anton said.

"It's also true that Anton said, if we talk about him either in front or behind still sin other than that our reward is reduced to him because we talk about him." Aska justifies the word Ridho.

"Yes deh sir Ustad Aska we change the other topics," said Ridho.

"It's late in the afternoon are you not coming home?" ask Zai.

"Come home" they answered simultaneously.

"Why are you still here?" ask Zai.

"We wait to get rid of you" replied Aska and Ridho simultaneously.

"Not that." Anton shook his head, this time Anton was not the same as Aska and Zai.

"Keep waiting for what?" ask Zai.

"I'm gonna ask you that, right?" Anton who smiled with a crygegesan pointed his finger at the cassava fruit near them.

"So you want cassava fruit?" ask Zai.

"What can the cassava fruit be for Anton?" Zai glanced towards Ucup.

"May, you take it to bring it home." Ucup tells Zai's friends to take cassava fruit that is not far from them.

"Thank you, brother Ucup is the best." After saying that Anton immediately stood up from his seat then he walked towards the cassava fruit lying on the ground.

Esokan.........

As usual after finishing dinner Ucup always wash all dirty eating utensils. Ucup who had finished washing dirty eating utensils looked at the cassava fruit that he had brought yesterday from the garden.

Ucup walked towards the cassava fruit, Ucup who had arrived in front of the cassava fruit and then he squatted while holding the cassava fruit.

"These cassava fruits are in anything?" The humming ucup.

"It's fried, but I've been eating fried cassava a lot."

"What are these cassava fruits made for?"

Ucup who is thinking of processing cassava into what. After thinking finally Ucup found the idea to process his cassava into something he used to eat. He stood up from the squat then he picked up the knife that was beside the stove.

Ucup sits on the kitchen floor peeling the skin of cassava fruit, after the cassava fruit peeled skin Ucup put the cassava fruit into a basin filled with water. Ucup wash the cassava fruit until clean new Ucup slicing the cassava fruit using a knife.

"What are you doing?" Mother who was standing not far from Ucup.

"I want to make cassava chips." Ucup spoke while slicing the cassava using a knife.

"If you make cassava chips that's not how to Ucup." Mom walked towards the plate rack, mother who was already in front of the plate rack looking for something.

"Keep how's mom?" Ucup that continues to slice the cassava fruit using a knife until the cassava fruit is finished in sliced by Ucup.

"Where are you?" Mom's looking for something on the plate.

"What are you looking for?" Ucup that has finished slicing the cassava fruit.

"Mother's looking for something Ucup." Mother was trying to find something on the plate shelf.

"What are you looking for? let me help you." Ucup looked towards the mother who was standing in front of the plate rack.

"No need, I've met." I finally found something I was looking for.

"Is that mom?" Ucup looked at the mother's hand holding an object.

"This is a cassava chip cutter, use this if you want to make cassava chips." Mother who was standing next to Ucup then she gave the tool to Ucup.

"Well, but how do you wear it like a mother?" After the cassava chip cutting tool was in the hands of Ucup, then he asked Mom how to use the cassava chip cutting tool.

Mom sat next to Ucup and then mom took the tool from Ucup's hand, mother put the tool on the basin. Mother took a cassava and mother pressed the cassava fruit to the tool so that the cassava fruit is cut off.

"Can you already?" Mother who has given an example of making cassava chips with these tools.

"Yes I can do it, thank you mom." The tetse5 device was already in the hands of Ucup, then he started trying to use the tool. Ucup can use this tool.

"Here the cassava fruit that has been cut."Mother asked for cassava fruit that has been cut using the tool.

"Here, what do you want?" Ucup gives up a basin containing cassava fruit that has been shaped chips to the mother.

...~ Connect ~...