The Ucup
The Garden Or Gotong Royong

"Don't be fooled by young age, because the condition of dying does not have to be old.Don't be fooled by your healthy body, because dying does not have to be sick. Do not be deceived by your fame and works, for in the grave you are only accompanied by good deeds you are not your friend."

Esokan.......

After performing the morning prayer at the mosque. Dad and Ucup walked out of the mosque, they walked away towards the house.When on the way home, Ucup remembered the message that Mr. Rt conveyed to father.

"Dad natik when he got home there's something I want to say." The Ucup stopped walking.

"What do you want Ucup to say?" Dad stopped walking and he turned to Ucup.

"It's only beautiful if you're home Ucup tell dad." Ucup who continued on foot.

"All right then." The father who walked after Ucup, Ucup who had walked first left the father.

Dad and Ucup are already on the porch of the house, they sit on a bench on the porch of the house.

"What did Ucup actually want to tell dad?" Dad looks so curious.

"Last night Mr. Rt came home looking for father, because father is not at home then Mr. Rt conveyed a message to father to me," replied Ucup.

"What's the message from Mr Rt?" ask Dad.

"Pak Rt told every house to send someone to join the gotong royong" replied Ucup.

"When is gotong royong done?" ask dad.

"Today at 07:30 paternity wib" replied Ucup.

"How is this Ucup? I can't go with gotong royong." Father who feels guilty for not being able to join gotong royong.

"Said Mr. Rt is mandatory father, if there is no one of us who come then we will be exposed to the fine," replied Ucup.

"What's the fine for Ucup?" ask dad.

"We must pay a hundred thousand rupiah" replied Ucup.

"Lumayan also dendanya can make money shopping mother, so we should what Ucup?" ask dad.

"One of us has to go with daddy gotong royong" replied Ucup.

"If you can't go with gotong royong. I also need Ucup's help in the garden so we have to do Ucup?" ask dad.

"Now I'm asking you how many kids do you have?" ask Ucup.

"Three boys" replied the father.

"Then you don't have to worry" Ucup said.

"What is Ucup? I don't understand" asked Dad.

"Dad has three sons so I can ask for help from my three sons" Ucup said.

"But I can't ask for help ama Fiqrie, because he's already married" said the father.

"And you still have two sons, you can ask me and Zai for help" Ucup said.

"Can Zai ask Ucup for help?" A father who seemed hesitant to ask Zai for help.

"Let's talk about Zai first." Ucup gave the father advice to talk to Zai.

"Then I want to talk to Zai first Ucup." The father stood up from his seat and walked towards the door of his house.

Toks..... Tok

"Assalamu'alaikum." The father stood at the door of the house and knocked on the door.

"Daddy's walaikumsalam." Mother who had just come out of her room then she walked towards the living room. Mother who was already in front of the door of the house and then she opened the door of the house, after the door was not locked she opened the door of the house.

Chequek....... Chequelek

"His father returned from the mosque?"Mother who shakes the back of father's hand.

"Assalamu'alaikum mother." Ucup yapped at the back of my hand, mother.

"Walaikumsalam Ucup," said the mother.

"My mom comes in first." Ucup who walked into the house passed the mother. Ucup just kept walking towards his room.

Mom closed the door and then she locked the door. Mother turned her back and she saw the father in the living room standing up.

"What's dad?" Mom walked over to me, mom was standing in front of me.

"Is Zai awake, mother?" ask dad.

"Not yet, why dad?" ask mother.

"Then let me wake up Zai. " Dad walked towards Zai's room.

"Well dad, mommy wants to cook first."After father walked away, mother also walked towards the kitchen.

After finishing breakfast, Zai stood up from his seat.

"Dec wait a minute." The father saw Zai standing up from his seat.

"What's dad?" Zai looked towards his father.

"There's something I want to talk to you about, so you better sit down first." Father told Zai to sit on the chair.

"All right dad." Zai who sat back to his chair.

Father told Zai that today Mr. Rt sent every house to send someone to do gotong royong, if there is a house that does not send someone to follow gotong royong eat will get punishment.

"What's dad's punishment?" ask mother.

"Must pay the fine" replied the father.

"How much is dad's fine?" ask Zai.

"A hundred thousand dollars" replied the father.

"Then one of you should join gotong royong." The mother who heard the words of the father immediately told one of the three men to join the royong.

"Then it was Ucup's brother who went to getong royong" said Zai.

"Ucup will go to the garden to help dad, how about Zai who took part in the royong?" ask dad.

"I don't want you." Zai shook his head, he did not want to take royong.

"Why don't you want to?" ask mother.

"Those who join gotong royong are average fathers," replied Zai.

"Why did Zai come?" ask Ucup.

"Yes I am ashamed" replied Zai.

"Why should Zai be ashamed?" ask Ucup.

"I will feel alone there about no one who is the same age as me there" Zai replied.

"Does the deck want to help you in the garden?" ask dad.

Zai who got a question from dad then he was thinking. Actually, Zai prefers to stay in the room rather than go to the garden or go with gotong royong. Zai prefers to spend his wekeend time with a fall on his bed.

Father, Mother and Ucup looked towards Zai who seemed to be thinking. They knew that Zai did not want to go to the garden and did not want to join the royong.But at this time they had no choice but to tell Zai to choose to follow the father to the garden or iku gotong.

Zai felt that between the two options there was nothing he wanted. Zai did not want to choose any of those options.

...~ Connect ~...