The tiger handler

Amat just a quiet man who doesn't care about other people's business. His daily life is just looking for damar Lamuri wood and bringing it to the market to be used as fuel. While at night, Amat, later known as Mat Guci, often spent time on the side of the Aramanyang hill with Pang Amin, the tiger handler.

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The sun has not been seen from the eastern horizon when a boat docked in Lhok Me. Four men jumped and rushed to lean the boat to one of the mangrove shrubs. The ripples continued to roar amid the cold morning breeze that Sunday. The water splash and the clatter of copper were also heard clearly between the rustling of the leaves covered by the wind.

These four men stood tall. A few minutes later, one of them lit a torch and waved facing the open sea. While the other three ran toward the bushes deftly. The sound of roosters began to sound answered from the corner of the village. While the sun begins to slowly come out of its sleeping throne.

Vaguely, one of them was seen on the shoreline. He was a man wearing an iron robe with a long sword on his waist. The iron cloak is actually a chain sewn around his body. His eyes were narrow, sharp-nosed and his skin color was tawny. Her hair is neatly arranged with a bun right behind the head. This man took off his armor and sword and took several packages from the boat.

The package was opened and several strands of cloth were pulled out. The man then stretches a piece of cloth on the sand. He put armor and swords on the cloth. He then wrapped it neatly after taking a black shirt and pants. This skinny man then put it in a hurry.

Within seconds, the man had finished giving birth with his new black outfit. He wrapped his shirt and pants with a cloth four feet wide. The cloth is more than one meter long. He again messed up the package. In his hand, a red-handled dagger was seen, with a dragon head and a few strands of thread hanging on the end. This dagger is then tucked into the clothes he is wearing.

The thinner then whistled and ran to the coral reef by the beach. Three other men came out of the scrub alternately. They did the same thing as the hunchback.

After everything was finished, they then pulled the boat into the bushes and covered with leaves around it.

to be continue…

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Bahasa

Amat hanya seorang lelaki pendiam yang tidak memperdulikan urusan orang lain. Hidupnya sehari-hari hanya mencari kayu damar Lamuri dan membawanya ke pasar untuk dijadikan bahan bakar. Sementara ketika malam, Amat yang belakangan dikenal dengan sebutan Mat Guci, acapkali menghabiskan waktu di sisi bukit Aramanyang bersama Pang Amin sang pawang harimau.

MATAHARI belum terlihat dari ufuk timur saat sebuah boat merapat di Lhok Me. Empat pria meloncat dan bergegas menyandarkan boat ke salah satu perdu bakau. Riak gelombang terus menderu di tengah dinginnya angin pagi Ahad itu. Keciprak air dan gemerincing tembaga juga terdengar jelas di antara gemerisik dedaunan yang ditingkahi angin.

Ke empat pria ini berdiri tegap. Beberapa menit kemudian, satu di antara mereka menyalakan obor dan melambai-lambai menghadap laut lepas. Sementara tiga lainnya berlari ke arah semak belukar dengan cekatan. Suara ayam jantan mulai terdengar sahut menyahut dari sudut gampong. Sementara mentari mulai keluar perlahan dari singgasana tidurnya.

Samar-samar, salah satu di antara mereka terlihat di bibir pantai. Ia seorang pria yang mengenakan jubah besi dengan sebilah pedang panjang di pinggangnya. Jubah besi itu sebenarnya sebuah rantai yang dijahit di sekeliling badannya. Matanya sipit, berhidung mancung dan warna kulitnya kuning langsat. Rambutnya ditata rapi dengan sanggul tepat di belakang kepala. Pria ini menanggalkan baju besi dan pedangnya serta mengambil beberapa bungkusan dari dalam boat.

Bungkusan tersebut dibuka dan beberapa helai kain ditarik keluar. Pria tersebut kemudian membentang sehelai kain di atas pasir. Baju zirah serta pedang ditaruhnya di atas kain tersebut. Dia kemudian membungkusnya dengan rapi setelah mengambil sehelai baju dan celana hitam. Pria berperawakan ceking ini kemudian mengenakannya dengan terburu-buru.

Dalam hitungan detik, pria tersebut telah selesai bersalin dengan pakaian barunya yang serba hitam. Ia melilitkan baju dan celananya dengan sehelai kain selebar empat jari. Kain tersebut panjangnya satu meter lebih. Ia kembali mengacak-acak bungkusannya. Di tangannya kemudian terlihat sebilah belati bergagang merah, berkepala naga dengan beberapa helai benang menggantung di ujungnya. Belati ini lantas diselipkan di dalam baju yang dikenakannya.

Si ceking kemudian bersiul dan berlari ke terumbu karang di tepi pantai. Tiga pria lainnya keluar dari semak belukar secara bergantian. Mereka melakukan hal yang sama seperti si ceking tadi.

Setelah semuanya selesai, mereka kemudian menarik perahu ke semak-semak dan menutup dengan dedaunan yang ada di sekitarnya.

Bersambung…

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Note: This story is a fictional work that I wrote since 2013. I have published several pieces of fiction on my personal social media account.

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