Cerita Pendek: "The Perfect Life"

 

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Nice to see you again in "It's Story Time!" update. In this update I will share a short story that I wrote entitled 'The Perfect Life'. And I'll share it in two versions, the English version and the Indonesian version. Enjoy your reading time!

The Perfect Life

English version

In a beautiful and shady forest, live various kinds of animals. There is a rabbit who always plays cheerfully around the forest with the deer, his friend. There is an elephant who always looks engrossed in playing and drinking river water through his long trunks. There is a monkey who likes to play from the tree branch where he lives to the other tree branches. There is the lion the king of the jungle who take care of the other animals and also the forest they live in. They all live friendly in the forest. The forest where they live is close to a beautiful and beautiful village too.

One sunny morning. As they prepare to play in the forest, the rabbit sees a large tall tree in the forest being cut by one of the villagers. The rabbit was shocked and immediately told his other friends. The lion did not accept the forest he guarded was destroyed by humans. "Let's go there now!" said the lion. They hurried to the place where the trees were cut. How surprised they turned out that many trees had been cut down. They want to fight but the villagers gather too much there. They were afraid to go there, instead, they were killed as a dinner for the villagers.

"It's too crowded here, let's just go back now". The lion invited his friends back sadly. The other animals sadly followed. During the trip, they were silent and only thought of their place of residence that would be damaged by the villagers. After arriving at the place they used to sleep and play. The elephant voiced "What should we do now?" his face looks sad. "Will we not have a place to live anymore?" said the deer. Nobody answered. They all fell silent and sad thinking about how their lives will be.

Day by day, the trees in the forest are getting fewer. Residents only cut down and never plant trees again. The animals in the forest find it increasingly difficult to survive.

At night, suddenly there was very heavy rain. The rain continued until the next day. Residents and animals in the forest are worried. If it continues like this, floods might occur. In the end what they were worried about happened. All the houses were flooded. Likewise, the forest in which animals live is also flooded because of the lack of trees that function to absorb water.

The animals were carried by the flood current to the villagers' homes. Eventually, they were forced to stay there to protect themselves from the torrential flood currents. But the presence of animals in the homes of villagers frightened the children of the villagers. The villagers also could not bear to drive away from the animals when the flood current was swift.

In the end, one of the villagers who felled the tree realized that the presence of the animals in the village was due to their act of cutting trees in the forest. Though forests need trees so that animals can live happily there. The next day, the flood had begun to shrink. The woodcutter invited other villagers to plant trees back together in the forest.

Now, animals are back to living happily in the forest because their home has returned ...

Indonesian version

Di suatu hutan yang indah dan rindang, hiduplah berbagai macam jenis hewan. Ada kelinci yang selalu bermain dengan riang mengelilingi hutan bersama dengan temannya si kancil. Ada gajah yang selalu terlihat asyik bermain dan meminum air sungai melalui belalainya yang panjang. Ada monyet yang senang bermain dari ranting pohon tempat dia tinggal ke ranting pohon yang lainnya. Ada singa si raja hutan yang menjaga hewan-hewan lainnya dan juga hutan yang mereka tinggali. Mereka semua hidup bersahabat didalam hutan. Hutan tempat mereka tinggal dekat dengan desa yang indah dan asri pula.

Suatu ketika di pagi yang cerah. Di saat mereka bersiap untuk bermain dihutan, si kelinci melihat pohon tinggi yang besar di dalam hutan sedang di potong oleh salah satu penduduk desa. Si kelinci terkejut dan langsung memberitahu teman-temannya yang lain. Si singa tidak terima hutan yang dijaga nya dirusak oleh manusia. “Ayo kita kesana sekarang!” kata si singa. Mereka bergegas ke tempat pohon-pohon itu ditebang. Alangkah terkejutnya mereka ternyata sudah banyak pohon yang ditebang. Mereka ingin melawan namun penduduk desa terlalu banyak berkumpul disana. Mereka takut jika kesana, malah mereka yang dibunuh sebagai santapan makan malam para penduduk desa.

“Terlalu ramai disini, ayo kita kembali saja sekarang”. Si singa mengajak teman-temannya kembali dengan sedih. Hewan-hewan yang lain pun dengan sedih mengikuti. Selama perjalanan mereka terdiam dan hanya memikirkan tempat tinggal mereka yang akan dirusak oleh penduduk desa. Setelah sampai ditempat mereka biasa tidur dan bermain. Si gajah bersuara “Apa yang harus kita lakukan sekarang?” raut wajahnya terlihat sedih. “Apakah kita tidak akan punya tempat tinggal lagi?” kata si kancil. Tidak ada satupun yang menjawab. Mereka semua terdiam ketakutan dan sedih memikirkan bagaimana kehidupan mereka nanti.

Hari berganti hari, pohon-pohon dihutan semakin sedikit. Para penduduk hanya menebang dan tidak pernah menanam pohon kembali. Para hewan didalam hutan semakin sulit bertahan hidup.

Saat malam hari, tiba-tiba saja terjadi hujan yang sangat lebat. Hujan tersebut terus bertahan sampai keesokan harinya. Para penduduk maupun para hewan didalam hutan khawatir. Jika seperti ini terus bisa-bisa terjadi banjir. Pada akhirnya apa yang mereka khawatirkan terjadi. Semua rumah-rumah penduduk terendam oleh banjir. Begitu pula hutan tempat para hewan tinggal juga terendam oleh banjir karna sedikitnya pohon yang berfungsi menyerap air.

Para hewan terbawa arus banjir hingga ke rumah penduduk desa. Akhirnya mereka terpaksa berdiam disana untuk berlindung dari arus banjir yang deras. Namun keberadaan para hewan di rumah penduduk desa banyak membuat anak-anak penduduk desa ketakutan. Para penduduk desa juga tidak tega untuk mengusir para hewan disaat arus banjir sedang deras.

Pada akhirnya salah satu penduduk yang menebang pohon menyadari bahwa kehadiran para hewan ke desa adalah karena ulah mereka sendiri yang memotong pohon-pohon di dalam hutan. Padahal hutan memerlukan pohon agar para hewan bisa hidup dengan bahagia disana. Keesokan harinya, banjir sudah mulai menyusut. Si penebang pohon tersebut mengajak penduduk desa yang lain agar bersama-sama menanam pohon kembali di hutan.

Sekarang, hewan-hewan kembali hidup bahagia di dalam hutan karena tempat tinggal mereka telah kembali…

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In this story, I want to share the message that a perfect life is obtained when we think and consider other living beings, not only humans but also animals who want a happy life in the forest. Therefore, protect the forest as well as possible and do not destroy it because the fact is we need the forest the same thing as the animals that need it.

If you want to read this short story with an illustrated story. You can download it at the link below 👇

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