Following a
big fruit harvest in the area where i used to live, my parents brought home a
lot of duku, durian, and rambutan. There were so many of them, we still had
bags of fruits even after sharing them with neighbours. Having a date with
friends, i decided to bring her some. Carrying a plastic bag full of duku, i
got on the bus. I was running late so when i got to my bus stop, i quickly
jumped off the bus. As i did so, the plastic bag holding the dukus broke open
and the small round fruits rolled all over the street. Silly me, instead of
leaving them alone, i went to all the trouble of picking each and every duku
off the street. Oncoming cars had to stop and wait for me to collect the dukus.
All the passengers were smiling broadly at my stupidity.
RIZKA, PALEMBANG
RIZKA, PALEMBANG