I'm Indigo
23.Pongko??

The night after finishing the prayer isya, I intend to rest.However, only briefly my eyes closed, I was shocked by the sound of residents screaming outside the house.

"There's a pongkooo" yelled people.

Pongko is a term for people who use black magic whose form can change.There are dogs, babi, goat, duck and many more.They use that knowledge to disturb and scare humans.

I heard the screams of the people rushing out of the house.

I have a father, mother and grandmother in front of the house.

"Dad why do people run screaming.??"my many.

"That said there was a pongkooo behind his house, Mr. Jalim" replied the father.

"Kok can there be more pongko here, huh.?? Not that time Mr. Reno has been expelled for using pongko.??"many wonder.

"Dad doesn't know either." replied the father.

#Flashback off

At that time I was four years old, my village was suddenly rushed with a pongko that roamed in my village.At that time the pongko continued to disturb the residents, the residents,especially children and mothers.People who have begun to fret with the presence of the pongko, began to devise a strategy to catch the wet pongko.Night the residents have prepared, the residents have prepared,they waited in a place where the possibility of pongko was passing by.And sure enough after waiting almost an hour, he said,suddenly the residents saw a large pig who was about to go to one of the houses.The residents who saw the pig immediately surrounded him, so that the pig did not run away again.

After the pig was besieged, the people who brought the wood prepared to beat the pig.The pig could not do anything, because he was surrounded.Finally he surrendered, rather than being beaten by the citizens to death,better he turned himself in.The rabbit immediately changed his original form which made the citizens surprised.

"Sir Reno.!!residents said shocked.

"It turns out all this time Mr. Reno is a pongko.!!"said one angry citizen.

"Why did Mr. Reno do this.??"ask other people.

Mr. Reno who has been caught wet can only be silent.He does not dare to look at the residents.

"We should burn someone like this.!!"shouted one of the residents and approved by the other citizens.

"Yes right, we just burn him.!!"shouted the citizens.

"Don't burn me.I won't repeat myself." said Mr. Reno, pleading before the citizens.

However, the residents who have been overcome with emotion, no longer pay attention to Mr. Reno who cried for forgiveness to them.

They immediately bring Mr. Reno to his house and will burn Mr. Reno in front of his son and wife.

"Burn sir Reno.!!"the residents shouted along the road to Mr. Reno's house.

Arriving at Reno's house, the citizen immediately sent his son and wife out.

"Goodoo father.!! shouted his son and wife, Mr. Reno, who saw Mr. Reno tied up and herded by the residents.

"Why did you tie my husband up.??"ask Pure Ma'am to the people.

"Begini bu Murni, Pak Reno turned out to be a pongko who had been disturbing the residents of this village." said one of the residents.

"No way.No way my husband could do that.!!"yelled, Mommy Murni did not believe what the citizens said.

"True Bu Murni, we have caught Murni's wet husband." said another resident.

"Is that right, sir.??"asked Pure Mom to her husband.She still does not believe that her husband is a pongko.

"I'm sorry ma'am."Mr. Reno prostrated himself before his wife and child.

"Father wants revenge because the citizens always look down on us." said Mr. Reno while staring at the residents with cynicism.

"We do not want to look down on Mr. Reno's family, but the behavior of Mr. Reno who is not good since living in this village" said one of the residents.

"Truely it!! Mr. Reno often steals fruit in our garden, Pak Reno also often steal our yam in longgo (small hut where the yam storage)." said another resident.

Mr. Reno has indeed been arrested several times when people steal fruit and also the results of sweet potatoes.But the residents only scold him, not to hit or reported on pak lurah.

"So the story you've been hearing is true.??"tanya Bu Murni was increasingly surprised by the statements of the residents.Indeed all this time she had heard issues from the residents if her husband stole the fruit and sweet potato products of the residents.However she did not believe, she did not believe,he thinks it's the people who don't like them.

"Father was forced to ma'am.We do not have land to plant, while the work of the father is only looking for firewood to sell in the market.And the mother knows for herself the results are not sufficient for our needs, ma'am." said Mr. Reno sadly.

"But the father's actions remain untrue" replied Mrs Murni.

"Yes, let's burn this Reno sir!! Let no one else do anything in our village." shouted the citizens.

"Please don't burn my husband.My children are young.They must be sad because they lost their father." said Bu Murni pleading.

The residents who heard the words of Mrs Murni, suddenly felt sorry for the children of Mr. Reno who had to lose his father at their young age.

"Alright then, we take Mr. Reno to the place of Mr. Lurah, let later the lurah who decided there." said one of the residents.

"Yes already, we just take him."tipal other citizens.

Mr. Reno was immediately taken to the house of Mr. Lurah.S Arriving there they immediately told the incident to pak lurah.

"Look, I will take Mr. Reno and his family to live in a remote village.There I will give a plot of land for Mr. Reno to manage, so that Mr. Reno can meet the needs of his family."lurah said to the people.

"But we ask Mr. Reno to stop being a pongko, so that later he does not disturb the residents in his new residence." said residents.

"How about Mr Reno ?? Do you agree with the request of the citizens.??"ask mr. lurah.

"Yes mr. Lurah, I agree." said Mr. Reno relieved because he did not become burned by the residents.

Finally, Mr. Reno and his son and wife were taken to the place intended by Mr. Lurah.And since then, this village has no more pongko interference.

#Flashback On

"About who's the pongko in this village again.??"my many.

"We will see later, the important thing is that we remain careful with the pongko in this village again" replied the father.

"Yes, father." I replied.

"How's the pong got caught.??"ask the people who have returned.

"It looks like the pongko went into the forest and hid there, Mr. Roni." said one of the residents.

Father only beards heard the answers of the residents.After that, the father invited us into the house to rest.

**Sorry new update again yes,☺

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