RAISINS (Mystery Stories)
Play Umpet Yuk!

Taps... Taps... Taps...

"Hosh... Hail tired! Ling! you where? Just playing the hide and seek! I'm tired!" Said a boy named Dimas.

"Dimas. Come on in, this is Maghrib. Not the time to play. Dimas. Who were you playing with outside?" Ask Mom Dimas.

"Just like me. His name is Ling Ling. He lives in the house behind Grandma's house." Said Dimas innocently.

"Well...?!"

The mystical story experienced by Dimas began.

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School holidays are coming. Dimas and his family decided to spend the holidays at his grandmother's house.

Grandma Dimas' house was in a very distant countryside. If by car, travel time can take about two hours.

After a two-hour journey, Dimas finally reached his grandmother's house.

Grandma Dimas, immediately hugged his five-year-old grandson very tightly released the longing for not meeting his favorite grandson for a long time.

Grandma Dimas, then immediately invited Dimas and his parents to immediately go in and rest, while having a warm conversation.

Granny Dimas house in the countryside is still very beautiful, so that the distance of the house from the house there, separated by the garden of each villager there.

Although far from the crowd, Dimas remained happy, because he had only first felt the atmosphere of the countryside was so calm.

While being cool to breathe fresh air, Dimas' attention was distracted by a girl standing in front of the garden across from his grandmother's house.

The girl was wearing traditional Chinese clothes with her hair tied in two resembling a ball.

The Chinese daughter just stared at Dimas with a blank look. Because he still did not understand too much, Dimas instead greeted the Chinese girl while waving his hand from a distance.

Seeing that, the Chinese girl smiled and returned a wave of Dimas' hand.

Seeing Dimas playing alone on the terrace, Mother Dimas then took Dimas inside for lunch.

"Dimas. Comein. Grandma is equally mamah, already masakin your favorite food. You take a bath before you eat." Dimas Gum.

"Eh. Mamah! Okay mama. But beware, mah. I want drugs to get to me first." Say Dimas plainly.

"Yemen? You've been acquainted with your new friends who are on the deck of grandma's house?" Ask Mom Dimas curious.

"Yes! Uh... Poh... How come he doesn't exist?" Tanya Dimas who was disappointed because he did not have time to introduce his new friend to his mother.

"Why Dimas?" Ask Mom Dimas.

"I want to know my friends who are there to Mamah. How come there is no, huh? Is he coming home?" Dimas asked as he pointed towards the garden, where the Chinese girl had appeared.

Looking at Dimas who pointed towards the garden, made Mother Dimas very surprised. Mom Dimas then immediately invited Dimas to go inside.

"Dimaz... You can recognize your friend to mamah in the morning. Now we go in first. Ok." Say Mother Dimas calmly so as not to scare Dimas.

Dimas followed what his mother said. He went into his grandmother's house and had lunch.

To distract Dimas from getting out, Dimas' mother also took out a toy Dimas deliberately brought to Dimas playing at his grandmother's house.

After seeing Dimas engrossed in playing with his cars in the room, Dimas' mother then went out of the room to help grandma prepare dinner, while the father, who was, go to the garden behind grandma's house to pick vegetables as a complement for dinner later.

Not felt, Dimas had been playing cars until the afternoon. He also felt very bored and sleepy.

When he was about to take a nap, Dimas heard the sound of footsteps approaching the window of the room. Dimas thought it was the sound of his father's footsteps outside.

Dimas checked the window. It turned out that the one approaching the window was the Chinese girl.

Father, Mother, and Grandma Dimas did not know that Dimas was walking out of the house. Mom and Grandma were still cooking for dinner and dad was still picking vegetables, so the three of them unconsciously walked out of the house.

When he was in front of the terrace, the girl grasped Dimas' hand and wanted to invite Dimas to play in the garden across from his grandmother's house.

"Eh. Uh. Just hold on a second. Mamah said, I can't play all the way around here. You're afraid mamah I'm nyariin." Dimas.

Hearing that, the Chinese girl just kept quiet and gave no answer.

Before playing, Dimas introduced himself

to his new friend.

"Eh yes! We have not yet known. My name is Dimas. What's your name? Oh yea! Where is your home?" Ask Dimas.

"My name is Ling Ling. My house is behind your grandmother's house." Ling Ling said briefly.

After introducing each other, Ling Ling held Dimas' hand back while pointing towards the garden, where he had appeared.

"Eh. Ling Ling's. I told you to play it here. I'll be hanky!" Said Dimas trying to tell Ling Ling.

Ling Ling still insisted on taking Dimas to the garden. Unable to persuade Dimas, Ling Ling cried.

Seeing Ling Ling cry, Dimas panicked and tried to find a way to calm Ling Ling.

"Eh. Uh. Ling Ling don't cry dong. Yaudah gini. We play hide and seek! I was the one who was. I'll be the one looking for you. Ok." Said Dimas giving advice.

Dimas closed his eyes with both hands while counting one to ten. Ling Ling ran towards the garden and disappeared in an instant.

"1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... 7... 8... 9... 10...!" Ready or not I go with Ling Ling!

*tap... Taps... Taps...

Dimas also looked for Ling Ling around his grandmother's house, thinking Ling Ling was swearing around his grandmother's house.

After several hours of searching, the sun began to set.

"Hosh... Hail tired! Ling! you where? Just playing the hide and seek! I'm tired!" Dimas.

"Dimas. Come on in, this is Maghrib. Not the time to play. Dimas. Who were you playing with outside?" Ask Mom Dimas who saw Dimas from earlier talking to himself on the porch.

"Just like me. His name is Ling Ling. He lives in the house behind Grandma's house." Said Dimas innocently.

"Well...?!" Mother Dimas was surprised.

Dimas' mother then immediately told Dimas to come in. Dimas was invited to pray and teach with his father, mother, and grandmother to divert his memory of Ling Ling.

Apparently this afternoon, grandma told Father and Mother Dimas about her grandmother's friend when she was a child.

Friend grandmother is a Chinese girl who died at the age of 5 years while playing in the garden that is opposite the grandmother's house.

Before the garden's planks and ravine warnings were set up, her grandmother and friends, including Ling Ling, played around the garden.

They were playing hide and seek, unfortunately while cursing, Ling Ling was looking for a place too far away from his friends and subconsciously ran towards the ravine and finally mired into the abyss.

Her grandmother and her friends at the time were very panicked. They were looking for Ling Ling helped by the people around there.

Seeing there was a ravine, the residents concluded that Ling Ling had died from falling into a very deep abyss and never reached by humans.

Despite the search, Ling Ling's body had not been found until then. That's why grandma said Ling Ling's spirit still hasn't calmed down.

Grandma said Ling Ling often invited the children in the village to play hide and seek in the garden, while looking for his body that has not been found.

Therefore, so that Ling Ling's spirit does not wander around the windows of children's rooms, residents in the village often do payroll.

Every after the Maghrib in the village, residents often held a lecture to pray for Ling Ling spirit to calm down and not disturb the children in the village again.

*TAMPE.........