Bismillahirramnirrahim
(In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful)
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"what are you looking at?" Staring at the sliding door.
"a kitten. Dead, there."
"Poor kitty. No one take it aside off the road yet, huh?"
"well, go on, you do it."
"hurm..."
Taking up the black and short hoe, walking slowly towards the road where the dead kitty was. After making sure the road is clear, ran slowly to the kitty.
"Oh, it is not a kitten..!" Shouting to my mom.
"Huh? Then what is it?"
"A puppy...!"
"Hurry up and bury it"
"poor little puppy...where's your mummy? I'm sure she is worried about you"
Slowly by using the hoe, I picked up the black little puppy and started to dig a small and little grave.
Then, slowly I placed the puppy into the little grave.
" Be happy lil pup, you are going back to the One Who Has Created you"
.I left the hoe under the small tree, by the road side, walking up slowly towards my neighbours' house. My eyes were cautiously scanning any movement.
No sign of him.... I wonder where did he go....
After a few round, I decided to go back home.
"Your cat is dead?"
"huh? Oh, the one that I buried?"
"Yup"
"Nope, it was a puppy."
In the evening after playing around with Ginger and Tuah, I asked Amimah to go for searching Mr.Horlick. Amir joined us. This time around, we go further, to the other side of the road.
"Will he survive crossing the road? Won't he die because car hit him? Soren didn't survive..."
"Horlick is a white cat. Everyone will see him, even in the dark. Soren, it was a different case, it was too dark and the car was too fast"
"Oh..."
"We'll find Horlick, for sure"
On the way back home, we decided to go and check another round.
"Are you guys looking for a cat?"
"Yes, a white one"
"I buried it last night. The tail is brown."
"An adult cat?"
"Yes. Last night, after coming back from surau, I found it under my mango's tree. Dead. So I buried him there"
"Oh"
"I buried it nicely, quiet deep to make sure nothing gets around."
"Oh, err.. thank you..."
And just like that my heart stopped.
"See, I told you, he must be dead already!"
"Yeah"
As usual, if there's any bad news, even the hardest one, no tears allowed in front of them. All I do was pretending that I was okay, just doing the usual stuff. As if, the news was just a wind blow.
Deep inside?
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From Him we all came,
to Him we all return.
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