Kabayan has a good smell

Once upon a time in Sunda Island, there’s a man called Kabayan. He was known as a funny man, fool but pleasing many people. But Kabayan also has a lot non commonsense behaviors that makes people annoyed and get angry.

Sometime of a day, as the villager young man, Kabayan wake up early. After he was done with the praying, staying a lot beyond the fireplace with the cassava toasted. Kabayan was preparing for going to the garden, is not about farming places but the jungle that’s a part of it has some trees that were planted by human. The others trees were planted by the nature. Kabayan goes to the garden almost in all his days. He always has something to do or to get out there.

But today, he was invited by someone that very special to him, he was called Abah. He is the father of Nyi Iteung; Kabayan’s girlfriend. Abah is a temperamental person especially with Kabayan, he always angry anytime he talks to. But it doesn’t matter, as long as all things are about Nyi Iteung. Today, Kabayan has appointment, that they will go to Abah’s garden to see how well the planting growing up. It could be to do cutting through the grasses or anything. Then, thin morning Kabayan with Abah seen like intimate. Before they start the trip, Kabayan ask to bring for Abah’s bag, but he doesn’t let it.  

On the way of the trip, they start walk through the garden over the rice planting area called pesawahan. And then they are entering the garden area and the jungle. Right there Kabayan ask to stop walking. “Wait, wait…” he said. “I just like smell something right here.”

“Ough, really? What did you smell, I don’t smell anything.” Abah said.

“It is like the smell of durian Abah.”

“No way, there is no durian tree right here.”

“Just wait, Abah!” and then Kabayan jumps through the dense grasses and disappeared. Abah almost worries about him and then Kabayan just appears in the front. “Here is, Abah!” and he shows the durian.

“Alright, alright, let we continue the trip.” Abah said.

Not so far a while, Kabayan ask to stop the step again, “wait, Abah. I just like smell something again right here.”

“What else, Kabayan? I don’t smell anything right here!”

“It’s like the jackfruit, Abah?”

“Relly, I really like it. But I don’t smell it any way.”

“Just wait, Abah.” Kabayan jumps through the grasses again and disappears. And then just a while he comes back and shows the jackfruit.

“Oh, it’s really out there. You have good smell, Kabayan!”

And then they continue the trip and finish it after an hour and half of walking. And there is Abah’s garden, has many plants on it.

“Let we start working Kabayan!” Abah said.

“Just continuo working, Abah?” Kabayan seem socked.

“Yeah, what’s wrong whit that?” Abah talked gruffly. “We just look around first, you should fine something sweet out there!”

“Did us have many sweet we got, isn’t Abah?”

“Alright, just wait there. We’ll have a breakfast soon!”

“That’s right, Abah. You’ve know the matter is.” Kabayan said and then straightly moves to the little house called ‘saung’, and just lie down out there. Then he was sleeping.

And then, “wake up, Kabayan!” loudly sounded, makes Kabayan wakes startled.

“Whets up, what’s up?” Kabayan wake up and straightly toke fight position.

“Borokokok! What are you doing, did you want to eat your breakfast before, did you?”

“Breakfast, Abah? Alright…!”

After they had the breakfast, they start go around the garden. To work that Abah said actually is not working, they just look around the garden to see anything that disturbs the plants. Besides that, sometimes Abah ask Kabayan to get some fruits or anything that they should bring home. And there is some area that’s planted by cassava and right there Abah ask Kabayang to get some. Kabayan take off a lot of the cassava trees and get many big cassavas. Abah ask him take it off more and more.

After all, Kabayan was socked that’s there is very huge numbers of cassavas to bring home. He can’t imagine how to carry it, it’s so heavy. And of course, he minded, that he was the man that has to carry it.

“What’s wrong, Kabayan?” Abah asked, just like could know what just Kabayan thought. “Don’t worry, it’s not heavy! I know that’s you are a strong young man.”

“Hehe, of course, Abah. You can rely on me.” Kabayan said confidently.

“I know you should be, Kabayan” Abah said, seem happy.

But anyway, Kabayan really confused about it. He surely knew that he couldn’t bring all the cassavas home. He seem just thinking, try to get some trick on it. And then, “wait, Abah!” Kabayan just raised his hand. Abah stopped moving.

“What’s wrong, Kabayan?” Abah asked.

“I just smell something out there.” Kabayan said quietly.

“What’s did you smell, is there any fruit else you smell?”

“Ssshhht…,” Kabayan asked to be quiet. “I just smell…., there is some tiger out there around us, Abah.”

“What’s it, tiger? How big is it?” Abah seem panic.

“Yes, I sure it’s a very huge tiger, Abah.”

“A huge tiger? Ough…, run away Kabayan. Quickly, lets runaway!”

Abah just running away left Kabayan behind and didn’t stop yelling on Kabayan to run away. And there is Kabayan, he was smiling when he start a little running following Abah.

“Hehe…, good bye cassavas…!” Kabayan said, felt happy.