Bercuti Di Kampung Rakanku (A Malay Story)

Jam berdenting menunjukkan pukul 6 petang. Saya dan rakan saya, Ben, sedang menunggu ketibaan keretapi untuk pergi ke Kampung Banting. Sebenarnya, saya dengan Ben berhasrat untuk pulang ke kampungnya di Kampung Banting pada cuti semester ini. Maklumlah, musim buah-buahan telah tiba.

Setiba sahaja keretapi itu, kami pun membuka langkah untuk menaikinya. Ternyata ada ramai orang yang menaiki keretapi pergi ke Kampung Banting. Saya dan Ben menyimpan bagasi kami dan duduk dengan hati yang tidak sabar untuk sampai ke destinasinya.

Setelah duduk selama 4 jam, akhirnya sampai juga ke tempat yang kami nanti-nantikan: Kampung Banting! Kami mencapai bagasi kami dan berlari-lari anak menuju ke pintu keluar stesen keretapi itu. Ternampak ibu bapanya dan adik-beradiknya sedang menunggu ketibaan kami. Ben memeluk erat ibunya seperti orang yang telah lama tidak pernah jumpa. Saya hanya berjabat tangan dengan bapanya dan adik-beradiknya.

Inilah pertama kali saya melihat suasana sebuah kampung: keadaan yang harmoni dan makmur, tiada pencemaran, jiran tetangga yang ramah mesra…Ahh…alangkah baiknya kalau saya juga berasal dari kampong yang begitu indah ini.

Walaupun saya orang banda, tidak terlupanya saya tentang adat-adat orang kampung. Saya sentiasa ingat untuk menanggalkan kasut sebelum masuk rumah. Kami mandi bersama-sama dengan menggunakan air dari telaga. Wah! Alangkah dinginnya air itu! Tetapi Ben nampak macam tidak ada apa-apa pula? Mungkin sudah biasa.

Keesokan harinya, Ben mengejutkan saya dan mengatakan bahawa buah durian di dusun datuknya mula gugur. Dengan pantasnya saya menyalin baju dan mengikut Ben ke dusun tersebut. Datuknya tersenyum dan memberi salam kepada saya. Dia juga memberi kami topi keledar untuk melindungi kepala kami daripada dihempap durian. Dengan perasaan yang riang, kami pun mengutip buah durian yang telah banyak gugur di tanah.

Setiba sahaja kami di pondok datuknya dengan bakul dipenuhi durian, datuk Ben menyambut kedatangan kami dengan hidangan beraneka jenis buah-buahan tempatan. Sepanjang pagi itu, kami menjamu selera dengan buah-buahan yang ada di situ sambil berbual-bual. Alangkah seronok kalau terus begini…

Tetapi, masa berlalu dengan cepat. Sekelip mat sahaja, sudah sampai masanya kami tinggalkan Kampung Banting. Kami bersalam-salaman sambil mengucapkan selamat tinggal kepada ibu bapa Ben. Kami juga membawa pulang beberapa biji durian sebagai ‘cenderahati’.

Saya tidak akan lupa pengalaman saya di kampung Ben buat selama-lamanya.

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