This day Gobi’s behaviour is very strange. He shouts noisily like a mistune trumpet. His feet kick the ground and make unhappy noise. He grasps the sand and throws it to the air. Koli , his elephant neighbour feel worry, He wonders what has going on with Gobi. Everyone knew Gobi as a friendly and cheerful elephant."Auw’, shouted Koli when a cup of sand came over his face. Fortunately, the sand didn’t come into his eyes. "Please stop Gobi! Why are you so angry in this early morning?"
"Morning? It has been so late to say morning" Gobi grumbled. "You are acting like Mr. Laju, He has not come yet to bath my body." "Come down, He will come soon", Koli persuaded him. "Look there is many wrinkled on my skin because the hard sunning, Usually I have take a bath in this time!".
"Come down, please don’t angry anymore Mr. Laju will come soon, trust me" said Koli. Not long, There is Mr. Laju comes in hurry. "Oho, ho, ho, I am very sorry Gobi. I woke up late in this morning, I showed wayang golek last night so I slept late. (wayang golek = a kind of traditional puppet, very familiar in West Java Province).
Gobi starred at him, he looks understand that Mr. Laju was trying to persuade him. Mr. Laju understood why Gobi acted strangely. He knew Gobi behaviour because he has take care him since Gobi arrived to that zoo. " Let’s take a bath" said Mr. Laju. Gobi followed him, however, when they came to the pool. Gobi catches around Mr. Laju hip with his trunk and brought him highly. He immersed Mr. Laju to the pool and brought him highly again. "Gleg, gleg" in this time Mr. Laju has to swallow the water pool. "Let me down Gobi" shouted Mr. Laju.
After lose his anger. Gobi free his trunk from Mr. Laju hip. "You are very naughty in this day, Gobi! And look my breathing almost broken, you must not do it again such naughty manned. " said Mr. Laju. He breathed deeply to relief his painful.
Gobi shouted again, but his shout sounds very nice as he want to say" Don’t ever try to get late again Mr. Laju".
Sh, Bobo Magazine, translated by Yeffry HP
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