Harmony of Ubud, Bali........

HARMONY OF UBUD, BALI......................


" What happened to him?" someone ask him. " My neighbour had hens, with many eggs. So he liked to sell them." Pan Dabreg swallows his spit. " He wanted to sell the eggs or the hens, Pan Dabreg?" asks the pursuing seller wearing shirt with flower on it. " Yes, of course the eggs!" says Pan Dabreg. Then continues. " He put those eggs in a big basket and carried on his head to Ubud Market. "

" When arrived in the corner he was surprised, Ubud market had changed, become two - storey and huge. A couple of months ago Ubud market had not been so big. When they build?"........" Then his imagination flew far. If sold those eggs he would buy a pig. If the pig grew a lot, he would sell and buy cows. "

" If the cows grew a lot?" someone asks. " Is it he will sell again? Then what will he buy ?" the others squawk. " Ya, ya, he will sell half the cows. And half will keep. With money from that he will make two - storey house like Ubud market!" Pan Dabreg takes a draught of his coffee. " Why he wanted to build house like ubud market?" the pursuing seller with flowers on his shirt interrupts.

" He thought the style of Ubud market was very good. Look at the construction ! It was almost like contruction for metal factory. And the architecture was Bali Modern. Even more, the roof made from asbestos."

" My neighbour really liked the new things and modern, " explains Pan Dabreg sarcastically. His hand points to Ubud Market. " Why not made from normal tiles? Why use asbestos? The visitors said asbestos is dangerous, " Wayan sitting beside Pan Dabreg Puts in. " What did my neighbour know of the developing era, also the effects. He only knew...was modern," says Pan Dabreg raising his eyebrows.

" So what happened Pan Dabreg?" asks someone in the corner of the warung who was usually quiet. " For a long time he looked at the market while praising it. Suddenly a bemo sounded it's horn exactly behind him. That person surprised. The eggs fell down from the basket. Almost all broken! That person sad and sobbing."

" What about that bemo? Is it the driver was wrong?" the one in the corner asks again. "That bemo not wrong. That man wrong. He stood in the middle of the road for a long time. Afterwards the bemo driver gave money from his pocket to my neighbour. "Pan Dabreg drinks his coffee.

" Now about your neighbour. Did he have a lot of eggs again ?" asks the flowered shirt. " when my neighbour retuned home, he found his hens had been killed. Some farmers in the ricefields had seen the hens pecked by subak When they chased and tried to catch it, the subak dropped his victim. But too late, the hens were dead, ' Pan Dabreg ends his story.

" Wah, pity that man, " almost at the same time everybody in the warung comments.


To be continue..............................


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