Short Story

“Laa tahtaqir man duunaka falikulli syai’in madziyyah”

“janganlah mengina orang dibawah anda, karena setiap orang memiliki kelebihan”.

Once upon a time, there is a strange boy sitting on the chair by holding pink glass which contains a fresh cocholate milk. He is 25 years old. As the common and real life, the boy which has the same age with him doesn’t like to drink a milk like him anymore. He also still likes to play marble, wakes up late in the morning, cries in the midnight, and doesn’t want to take a bath and go to bed by himself. One day it’s found that he is one of boys with special needs. So that’s why he does something different with other boys. Oneday, he goes to school with a tidy dresscode, and brings his cute and unique milk bottle on his neck. He goes to school accompanied by his family’s driver. After arriving at school, he jumps from his luxurious car and runs fast to his class. Unfortunately he is late. The teacher comes approaching him and directly gets very angry because he comes late to the class almost every day. He cries loudly due to this. None of his classmates cares him. The teacher starts a lesson. The lesson is one of the most difficult lessons for him. It’s reading. So far, he can’t understand how to read and how to solve math questions like Adding, timing, and dividing. A lot of his classmates insult him because of his infirmities. None of them wants to accompany him. He becomes very sad and upset to this condition. Though he has special need, but actually he has an outstanding ability. His voice is very beautiful and tuneful. He can sing so many songs including western song. One day, there is a song competition in his school. And he registers himself to the competition. Many students and teachers are doubt and hesitant to his high participation in joining this big event. But he is still confident with his self that he can perform better than other normal students. The day comes. The competition starts.  He gets number 15 from 20 participants. The participants have performed as well. Now is his turn. This is a shocking time. He comes forward in front of crowded audiences. He starts singing. He sings a well-known song “You Know so well” by SMASH. He shows his beautiful voice. Everyone is getting surprised of hearing his voice. Everyone is attracted to hear the song till the end. All audiences give crowded claps to him. And finally he becomes the first winner of this competition. He is success to defeat hundreds of participants. Because of this, none insults him anymore. Everyone realizes that he is also a smart and talented boy. When there is an infirmity, there is ability.

by

M. Iqbal Maulana