Eyewitness

                                A Crescent Was Decorated With 2 Stars

                                             (By : Afifah Amani)

         It was 9 P.M when my father came into our bedroom watching us do our homework. He told us to drink milk and honey before we sleep. He always acted like that. My sisters and I immediately drank milk and honey that had been prepared by our lovely mother. Then we continued to study. One hour later, I felt my eyes sleepy. Then I stopped study for a while and sat on a chair of our home terrace

           When I looked up to sky, I saw something cool. There was a crescent up there like a smile. It was decorated with 2 stars above the crescent. How beautiful it was. It was like a human face. Immediately I called my family to see this beautiful view. Then my father and my mother came outside, so did my sisters. We gathered in front yard to see it. My little sister was only 3 years old at that time. When she looked it, she smiled and she said: ,’’ Mom, can you bring me up there. I really want to touch that crescent!,’’.

We all just laughed when she said like that. Then I tried to entertain my little sister and said: ‘’, But it is so far away. Believe me, when you grow up later, soon you can catch that crescent!,’’. She didn’t answer, but she just smiled. I immediately took a picture of that view.

          Tomorrow afternoon, after rain had subsided, I came outside. How surprised I was. I saw a beautiful rainbow in the sky. But the unique thing was the form of the rainbow. It was so wavy and it was like ‘’curly’’ thing. I laughed by myself when I saw that view. It was so funny, I thought.  My father and my sisters came outside and also saw that rainbow. What happened to me in that time? Why did I always see phenomenon like that? I didn’t know. But did you know? Two days since I saw that phenomenon, I watched TV and saw news about earthquake and tsunami in Aceh. So I thought that phenomenon probably was a sign of doomsday.