Quarter Century Duda
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After returning home from Ragunan Zoo, apparently Citra was so excited. Even at home, Citra seemed to tell a story with a face full of smiles to Mama and Papa. Opa Tendean to be surprised with Citra.

"Mama, it was Citra ke Ragunan loh, Ma," Citra said once she met her Mama and Papa.

"Oh, yeah ... Sis Citra see anything in Ragunan?" ask Anaya.

Indeed Anaya himself always gives questions that are stimulating so Citra answers and also describes what he saw earlier. Tells his experience. Because, Anaya really likes to listen to Citra telling stories.

"So, look at the elephant, Ma .. as in the book Citra if the elephant is large, long belilian, and wide ears. Very big, Ma," Citra story. Behold, even from the answer Anaya gave, the image itself already describes the elephant beast.

"Other than elephants, what else can you see at the Zoo?" ask Anaya.

"Many, Ma .. had Crocodiles, Nile Horses, Turtles, then there was a very beautiful bird, Ma. His name is peacock. He said Oma, the Peacock is because of its beauty, she is commonly called the bird of paradise, Ma," Citra story again.

Now that Mama Anaya frowned, she was attracted by the word 'Oma' called Citra now. Who exactly did he meet at the Ragunan Zoo.

"Oma, who's Citra?" ask Anaya.

"Oma, Ma .. his friend Opa. Her name is Oma Dianti," Citra replied.

Hearing the name Oma it feels like Anaya became intrigued and wanted to ask her father directly. Actually, Ragunan did invite Citra for a walk, or indeed before his father had a promise before.

"Who is that, Dad?" anaya asked smilingly looking at her father.

However, Anaya is convinced that it's not just a friend because her father's facial features look different. Even when Citra said Oma's name, there was a faint smile on the corner of Tendean's lips.

"Tumben, I have a woman's friend" she replied.

After Anaya took a look like that. Finally Tendean's father told Anaya. "She Dianti, Aya .. Father's younger sister time in Bandung first. In the past, the Faculty of Medicine became one with the Faculty of Psychology. If, Dad majored in medicine, Dianti majored in psychology. Talk often in college," Tendean's father told.

Kala told all that, Tendean's father seemed to reopen the memory of the past where he used to take S1 lectures in Bandung. Meeting with Dian. Reveal old memories, with stories tucked between them.

"Father's ex-boyfriend?" ask Anaya again now.

"What, Aya," replied Tendean's father with a faint smile.

"The same story Aya is okay, Dad," Anaya replied again.

Now Anaya told her father to tell her. Because, if not sharing with your own children, with whom else? After all, his father also widowed long ago, and as if there was no place to share the story.

"Surely, Aya .. definitely. I always tell you too. You're not just Dad's daughter, but when you start growing up, you're always Dad's friend telling stories," Tendean's dad replies.

The fact is like that. Father and Anaya always shared their stories. Moreover, Anaya grew up under the care of a single father. Practically, all the stories were only Aya told to his father only. School, transition to adolescence, to adulthood. The story was only slightly reduced when Anaya was married, because Anaya also had time to tell with Tama, her husband. However, Anaya did not want her father to keep everything to himself. He was always ready to listen to whatever his father told him.