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Kalo diliat dari cerita di atas, kayanya terasa banget yaa kebersamaan antar saudaranya. Hiburan permainannya juga di alam terbuka.
Gue inget banget dulu waktu jaman-jamannya dari belom sekolah sampe udah, gue sama sepupu-sepupu yang gue sebutin di cerita sebelumnya seneeeeeng banget main ini-itu, kejar-kejaran, semuanya deh.
Inget banget rasanya main Tak Jongkok di halaman, sampe kita semua kecapean dan permainan ini berhenti dengan akhir yang sangat tidak jelas.
Terus main Petak Umpet yang asli... seru banget. Jujur aja mungkin kalo diajak main ini lagi di halaman rumah Bendhil gue pasti ngga mungkin nolak. Gimana ngga seru coba? Di halaman Bendhil itu... penuh akan tempat persembunyian. Di balik batang pohon kelapa yang gede (berasa kaya Hermione di HarPot 3 yang ngumpet dibalik labu loh rasanya), terus di balik pager rumah, di balik semak-semak, dan.... pot taneman yang gede pun bisa jadi tempat ngumpet. Yang paling buat ketawa ngakak itu kalo yang jaga udah mulai keliling kesana-kemari, dari tempat A ke B terus ke C terus ke D.
Hmm... akhirnya karena kita masih punya rasa kasihan, kita akhirnya mempersempit daerah persembunyian...
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Kita juga pernah nyobain main kasti di halaman Bendhil. Kira-kira gue masih kelas 3 SD kali ya... Rambut gue masih baday lohh waktu ituuu!! :”O Yahh I forgot the details, tapi yang jelas kita lumayan sering juga main kasti....
Terus gue juga sering main sepeda bareng-bareng gitu kaya di post sebelumnyaaaa :”)
Sebenernya gue agak merasa kasihan sama anak-anak jenjang TK sampai mungkin kelas SD. Mereka semua jadi penggila gadget. Anak umur segitu udah megang iPod Touch, lah gue aja mainnya paling Tamagochi dulu.. Anak umur segitu udah pake iPhone atau BlackBerry atau apa gitu, sementara kita-kita dulu paling pakenya Nokia butut. Terus... mereka udah ngerti ini-itu, hal-hal yang belum pantas mereka ketahui dari dini.
Anak-anak jaman sekarang mungkin lebih banyak menghabiskan waktu luangnya di depan gadget mereka masing-masing, lupa akan kehidupan dunia luar. Kalo kata Nyokap sih... pantes aja anak-anak sekarang jadi lebih gampang sakit. Mereka mungkin ngga pernah menikmati segarnya sinar matahari pagi.. Mereka mungkin terlalu sibuk memainkan gadget nya hingga lupa kalau alam Indonesia itu sebenarnya indah.
Eyang dan Nyokap gue kalo ngga salah pernah cerita deh.. Anak-anak jaman dulu suka menghibur diri di alam terbuka.. Jamannya mereka aja air sungai masih bersih (Okay well yang ini kesalahan limbah-limbah pabrik dan rumah tangga yang dilakukan oleh kita sendiri sebenernya.)
Sekarang gue penasaran...
Apa mereka masih tahu apa itu permainan Tak Jongkok? Lompat Karet? Congklak? Bekel? Tak Umpet? Atau mungkin Kucing-kucingan?

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