to Be or Not to Be

There was an orphan named Hiram - quite smart, having firm soul, intrepid and always trying to achieve something without despair. His parent was died when the conflict between Caucasoid and Negroid. During the conflict his father protected him as strong as he can. His mother took him away and tried to find a safe place she can hide at the same time. But his father was shot. His mother could not do anything. In order to save his son, she was surrendered but she asked to Clark to go away before. Finally Clark was safe, although he had fallen when eschewed from that thing even his head was bleeding.

In that conflict many people were dead, only some of them could be safe. Clark was included the victim who survived even though he had lost his memory due to the crunch on his head. He was found by a man named Emmet an old man, disciplined, quite selfish, and responsible. And Clark was cared and educated by him in his home.

In the chilly morning, a simple house surrounded by grass, field, near the river, far from settlement residents, the sound of gurgling water, and wind blowing trees around.

“Hey kid wake up! Wash your face then let you follow me to the field right now” asked Emmet.

"Yeah" Hiram answered with the narrow eyes and messy hair. Then he immediately headed to the river washing his face behind the house.

Horse whinny sounded in front of the house that signifies Emmet a white old man asked Hiram for learning to ride a horse on his daily.

“Are you ready?” asked Emmet firmly.

“Actually I am still sleepy and I …” answered Clark fatigued.

“Just ride the horse soon and sit properly then try to calm Mustang down!”

“YES SIR!” He answered with the new enthusiasm for learning. He considers Emmet is like a Commandant. 

Clark made a great effort to practice riding it. Although he often falls in practice, he still trying to ensure himself that he can ride. 

After circling the field they stop in a while.

“Can you help me?”

“What Can I do for you?”

“Tie a rope horse to a tree, let him eat the grass, then I ask you to clean the stable.”

If Emmet ordered to do something, it must be done immediately. Because he did not want to delay his work will be done.

“Fine, but May I ask you to do something for me?”

“Mmmh. . . Sure” he thought for a moment because as usual he did not dare ask that old man.

Clark smile at him and said “No, I’m just kidding! I will do it for you with my pleasure” 

“Hmmh.. Nice joke kid!” he replied a bit annoyed.

Clark wished to be able to ride a horse. There was never any sense of despair inside him.  He could ride a horse with a lively and even he could tame Mustang a year later.

Since he could ride a horse, the old man just asked him to clean the stable. But one day Clark asked Emmet to bathe his beloved horse.

“Bring the horse to the headwater”

“All right, what should I do there?”

“I ask you to clean the horse, hurry let you move now! I will take the brush, see me on the river then! Okay!” Emmet asked quite forced him.

“Yeah, I must be off now” he replied a bit annoyed.

Clark didn’t know why he felt like this, whether he was getting bored with Emmet’s behavior that always asking to do something with a little coercion in every day. But he did not care with that thing. He brought Mustang to the river.

He tied a rope horse in a tree near a river quickly. He was still thinking that being happened, and then he headed to the headwater, sitting on the rock, and dipped both his feet to the water. He looked at the water and tried to remind something. Seems like he was ever seen the place across the river.

But suddenly Emmet came and called him to clean the Mustang. He hurried to do so

“What's going on? Seems like you remind something?” with a bit curiously.

“No matter sir, just show me the way to clean the horse!” he answered quite nervous.

Emmet taught him how to clean the horse correctly and Clark could do it then. 

Suddenly Clark got an accident. He slipped when he get into to the surface after cleaning the horse. He plunged into the river is quite deep and drowned.

"Help! Help! Help!" He shouted as tight as possible even he almost could not breathe.

Emmet was shocked, he saved Clark immediately because the river flow quite swift at the same time. Then he was taken ashore. Emmet tried repeatedly pressing his stomach till the water came out from his mouth. Emmet brought him to go home but he was still unconscious. 

Clark dreamt at that time, as if somebody called him to go to across the river.  A few minutes later he woke up sitting on a chair with a cold. But his body has been warmed by a small fire next to him.

After the incident at the river was happened, Clark asked to Emmet how he could be saved when he drowned in the river. Then the old man told him how to swim. The next day Clark wished to learn swimming. 

After he could swim in the river, she was never afraid to clean up Mustang in the river alone. He tried to go to the river. He found the place that which does not flow quite shallow rapids and then he try to swim there. Then he went back to land. But he got a thing to make him curious. So he crossed by swimming.

He found many settlements and many citizens there. He walks around there. He found many new things that he did not get at the old man home. Suddenly he saw the man that practicing archery and he approached him. Mac called him and directly taught him. He just remembered that he permitted the old man to swim practice, so he will from farewell with Mac.

But he thought for a moment “How if this man I brought him to the side and I would introduce to the old man to learn shooting with us together”

They gathered at the old man's house, and the old man was in shock that Clark brought someone to his house. 

“Where have you been? What the .. ?” Emmet asked with so loud and he was shocked. 

"What you have done? You bring a stranger here!!"  Emmet was so angry.

"I .." Clark wanted to say something but he was afraid.

"Get the hell out here!!?" he asked the stranger to go away.

"I want to explain it” Clark still trying to make it clear but he got no chance to explain.

“Get the man out of here” Emmet could not hold his anger.

“Give me a few minute please!” Clark begun annoyed.

“He’s right, let give him a minute” said Mac

“Just shut your mouth!!” Emmet said to both of them.

“Well, I leave then” answered Mac

Mac leaved the old man home. And Clark went to the river, Clark stopped there, pondering the incident, the works which he made. He sat on the stone again, dipping his feet, and thought about all these things made him confused.  

“If I followed Mac it would be impossible leaved Emmet easily. The old man is very kind to me but his mind was so hard, and do not want to get something new. He had educated me, taking care of me, but he always being selfish. All of that make me bored then. What should I am going to do now?”