The Golden Necklace

Once upon a time there lived a small family in a countryside. The family consisted of a Papa, Mama, and an eight-years-old girl named Dhiona. Mama got an eye cancer and Dhiona got a blindness since she was born. Papa worked as a farmer while Mama was only a housewife. Dhiona didn’t go to school. She usually helped her mother by going to a river to wash her family clothes and finding tree branches in a forest to cook.

One day, Mama experienced complication of her eye cancer. Her condition was getting worse. Her eyes produced much pus and her body looked so skinny and pale. Papa and Dhiona who were there tried to clean her face from the pus. Papa said, “I want to go outside to find a help. Stay here until I come back.” Mama held Dhiona’s hands and loudly said, “Wait! You don’t have to find a help. I think my death is getting closer and closer. Just stay here and accompany me in these last seconds of my life.” Mama took a small red box from her pocket and said, “Dhiona, this is a golden necklace given by your grandmother to me. Now I want you to have it. Keep it and never sell it to anyone. Use it only for a goodness.” Mama died. Papa and Dhiona was crying hysterically. Then, Mama was buried near grandmother’s grave.

Two years later, in the afternoon Dhiona went to the river for washing the clothes. Suddenly, she heard someone’s screaming. She stopped her footstep and tried to find where the sound came from. She approached the sound and asked, “Who are you? What happen?” The person who screamed said, “I’m an old woman. I’m here with my son. He is unconscious. I want to go to a doctor but nobody can help me. May you help me, please?” Dhiona answered, “Yes, with my pleasure.” Dhiona guided the old woman to the north side of the countryside. “Here is the nearest street from a doctor’s house. If I’m not mistaken you have to go straight until you find an intersection, then turn right and you’ll find the doctor’s house.” Dhiona opened the key lock of her necklace and said, “Bring it. Perhaps it can help you.” The old woman replied, “Thank you very much pretty girl. May God reply what you do today.” Dhiona went back to the river and continued washing.

In a cloudy and stormy evening, she went home. The rain fell when Dhiona was on her way home. The rain water made her become wet and suddenly it got into her eyes. Surprisingly, she could see. She was silent for a while and thought about what happened. She ran to her house to inform Papa that she was not blind anymore. She knocked the door and screamed, “Papa, please opened the door! I have an amazing news for you.” Papa opened the door and he was shocked knowing that his lovely daughter was not blind anymore. He hugged her daughter and said, “Thanks God for your grace and bless.” After that, Dhiona told what happened on that day.

The next day, Papa wanted to cut an old apple tree behind the house and dig the soil under the tree to make a well. When Papa had just exited from the house, Dhiona said, “Papa, wait. Would you mind if I help you? I want to help you during my lifetime, moreover I can see the world now.” Papa replied, “Okay. Let’s go my lovely daughter.” Papa and Dhiona went to the backyard.

They started cutting the tree. After that, Papa dig the soil with a hoe. Suddenly, Papa stopped digging because there was a hard thing that made the hoe broken. They found out what the thing was. Apparently, it was an antique big case. “What is this, Papa?” Dhiona asked. “I don’t know exactly. Let’s open it to know.” They opened the case. They were shocked knowing that the content of the case was all golden. Dhiona got more shocked knowing that the necklace from her Mama was there. “I remember what the old woman said” Dhiona said to Papa.

They sold all the golden and became rich. Dhiona went to school and their farm became bigger and bigger. They lived happily ever after.