Giri Forest Guard Monster (Fiction Story)

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In the 1980s, illegal logging of forests was rampant. Continuous deforestation by greedy companies has resulted in floods, landslides, and erosion. The village of Lumbung Padi which is located very close to the Giri forest often experiences natural disasters due to the clearing of the forest. All villagers gathered at the village head's house to find solutions to natural disasters that occurred in Lumbung Padi village.

"This is the third time our village has been hit by a disaster, are the offerings we give to the gods not enough?" said an old man

"That may be so, we should try to make more offerings to the gods," said the village head.

"Sorry sir, I'm not sure that the disaster in our village is caused by a god," said a 10-year-old boy named Igor.

"Then who do you think this is, Gor?" said the village head.

"I don't know, but I suspect a strange sound coming from the Giri forest, sir," said Igor.

"Hmm.. well, tonight we will check the situation in the Giri forest," said the village head.

The evening arrived, and there were 10 villagers including Igor who would prepare for the Giri forest. They all brought machetes, axes, and knives, just in case, don't forget to also bring torches to light the Giri forest. At 10.00 pm, from the direction of the forest, the sound of a chainsaw was heard. They all don't know because their village is very far from modern cities. Their village is remote. There is not even electricity in the village. 10 residents, led by the village head, walked to the source of the sound.

Arriving there, they were surprised to see people deforesting their forest. Seen a lot of logs of wood and heavy equipment. One of the village youths named Sukro was very angry to see this situation. Sukro immediately ran and jumped at one of the workers and immediately finished it. The worker holding the chainsaw runs to save his friend. By accident, Sukro was hit by a chainsaw and died. This made the villagers angry and attacked all the workers there.

All the workers ran for safety. They all fled and no one else dared to enter the Giri forest. The village head ordered the youths to be on guard every night. Since then, there has never been another disaster that has occurred in Lumbung Padi Village. Everything returned to normal as usual, the villagers returned to farming and hunting, and natural disasters never occurred even though they still made offerings to the gods.

15 years later, in the very peaceful and cool village of Lumbung Padi, it suddenly became hot. Not long after, thick smoke from the direction of the forest appeared. All the villagers panicked and shouted. They thought that the gods were angry with them. The grown Igor could not believe that this was the work of a god. He and Rino ran towards the forest to find out what happened. When they reached the forest, they were both surprised to see that part of the forest had been burned. Rino cried incessantly watching the forest burn.

"Stop crying, my friend. This is not the time to be sad,” said Igor.

“God has been angry with us and burned our forest,” said Rino.

"I'm not sure, we have to put out this fire first," said Igor.

Igor ran towards the river to fetch water, and Rino went to the village to ask a group of young men to bring water to help Igor put out the fire. Meanwhile, the old people in the village prayed together to the god to put out the fire. 20 minutes later, dark clouds came and it rained very hard. The fire that burned the forest slowly began to extinguish. All the villagers cheered happily and thanked the god.

“Hey Rino, I think the townspeople are burning our forest. I will guard this forest every day.” Igor said to Rino.

"Why do you think like that?" asked Rino.

"We always give offerings to the gods every harvest season, we always care for and protect the nature around us, the gods can't be angry with us" replied Igor.

"You're right Igor, I will be with you guarding this forest," said Rino.

Every day Igor and Rino stand guard in the Giri forest. They built a house there made of bamboo and wood. A few days later, a group of people from the city brought heavy equipment and materials. Looks like they're going to build a factory there. Igor and Rino waited until the factory was finished. While waiting, Igor and Rino made hideous monster costumes made of tree leaves and roots. Six months later, factories and mines stood in their forest. At nightfall, they both act to kidnap and eliminate those who dare to destroy their forest.

With hideous monster costumes, people no longer dared to enter the forest. They assume that in the Giri forest two monsters will prey on humans. Factories and mines were abandoned and abandoned just like that. Igor and Rino will remain in the forest to protect and protect their environment from environmental destroyers. Until now, no one dared to enter the Giri forest.

The end.