The Bajang Child Swinging the Moon (90)

In the evening, Sumantri goes out of his place of accommodation and walks outside the walls of Taman Sari. The crescent moon appears in the sky. Its light spreads into laces on the edges of the clouds which in their height become steep ravines. The twigs of the nagasari trees move because of the wind that is blowing slowly. Sumantri walks in the courtyard, which is dim under the moonlight, and sees the pandan leaves falling into strands of questions. Will he really be able to fulfill Dewi Citrawati's demand to find the domas girls? For a moment he feels his desperation in the fallen pandan leaves, while the silence of the night rings out the sorrowful sound of the cucur birds.

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