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Dongeng berbahasa Inggris
tentang perbincangan tiga sahabat (The Three Companions) Penyakit Kolera, Rasa
Takut dan Kematian. Selamat membaca....
EVERY YEAR Cholera made a
visit to the Holy City of Mecca. Her companions were always Death and Fear. One
year it happened that Fear came before Death and Cholera, and the gatekeeper,
who did not know her, let her go into the city.
When the other two appeared before
the gate of the Holy City, the watchman called angrily, "So! You come
again to bring sorrow and misery, do you? And how many victims are you going to
take this time, cursed Cholera?"
"Don't carry on so”
Cholera said easily. "I imagine I won't take more than five hundred."
"And you, dread
Death," the gatekeeper cried, turning to her. "How many people are
you going to take out of the Holy City to your kingdom?"
"Oh, Til take whatever
Cholera gives me," Death answered quietly.
"Well," the
gatekeeper muttered, "go in. But watch out, Cholera, that you take no more
than five hundred victims! You promised! And you, Death, don't you dare to take
more than Cholera gives you!"
"Gatekeeper," they
said together, "you can rely on our word." And side by side they
passed through the opened gate and into the Holy City.
Long weeks they remained in
the city, and then they called to the gatekeeper to open the gates again.
"Hmm," the
gatekeeper muttered, "how many victims do you take, Cholera?"
"I did my best not to
go beyond the promised number/' Cholera answered. "And so I am taking no
more than four hundred and ninety/'
"Now, that sounds as if
you're speaking the truth," the gatekeeper decided. He turned toward
Death. "And you, Death, how many are you taking with you?"
"Oh, I am taking more
than a thousand with me," Death answered at once.
The gatekeeper was
horrified. "How can that be?" he cried in astonishment. "Cholera
herself said she is taking only four hundred and ninety!"
"Yes," Death
answered, "that is what Cholera is taking. But most of those who died were
taken by Fear, who came unnoticed through your gate. One day you will know, old
man, that our sister Fear does more harm and causes more deaths than Cholera!"
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