Jom Membaca ~ The Lost Boy

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The Lost Boy

(Sequel to the best selling A Child Called ‘IT’)

 

sambung dari buku yang lepas ye :D

Dave akhirnya di letakkan di bawah penjagaa keluarga angkat (foster parents)

prior to that – dave ni di bawa ke balai polis utk buat lapuran deraan

dan kemudiannya ke hospital – utk pemeriksaan

akhirnya di hantar ke rumah keluarga angkat sementara

kat rumah tu dah ada 7 orang budak yg dijaga oleh Aunty Mary

masa ni dave happy lah kan

perangai budak2 heols tu masih tak hilang

lari kesana-sini – hyperaktif sangat

tapi bila Aunty Mary tu tegurs heols – heols start takut balik

dan heols cerita kat aunty mary tu apa yg terjadi kat rumah heols

beberapa hari jugak lah dave ni dah tenang semula

and then came Ms. Gold – dari county’s Child Protective Service Agency

Ms. Gold ni kena buat evaluation pasal dave

Untuk di letak kan di permanent foster home

such a good lady – sampai dave ni rasa selamat

dan ceritakan masalah heols – apa deraan yg mak heols buat

a few days before dave ni kena pegi court

mak heols yg giler tu datang jumpa heols kat rumah aunty mary

sempat jugak lah sheols ni threaten si dave ni

sampaikan dave ni tiba2 ubah fikiran

tak nak pegi court utk testify against her mother

jenuh jugak lah ms. Gold tu pujuk heols

sebab kalo dave ni tak testify – heols kena balik

dan tinggal balik kat rumah heols ngan mak heols yg giler tu

finally – on the day itself

selepas ms gold tu explain lagi sekali kat dave

kenapa heols kena testify – baru heols paham

dan setuju nak testify against his mother

in order for this utk dapat permanent foster home

keputusan perbicaraan – dave the letakkan di bawah penjagaan

foster parents sehingga heols berumur 18 tahun

and heols di hantar ke rumah foster parents heols yang pertama

Rudy Catanze and Lilian Catanze –

both of them insist that each kids call them mom and dad

Tapi si dave masih tak boleh nak panggil macam tu

Sokmo heols panggil Mr. C & Mrs. C aje…

Dave masa ni masih dalam tempoh penyesuaian

sebabkan masih trauma dan tak reti berkawan

kerap kali jugak heols bergaduh ngan budak2 kat situ

even kat sekolah pun – heols ada masalah yang sama

kat rumah tu – dave hanya ada sorang budak

yg jadik kawan baik heols – big larry

sebab heols ni badan nya besar kekdahnya

adik Big Larry jugak duduk kat rumah tu

Larry jr – dgn Larry jr ni selalu lah dave gaduh

disebabkan trauma dan adalah masalah macam tu

Ms Gold dan Mrs. C ni arrange for dave utk jumpa psychiatrist

tapi dave tak suka ngan psychiatrist tu

sebab katanya yg sakit bukan heols – tapi psychiatrist tu sendiri

tanya soalan yg bukan2 dan pada pendapat dave – soalan bodoh

dah tu selalu aje bagitau kat dave supaya benci kat mak heols

bila balik dari jumpa that psychiatrist tu – dave akan murung

berhari2 mengurungkan diri dalam bilek

suatu petang - Big Larry ni ajak dave gi main bowling

sebab heols kesian tengok dave yg murung aje tu….

on the way depa lalu lah jalan yg tak jauh dari rumah lama si dave ni

timbul keinginan dihati dave nak tengok rumah mak heols tu

so heols ajak lah Big Larry lalu depan rumah heols tu

heols bagitau kat big larry – dulu heols tinggal kat situ

masa depa dok terhendap2 kat depan rumah tu

tetiba heols nampak his brothers kat tingkap

pecut giler depa tinggalkan rumah tu

kayuh basikal hoccay – bukan naik kereta or motor

hehehehehe

memula depa ingat tak de masalah lah kan….

bila balik rumah – dave and big larry kena marah dgn mrs c….

sebabnya – all afternoon mak dave dah call Mrs. C

komplen pasal dave tu merayau2 kat depan rumah sheols…

ekceli – masa lepas perbicaraan kat mahkamah tu

mak dave ni dah bagitau kat Ms. Gold

yang sheols tak nak dah dave tu lagi

dan tak benar kan langsung dave ni hubungi sheols

atau mana2 ahli keluarga yang lain

sheols even tukar her house phone number

so bila sheols tau dave ada terhendap2 depan rumah tu

mengamuk lah sheols – dan salahkan

Mrs. C sebab tak jaga dave tu betul2

even ugut – kalo Mrs C. tu tak boleh jaga dave

sheols akan cari ornag lain utk jaga dave

and dave was given a warning by Mr. and Mrs. C

behave himself – or they will send him to The Hill….

another masalah yang dave hadapi – suka curi barangan

ekceli – he not really want all those things yg dia curi

dah curi – bagi kat budak2 nakal yg nak

for dave – ni salah satu cara utk budak2 tu terima heols…

one day – heols pegi curi maian kat one of the shop

selepas budak2 nakal ni challenge heols

ekecli heols berjaya curi mainan kapal terbang tu

but kena tangkap kendiannya sebab mende tu adalah set-up

of one of the boys – owner kedai tu call Mr. & Mrs. C

dan bila heols sampai rumah – kena marah dengan Mr. & Mrs. C

sebab itu kesalahan yg ketiga heols dah buat!

tapi dave ni masih tak serik – jadik baik sekejap aje

after a few weeks – buat balik perangai tak elok heols tu

kali ni – heols lari plak dari forster home tu

after two days in a row melepak kat cinema dan jugak kedai makan

manager kedai makan tu pujuk dave suruh balik

he called Mr. C – and sampai aje kat rumah kena marah lagi sekali…

kat sekolah – dave selalu kena buli ngan budak2 lain

sebab dulu2 – bebudak dari foster care ni

depa pandang rendah dan serong

seolah2 – bila depa tinggal dengan foster parents

depa yg bermasalah – not their own parents yg bermasalah

salah seorang kawan dave kat sekolah

budak nakal – namanya John kalo tak silap iols

banyak gak keja2 jahat yg john ni suruh dave ni buat

kalo nak join his gang… dave buat gak lah sebab heols ni tak de kawan kan…

the one day – john ni ajak dave gi bakar one of the classroom

dave tak nak – tapi john ni ugut heols

so nak tak nak dave kena gak lah tolong si john ni

that day – dave ni balik lambat dari sekolah

in order to avoid john – tapi ntah macam mana

John decided nak bakar classroom tu that day pulak

and dave bumped into him that fateful afternoon

masa tu api dah marak jugak lah

John takut dan mintak dave tolong padamkan api

bila dave tolong – john lari tinggalkan dave sorang2

dan kebetulan masa dave nak padam kana pi

ada budak nampak dan bagitau kat guru besar

yg dave ni bakar classroom

dave pun lari lah – takut nak balik kerumah Mrs. C..

dave menumpang kat rumah John for few days

setiap hari dave ni suruh John  mengaku kat gurubesar

bagitau cerita yg sebenarnya – and what john did

twisted the story – dan cakap dave yg bakar bilik darjah tu

John halau dave balik  to his foster home

which at that time – Mr & Mrs. C memang dah lebih dari marah

Mr C send him to The Hill @ Hillcrest – juvenile hall

few months jugak lah dave ke duduk juvenile hall

during which – a new probation office –

Mr. Gordon hutchenson was assigned to him

Mrs. C – datang melawat dave kat juvenile hal

suruh dave ubah perangai sebab keadaan dave amat tak baik

mak heols yg giler tu – cuba nak masukkan dave ni ke mental institution

since dave ni suka buat masalah dan jadik budak yg nakal

memang peluang baik for his mother untuk

convinced the judge yg dave ni mentally unstable

Sampai menangis2 si dave ni kena tarbiyah dgn Mrs. C

and within two weeks in The Hill – dave tukar perangai

bila tiba masa – heols di arahkan kembali ke foster home

but his mother yg jugak hadir perbiacaraan tu

jumpa dave ni kat luar court

dan ugut dave – akan cuba jugak nak masukkan dave ni

ke mental institution – sebab mak heols kata

dave ni gila – tak boleh hidup dengan masyakat kat luar sana…

dave dapat kemabli ke rumah Mr & Mrs. C

even his foster parents pun suka jugak

somemore he has changed to a nice boy

tapi suasana kat rumah tu dah tak macam dulu

even Big Larry pun avoid jumpa heols

he requested kat Mr. Huutchenson utk pindah kerumah lainhis

his 3^rd foster home in half a year - Jones – Vera and Jody Jones

rumah tu crowded sehingga kan anak2 angkat ni

terpaksa duduk kat garage yg diubah-suai jadikkan bilik tido

but he was having fun…. until one day

heols terpaksa berpindah lagi

disebabkan masalah yg timbul – not by him

tapi his foster father…

Jody was accused of statutory rape

a foster girl yg depa penah bela dulu

other kids kat rumah tu tak percaya pun kisah tu

but they all pun kena pindah juga…

his 4^th foster parents – the one that he likes best

Mr. Haorld & Mrs Alice Turnbough – parents yg sangat baik

Alice arranged for him to see another psychiatrist – Mr Robertson

a good doctor – dave boleh cerita masalah dan trauma yg heols hadapi

even to his foster mother – heols dah develop a good relationship

Alice ni ajar heols adab ketika makan

sebab heols ni kalau makan suka gelojoh

heols takut makanan tu habis – anak2 yg lain makan

special gift from Turnboughs – gave him one last chance

being a kid, while preparing him for his life as an adult…

when Alice terima dua anak angkat yg baru

dave dah tak seronok duduk dengan Alice & Harold

sebab budak2 baru tu kacau dave – curi barang2 dan duit dave

sebab dave ni selain pegi sekolah – heols jugak keja part time

and he was sent to his 5^th foster home

John and Linda Walsh – a laid-back lifestyle

masa heols duduk dgn walsh ni…

heols bebas buat apa heols nak buat

heols even boleh tak pegi sekolah – Walshes ni tak kisah pun

masa ni dave develop his likeness to aeroplane

dan simpan cita2 nak jadik juruterbang

when john and linda start gaduh2

dave dah tak suka plak duduk situ

heols rasa lama2 heols bleh jadik gila lah

may be heols teringat balik masa his parents gaduh2

dan akhirnya his father moved out from that house

dan heols kembali semula ke rumah Turnboughs for good

found news about his father – after a long silence from him

sadly – his father dah bersara dari bomba

dan hidup ayahnya makin susah dan tak teratur

he became alcoholic dan hidup merempat

bila heols jumpa ayah heols his advice to him

forget about everything – the abuse and all

mulakan hidup baru – and go as far away as he could

dan lepas tu heols tak jumpa dah ayah heols….

dave berhenti sekolah balik – jadik salesman jual kereta

Alice pujuk heols – supaya belajar dan buat keja part time

tapi david degil jugak

hinggalh when economy crisis – heols terpaksa berhenti keja

masa ni – timbul balik azam heols nak jadik juruterbang

heols sambung belajar – ambik exam GED

and at 18 – heols enlisted with US Air Force

somehow his mother knew of this good news

dan mak heols called dave – cakap lama jugak lah

his mother was crying – cakap lah selama ni

sheols tak penah lupakan dave

dan sheols selalu yakin dave ni akan berjaya

dan semua yg sheols buat – deraan tu hanya

untuk memastikan sheols dapat berikan kehidupan

yang terbaik buat dave

save percaya at first – ingat mak heols dah berubah

but alice convinced him – yg mak heols tu berlakon aje

his mother tak akan berubah – tetap seperti dulu jugak

she just toying with his emotions – and his mother still the same ….

what dave said in his book :

for 18 years, i wanted something i knew

i would never recieved – mom’s love

without a word , Alice opened her arms.

and as she held me, i suddenly realized

that my lifelong search for love and acceptance

had finally ended in the arms of a foster parents.

the next day, i stood tall as i looked

in Harold’s blue eyes. ‘be good now, son’” he said

‘i will sir. you watch. i’ll make you proud.’

Alice stood beside his husband

‘you know who you are. you’ve always known.’ she said,

as she held out her hand and gave me a shiny yellow key.

‘this is you home. it always has been and

always will be you home.’

i pocketed the key of my home.

after kissing Alice, my mother, and shaking Harold’s,

my father’s hand, i opened my mouth to say

something appropriate. but this moment in time needed

no words, for we knew what we felt –

the love of a family….

cerita tamat ye… setelah berkilometer panjangnya

hehehehehe

dave ni akhirnya kawen – dan ada anak nama stephen

and now bekerja sebagai penulis dan jugak motivational speaker

salam and adios

muahhhhhhhhhh n muahhhhhhhh!~

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