There are bursts of laughter and rowdy shouting. All of a sudden there appears a happy spectacle. Apparently the hand of the man holding out the match has then tweaked her cheek. A match lights and smoke starts to unfurl. A female scavenger puts a cigarette butt between her lips, then moves in and out of the others asking for a light. They are waiting for the garbage truck to arrive. Maybe it’s because Korep and Carmi are the two youngest scavengers at the garbage dump.ĭozens of scavengers are already standing gathered on the south side. He himself doesn’t know why he feels close to the two children.

Who knows why, but Driver Dalim feels the need to remind Carmi and Korep. “A lot of scavengers have died from sickness. Driver Dalim often reminds Carmi and Korep not to hang around in the middle of the dump. Later just before midday the garbage dump will be boiling as the stench rises and fills the air. The sun’s rays are still being blocked by the trees on the eastern side so the garbage dump isn’t sizzling yet. When Korep and Carmi arrive at the garbage dump the stench is not so noticeable yet. He also says most of the people living in those mansions only want to use the best things without the smallest mark whatever. He says it was made in France and was thrown away by its owner just because it has a small scratch. The leather belt that Driver Dalim is wearing is also scavenged.

The instruction is given especially when his truck is transporting the garbage from the mansions on What’s It Called Street. He manages his two assistants so they scavenge the best second-hand goods when the garbage is still on the truck. The two of them are the youngest of the garbage scavengers among the residents of the garbage dump.ĭriver Dalim is actually a garbage scavenger too.

Korep is a boy with a scar from a past injury above his eye. Carmi is really still too young to be called a young lady. He is a civil servant, and he likes to take his thick-framed glasses off, and then put back on again. Dalim is definitely an adult, the driver of one of the yellow garbage trucks with a crew of two. Korep, Carmi, and Driver Dalim are three of the many people who often visit the garbage dump on the outskirts of town. The Laughter of the Girl from the Garbage Dump By Ahmad Tohari

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