#Dalam Genggaman Sang Penyihir = In the Witch's Grasp

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Dalam Genggaman Sang Penyihir

Sri: "Kak Har, there's something I don't understand."

Harendra: "What is it?"

Sri: "How come Meneer has the money to commissioned Hunslet to build me but no money to mend you?

Harendra: "Oh, you don't know? Our Meneer is a witch."

Sri: "What? What do you mean by that?"

H: "You know, whenever he names someone -be it an engine or a human child- the meaning of their name will come true or happen.

Like me, I was named Harendra so that the rain season would come and end the drought…Yours too. You were named Dewi Sri, the goddess of harvest and fertility in the hope that our crops this year and the following years will be plentiful."

Sri: "Okay, but that still doesn't answer my question of why he didn't fix you nor how you came to the conclusion that he was a witch."

Harendra: "He's a witch, okay? I mean, don't you think the welcome party he threw when you got your name was a little… weird? Like a ritual. I mean, really? With all the fire and chicken blood?

Sri: "Okay, come to think of it, he's kind of mysterious. maybe he did have a double life as a witch.

But still, why didn't he mend you if he had the money then?"

Harendra: "It's for the best… It's better to buy a new engine and name it so when the 'magic' is working, it can give more chance for other workers to enjoy the effects of the engine's name. Whether it's the harvest or the rain water…

Rather than selfishly mend me, an engine that was already doomed from the start. If Meneer uses the money for me, only I will enjoy it. But if Meneer uses it to buy a new engine and his 'magic' is working, all the workers of Bougainville Sugar Factory will enjoy it."

Sri: "Y-you really traded your chance for a healthy life for the sake of our factory workers?"

Lea: "And that's why I- no. WE will work hard to get back that money to mend you. If Meneer can't use his magic to fix you then let me be the one who fix you!"