There was an old man who lived at the end of a small village at the foot of the mountains. The grandfather’s name is Martono, he doesn’t work and relies on natural resources to survive. Martono has been without a family since he was sixty years old because his wife died. Their children leave the city to migrate in search of a better life than the village.
Now Martono is eighty years old and still relies on nature for his life. Until one day Martono saw something unusual in his favourite forest. There is some heavy equipment coming into open new agricultural land. The distance was indeed quite far, about ten kilometres, but some heavy equipment got lost and had to pass in front of his hut.
Two semesters went on and the land clearing project was under way and finally there was an agricultural area. Within a short period of time, Martono began to have difficulty getting food. Squirrels and small animals that usually fall into the trap are now nowhere to be found. Finally, the supply of meat for Martono’s life became less and made his body weak. Only two semesters after the land clearing, Martono began to fall ill. His body was no longer able to walk as far as it used to before clearing the land.
Not long after, Martono finally breathed his last without anyone knowing. Even the villagers only found out a year later when a landslide occurred in the Martono hut area.
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