The Sweet Queen Of Beauty

The Sweet Queen Of Beauty

“How ingenious when Nature arranges” said si Upik, pointing at the ‘eyes’ at the bottom of the manggiston. “If there are six, or five ‘eyes’ then inside will be followed by also six or five lumps of fruits without fail.”

“And … only if you know how to open it. Not the way to open a duku by pinching the fruit with thump and forefinger, but by making a delicate incision around the outer part without damaging the inside. Then carefully open it as you open a jewel box and sshhh … Behold the sweet, lovely Queen of Beauty slumbering on a dark brown couch. Beautiful as a water lily, white, pure as fresh fallen snow, sweet, delicious, not less than honey. A fruit worth to be presented to the Gods.” So said si Upik,

Suara Karya, May 24 1997

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