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My Responsible Man

What do you think about your father? Is he a good father? Do you think that your father is a responsible man? Well, in my opinion a father should be a responsible man. Unfortunately, not all of fathers in the world can show their responsibility as a man or a father. Actually, my father has shown that he is a responsible man. From an accident, I realized that my father is a responsible man.

One year ago, people in my house were very busy because there was a traditional ceremony called Tumpek Landep. Besides Tumpek landep, there was other traditional ceremony for my sister called Mebayuh. In that day, we were busy to prepare offerings for the ceremony. The woman made offerings such as canang sari, bayuan, daksina, and other offerings. Meanwhile the woman made offerings, the men were making other equipment for the ceremony such as klakat and kelabang.

Because everyone was doing their work, my father asked me to accompany him to go to a traditional market to buy chickens and ducks. After I changed my clothes, we went to the traditional market. Everything was running well when we set out, until there was an old woman who walked too close to the middle of the road. From the opposite direction there was a car which drove very fast. If we kept going, we would collide with the car, but if we stopped suddenly, we would hit the old woman. I didn’t know how it could happen. My father hit the old woman until we dropped. My father and I were fine, just a little bit shock. The old woman fell down, her knee was injured and bleeding. She looked very shock. My father told me to cal my mother to pick me up. My father helped the old woman to stand up and brought her to the hospital. After several minutes, my mother came. She looked panic and worried. I told her what happened with us and then we went to the hospital

At the hospital, we met with my father in front of the emergency room. He looked very worried. He said that the doctor and nurse were giving the first aid to the old woman. After several times, the doctor came out from the emergency room. The doctor said, the old woman got 5 needlework on her left knee and she had to stay for several days in hospital because she got a severe shock. After listening to the doctor, my father was asked to pay the hospital’s administration and redeem the prescription that given by the doctor. Meanwhile my father paid for the hospital’s administration, my mother and I accompanied the old woman to move from emergency room. After finishing the hospital’s administration, my father came to the room and apologized to the old woman. He also promised to take care of her until she recovered. Five days later, the old woman was allowed to go home by the doctor. My father paid the medical fee until the old woman went back to her house.

From that accident, I realized that my father is a responsible man. He admitted the mistake that he had done. He took care of the old woman and he apologized to the old woman. In short, I’m very proud of him because he has shown his responsibility as a man and as a father.