Wasn’t it odd that she didn’t know who she was?

APAKAH TIDAK ANEH

JIKA DIA TIDAK MENGENAL SIAPA DIRINYA SENDIRI? And wasn’t it
unreasonable that she hadn’t been allowed to have any say in what she
would look like? DAN APAKAH TIDAK BERALASAN JIKA DIA TIDAK
DIIJINKAN UNTUK BERPIKIR AKAN SEPERTI APA TAMPAK
PENAMPILANNYA. Her looks had just been dumped on her.
PENAMPILANNYA ITU DITIMPAKAN PADANYA She could choose her
own friends, but she certainly hadn’t chosen herself. DIA BISA MEMILIH
TEMANNYA SENDIRI, TAPI DIA TENTU TIDAK BISA MEMILIH DIRIYA
SENDIRI. She had not even chosen to be a human being.DIA BAHKAN
TIDAK MEMILIH UNTUK MENJADI MANUSIA. What was a human being?
APA ITU MANUSIA? Sophie looked up at the girl in the mirror again.
SOPHIE MENATAP PEREMPUAN DI DALAM CERMIN “I think I’ll go
upstairs and do my biology homework,” she said, almost apologetically.
‘AKU PIKIR AKU AKAN NAIK TANGGA DAN MENGERJAKAN PR
BIOLOGIKU” KATANYA.DENGAN NADA SEPERTI MINTA MAAF, Once she
was out in the hall, she thought, SUATU KETIKA DIA KELUAR DARI AULA,
DIA BERPIKIR No, I’d rather go out in the garden. TIDAK AKU LEBIH BAIK
PERGI KE KEBUN “Kitty, kitty, kitty!” Sophie chased the cat out onto the
doorstep and closed the front door behind her. SHOPIE MENANGKAP
KUCING DI TERAS DAN MENUTUP PINTU DEPAN As she stood outside
on the gravel path with the mysterious letter in her hand, the strangest
feeling came over her. DIA BERDIRI DI LUAR DI ATAS JALAN BERKERIKIL
DENGAN SURAT MISTERIUS DI TANGANNYA., ITU PERASAAN PALING
ANEH YG PERNAH TERJADI PADANYA. She felt like a doll that had
suddenly been brought to life by the wave of a magic wand.
DIAMERASA SEPERTI BONEKA YG TIBA2 MASUK DI KEHIDUPAN/ DUNIA
DARI AYUNAN TONGKAT AJAIB. Wasn’t it extraordinary to be in the
world right now, TIDAKKAH LUAR BIASA BERADA DI DUNIA SEKARANG
wandering around in a wonderful adventure! MEMBAYANGKAN
PETUALANGAN MENAKJUBKAN Sherekan sprang lightly across the
gravel and slid into a dense clump of redcurrant bushes. SHEREKAN
MELONCATI KERIKIL DAN MENYELIP DI SEKUMPULAN SEMAK
REDCURRANT A live cat, vibrant with energy from its white whiskers to
the twitching tail at the end of its sleek body. KEHIDUPAN KUCING,
SEMANGAT DENGAN ENERGY DARI KUMIS PUUTIHNYA HINGGA
KIBASAN EKORNYA DI UJUNG BADANNYA YG HALUS It was here in the
garden too, but hardly aware of it in the same way as Sophie.
KEHIDUPAN KUCINNG ITU DISINI DI DALAM KEBUN JG, TAPI SANGAT
DISADARI DALAM2/KERAS SAMA HALNYA DENGAN KEHIDUPAN SOPHIE
As Sophie started to think about being alive, she began to realize that
she would not be alive forever. SOPHIE MULAI BERPIKIR TENTANG
HIDUP, DIA MULAI MENYADARI DIA TIDAK AKAN HIDYP SELAMANYA I
am in the world now, she thought, but one day I shall be gone. AKU DI
DUNIA SEKARANG, PIIKIRNYA, TAPI SUATU HARI AKU AKAN
PERGI/HILANG. Was there a life after death? APAKAH ADA KEHIDUPAN
SETELAH KEMATIAN This was another question the cat was blissfully
unaware of. INI ADALAH PERTANYAAN LAIN DARI KUCING TYG
BAHAGIA YANG TIDAK DIA SI KUCING ITU SADARI It was not long since
Sophie’s grandmother had died. ITU TIDAK LAMA SETELAH NENEH
SOPHIE MENINGGAL For more than six months Sophie had missed her
every single day. SELAMA LEBIH DARI 6 BULAN SOPHIE MERINDUKAN
NENEKNYA SETIAP HARI How unfair that life had to end! Sophie stood
on the gravel path, thinking. BETAPA TIDAK ADIL DUNIA BERAKHIR
SOPHIE BERDIRI DI JALAN BERKERIKIL, BERPIKIR She tried to think extra
hard about being alive so as to forget that she would not be alive
forever.DIA SANGAT BERUSAHA BERPIKIR KERAS TENTANG HIDUP
HINGGA LUPA BAHWA DIA TIDAK AKAN HIDUP SELAMANYA But it was
impossible. TAPI ITU TIDAK MUNGKIN As soon as she concentrated on
being alive now, the thought of dying also came into her mind.
DENGAN SEGERA DIA BERKONSENTRASI PADA KEHIDUPAN SEKARANG,
PIKIRANNYA BEKERJA KERAS HINNGGA MASUK KE OTANYA (MEMERAS
OTAK) The same thing happened the other way around: HAL YG SAMA
TERJADI DENGAN CARA LAIN DI SEKITAR only by conjuring up an
intense feeling of one day being dead could she appreciate how terribly
good it was to be alive. HANYA DENGAN MENGENANG PERASAAN
MENJADI MATI YG SERING MUNCUL ITU DAPAT DIA HARGAI
BAGAIMANA SANGAT BAIKNYA MENJADI HIDUP It was like two sides of
a coin that she kept turning over and over. ITU SEPERTI 2 SISI KOIN
YANG TETEP BERPUTAR TERUS DAN TERUS And the bigger and clearer
one side of the coin became, the bigger and clearer the other side
became too. DAN SEMAKIN BESAR DAN SEMAKIN BERSIH SATU SISIA
KOIN, MAKA MAKIN BESAR DAN MAKIN BERSIH JG SISI SATUNYAYou
can’t experience being alive without realizing that you have to die, she
thought. KAMU TIDAK BISA MENJELASKAN PENGALAMAN HIDUP
TANPA MENYADARI BAHWA KAMU HARUS MATI, DIA BERPIKIR. But it’s
just as impossible to realize you have to die without thinking how
incredibly amazing it is to be alive.TAPI ITU TIDAK MUNGKIN UNTUK
MENYADARI KAMU HARUS MATI TANPA BERPIPKIR BAGAIMANA LUAR
BIASANYA BISA HIDUP Sophie remembered Granny saying something
like that the day the doctor told her she was ill. SOPHIE INNGAT
PERKATAAN NENEKNYA SEPERTI ITU BAHWA DOKTER MENGATAKAN
PADANYA DIA SAKIT“I never realized how rich life was until now,” she
said. AKU TIDAK PERNAH MENYADARI BETANPA KAYANYA/LUASNYA
HIDUP HINGGA SEKARANG How tragic that most people had to get ill
before they understood what a gift it was to be alive. BETAPA
TRAGISNYA ORANG2 YG MENDERITA SAKIT SEBELUM MEREKA
MENGERTI BETAPA SEBUAH ANUGRAH BISA HIDUP Or else they had to
find a mysterious letter in the mailbox! ATAU MEREKA JG HARUS
MENEMUKAN SURAT MISTERIUS DI DALAM KOTAK SURAT Perhaps she
should go and see if any more letters had arrived. MUNGKIN DIA
HARUS PERGI DAN LIHAT APAKAH ADA SURAT LLAIN YG SUDAH
DATANG Sophie hurried to the gate and looked inside the green
mailbox. SOPHIE BERGEGAS KE GERBANG DAN MELONGO KE DALAM
KOTAK SURAT HIAJU She was startled to find that it contained another
white envelope, exactly like the first. DIA TERKEJUT MENEMUKAN
KOTAK POS ITU BERISI AMLPO PUTIH LAIN/LAGI. But the mailbox had
definitely been empty when she took the first envelope! TAPI KOTAK
SURAT DIPASTIKAN KOSONG KETIKA DIA MENGAMBL AMLOP
PERTAMAThis envelope had her name on it as well. AMPLLOP INI
TERTERA NAMANYA DENGAN JELAS DI ATASNYA She tore it open and
fished out a note the same size as the first one.DIA ... TERBUKA DAN
MENGAMBIL KELUAR SEBUAH CATATAN DENGAN UKURAN YG SAMA
SEPERTI CATATAN PERTAMA DULU Where does the world come from?
DARIIMANA DUNIA BERASAL it said KATANYA. I don’t know, Sophie
thought. AKU TIDAK TAHU PIKIRNTA Surely nobody really knows. PASTI
TIDAK ADA ORANG YG BENAR2 TAU And yet—Sophie thought it was a
fair question. DAN SOPHIE BERPIKIR ITU PERTANYAAN YG ADIL/WAJAR
For the first time in her life she felt it wasn’t right to live in the world
without at least inquiring where it came from. UNTUK PERTAMA
KALINNYA DALAM HIDUPNNYA DIA MERASA HAL INI TIDAK BENAR
UNTUK HIDUP DI DUNIA SETIDAKNYA PALING TIDAK MENANYAKAN
DARIMANA HIDUP INI BERASAL The mysterious letters had made
Sophie’s head spin. SURAT MISTERIUS MEMBUAT SOPHIE PUSING She
decided to go and sit in the den. DIA MEMUTUSKAN UNTUK PERGI DAN
DUDUK DI DEN The den was Sophie’s top secret hiding place. DEN
ADALAH TEMPAT PERSEMBUNYIAN RAHASIANYA It was where she
went when she was terribly angry, terribly miserable, or terribly happy.
ITU TEMPAT DIA TUJU KETIKA SEDANG SANGAT MARAH, SANGAT
MENDERITA ATAU SANGAT BAHAGIA Today she was simply confused.
*HARI INI DIA BINGUNG SAJA