Teriknya matahari selama beberapa minggu di kota Safana, membuat semua orang di kota tersebut menjadi mudah marah. Beberapa perempatan jalan, sering kali macet karena para pengguna jalan tidak ada yang mau mengalah. (The hot sun for the past few weeks in Safana town has made the townspeople easily angry. On many intersections, traffic jams often occur because the road users don’t want to give way.)
Komody, salah satu penduduk kota Safana, berusaha untuk tidak ikut marah. Ia selalu berusaha membuat dirinya tersenyum. (Komody, one of the townspeople of Safana, tries not to be angry. He always try to put a smile on his face.)
Komody siang ini harus sampai ke tempat les dalam waktu satu setengah jam. Ia mengendarai sepedanya dengan santai. Lalu lintas menjelang perempatan Merah Jambu berhenti, tidak bisa dilalui sama sekali.(This afternoon, Komody has to be in his course place in one and a half hours. He pedals his bicycle easy. The traffic to the Pink intersection is stuck, and cannot be passed at all.)
Setelah dua puluh menit berlalu, Komody masih sabar menunggu macet. Tiba-tiba, emosinya terpancing saat ada nyanyian anak Kangguru. “Macet lagi… maceeet lagi… gara-gara si Komo lewat,” begitu isi lagunya. ( minutes have passed, and Komody still patiently waits the traffic. Suddenly, his temper gets tampered when a kid Kangaroo sings. “Traffic jam… traaafic jam… just because Komo is passing,” so says the verse.)
“Aku bukan penyebab macet ini! Macet terjadi karena pengendara saling tidak mau mengalah dan lampu lalu lintasnya sedang mati!” bela Komody geram dalam hati. Muka Komody semakin merah karena ia berusaha menahan amarahnya. (“I’m not the one causing this traffic! The traffic is jammed because drivers don’t want to give way and the traffic lights are out!” says Komody emotionally in his head. Komody’s face blushes as he tries to contain his anger.)
Namun tiba-tiba, cuaca sedikit mendung. Angin yang lewat, turut menyegarkan suasana. Amarah Komody pun turun kembali. Ia segera memutar otak, bagaimana caranya agar lalu lintas di perempatan Merah Jambu bisa lancar kembali. (But suddenly, the weather gets cloudy. The breezing wind freshen everyone’s mood. Komody’s anger then subsides. He then thinks of how to get the traffic at the Pink intersection flowing again.)
“Harus ada orang yang mengatur lalu lintas di perempatan ini,” ujar Komody perlahan sembari menepikan sepedanya. Tak lama, Komody sudah berada di tengah-tengah perempatan Merah Jambu. Ia pun mengatur lalu lintas di perempatan tersebut dan tidak berapa lama, lalu lintas kembali lancar. (Someone has to regulate the traffic in this intersection,” says Komody as he slowly pulls over his bicycle to the curb. Not long after, Komody is standing in the middle of Pink intersection. He regulates the traffic in the intersection and not for long, the traffic is flowing.)
“Horee.. sudah tidak macet lagi!” ujar si anak Kangguru di samping Komody. “Lalu lintas sudah lancar dan macet bukan karena si Komo lewat ya, adik Kangguru,” ujar Komody menyapa si anak Kangguru sembari tersenyum. Si anak Kangguru pun tersenyum malu. (“Hurray… no more traffic!” says the Kangaroo kid beside Komody. “The traffic is flowing now and the jam wasn’t caused by a passing Komo right, Kangaroo kid?” says Komody as he greets the Kangaroo kid with a smile. The Kangaroo kid then smiles in shy.)
Setelah lalu lintas lancar, Komody pun kembali melanjutkan perjalanannya ke tempat les dan sampai sebelum les dimulai. Nah teman-teman, berusahalah untuk selalu berfikir positif dan sabar sehingga apa yang kita inginkan bisa tercapai.(As soon as the traffic flows, Komody resumes his journey to the course place and arrived before the course starts. Well friends, try to always think positively and be patient so that what we want can be achieved.) (Teks: Just For Kids/ Ilustrasi: Just For Kids/ Translator: Yos)
