"Cepat! TV ini bukan ringan!" jerit Mat Isa. "Apa dia? Nak lapik dengan apa?" tanya Jeha yang sudah pun terpana sana terpa sini, cuba sambar apa yang patut disambar. "Itu haa! Ambil saja sejadah itu buat pelapik!" Mat Isa menjerit sebab dia sedang ampu TV yang besar. Jeha sambar sehelai sejadah yang bergambar masjidilharam. Tapi gambar Masjidilharam itu sudah pun naik kelabu akibat terlalu lama kena tindih dengan dahi Mat Isa atau dahi orang lain. "Ambillah yang baru sikit. Yang itu ha!" jerit Mat Isa. Mukanya keredut dan berpeluh lebat. Mak Chah sambar sehelai sejadah lain pula. Kali ini terkena sejadah yang baru bergambar Kaabah. Terang dan berlorek kemas. Cepat-cepat Mak Chah hampar sejadah itu atas lantai dan TV pun didudukkan di atas gambar Kaabar itulah.
Author
Dato' Haji Shahnon bin Ahmad (born 1933 in Sik, Kedah) is a Malaysian writer, a National Laureate, and a former Member of Parliament. He was awarded with the National Literary Award in 1982. He is also a Professor Emeritus at Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang. Shahnon has written a number books, one of the most notable being Shit @ PukiMak @ PM (1999), a controversial political satire. The book makes allegorical references to the ruling coalition government, Barisan Nasional (BN), its major component party, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), and former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamed. There were attempts by the government to ban this book and to strip Shahnon of his literary title. Some novels written by Shahnon include Ranjau Sepanjang Jalan (1966)—which has been adapted into a film called Rice People directed by Cambodian film director Rithy Panh, Rentong (1965), Srengenge (1973)—which won the Malaysian Novel of the Year in 1970, and Terdedah (1965). Shahnon is also a member of opposition political party PAS. In the 1999 general election, he contested in the Parliamentary constituency of Sik (P.13) in which he won. He did not contest in the 2004 general election which saw PAS losing that seat to BN. Source: Wikipedia
