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"Hey girl, if tourists pass in front of your house, what would you say to them?" I asked curiously at Senyum, a sweet little girl. She said "thank you" she ran away and played with her friends. I laughed. “how can you immediately say thank you without any small talk beforehand.” *** July 27th 2019. I was excited arrived at Koanara traditional village, which is one of the tourism supporting villages of Kelimutu Lake in Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. For 40 days of KKN program (Community Service) held by my college, me and 18 friends dedicated ourselves here. I have intended to develop Koanara Children’s ability in English for tourism and hospitality. Koanara village temperature is cold. To me who previously lived in Ende town, the adaptation was difficult thing. That night, me and the new family where I stay surrounded the hearth, warmed up, enjoyed traditional coffee and fried bananas, joking, and shared stories. The next day I started my program, English language tutoring for Koanara children. 25 children joined me. There was Senyum between them. Yes, Senyum, the little girl who told me about "thankyou" at the beginning. Senyum was only 6. She was very active asking in lionese (Koanara traditional language) and I translated it into English. After doing everyday 1 hours of study, I asked them to play and interact with passing tourists. Sometimes we studied at the tourist spots. There were many funny stories naturally created with them. One time, when I asked them "guys, have you finished the conversation?" Senyum was the first who answered "Dowa do Ms Rani" other students laughed at the Senyum’s answer. Yes, because she anhfswered in lionese which means "it's finished Ms Rani" Senyum’s friends started bullying her in Lionese by saying "Senyum, demi kau gare dowa do, Ms Rani bebo arti ke, kai ajar kita sawe Bahasa inggris, kau gare no kai Yes I have, atau Yes Ms Ran, dhora begha kau”. It meant "Senyum, you should answered: I have or I'm done Ms Rani, She taught us English, how could you answered in lionese, Stupid". Senyum was silent until the learning activities were finished. In another beautiful afternoon, when I was walking around the village to get clean water, I saw foreign tourist interacted with Senyum. I heard Senyum shouted "finished, mister. Finish" Apparently Senyum got candies and she didn’t want more. Because the word ”finish” is familiar in senyum’s ear she just said it. I was amazed by the simple magic Senyum did in handling tourist. Before our KKN activity ended, we made a farewell party. Senyum, was one who kept hugging me. We also went to Murundao waterfall. On the way, Senyum protested that she didn’t like being laughed at while spoke lionese during English tutoring. She stated that what I taught was good but Lionese was as cool as English. I finally understood what Senyum meant. Although English is a famous lingua franca, the existence of local languages should not be ruled out. This girl began to control my mind. After swimming, Senyum ate betel nut. She still asked me to try but I couldn't. That day was very touching. The farewell with Senyum ended with a hug, tears, hopes and prayers. *** The last night. I stared at my suitcase. Suddenly Senyum’s question crossed my mind. "Kaka Ran, Bahasa inggrisnya aku cinta Bahasa inggris tapi aku lebih cinta Bahasa lio itu ngere emba?” Which means "kaka rani, How do we say" I love English, but I love Lionese more "in English ?”. After imagining that moment, I picked up white papers and started drawing something for Senyum. *** Time to say goodbye. Standing in the front of the door, Senyum looked at me as I was carrying suitcase toward the car. Senyum smiled at me. She ran and gave me a box of betel nut as a gift. I was shocked and crying. I opened the papers that I drew. There was one special paper with the words engraved beautifully "I love English, but I also Love Lionese" for Senyum. she hugged tightly. I’ll be back home, but here, it feels like I'm home.