 " Salah <unk> " ( meaning " Mistaken Expectations " ) follows Malim <unk> , a respected man from a small village , who — having had four daughters — desperately wants a son . He prays continuously , and his wife becomes pregnant . Nine months later , when she begins labour , Malim is busy praying for a son . An escaped criminal sneaks into the room of Malim 's wife , and she and the other women there scream out " Laki @-@ <unk> ! Laki @-@ <unk> ! " Malim praises God and goes to the room as the criminal escapes . When Malim arrives and asks for his son , he is confused , as there is no @-@ one else there . The story was first published in 1933 , in issue 59 , volume 11 , of Pandji Poestaka . 
