MALIN KUNDANG
A long time
ago, in a small village near the beach in west sumatra lived a women and her
son, malin kundang. Malin kundang and his mother had to live hard because his
father had passed away when he was a baby. Malin kundang was a healthy ,
dilligent, and strang boy . he usually went to sea to catch fish. After getting
fish he would bring it to his mother, or sell the caught fish in the town.
One day,
when malin kundang was sailing, he saw a merchant’s ship being raided by a band
of pirates. With his bravery, malin kundang helped the merchant defeat the
pirates. To thank him , the merchant allowed malin kundang to sail with him.
Malin kundang agreed in the hope to get a better life. He left his mother alone.
Many years
later, malin kundang became wealthy. He had a huge ship and a lot of crews who
worked loading trading goods. He was also married to a beautiful woman. When he
was sailing on his trading journey, his ship landed on a coast near a small
village. The local people recognized that it was malin kundang , a boy from the
area. The news ran fast in the town. “malin kundang has become rich and now he
is here.
An old
woman, who was malin kundang is mother, ran to the beach to meet the new rich
merchant. She wanted to hug him to release her sadness of being lonely after a
long time. When his mother came near him, malin kundang who was with his
beautiful wife and his ship crews denied that she was his mother. She had
pleaded malin kudan to look at her and
admit that she was her mother. But he kept refusing to do it and yelling at
her. at last malin kundang said to her “ enough, old woman! A have never had a
mother like you , a dirty and ugly woman” after that he ordered his crews to
set sail to leave the old woman who was then full of sadness and anger. Finally
, feeling enraged , she cursed malin kundang that he would turn into a stone if
he didn’t apologize to her. malin
kundang just laughed and set sail. Suddenly al thunderstorm came in the quiet
sea , wrecking his huge ship. He was thrown out to a small island . it was
really too late for him to avoid his curse. He had turned into a stone.
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