Malin Kundang Story
Once
upon a time, lived a very poor family in West Sumatra and this was a
family of Malin Kundang. To provide a living for his family, his father
went to sea but never returned home. People talked about his father’s
death and made his mother so anxious in each day. Furthermore, he was
still very young and had not been able to help his mother.
However,
life must go on. His mother did not want continuing to grieve and doing
nothing. His mother chose to work hard and did a lot of jobs every day.
However, his family financial had not improved since the money was only
to meet their daily needs without being able to be saved.
Seeing
his mother continued to work in each time, he did not have the heart
and intended to help his mother. He asked his mother to sail and made
money as much as possible. At first, his mother was not banned because
of fear that Malin did not come back like his father. Nevertheless, he
kept pressing until his mother allowed him to go.
He
immediately set to sail because it has been allowed by his mother, and
his departure was accompanied by his mother’s sobs. On board, he
continued to learn and began to know the ins and outs of the ships and
commerce.
Many
years after the initial voyage, he had not had the opportunity to visit
his mother in the hometown. Indeed, he was eager to go home but there
were so many jobs to be done. In one time, he asked for permission to
skipper of the vessel and allowed to go home. Malin was very excited and
with the whole of crew, he returned to his hometown.
But,
fate has not given him permission to go home. In the ocean, his ship
was intercepted by pirates and all crew were massacred. He was very
lucky because could hide and survived from the massacre. He ended up
stranded on an island and worked hard to be a wealthy merchant.
Fortunately, he was success. His wealth is so abundant because of hard
working to build a wealth. He also married a girl who was very pretty
and rich so that they could live happily.
With
wealth and a prosperous life, he forgot to return home in order to meet
his mother. However, inadvertently Malin had to go to his hometown for
commercial affairs. He set off with his wife and children to come back
home.
Arrived
at his hometown, Malin Kundang met his mother and his mother hugged him
very close. However, he even scolded his mother and pushed up a heap.
He actually recognized his mother’s face, but there is a huge shame
because there are crews as well as his wife. In front of them, he did
not acknowledge that a woman who fell down was his mother. He even told
her that her mother was so despicable and he did not recognize it.
After
completing his business, he got out of his hometown. His heart had
hardened into stone. With his wife and his children, he went sailing
back. His mother was her sad and inwardly, he prayed that Malin changed
into stone.
Instantly,
the sky became overcast, lightning, and rain was falling. His ship hit
rocks and was crashing. Malin bodies swayed to the opposite shore and
the magic happened. He slowly turned to stone and it was known as Malin
Kundang stone.
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