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The Tragic Tale of Malin Kundang

Malin Kundang, a boy from a poor village, becomes wealthy after helping a merchant defeat pirates and leaving his mother behind. Upon returning to his village, he denies his mother and insults her, leading her to curse him. As a result, he is struck by a storm and ultimately turns into stone for his disrespect.

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The Tragic Tale of Malin Kundang

Malin Kundang, a boy from a poor village, becomes wealthy after helping a merchant defeat pirates and leaving his mother behind. Upon returning to his village, he denies his mother and insults her, leading her to curse him. As a result, he is struck by a storm and ultimately turns into stone for his disrespect.

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MALINKUNDANG

A long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatra lived a
woman 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 strongboy. 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’s 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 Kundang to look at her and
admit that she was his mother. But he kept refusing to do it and yelling at
her. At last Malin Kundang said to her “Enough, old woman! I 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 a 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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