MALIN
KUNDANG
Along time ago, there
lived a poor widow in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Her name was Mande Rubiah. She lived with
her son. His name was Malin Kundang. She Love her son very much.
When
Malin Kundang was fifteen years old, he worked as a porter on a merchant ship.
He had been abroad for many years but he did not send any news to his mother.
His mother messed him.
The
captain of the ship liked him because he worked very hard. When he older the
captain asked him to marry his daughter. He worked even more successfully so
that when the captain died he got all of the captain’s wealth and also become
the new captain. He was very rich but unfortunately he became too proud and
arrogant because of his wealth.
One
day Malin Kundang’s ship dropped anchor at the Batang Arau Harbour. Then his
mother, who had been waiting for years, heard about this. She went to the ship
to see her beloved son. But what happen? Malin Kundang did not want to admit
that Mande Rubiah was his mother. He knew it but he was too arrogant to do it.
He did not want his beautiful wife to see the old and ugly woman coming to him
as his mother. He even scolded her and asked his guards to send her away.
His
mother was very sad. She sorrowfully knelt down to pray to God, “Oh, God, I know he is my son, but why has he
turned so wicked? Please, God, don not let this wickedness continue. Punish him
as You wish”
Then
when the ship sailed, suddenly the sky turned dark, and a strong wind blew the
ship violently. Malin Kundang and all of his guards were drowned. The ship
turned upside down and it immediately turned into a stone.
Now
when we go to the beach near Padang, we can see a rock looks like a ship.
People say that it was Malin Kundang’s ship.
