Malin Kundang

Malin Kundang

At a time, a family Hiduplah coastal fishermen in the coastal region of West Sumatra. Family consists of father, mother and a son who was named Malin Kundang. Because the financial condition of the family concern, the father decided to find sustenance in the land opposite the sea with a wide.

So stay the Malin and his mother in their gubug. Week, two weeks, a month, two months and 1 year is even more length, the father also does not Malin to return to village homes. So her mother must replace the Malin position of the father to seek sustenance. Including children Malin the intelligent but a little brassy. He often pursue memukulnya with the chicken and brush. One day when the Malin is being chicken chase, he tripped on a stone and injured right arm exposed stone. Wound became berbekas dilengannya and can not be lost.

Go after the adults, Malin Kundang compassionate with her mother that bone banting find sustenance to raise himself. He thought to find sustenance in the country with the hope that later on when to return to home, he has become a rich feast. Interested in the Malin calls a merchant ship captain who was poor now have become a rich feast.

Malin kundang meant to describe her mother. His mother initially agree less with the intent Kundang Malin, but because the Malin continues to insist, Mrs. Kundang Malin finally agreed despite the heavy heart. After the stock and preparing equipment secukupnya, Malin the right to transfer to the pier by her mother. "Son, if you are successful and become a street person, you do not forget your mother and the village halamannu this, sonny," said Mrs. Kundang Malin while watering well.

Ship Malin who climbed the longer the distance the hands of Mother accompanied waff Malin Kundang. During his time in the ship, Malin Kundang lot to learn about piloting the ship on the children who have experienced. On the way, suddenly climbed the ship Malin Kundang attack by the pirate. All commodity traders who are in the ship seized by pirate. Even most of the crew and people who are in the vessels were killed by the pirate. Kundang Malin himself very lucky not be killed by the pirate, because when the event occurs, immediately Malin hiding in a small space by a closed timber.

Malin Kundang float in the sea, until finally the ship ditumpanginya stranded on a beach. With the remainder of the existing Malin Kundang to walk towards the village from the nearest beach. Sesampainya in the village, Malin Kundang fed by people in the village after the incident told menimpanya. Malin village where the village is located very fertile. With tenacity and work in kegigihannya, old Malin to be a successful run that rich. He has a lot of ships trading with the number of children the fruit of more than 100 people. After becoming rich, Malin Kundang gain a girl to become his wife.

News Kundang Malin who has become rich and have been married to the mother until the Malin Kundang. Mother Malin Kundang feel very grateful and happy children have been successful. Since that time, the mother Kundang Malin every day to go to the dock, that may await their children to take home pages.

After some long married, Malin, and his wife do with the cruise ship that big and beautiful ship, along with children's fruit and pengawalnya that many. Mother Kundang the Malin menunggui children every day, see a very beautiful ship, the entrance to the port. He saw two people standing on the boat deck. He believes if the current stand is that their children Malin Kundang along with his wife.

Kundang Malin's ship is going down. He was greeted by his mother. After quite close, his mother saw teens injured dilengan right person, the more his mother believe that he is a Malin Kundang approach. "Malin Kundang, son, why you go so long without sending you?", He said while enclasp Kundang Malin. But what happens then? Malin Kundang immediately release the clasp and encouraged his mother to drop. "Women do not know themselves, confess it as a careless mother," said the Malin Kundang mother. Malin Kundang feign not to recognize her mother, because of the shame that his mother is old and wear tattered clothes. "Women are your mothers?", His wife Tanya Kundang Malin. "No, it was only a beggar who ostensibly claim to the mother to get my property," his wife respond to the Malin. Heard the statement and treated haphazardly by his son, the mother of Malin Kundang very angry. He does not suspect her son to become a rebel child. Because kemarahannya the climb, the mother menengadahkan Malin hand and said "Oh God, if it is true my son, I sumpahi he became a stone." Not how long the wind and roll fast and terrible storm destroyed the ship Malin came Kundang. After the Malin Kundang body slowly becomes rigid and long run finally shaped into a coral reef.

Moral message: As a child, never forget all the services, particularly to parents who have a mother and raise the children, especially if to a child who became a rebel. Parents is a rebel to the one sin that will be borne by their own by children