MALIN KUNDANG

Long, long time ago an old woman, Mande Rubiah, lived at a village near Muara Padang.  She had a son, called Malin Kundang.  The old woman loved her son very much.  When he was fifteen years old, he worked as a porter at Muara.

One day a skipper asked him to work on his ship.  Malin told his mother that he liked to accept the offer.  Malin worked hard on the ship.

The skipper liked him.  One day the skipper fell ill.  He called Malin Kundang and his daughter Nilam Sari.  The skipper said, “You must become husband and wife.  I give all my wealth to you, malin.”  He died and Malin Kundang married Nilam Sari.  He became proud and greedy.  He forgot everything.  Mande Rubiah waited for her son nearly ten years.

One day, a beautiful ship came to Muara.  The ship belonged to Malin Kundang.  Malin Kundang got out of the ship proudly.  Made Rubiah was at Muara.  She was sure the owner of the ship was her son.  She shouted, “Malin! Malin! My son!”  She tried to embrace him, but he felt ashamed to confess it.  He instead laughed.  “Insane woman! Stay away!”  He asked his guards to chase her.  She fell down.  Malin got on the ship.  The ship sailed.  When the ship turned to Gunung Padang, the old woman knelt down.  She cried and prayed, “God, show him your power, my son is sinful.”  Then the storm hit Malin’s ship and a lightening stinged him, making him burnt and turned him into a stone.