Malin Kundang

Malin including a smart boy but a little naughty. He often chasing chickens and hit him with a broom. One day, when Malin was chasing chickens, she tripped over a stone and a stone hit her right arm injury. Injury is a trace dilengannya and not get lost.

Feeling sorry for the mother who threw the bones for a living to raise themselves. Malin decided to go wander in order to become rich after returning to my hometown someday.

Mother Malin Kundang less initially agreed, remembering her husband also never returned after going Malin wander but insisted that eventually he would wander off Malin went with a boat ride on the ship saudagar.Selama, Malin Kundang lot to learn about seamanship on the crew already experienced.

In the middle of the trip, suddenly climbed Malin Kundang ships were attacked by pirates. All merchandise traders who were on the ship seized by pirates. Even most of the crew and people on board was killed by the pirates. Malin Kundang lucky, he could hide in a small space enclosed by the timber so as not to be killed by the pirates.

Malin Kundang float amid sea, until finally the ship in which he stranded on a beach. With the remaining force, Malin Kundang walk towards the nearest village from the beach. Malin village where villagers stranded is very fertile. With tenacity and perseverance in working, over time Malin had become a wealthy man. He has many fruit merchant ship with a child of more than 100 people. After becoming rich, Malin Kundang to marry a girl to be his wife.

News Malin Kundang who have become wealthy and have been married to the mother also told Malin Kundang. Mother Malin Kundang feel grateful and very happy his son has succeeded. Since then, the mother of Malin every day go to the dock, waiting for their children who may return home.

After some time to get married, Malin and his wife made the voyage with the crew and a lot of bodyguards. Malin's mother who saw the arrival of the ship to the dock to see there are two people who were standing on the deck. He believes that it is standing Malin Kundang son and his wife.

Malin's mother was headed toward the ship. Once close enough, his mother saw right dilengan dozen injured person, the more assured his mother that he was approached Malin Kundang. "Malin Kundang, my son, why did you go so long without sending a word?", He said, hugging Malin Kundang. But to see an old woman dressed in tattered and dirty hugged Malin Kundang became angry even though he knows that the old woman is the mother, because she was embarrassed when it was known by his wife and also his subordinates.

Get treated like that of his son's mother is very upset Malin Kundang. He did not expect their children to be children of disobedience. Because anger is mounting, Malin's mother swore his son "Oh my God, if he my son, I cursed him into a stone."

Not long afterwards Malin Kundang again go sailing and on the way coming storm destroyed the ship Malin Kundang. After that Malin Kundang body slowly becomes rigid and eventually finally shaped into a rock. Until now Batu Malin Kundang can still be seen at a beach called Aia Manih coast, south of the city of Padang, West Sumatra.