∎This is a story about Malin
Kundang. He was a boy from a very poor family who live with his mom. His father
is a sailor but he had already died. Malin was a smart boy but a bit naughty.
He always chased a chicken and hit it with a broom, until one day he slip off
and hurt himself. The wound left a scar on his hand.
When Malin grew up, he decided to go to the city, so one day he would
become rich by the time he went back to the village. Malin’s mother disagreed
with his decision because he was the only one she had. But Malin had already
made up his mind. His mother had no other choise but to let her only child go.
Malin was travelling by sea, so
he came along with one rich merchant. He was hoping to become one of his crew
and learn from that merchant. Malin went to anyplace wherever the winds took
him. Soon he wil become a great succesful man.
Many
years has passed since then. Malin has become a rich merchant because of his
hard work and marry the most beautiful girl in the world and he had forgotten
his mother as well as the village.
On the other hand, Malin’s mother was
getting older. She missed her child so much that she had always wait for
Malin’s return at the harbour everyday until one day there was a merchant who
stopped by the village. She knew it was Malin at the moment she saw him. What
makes her so sure was because of the scar on his hand. But Malin deny her as
his mother because Malin felt ashame to his wife and the crew, then he was
gone.
Malin’s mother was really upset then she
started to curse him. On his journey Malin’s ship began to shake and soon it
turned into a stone, until now.
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