The Malin Kundang Legend

Malin Kundang is an intelligent but a little brassy when he was a child. He often pursue chicken and hit it. One day when malin is being chicken chase, he tripped on a stone and injured in the right arm exposed stone. Wound became injuries in his arm and can not be lost. Because compassionate with her mother that working so hard for their live and to raise himself. Malin decided to go in order to become rich after return to home soon. His mother originally less agree, given that the her husband also never back again after he wander away, but Malin still tough, so he finally willing to remove the Malin wander away with tradesman shop. During in tradesman ship Malin Kundang lot to learn about riding the the ship to the man that have been experienced. On the way, suddenly the ship attacked 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. Malin Kundang was lucky, he was hiding in a small space by a closed timber so that it is not killed by the pirate. Malin Kundang float in the sea, finally the ship stranded on a beach. With the remaining energy, Malin Kundang walk to the village from the nearest beach. With tenacity and hard working, Malin become the successful rich man. He has a lot of trading ships with more than 100 employee. After becoming rich, Malin Kundang married a girl to become his wife. News about Malin who has become rich and have been married heard by his mother. His mother feel very grateful and happy children have been successful. Since that time, his mother go to the dock every day, that may await their children to take home pages. Malin and his wife accompanied their child have a plan to cruise ships, he brought lot of bodyguard. His Mother who saw the ship is coming to the dock to see two people standing on the deck. He believes if the current stand is Malin Kundang with his wife. Mother's go to the ship. After quite close, his mother saw the injured in malin's arm, and she know that is the right person, "Malin Kundang, my son" why you go so long without sending any massage?", she said while enclasp Malin Kundang. But to see an old woman in shabby and dirty dressed who enclps himself Malin became angry even though he knows that the older woman was his mother, because he was embarrassed when it is known by his wife and their children. this is make the mother's very angry. He does not suspect her son to become a rebel child. her angry become climax, the mother vituperate herson (Malin) and said "Oh God, if he is true my son, I sweared he became a stone." Not long after the Malin Kundang back and go sailing in the middle of the coming storm destroyed malin Kundang ship and than Malin Kundang body slowly becomes rigid and long run finally shaped into a coral reef.Malin Kundang stones can still be seen at a Aia Manih beach, in the southern city of Padang, West Sumatra.