Malin including a smart kid but a bit naughty. He often chasing chickens and hit him with a broom. One day, when Malin was chasing chicken, she tripped over a rock and injured his right arm's hit by stones. The wound became etched his arm and can't be lose.Feeling sorry for his mother who worked hard for a living to raise themselves. Malin decided to go wander in order to become rich after returning to my hometown someday.
Initially Ms.malin kundang less agreed, remembering her husband also never returned after but Malin decided insisted that he finally took off Malin went willingly gone down with a boat ride on the ship saudagar. During Malin kundang lot to learn about seamanship on an experienced crew.
Along the way, the sudden rise Malin Kundang ship attacked by pirates. All the commodities traders who were on the ship seized by pirates. Even most of the crew and people on board were killed by the pirates. Malin Kundang lucky, he hid in a small space enclosed by the timber so as not to be killed by the pirates.
Malin kundang adrift at sea, until finally the ship was stranded on the beach. By leaving the energy, malin kundang walk to the nearest village from the coast. Maling marooned village where the village is very fertile. With tenacity and perseverance in work, malingradually managed to become rich. He has a lot of merchant ships with men more than 100 people. After becoming rich, Malin kundang marry a girl to be his wife.
News Malin Kundang who have become wealthy and married to the mother also Malin Kundang. Mother Malin Kundang feel grateful and very happy his son had succeeded. Since then, Malin's mother every day to go to the dock, waiting for her son could return to his hometown.
After a long marriage, Malin and his wife sailed with a crew and a lot of bodyguards. Malin's mother who saw the arrival of the ship to the dock to see two people standing on the deck. He believes that his son and his wife stood Malin Kundang.
Malin's mother was headed toward the ship. Once close enough, she saw dozens of wounded dilengan right people, the more convinced his mother that he was approached by Malin Kundang. "Malin Kundang, my son, why did you go so long without sending any news?", He said, hugging Malin Kundang. But seeing an old woman dressed in rags and dirty hugged Malin Kundang became angry even though he knew that the old woman's mother, because she was embarrassed when known by his wife and his men.
Get treated like a child's mother was furious Malin Kundang. He is not expected her to be a rebellious child. Because of mounting anger, swearing Malin's mother, "Oh God, if he is my son, I curse him into a stone."
Not long after Malin Kundang again go sailing and on the way came a violent storm destroys the ship Malin Kundang. After that Malin Kundang body slowly becomes stiff and eventually eventually formed into stone. Until now, stone Malin Kundang can still be seen on a beach named Aia Manih coast, south of the city of Padang, West Sumatra.
