Pasti udah biasa kalo disekolah bahasa inggris belajar tentang narative, waktu SMP saya pernah disuruh untuk mencari sebuah narative. Narative dibawah ini yang berjudul 'The Legend of Malin Kundang' menjadi pilihan saya.
The
Legend of Malin Kundang
A long time ago, in a small village
near the beach in West Sumatra, a women and her son lived. They were Malin
Kundang and her mother. Her mother was a single parent because Malin Kundang’s
father had passed away when he was a baby. Malin Kundang had to live hard with
his mother.
Malin Kundang was a healthy, diligent,
and strong boy. He usually went to sea to catch fish. After getting fish he
would bring it to his mother, or sold the caught fish in the town.
One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing,
he saw a merchant’s ship which was being raided by a small band of pirates. He
helped the merchant. With his brave and power, Malin Kundang defeated the
pirates. The merchant was so happy and thanked to him. In return the merchant
asked Malin Kundang to sail with him. To get a better life, Malin Kundang
agreed. He left his mother alone.
Many years later, Malin Kundang became
wealthy. He had a huge ship and was helped by many ship crews loading trading
goods. Perfectly he had a beautiful wife too. When he was sailing his trading
journey, his ship landed on a beach near a small village. The villagers
recognized him. The news ran fast in the town; “Malin Kundang has become rich
and now he is here”
An old woman ran to the beach to meet
the new rich merchant. She was Malin Kundang’s mother. She wanted to hug him,
released her sadness of being lonely after so long time. Unfortunately, when
the mother came, Malin Kundang who was in front of his well dressed wife and
his ship crews denied meeting that old lonely woman. For three times her mother
begged Malin Kundang and for three times he yelled at her. At last Malin
Kundang said to her “Enough, old woman! I have never had a mother like you, a
dirty and ugly woman!” after that he ordered his crews to set sail. He would
leave the old mother again but in that time she was full of both sadness and
angriness.
Finally, enraged, she cursed Malin
Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he didn’t apologize. Malin Kundang
just laughed and really set sail.
In the quiet sea, suddenly a
thunderstorm came. His huge ship was wrecked and it was too late for Malin
Kundang to apologize. He was thrown by the wave out of his ship. He fell on a
small island. It was really too late for him to avoid his curse. Suddenly, he
turned into a stone.
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