CERITA RAKYAT DALAM BAHASA INGGRIS

                                                          Malin Kundang
One day, there lived a family on the coast of Sumatra. The family was having a boy named Malin Kundang. Because their families are very poor condition, then the master's father decided to go into the country side.
Hopefully master and his mother, his father came home one day with a lot of money that will be able to buy daily necessities. After months and months turned out to master the father did not come, and eventually hopes pupuslah Malin Kundang and his mother.
After Malin Kundang growing up, he thought to make a living in the country side in hopes of later when I returned to my hometown, she was already a wealthy man. Malin Kundang finally come sailing along with a merchant ship captain in his hometown that has been successful.
During their stay in the boat, Malin Kundang much to learn about seamanship on the crew who are already experienced. Malin studied hard about shipping their peers who are more experienced, and finally he was very adept in terms of shipping.
Many have visited the island, until one day in the middle of the journey, suddenly climbed Malin Kundang ship attacked by pirates. All merchandise traders who were on the ship seized by pirates. Even most of the crew and people on the ship were killed by the pirates. Malin Kundang very lucky he was not killed by the pirates, because when it happened, Malin immediately hid in a small space enclosed by the timber.
Malin Kundang adrift amid the sea, until finally the ship was stranded on a beach. With the rest of the existing power, Malin Kundang walked to a nearby village from the beach. Arriving in the village, Malin Kundang helped by people in the village after previously telling what happened to him. Marooned villages where Malin is a very fertile village. With tenacity and perseverance in work, over time Malin had become a wealthy man. It has a lot of merchant ships with men of more than 100 people. Having become rich, Malin Kundang marry a girl to be his wife.
After a long marriage, Malin and his wife set sail with a large and beautiful ship with the crew and a lot of bodyguards. Malin Kundang mother who stayed with his son every day, saw a very beautiful ship, entered the harbor. He saw two people standing on the deck. He believes that it is his standing and his wife Malin Kundang.
Malin Kundang came down from the ship. He was greeted by his mother. Once close enough, she saw twelve people injured dilengan right, the more convinced his mother that he was approached Malin Kundang. "Malin Kundang, my son, why did you go so long without sending any news?", She said, hugging Malin Kundang. But Kundang immediately pulled back and pushed her to fall. "Women do not know myself, as my mother carelessly admitted," says Malin Kundang to his mother. Malin Kundang pretended not to recognize his mother, because of shame with her old mother and dressed in rags. "She's your mother?", Malin Kundang wife Tanya. "No, he was just a beggar who pretended to be admitted as a mother to get my property," Malin said to his wife. Heard the statement and treated unfairly by his son, the mother of Malin Kundang very angry. He had not expected her to be a rebellious child. Because of mounting anger, the mother of Malin tipped his hand saying "Oh God, if he my son, I sumpahi he became a rock". Not long after strong winds and storms rumbled come to destroy the ship Malin Kundang. After that Malin Kundang body slowly becomes stiff and gradually eventually shaped into a rock.