My 1st Writing III's Task

MALIN KUNDANG

Many years ago, there lived a small family of two in the western part of Indonesia. They were Malin Kundang and his mother. His father had left them when he was still young, so Malin's mother has to take care of him by herself. Malin and his mother lived very happily just the two of them. Malin was a good son and hard-working person, but a little bit ambitious in his own way and he always has had a dream of working abroad.

Someday, he told his mother that he wanted to pursue his career in another country and asked for her permission as well as her blessing.

"Mother, could you please give me your permission to work abroad?"

"Please, give your blessing mother, I really want to do it."

"Malin, I will never give you my permission and blessing for you to go and leave me alone."

Despite the fact that his mother hasn't give her permission, he still decided to go away to find his dream. He went away quietly without telling his mother where he was heading as well as what's he intended to do.

A few years has passed since Malin left home and no news had been sent to his mother. She was very upset and disappointed with her only son and without realizing it, she cursed him to never succeed in his career abroad. Meanwhile abroad, although he was very hard-working worker, it seems that the progress of his career doesn't satisfy him very much. One day, while he was thinking about his mother, he also thought of going back home and start over again in his hometown with high hopes of doing better than his previous career.

When he returned home, Malin's mother welcome him very warmly and she was pleased to see his son again. Not long after his returned from foreign country, Malin landed himself a very decent and perfect job which he always wanted all along. He got his dream job, he received a huge amount of salary, he bought his own house, and he also bought his own sport car. Then, someday he met a girl of his dream: smart, educated, well-behaved, kind and beautiful, but unfortunately she came from a poor family. After some serious courting, he took her to meet his mother to ask for her blessing for their intended marriage to take place, but regrettably, his mother against it. She doesn't like the idea of him marrying her because of the fact that she was poor.  Malin was very upset with the cause of her mother's objection of his girl friend. He told her that she is going to regret of not welcoming her into the family as according to him, she's going to be the best daughter-in-law in the world. As they love each other very deeply, they decided to get married  in spite of the fact that his mother was against it.

Malin's new family lived very happily and contentedly. On the other hand, his mother was very sick and she couldn't do anything without some assistant. In the end, Malin's wife has to move her into their house and after that they lived in together. Althouh, Malin's mother objected their marrisge, still she loves her mother-in-law so very much. She takes good care of her with love, patient and full of attention. Malin's mother felt guilty and embarrassed with her passed treatment toward her daughter-in-law and afterward, she loves and cherished her even more than her own son.