Marlin's Early Life and Departure
📌 Malin Kundang lived in a poor, arid village by the sea with his aging mother, where opportunities for work were scarce.
🐔 Young Malin often tormented the only chicken his parents owned while playing.
🚢 Malin's father left to seek prosperity abroad, promising to return, leaving Malin and his mother behind.
🩹 During a childhood accident, Malin scratched his arm, and his mother tended the wound, leaving a permanent scar.

Marlin's Journey to Wealth and Return
🚶‍♂️ Seeking the same fortune as his father, Malin convinced his hesitant mother to let him leave, promising to return rich.
🚢 He secretly boarded a ship, which was later hijacked by pirates, though Malin survived by hiding in a wooden chest.
🏝️ After being stranded, Marlin ended up in a prosperous village, worked diligently, and eventually became wealthy with a large ship and crew.
🚢 Upon returning to his hometown, news of his success reached his overjoyed mother.

The Rejection and Curse
👵 Malin's mother, now old and ragged, excitedly approached the returning ship, recognizing him immediately.
🤵 Malin's wealthy wife mistook the old woman for a beggar asking for alms.
🤥 To hide his poor origins, Malin denied knowing his mother, claiming she died long ago.
💔 When his mother pointed to the scar on his arm as proof, Malin became enraged and ordered his bodyguards to drive her away.
🗿 In deep sorrow, his mother prayed for a curse, and instantly, a thunderous storm occurred, causing Marlin's body to stiffen and turn into stone as he knelt in regret.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ The story serves as a moral lesson about the severe consequences of disrespecting and abandoning one's parents due to greed or shame over poverty.
➡️ Regret came too late for Malin Kundang as his final realization of wrongdoing coincided with his transformation into stone.
➡️ Parental love, exemplified by the mother tending the scar, contrasts sharply with Malin's materialistic ambition.

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