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Pak Pandir & His Child
Pak Pandir has a wife named Mak Andeh. They had a child which they love him so much. In this story, Pak Pandir was being ordered to take his child for bathing. As his child was still a baby, so Mak Andeh ordered Pak Pandir to bath their child with warm water. Pak Pandir is so fool so, he just take the hot water and bath his child. His child died after he bath his child. Mak Andeh was so angry to Pak Pandir. At the same time, Mak Andeh and Pak Pandir was very sad because of the incident.
Si Tanggang The Ungrateful Son
Si Tanggang was a very good son to Pak Talang and Mak Deruma. He had a very high ambition. He want to be a sailor. One fine day, he got an offered to be a sailor. After he got the job, he never want to return back to his hometown. He used to be a very hardworking sailor, until one day he fell in love with the daughter of the ship’s owner. The ship’s owner likes Tanggang very much because of his hardworkingness, he offered Tanggang to married with her daughter. After Tanggang married with the ship’s owner daughter, he became a very arrogant person. One day, the ship that he used to work for, had to stop at his hometown. Tanggang’s mother was very happy to see her son. But, by the time she met her son, Tanggang does not want to admit that the old woman is his mother. Tanggang’s mother was very upset with him. So, Mak Deruma pray to God to show that Tanggang was a very ungrateful son. By God’s power, Tanggang turns to stone suddenly and all of his sailors and his wife turn to stone too.
The Curse of Mahsuri
Mahsuri was the daughter of a Thai couple who moved from their native Phuket to the island of Langkawi in search of a better life. She was the most beautiful in all of Langkawi and married the warrior Wan Darus. As was required of him, her husband had to go to war, leaving Mahsuri behind to fend for herself. It was during this time that Mahsuri befriended a young man named Deraman. The village chief's wife was jealous of Mahsuri's beauty. She spread a rumour that Mahsuri was unfaithful and was having an affair with Deraman in the absence of Wan Darus. Eventually the rumours grew strong enough that the villagers openly accused her of adultery. Mahsuri pleaded her innocence, but no one believed her. Mahsuri was to be tied to a tree (or pole) and stabbed to death but it didn't work. After every execution attempt failed, Mahsuri told them to kill her with her family's kris. When she was stabbed, white blood flowed from the wound, signifying her innocence. Some birds flew above her to cover her body. With her dying breath, Mahsuri cursed Langkawi to have seven generations of bad luck. The kingdom was soon taken over by Siam. The villagers at Padang Mat Sirat burned their own paddy fields rather than let them fall into the hands of the Siamese.
Malaysian Folktales