Munguva yekugara kwake muchikepe, Malin Kundang akadzidza zvakawanda nezve sayenzi yefasi yevashambadzi vezvikepe zvezviitiko. Malin akadzidza nekushingaira pamusoro pekuvaka zvikepe kune shamwari dzake dzakawanda, uye pakupedzisira akanga akanaka kwazvo kutumira.
Zvitsuwa zvizhinji zvakashanyira, kusvikira zuva rimwe pakati pekufamba, kamwe kamwe chikepe chakakwira Malin Kundang mukurwiswa nevapambi. Zvinhu zvose zvekutengesa zvevatengesi vari muchikwata zvakatorwa nevapambi. Zvechokwadi vazhinji vevashandi uye vanhu vari muchikepe vakaurayiwa nevapambi. Malin Kundang akanga ane ruzivo rwekuti haana kuurayiwa nevapambi, nokuti pazvakaitika, Malin akakurumidza kuvanza muimba duku yakafukidzwa nematanda.