Narrative text : “Monkey and Crocodile”

Sabtu, 14 November 2009

One day a monkey wanted to cross a river. He saw a crocodile in the river, so he
asked the crocodile to take him across the other side. The crocodile told the monkey to
jump on its back. Then the crocodile swam down the river.
Now, the crocodile was very hungry, so when it was in the middle of the river, it stopped
and said to the monkey, ”Monkey, my father is very sick. He must eat the heart of the
monkey. Then he will be strong again.”
The monkey thought for a while. Then he told the crocodile to swim back to the river
bank.
“What’s for?” asked the crocodile.
“Because I didn’t bring my heart with me,” said the monkey. “I left it under the tree, near
some coconuts.”
So, the crocodile turned around and swam back to the bank of the river. As soon as they
reached the river bank, the monkey jumped off the crocodile’s back and climbed up to the
top of a tree.
“Where is your heart?” asked the crocodile.
“You are foolish,” the monkey said to the crocodile. “Now I am free and you have
nothing.”
The monkey told the crocodile not to try to fool him again. The crocodile swam away,
hungry.

Narrative text : “Three Fish”

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Once three fish lived in a pond. One evening, some fishermen passed by the pond
and saw the fish. ‘This pond is full of fish’, they told each other excitedly. ‘we have never
fished here before. We must come back tomorrow morning with our nets and catch these
fish!’ So saying, the fishermen left.
When the eldest of the three fish heard this, he was troubled. He called the other fish
together and said, ‘Did you hear what the fishermen said? W must leave this pond at
once. The fishermen will return tomorrow and kill us all!’ The second of the three fish
agreed. ‘You are right’, he said. ‘We must leave the pond.’
But the youngest fish laughed. ‘You are worrying without reason’, he said. ‘We have
lived in this pond all our lives, and no fisherman has ever come here. Why should these
men return? I am not going anywhere – my luck will keep me safe’.
The eldest of the fish left the pond that very evening with his entire family. The second
fish saw the fishermen coming in the distance early next morning and left the pond at
once with all his family. The third fish refused to leave even then.
The fishermen arrived and caught all the fish left in the pond. The third fish’s luck did not
help him – he was caught and killed.
Narrative text : “The Princess and the
Pea”
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There once was a prince who wanted to marry a princess, but it had to be real
princess. So he went all over the world looking for a real princess. Everywhere he met
young ladies told him they were real princess, but could never be completely sure that
this was true. There was always something about them that did not seem quite right. And
so, after along time, the prince went back home to his parents and was very sad.
One evening there was a terrible storm. It rained heavily and there was thunder and
lightning in the sky above the royal castle. Then there was a knock at the castle gate. The
old king went out to see who it could be.
A princess was standing outside the gate. The rain ran down over her hair and clothes and
into her shoes. She told the king that she was a real princess, and he asked her to come
inside.
“Well, said the old queen. We’ll soon find out if that is true. She went into the guest
bedroom and took the mattress and blanket of the bed. Then she put a little green pea on
the bed. She put twenty mattress on top of the pea, and then twenty mattress on top of the
pea, and then twenty blankets on top of the mattress. This was where the princess was
going to spend the night.
The next morning the queen asked the princess how she had slept.
“oh, it was terrible” answered the princess. Í didn’t close my eyes all night. I don’t know
what was in my bed, but I lay on something hard, and now I am black and blue all over. It
was quite a terrible night.”
Now, the king, the queen and the prince could be sure that this was a real princess she
had felt the little pea trough twenty mattresses and twenty blankets. Only a real princess
will be able to do that.
So the prince married the princess and the pea was put in a museum for everyone to see,
unless someone has taken it, it’s still there today.

Narrative text : “Golden Eggs”

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Long time ago a remote village, in central China was inhabited mainly with
farmers and hunters.
One day, a poor farmer lost his entire livestock to flood. He prayed hard to God for help
or his family would die of starvation.
Few days later, an old man with long grey beard, passed by his house took pity on him.
He gave him a goose and said “ I don’t have any expensive thing to give you and hope
this goose will help you to ease your hardship.”
A week later to almost surprise the farmer found and egg in his yard. This was no
ordinary egg. It was a golden egg. He was suddenly overcome with joy.
Thereafter, his livelihood had rapidly improved but the farmer had forgotten his earlier
hardship. He became lazy, arrogant and spendthrift.
Strangely, the goose only laid one golden egg every six months. The greedy farmer lost
his patient and slaughtered his goose thinking there were plenty of golden eggs inside its
stomach.
Though he very much regretted for his foolishness, it’s already too late.

Narrative text : “Snow White”

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Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her
aunt and uncle because her parents were dead.
One day she heard her uncle and aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle
because they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take
Snow White.
Snow White didn’t want her uncle and aunt to do this so she decided it would be best if
she ran away. The next morning she ran away from home when her aunt and uncle were
having breakfast. She ran away into the woods.
Then she saw a little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and
fell asleep.
Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside. There
they found Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The
dwarfs said, “What’s your name?” Snow White said, “My name is Snow White.”
Doc, one of the dwarfs said, “If you wish, you may live here with us.” Snow White said,
“Oh could I? Thank you.” Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and Snow
White and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.

Contoh / Narrative Text in "Romeo and

Juliet's Romantic and Tragic Story"
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In the town of Verona there lived two families, the Capulets and the Montagues. They
engaged in a bitter feud. Among the Montagues was Romeo, a hot-blooded young man
with an eye for the ladies. One day, Romeo attended the feast of the Capulets', a costume
party where he expected to meet his love, Rosaline, a haughty beauty from a well-to-do
family. Once there, however, Romeo's eyes felt upon Juliet, and he thought of Rosaline
no more.

The vision of Juliet had been invading his every thought. Unable to sleep, Romeo
returned late that night to the Juliet's bedroom window. There, he was surprised to find
Juliet on the balcony, professing her love for him and wishing that he were not a
"Montague", a name behind his own. "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by
any other name would smell as sweet." Romeo was ready to deny his name and professed
his love. The two agreed to meet at nine o-clock the next morning to be married.

Early the next morning, Romeo came to Friar Lawrence begging the friar to marry him to
Juliet. The Friar performed the ceremony, praying that the union might someday put an
end to the feud between the two families. He advised Romeo kept the marriage a secret
for a time.

On the way home, Romeo chanced upon his friend Mercutio arguing with Tybalt, a
member of the Capulet clan. That qurreling last caused Merquito died. Romeo was
reluctant no longer. He drew his sword and slew Tybalt died. Romeo realized he had
made a terrible mistake. Then Friar Lawrence advised Romeo to travel to Mantua until
things cool down. He promised to inform Juliet.
In the other hand, Juliet's father had decided the time for her to marry with Paris. Juliet
consulted Friar Lawrence and made a plot to take a sleeping potion for Juliet which
would simulate death for three days. The plot proceeded according to the plan. Juliet was
sleeping in death.

Unfortunately, The Friar's letter failed to reach Romeo. Under the cover of darkness, he
broke into Juliet's tomb. Romeo kissed the lips of his Juliet one last time and drank the
poison. Meanwhile, the effects of the sleeping potion wear off. Juliet woke up calling for
Romeo. She found her love next to her but was lying dead, with a cup of poison in his
hand. She tried to kiss the poison from his lips, but failed. Then Juliet put out his dagger
and plunged it into her breast. She died

The Old Woman and The Sparrow

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The Old Woman and The Sparrow
Once upon a time, there lived a kind hearted man and his wife. One morning, his wife
found a poor little sparrow. She took it gently and fed it. To show its gratitude, the
sparrow stayed with them and sang every morning. But there was an ill-tempered old
woman who didn't like the sparrow. She cut the sparrow's tongue. That's why the bird
flew away to its previous nest.

Knowing that their sparrow flew away, the kind man and his wife looked for the sparrow.
They walked a long way, crossed the bridges, climbed the mountains and passed the
woods.

At last, they could find the sparrow's nest. The sparrow welcomed them and provided a
feast for them. Before they went home, the sparrow brought two baskets; one was large
and looked heavy, and the other one was small and light. The sparrow asked them to
choose only one. They chose the small and that was the best choice. There were many
rolls of silk and piles of gold in it.
Being jealous, the ill-tempered old woman did the same thing as the kind man and his
wife did. She chose the big basket which actually contained wasps and venomous
crawlers, such as scorpions, centipedes, and other horrible creatures. Finally, aaathey
stung and bit her to death.

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The Purse of Gold
A beggar found a leather purse that someone had dropped in a market place. Opening it,
he discovered that it contained 100 pieces of gold. Then he heard a merchant shouted, "A
reward! A reaward to the one who find my leather purse!"

Being an honest man, the beggar came forward and handed the purse to the merchant
saying, "Here is your purse. Will you keep your word to give a reward now?"

"Reward?" scoffed the merchant greedily counting the amount of gold. "The purse I
dropped had 200 pieces of gold in it. You've already stolen more than the reward I'll give
to you.! Go away or I'll tell you to the police."

"I'm an honest man," said the beggar defiantly. "Let's take this matter to the court!" In the
court, the judge patiently listened to both sides of the story and said, "I believe you both.
Justice is possible! Merchant, you stated that the purse you lost contained 200 pieces of
gold. Well, that's a considerable cost. But the purse the beggar found had only 100 pieces
of gold. Therefore, it couldn't be the one you lost."

And, with that, the judge gave the purse and all the golds to the beggar.
A Legend of Candy Cane
A candy maker in Indiana wanted to make a candy that would be a witness, so he made
the Christmas Candy Cane. He incorporated several symbols for the birth, ministry, and
death of Jesus Christ.

He began with a stick of pure white, hard candy. White to symbolize the Virgin Birth and
the sinless nature of Jesus, and hard to symbolize the Solid Rock, the foundation of the
church, and firmness of the promises of God.

The candy maker made the candy in the form of a "J" to represent the precious name of
Jesus, who came to earth as our Savior. It also represents the staff of the "Good
Shepherd" with which He reaches down into the ditches of the world to lift out the fallen
lambs who, like all sheep, have gone astray.

Thinking that the candy was somewhat plain, the candy maker stained it with red stripes.
He used the tree small stripes to show the stripes of the scourging Jesus received by
which we are healed. The large red stripe was for the blood shed by Jesus on the Cross so
that we could have the promise of eternal life, if only we put our faith and trust in Him.
Unfortunately, the candy became known as a Candy Cane - a meaningless decoration
seen at Christmas time. But the meaning is still there for those who "have eyes to see and
ears to hear".

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The Princess and The Pea

There once was a prince who wanted to marry a princess, but it had to be real princess.
So he went all over the world looking for a real princess. Everywhere he met young
ladies told him they were real princess, but could never be completely sure that this was
true. There was always something about them that did not seem quite right. And so, after
along time, the prince went back home to his parents and was very sad.

One evening there was a terrible storm. It rained heavily and there was thunder and
lightning in the sky above the royal castle. Then there was a knock at the castle gate. The
old king went out to see who it could be.

A princess was standing outside the gate. The rain ran down over her hair and clothes and
into her shoes. She told the king that she was a real princess, and he asked her to come
inside.

“Well, said the old queen. We’ll soon find out if that is true. She went into the guest
bedroom and took the mattress and blanket of the bed. Then she put a little green pea on
the bed. She put twenty mattress on top of the pea, and then twenty mattress on top of the
pea, and then twenty blankets on top of the mattress. This was where the princess was
going to spend the night.

The next morning the queen asked the princess how she had slept.

“oh, it was terrible” answered the princess. Í didn’t close my eyes all night. I don’t know
what was in my bed, but I lay on something hard, and now I am black and blue all over. It
was quite a terrible night.”

Now, the king, the queen and the prince could be sure that this was a real princess she
had felt the little pea trough twenty mattresses and twenty blankets. Only a real princess
will be able to do that.

So the prince married the princess and the pea was put in a museum for everyone to see,
unless someone has taken it, it’s still there today.

Example of Narrative Text;

The Smartest Parrot
Once upon time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it. The
parrot could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name of the
place where it was born. The name of the place was Catano.
The man felt excited having the smartest parrot but he could not understand why the
parrot would not say Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano however the
bird kept not saying the word.
At the first, the man was very nice to the bird but then he got very angry. “You stupid
bird!” pointed the man to the parrot. “Why can’t you say the word? Say Catano! Or I will
kill you” the man said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say
it. Then the man got so angry and shouted to the bird over and over; “Say Catano or I’ll
kill you”. The bird kept not to say the word of Catano.
One day, after he had been trying so many times to make the bird say Catano, the man
really got very angry. He could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw it into the
chicken house. There were four old chickens for next dinner “You are as stupid as the
chickens. Just stay with them” Said the man angrily. Then he continued to humble; “You
know, I will cut the chicken for my meal. Next it will be your turn, I will eat you too,
stupid parrot”. After that he left the chicken house.
The next day, the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and was very
surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the chicken house. There were three death
chickens on the floor. At the moment, the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at
the last old chicken; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”.
Notes on Narrative Text
It is important to know that the social function of the narrative text is to inform and
entertain. Narrative text will tell the story with amusing way. It provides an esthetic
literary experience to the reader. Narrative text is written based on life experience. In
literary term, experience is what we do, feel, hear, read, even what we dream.
Narrative text is organized focusing at character oriented. It is build using descriptive
familiar language and dialogue. There are some genres of literary text which fit to be
classified as the narrative text. Some of them are:
* Folktales, it includes fables, legend, myth, or realistic tales
* Mysteries, fantasy, science or realistic fiction
Commonly, narrative text is organized by the story of grammar. It will be beginning,
middle and end of the story. To build this story grammar, narrative text need plot. This
plot will determine the quality of the story. Plot is a series of episodes which holds the
reader’ attention while they are reading the story.
Conflict is the main important element of the plot. This conflict among the characters will
drive the story progress. In this conflict, readers will be shown how the characters face
the problem and how they have ability to handle that problem
Analysis the Generic Structure
Orientation: It sets the scene and introduces the participants/characters. In that parrot
story, the first paragraph is the orientation where reader finds time and place set up and
also the participant as the background of the story. A man and his parrot took place once
time.
Complication: It explores the conflict in the story. It will show the crisis, rising crisis
and climax of the story. In the parrot story, paragraph 2, 3, 4 are describing the
complication. Readers will find that the man face a problem of why the parrot can not say
Catano. To fix this problem, the man attempted to teach the bird. How hard he tried to
teach the bird is the excitement element of the complication.
Resolution: It shows the situation which the problems have been resolved. It must be our
note that “resolved” means accomplished whether succeed or fail. In the last paragraph of
the smartest parrot story, readers see the problem is finished. The parrot could talk the
word which the man wanted. The parrot said the word with higher degree than the man
taught the word to it. That was the smartest parrot.