THE LION'S SHARE

One day an ass and a fox entered into an agreement with the lion that they would assist each
other while hunting for food. They felt that their combined efforts would ensure that none of
them would have to starve.
Of course, both the ass and the fox were a little nervous about accompanying the lion in the hunt.
But the thought of the game they would acquire with his help, made them salivate. They put the
nervousness down to nerves.
It was an excellent hunt. The three had combed the jungle in their search for food. When they
came to a clearing by the lakeside, they dispersed.
It was decided that the ass would keep an eye out for animals to prey on; when he spotted one, he
would go up to the animal and introduce himself. The introductory bray would alert the other
two, who were hiding.
The fox would come out at first, growling at the animal. The frightened animal would try to run,
the fox would give chase and in trying to avoid him, the animal would run directly in the path of
the lion. The lion would then finish the animal off in one swoop.
In the evening, the tired but happy trio assembled in front of the lion's den with their large booty.
The lion ordered the ass to allot to each of the three partners, his due portion in the treaty.
The ass was very happy. He felt that, by asking him, the
lion had bestowed a great honour on him. Very
carefully, he divided the spoil into three equal shares.
"Sirs, I have done the needful. I modestly request the
two of you to take your shares," he said.
The lion stared at the shares for a minute. "Oh! So you
think each one of us deserves an equal share. You think
that your feeble attempts to chat with the game
compares with my efforts to kill them," he said and
jumped on the ass. He killed the ass in one second.
Then he told the terrified fox to make the division. The fox accumulated all that they had killed
into one large heap and left to himself the smallest possible share. The rest he requested the lion
to have.
"Who has taught you, my dear fellow, the art of division? You are perfect to a fraction," said the
lion, pleased as punch.
"I learned it from the ass sir, by witnessing his fate," replied the fox. He made up his mind never
to take a lion as partner in any future venture.

The Elephant's Nose

There was a time, when the elephant's nose was no bigger than a boot that he could wriggle from
side to side. But an elephant's child changed all that.
He was a curious fellow who asked ever so many questions.
He asked the ostrich why her tail feathers grew just so.
He asked the giraffe what made his skin spotty.
He asked the hippo why his eyes were red, and the baboonwhy melons tasted as they did.
"What does a crocodile have for dinner?" he asked one day.
"Shushh" said all the animals in a scared voice.
But he would not shushh.
By and by he met the Kolokolo bird. She told him where he could find an answer.
"Go to the grey, green, greasy Limpopo river," said she.
So off he went, carrying a load of bananas and sugarcane and melons. He'd be hungry on the
way, you see.
After a week of trudging and budging he reached where he had to reach.
At the edge of the river he stepped on what he thought was a log of wood. It winked one eye.
"Excuse me, but have you seen a crocodile in these parts?" asked the elephant's child politely.
The creature winked the other eye and half lifted his tail out of the mud.
"I am the crocodile," he said.
The elephant's child grew excited and kneeled down.
"I have been looking for you all these days," he said. "Will you please tell me what you have for
dinner."
SPLATH! Went the crocodile's tail back into the oozy mud.

"Come nearer little one, come nearer and I'll whisper," said the crocodile.
The elephant's child put his head down close to the
crocodile's musky tusky mouth.
And the crocodile caught him by his little nose.
The elephant's child knew he was in BIG trouble. He
sat back on his haunches. And he pulled and pulled.
The crocodile splashed in the water and pulled and
pulled.
They both pulled and pulled. And the elephant's nose kept stretching and stretching. At last the
crocodile let go.
Bfuddudd!! Fell the elephant, right on his big broad back.
He looked at his nose. He could not see where it ended! It was loooong! So long, he could swish
it around. But it hurt him awfully.
So he wrapped the nose in cool banana leaves and waited for it to shrink.
He waited and waited. But nothing happened. He could still swish it all around.
And so it remains to this day.
LooooooonG!

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 cant 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 Ill 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 Ill kill you.
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.
THE STORY OF SMART MONKEY AND DULL CROCODILE
One day there was a monkey. He wanted to cross a river. There he saw a crocodile so he asked
the crocodile to take him across the other side of the river. The crocodile agree and told the
monkey to jump on its back. Then the crocodile swam down the river with the monkey on his
top.
Unluckily, the crocodile was very hungry, he stopped in the middle of the river and said to the
monkey, My father is very sick. He has to eat the heart of the monkey. So he will be healthy
again.
At the time, the monkey was in dangerous situation and he had to think hard. Then he had a good
idea. He told the crocodile to swim back to the river bank. Whats for? asked the crocodile.
Because I dont bring my heart, said the monkey. I left it under a tree, near some coconuts in
the river bank.
The crocodile agreed and turned around. He swam back to the bank of the river. As soon as they
reached the river bank, the monkey jumped off the crocodiles back. Then he climbed up to the
top of a tree.
Where is your heart? asked the crocodile. You are foolish, said the monkey to the crocodile.
Now I am free and I have my heart.
Narrative text is often a story. A story is exploring participants thought, act and feeling. To gain
that goal, narrative text will be arranged in lot of direct speeches. The following narrative text is
structured as:
Orientation: The participants or characters of the story are a smart monkey and dull crocodile.
The time set is just one day. The story takes place in a river
Complication: Every narrative text must consist of conflict or problem. A simple definition of
problem is when something goes and it is not what we want. In the story the complication start
when the crocodile want to eats the monkey. Of course the monkey don not want to be the
crocodile's meal and that is the problem which sets the whole story.

Resolution: A problem must be resolved. It can succeed or fail. In this story, the monkey
succeeds to solve the problem. He get free from the hungry crocodile.
To have clear understanding, take a look at the following example of narrative text about the way
of a smart monkey getting free from from a hungry dull crocodile.
THE LEGEND OF TOBA LAKE
Once upon time, there was a handsome man. His name was Batara Guru Sahala. He liked
fishing. One day, he caught a fish. He was surprised to find out that the fish could talk. The fish
begged him to set it free.
Batara Guru could not bear it. He made the fish free. As soon as it was free, the fish changed into
a very beautiful woman. She attracted Batara Guru so much. He felt in love with that fishwoman. The woman wanted to marry with him and said that Batara Guru had to keep the secret
which she had been a fish. Batara Guru aggreed and promised that he would never tell anybody
about it.
They were married happily. They had two daughters. One day Batara Guru got very angry with
his daughter. He could not control his mad. He shouted angrily and got the word of fish to his
daugters. The daughters were crying. They found their mother and talked her about it.
The mother was very annoyed. Batara Guru broke his promise. The mother was shouting angrily.
Then the earth began to shake. Volcanoes started to erupt. The earth formed a very big hole.
People believed that the big hole became a lake. Then this lake is known as Toba lake.
Note on Narrative Generic Structure
ORIENTATION: The first paragraph presents information about the participant of the story. In
literary term, the participant is called as character. Orientation commonly introduces information
about WHO, WHERE and WHEN.
COMPLICATION: Paragraph two explores the niche of the story. That is conflict among the
characters of the story. This conflict will involve physical and psychological conflict. The
conflict is actually the heart of any narrative text. It will drive the participant to make effort in
solving the crisis.
RESOLUTION: The last paragraph closes the story with solving the crisis. However it can be
better or worse.