A Boy and an Apple Tree

One time, there lived a big apple tree and a boy who liked to play around under the apple tree
everyday. He was happy to climb up to the top of the tree, eat the fruit, a nap in the shade of the shade
leaves. The boy loved the apple tree. Similarly, the apple tree is very love little boy too.

Time flies. The boy had grown big and no longer playing with the apple tree every day. One day he
went to the apple tree. His face looked sad.
“Come over here and play with me,” said the apple tree.
“I’m not a little kid playing with the tree again,” replied the boy.
“I want to have toys, but I’m not having money to buy it.”
The tree replied, “Sorry, but I did not have money … but you can take all of my fruit and sell it. You can
get the money to buy toys. “
The boy was very happy. He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily. However, after that the
boy never came back. The tree was sad again.
One day the boy returned again. Tree was so excited.
“Come play with me anymore,” said the apple tree.
“I do not have the time,” replied the boy.
“I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Will you help me? “
“Sorry, but I don’t have a house. But you can cut down all of my branches to build your house”, said the
apple tree. Then the boy cut all of the branches and twigs that apple tree and left happily.
The tree was also felt happy to see the boy happy, but the boy never came back again. The tree was
lonely and sad again.
One hot summer day, the boy returned again. The tree was delighted.
“Come and play again with me,” the tree said.
“I’m sad,” said the boy.
“I’m old and want to live in peace. I want to go on vacation and sailing. Will you give me a boat to cruise?
“
“Sorry, but I don’t have a boat, but you may cut my trunk and use it to create a ship that you want. Go
sailing and have fun. “Later, the boy cut the tree trunk and makes a dream ship.
He then went sailing and never again came to the apple tree.
Finally, the boy returned again after all these years later.
“I’m sorry my son,” said the apple tree.
“I do not have apple for you anymore.”
“It’s okay. I also have no teeth to bite your fruit, “replied the boy.
“I don’t have a trunk and branches you can climb,” said the apple tree.
“Now, I’m too old for that,” replied the boy.
“I really do not have anything more can I give to you. What remains is my roots old and dying, “said the
apple tree with tears.
“I do not need anything else right now,” said the boy.
“I just need a place to rest. I was so tired after all these years. “
“Oooh, very nice. Do you know? The root of old trees is the best place to lie down and rest. Come, lay in
the arms of my roots and rest in peace. “
The boy lay in the arms of tree roots.
The tree was glad and smiled with tears in his eyes
 Pengertian Narrative Text
Disebutkan bahwa A narrative text is an imaginative story to entertain
people (teks narasi adalah cerita imaginatif yang bertujuan menghibur
orang).

Jika melihat pada kamus bahasa Inggris, secara harfiah narrative

bermakna (1) a spoken or written account of connected events; a story. (2)
the narrated part of a literary work, as distinct from dialogue. (3) the
practice or art of narration.

(Narrative bermakna : 1. sebuah cerita baik terucap atau tertulis tentang

peristiwa-peristiwa yang berhubungan. 2. bagian yang diceritakan dalam
sebuah karya sastra, berbeda dengan dialog. 3. Praktik atau seni bercerita)

Jika disimpulkan, maka sebuah narrative text adalah teks yang berisi sebuah
cerita baik tertulis ataupun tidak tertulis dan terdapat rangkaian peristiwa
yang saling terhubung.

Generic Structure dari Narrative Text

Bagi sobat yang masih duduk di bangku sekolah tingkat menengah,
penjelasan mengenai narrative texts tak usah sulit-sulit ya.. Intinya,
narrative text ini mempunyai struktur / susunan seperti di bawah ini :

 Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are
introduced.(berisi pengenalan tokoh, tempat dan waktu terjadinya cerita (siapa atau apa, kapan
dan dimana)

 Complication : Where the problems in the story developed.

(Permasalahan muncul / mulai terjadi dan berkembang)
  Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved. Masalah selesai,
--- secara baik "happy ending" ataupun buruk "bad ending".

Kadangkala susunan (generic structure) narrative text bisa berisi: Orientation, Complication,
Evaluation, Resolution dan Reorientation. Meski “Evaluation” dan “Reorientation” merupakan
optional; bisa ditambahkan dan bisa tidak. Evaluation berisi penilaian/evaluasi terhadap jalannya
cerita atau konflik. Sedangkan Reorientation berisi penyimpulan isi akhir cerita.

Jika sudah mahir membuat cerita narrative, susunannya bisa diubah-ubah

kok, yang terpenting bagian-bagian di atas masih tetap ada dalam tulisan
narrative sobat.

Grammar Used dalam Narrative Text

Grammar (tata bahasa) yang sering muncul dalam membuat narrative text
adalah:

Menggunakan tenses "Past", baik simple, past perfect, past continuous, past
perfect continuous, atau bisa saja past future continuous. (aturan ini bukan
aturan wajib yang mutlak harus dipenuhi kok. Tidak percaya, tanyakan pada
guru bahasa Inggris sobat)

Untuk lebih jelasnya, lihat contohnya di bawah ini :

Contoh Narrative Text (1)

Sincere Will Get a Great Return

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom named Auretto, all people lived peacefully there. One of them
was Charlita, the king’s daughter who was assumed as the most beautiful and kindest Princess of
Auretto.

One day, Charlita looked blue. Because of that her father got confused. “What’s the matter my
beautiful daughter? Why are you so sad?” asked King Fernando. Charlita was just silent. She did not
say anything.

Then, King Fernando decided to make a competition to cheer Charlita again. After that, the palace
representative announce: “I will make a competition. The aim is to make my daughter, Princess
Charlita to be happy and laugh again. Everyone who can do it, will get a prize. It will be held
tomorrow when the sun rises. Sign: King Fernando.”

The following morning, everybody came to the palace, tried to give their best performance. They
seemed happy and laugh, but not for Princess Charlita. She was just silent and still looked sad.
King Fernando started to give up. No one amused his daughter. Then, there came a young handsome
man. “Excuse me King Fernando. I would like to join your competition. But, would you mind if I took
Princess Charlita for a walk?” said the young man gently. “As long as you make my daughter be happy
again, it will totally alright.” said King Fernando. The young handsome man took Princess Charlita for
a walk in a beautiful blue lake with a green forest around it. Princess Charlita smiled and looked happy
after that. Every body looked happy, too. “I know why are you so my beautiful daughter. Now, I
promise I will environment green. I regret for always destroying it. Finally, the environment around
the kingdom became so beautiful and green, full of plants. Then, the young handsome man got a prize
from the king. “I will marry you off my daughter.” said him. “That is the prize I promise for you.
Thanks for keeping our environment well. Thanks for making my daughter happy again.”

Contoh Narrative Text (2)

The Legend of Rawa Pening

Once upon a time, there was a little poor boy came into a little village. He was very hungry
and weak. He knocked at every door and asked for some food, but nobody cared about him. Nobody
wanted to help the little boy.

Finally, a generous woman helped him. She gave him shelter and a meal. When the boy wanted to
leave, this old woman gave him a “lesung”, a big wooden mortar for pounding rice. She reminded him,
“please remember, if there is a flood you must save yourself. Use this “lesung” as a boat”. The
“lesung” was happy and thanked the old woman.The little boy continued his journey. While he was
passing through the village, he saw many people gathering on the field. The boy came closer and saw
a stick stuck in the ground. People challenged each other to pull out that stick. Everybody tried, but
nobody succeeded. “Can I try?” asked the little boy. The crowd laughed mockingly. The boy wanted to
try his luck so he stepped forward and pulled out the stick. He could do it very easily. Everybody was
dumbfounded.

Suddenly, from the hole left by stick, water spouted out. It did not stop until it flooded the village. And
no one was saved from the water except the little boy and the generous old woman who gave him
shelter and meal. As she told him, he used the “lesung” as a boat and picked up the old woman. The
whole village became a huge lake. It is now known as Rawa Pening Lake in Salatiga, Central Java,
Indonesia.

Penjelasan Narrative Text (untuk tingkat Mahir)

Untuk mengetahui definisi dan penjelasan tentang narration (narrative text)
sobat mahasiswa dan mahasiswi bisa membaca buku buku tentang writing di
perpustakaan terdekat dan terlengkap, dan disini saya hanya akan
mengutipkan pendapat Thomas S. Kane (2000: 363-364) di bawah ini:
A narrative is a meaningful sequence of events told in words. It is sequential
in that the events are ordered, not merely random. Sequence always
involves an arrangement in time (and usually other arrangements as well). A
straightforward movement from the first event to the last constitutes the
simplest chronology. However, chronology is sometimes complicated by
presenting the events in another order: for example, a story may open with
the final episode and then flash back to all that preceded it.

A narrative has meaning in that it conveys an evaluation of some kind. The

writer reacts to the story he or she tells, and states or implies that reaction.
This is the "meaning," sometimes called the "theme," of a story. Meaning
must always be rendered. The writer has to do more than tell us the truth he
sees in the story; he must manifest that truth in the characters and the
action.

Characters and action are the essential elements of any story. Also
important, but not as essential, is the setting, the place where the action
occurs. Characters are usually people—sometimes actual people, as in
history books or newspaper stories, sometimes imaginary ones, as in novels.
Occasionally characters are animals (as in an Aesop fable), and sometimes a
dominant feature of the environment functions almost like a character (the
sea, an old house).

The action is what the characters say and do and anything that happens to
them, even if it arises from a nonhuman source—a storm, for instance, or a
fire. Action is often presented in the form of a plot. Action is, so to speak,
the raw material; plot, the finished product, the fitting together of the bits
and pieces of action into a coherent pattern. Usually, though not invariably,
plot takes the form of a cause-and effect chain: event A produces event B; B
leads to C; C to D; and so on until the final episode, X. In a well-constructed
plot of this kind we can work back from X to A and see the connections that
made the end of the story likely and perhaps inevitable.

Stories can be very long and complicated, with many characters, elaborate
plots, and subtle interpenetration of character, action, and setting. In writing
that is primarily expository, however, narratives are shorter and simpler.
Most often they are factual rather than imaginary, as when an historian
describes an event. And often in exposition an illustration may involve a
simple narrative. Being able to tell a story, then, while not the primary
concern of the expository writer, is a skill which he or she will now and again
be called upon to use.

Referensi :
Kane, Thomas. S. 2000.The Oxford Essential Guide to Writing. New York:
Barkley Books.
The Legend of Rawa Pening

Once upon a time, there was a little poor boy came into a little village. He was very hungry and weak. He
knocked at every door and asked for some food, but nobody cared about him. Nobody wanted to help
the little boy.

Finally, a generous woman helped him. She gave him shelter and a meal. When the boy wanted to leave,
this old woman gave him a “lesung”, a big wooden mortar for pounding rice. She reminded him, “please
remember, if there is a flood you must save yourself. Use this “lesung” as a boat”. The “lesung” was
happy and thanked the old woman.The little boy continued his journey. While he was passing through
the village, he saw many people gathering on the field. The boy came closer and saw a stick stuck in the
ground. People challenged each other to pull out that stick. Everybody tried, but nobody succeeded.
“Can I try?” asked the little boy. The crowd laughed mockingly. The boy wanted to try his luck so he
stepped forward and pulled out the stick. He could do it very easily. Everybody was dumbfounded.

Suddenly, from the hole left by stick, water spouted out. It did not stop until it flooded the village. And
no one was saved from the water except the little boy and the generous old woman who gave him
shelter and meal. As she told him, he used the “lesung” as a boat and picked up the old woman. The
whole village became a huge lake. It is now known as Rawa Pening Lake in Salatiga, Central Java,
Indonesia.