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Narrative Text
The
Ugly Duckling
One upon time, a mother duck sat on her eggs. She felt tired
of sitting on them. She just wished the eggs would break out.
Several days later, she got her wish. The eggs cracked and
some cute little ducklings appeared. "Peep, peep" the little
ducklings cried. "Quack, quack" their mother greeted in return.
However the largest egg had not cracked. The mother duck sat
on it for several days. Finally, it cracked and a huge ugly duckling waddled
out. The mother duck looked at him in surprise. He was so big and very gray. He
didn't look like the others at all. He was like a turkey.
When the mother duck brought the children to the pond for
their first swimming lesson., the huge grey duckling splashed and paddled about
just as nicely as the other ducklings did. "That is not a turkey chick. He
is my very own son and quite handsome" the mother said proudly.
However, the other animals didn't agree. They hissed and
made fun of him day by day. Even his own sisters and brothers were very unkind.
"You are very ugly" they quacked.
The little poor duckling was very unhappy. "I wish I
looked like them" he thought to himself. One day, the ugly duckling run
away and hid in the bushes. The sad duckling lived alone through the cold and
snow winter. Finally the spring flowers began to bloom. While he was swimming
in the pond, he saw three large white swans swimming toward him. "Oh,
dear. these beautiful birds will laugh and peck me too" he said to
himself. But the swans did not attack him. Instead, they swam around him and
stroked him with their bills. As the ugly duckling bent his neck to speak to
them, he saw his reflection in the water. He could not believe his eyes.
"I am not an ugly duckling but a beautiful swam" he exclaimed.
He was very happy. From that day on, he swam and played with
his new friends and was happier than he had never been.
Queen of Arabia and
Three Sheiks
Maura, who like
to be thought of as the most beautiful and powerful queen of Arabia, had many
suitors. One by one she discarded them, until her list was reduced to just
three sheiks. The three sheiks were all equally young and handsome. They were
also rich and strong. It was very hard to decide who would be the best of them.
One evening,
Maura disguised herself and went to the camp of the three sheiks. As they were
about to have dinner, Maura asked them for something to eat. The first gave her
some left over food. The second Sheik gave her some unappetizing camel’s tail.
The third sheik, who was called Hakim, offered her some of the most tender and
tasty meat. After dinner, the disguised queen left the sheik’s camp.
The following
day, the queen invited the three sheiks to dinner at her palace. She ordered
her servant to give each one exactly what they had given her the evening
before. Hakim, who received a plate of delicious meat, refused to eat it if the
other two sheiks could not share it with him.
This Sheik
Hakim’s act finally convinced Queen Maura that he was the man for her. “Without
question, Hakim is the most generous of you” she announced her choice to the
sheiks. “So it is Hakim I will marry”.
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”.
The Mouse Deer And Crocodile
Once upon time there were a smart mouse deer. He lived near
a river. The mouse deer used to go to the river to drink.
One day, the mouse deer was thirsty. He wanted to drink in
the river but he knew that crocodiles were staying and waiting underwater to
eat him. He thought hard and got bright idea. He said out loudly. “I will put
in my leg and find out whether the water is warm or not” Of course the mouse
deer did not do what he said. He did not put his leg but the mouse deer took a
wood stick and put one end into the water. Blurrr…! Surely a crocodile grabbed
the wood stick and pulled it underwater. Seeing that, the mouse deer laughed
and said “Stupid crocodile! Can’t you see the difference between a wood stick
and a leg?” Then the mouse deer ran to another side of the river and drink some
water.
On the following day, the mouse deer was hungry. He wanted
to eat some grass on the side of the river so he had to to cross the dangerous
river which was full of crocodiles. Again he thought hard and found another
smart idea and said loudly “Crocodiles come up!” then some crocodiles rose from
the water. They looked happy and saw their sharp teeth and said “Hello, Mouse
Deer. Do you come to be my lunch? We are hungry” The mouse deer just smiled and
replied. “Sorry, Crocodiles, not today, I come to you to bring an invitation
from the king. You are invited to the party. The king ordered me to count all
crocodiles in this river so he knew how to prepare enough meal for you.”All the
crocodiles felt happy and said “Really…? Tell us what to do,” said a crocodile.
“You have to line up from this side of the river to the other side,” said the
mouse deer. Not long after that the crocodile got all his friends and family.
He ordered to lined up across the river.
The mouse deer then jumped on the Crocodile’s back. “One,”
the mouse deer counted. He jumped onto the next crocodile, “Two.” And he jumped
again on the next crocodile, “Three.” he kept jumping until he arrived on the
other side of the river. “Just enough,” said the mouse deer. “I have counted
all of you” He laughed and ran to the field of grass.
The Crow and The Jug
On a hot day, a thirsty crow flew over a field looking for
water. For a long time, she could not find any. She left very exhausted. She
almost gave up.
Suddenly, she saw water jug below her. She flew straight
down to see if there was any water inside. It was surprised because there was
some water inside the jug.
The crow tried to push her head into the jug. Sadly she
found that the neck of the jug was too narrow. Then she tried to push the jug
down for the water to flow out but she found that the jug was too heavy.
The crow thought hard for a while. Then she was looking
around. She saw some pebbles. She suddenly had a good idea. She started picking
up the pebbles one by one, dropping it into the jug. As more and more pebbles
filled the jug, the water level kept rising. Soon it was high enough for the
crow to drink. “It’s working” she said.
The Rabbit And The Bear
Once upon a time, there lived as neighbors, a bear and a
rabbit. The rabbit was a good shot. In contrary, the bear was always clumsy and
could not use the arrow to good advantage.
One day, the bear called over the rabbit and asked the
rabbit to take his bow and arrows and came with bear to the other side of the
hill. The rabbit was preventing to arouse the bear’s anger so he could not
refuse it. He consented and went with the bear and shot enough buffalo to
satisfy the hungry family. Indeed he shot and killed so many that there was
lots of meat left after the bear and his family had loaded themselves and
packed all they could carry home.
The bear was very gluttonous and did not want the rabbit to
get any of the meat. The rabbit could not even taste the blood from the
butchering as the bear would throw earth on the blood and dry it up. The poor
rabbit would have to go home hungry after his hard day’s work.
The bear was the father of five children. The youngest child
was very kind to the rabbit. He was very hearty eater. The mother bear always
gave him an extra large piece of meat but the youngest child did not eat it. He
would take it outside with him and pretended to play ball with the meat. He
kicked toward the rabbit’s house and when he got close to the door he would
give the meat with such a great kick. The meat would fly into the rabbit’s
house. In this way, the poor rabbit would get his meal unknown to the papa
bear.
The Mouse Deer and The Elephant
One day, there was a mouse deer. He was trapped in a hole
that had been made by a group of hunters.
The mouse deer screamed for help but no one heard him. It
was hopeless for him to escape from the trap. He waited and waited and finally
an elephant came. He was happy and asked for help but the elephant was not
smart enough to help him. The elephant did not know how to do.
In the end, the mouse deer got a bright idea. He said to the
elephant, “Come down here! Come down to this hole so you can help me get out!”
Foolishly The elephant agreed and followed the mouse deer’s order. The elephant
jumped down to the hole.
Of course the mouse deer quickly hopped on the elephant’s
body and then hopped out of the hole. He was free and leaving the elephant
trapped in the hole in turn.
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA:
EXAMPLE OF NARRATIVE TEXT IN LOVE STORY
Mark Antony became one of the three rulers of the Roman
Empire, together with Octavius Caesar and Lepidus, and was responsible for the
eastern part of the empire. He fell in love with Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt.
As his wife had just died Antony married Octavius’ sister,
Octavia, in an attempt to heal the rift between the two emperors. When
Cleopatra heard about Antony’s marriage she flew into a jealous rage as she
knew that Antony did not love Octavia. Antony went to Athens when war broke out
between Caesar and Pompey, Antony sent Octavia back to Rome and he returned to
Egypt.
Caesar was very angry with Antony’s behaviour and he
declared war on both Antony and Cleopatra. When the Romans arrived, Antony was
offered a choice of how to fight. He chose to fight on sea. The Egyptian navy
was inadequate. When Cleopatra’s navy turned and fled, Antony followed them.
Caesar defeated him.
Antony got news that Cleopatra was dead. Antony was
devastated and decided to kill himself. He wounded himself without dying. His
followers took him to Cleopatra’s tomb, where he died in her arms.
The Three Feathers Story
Once upon time There was a king who had
three sons. The two son were clever. The third son did not speak much so he was
called Simpleton. When the king had become old, he did not know which son
should become the king.
Then he got a bright idea and said; “Go
forth, who brings me the most beautiful carpet will be king after me”. He blew
three feathers in the air, and said: “You should go as they fly”. One feather
flew to the east, the second to the west, but the third flew straight up and
did not fly far.
So one brother went to the right, and
the other to the left. Simpleton was sad because his feather did not fly far.
Then all at once he saw a trap-door close to the feather. He found some steps,
and went down the door. Then he came to another door, knocked at it. The door
opened, and he saw a fat toad sitting. She asked what he wanted. He answered;
“I should get the prettiest and finest carpet in the world”. Then she called a
young toad; “Bring me the great box!”
The young toad brought the box. The fat
toad opened it, and gave simpleton a carpet out of it. The carpet was so
beautiful. So Simpleton thanked her, and brought it to the kingdom. Meanwhile
his brothers just got some coarse handkerchiefs from a shepherds’ wives whom
they had met. When the king saw Simpleton’s carpet he was very astonished and
said; ” Well, the kingdom belongs to the Simpleton”. But his two brothers
argued that it was impossible that simpleton should be king, They asked the
king to make a new agreement.
Then the father said; “Who brings me
the most beautiful ring will inherit the kingdom”. He blew three feathers,
which they were to follow. Those of the two eldest again went east and west,
and simpleton’s feather flew straight up, and fell down near the trap-door.
Again the fat toad gave him a ring sparkled with jewels. Meanwhile his two
brothers just got old carriage-rings. However they did not cease from tormenting
the king until he made a third condition.
So the king declared; Who brings the
most beautiful woman home will be the king”. He again blew the three feathers
into the air. Then Simpleton went down to the fat toad, and said; “I am to take
home the most beautiful woman”. The she gave him a yellow turnip which had been
hollowed out. Mournfully Simpleton said; “What am I to do with it?”. The toad
answered; “Just put one of my little toads into it!”. Then Simpleton seized one
little toad and put her into the yellow coach. Surprisingly the little toad
turned into a beautiful maiden. So Simpleton took her to the king. On the other
hand, his brother brought peasant women to the kingdom.
When the king saw the women he said;
“After my death the kingdom belongs to my youngest son”. But the two eldest
brothers kept arguing that whose wife could leap through a ring which hung in
the center of the hall would be the king. The king agreed. Then the two peasant
women jumped through the ring but they fell which made their arms and legs
broke. On the other hand, the pretty maiden sprang through the ring as lightly
as a deer which made the two peasants ceased. So Simpleton received the crown
and ruled wisely the kingdom.
The Story of the Smart Farmer and the Dull Tiger
A story between a farmer, buffalo and
tiger construct an example of narrative text. Built with direct indirect speech
feature
Once there was a farmer from Laos. Every morning and every
evening, he ploughed his field with his buffalo.
One day, a tiger saw the farmer and his buffalo working in
the field. The tiger was very surprised to see a big animal listening to a
small animal. The tiger wanted to know more about the big animal and the small
animal.
After the man went home, the tiger spoke to the buffalo;
“you are so big and strong. Why do you do everything the man tells you?” The
buffalo answered; “oh, the man is very intelligent”.
The tiger asked; “can you tell me how intelligent he is?”.
“No, I can’t tell you”, said the buffalo; “but you can ask him”
So the next day the tiger asked to the man; “Can I see your
intelligence?”. But the man answered; “it at home”. “Can you go and get it?”
asked the tiger. “Yes” said the man; “but I am afraid you will kill my buffalo
when I am gone. Can I tie you to a tree?”
After the man tied the tiger to the tree, he didn’t go home
to get his intelligence. He took his plough and hit the tiger. Then he said;
“Now you know about my intelligence even you haven’t seen it.
The Story of Rainbow – Narrative Text Example
A long time ago, there was a farmer. He had a small farm.
One day he found that a wall which he had built on previous days was getting
knocked down. The farmer did not know who or what made it. Because he felt
tired of this happening the farmer decided to catch who should be responsible.
One evening, while the farmer was in guard he heard
something strange near that wall, then he ran to find out who or what it was.
It was surprising him because there were three star maidens there. When they
saw the farmer was approaching, they tried to escape. Two of the star maidens
could run and escape but one of them was left behind.
The farmer then caught the star maiden. She was beautiful
and soon the farmer felt in love with her. Because he was afraid that the star
maiden would run away, the farmer hid her magical wings so she could not fly
anymore. the farmer and the star maiden got married.
Time went by they live together and got a beautiful baby
boy. They lived happily for a long time, until one day, the star maiden found
her magical wings near their house. She wore her wings back and flew with her
son next to her. The farmer was alone and heart broken.
The gods saw the tears of the farmer. They felt pity of him
so they decided to build a bridge of different colors for him to climb to the
sky and see his son and wife.
Story of Batara Kala
Once there was an evil giant. He was called Batara Kala. He
liked to kill people, especially children. His hair was was made form fire.
Everybody was frightened of him.
One day, The chief of
gods, Batara Guru, invited all the gods and goddesses to drink sacred
water in Paradise. The water was called Tirta Amertasari. Anyone who drank the
water, he or she would live forever.
Because Batara Kala was not invited, he secretly flew into
Paradise and stole some of the water and drank it. Unfortunately the god of
Sun, Batara Surya, and the goddess of
Moon, Batara Chandra, knew what he did. They reported what Batara Kala had done
to Batara Visnu, the keeper god of universe.
Batara Visnu took his weapon, Cakra, and shot it to Batara Kala. It hit him on the neck.
Batara Kala’s body was separated from head at once but his head was alive. He
was very furious with Batara Surya and Batara Chandra. He swore to take revenge
on them.
The giant, Batara Kala, then chased Batara Surya and Batara
Chandra. He swallowed them up. Fortunately, Batara Surya and Batari Chandra
could escape from Batara Kala’s throat because he had no longer his body.
CINDERELLA STORY
Once upon a time, there was a young girl named Cinderella.
She lived with her step mother and two step sisters.
The step mother and sisters were conceited and bad tempered.
They treated Cinderella very badly. Her step mother made Cinderella do the
hardest works in the house; such as scrubbing the floor, cleaning the pot and
pan and preparing the food for the family. The two step sisters, on the other
hand, did not work about the house. Their mother gave them many handsome
dresses to wear.
One day, the two step sister received an invitation to the
ball that the king’s son was going to give at the palace. They were excited
about this and spent so much time choosing the dresses they would wear. At
last, the day of the ball came, and away went the sisters to it. Cinderella
could not help crying after they had left.
“Why are crying, Cinderella?” a voice asked. She looked up
and saw her fairy godmother standing beside her, “because I want so much to go
to the ball” said Cinderella. “Well” said the godmother,”you’ve been such a
cheerful, hardworking, uncomplaining girl that I am going to see that you do go
to the ball”.
Magically, the fairy godmother changed a pumpkin into a fine
coach and mice into a coachman and two footmen. Her godmother tapped
Cinderella’s raged dress with her wand, and it became a beautiful ball gown.
Then she gave her a pair of pretty glass slippers. “Now, Cinderella”, she said;
“You must leave before midnight”. Then away she drove in her beautiful coach.
Cinderella was having a wonderfully good time. She danced
again and again with the king’s son. Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve,
she ran toward the door as quickly as she could. In her hurry, one of her glass
slipper was left behind.
A few days later, the king’ son proclaimed that he would
marry the girl whose feet fitted the glass slipper. Her step sisters tried on
the slipper but it was too small for them, no matter how hard they squeezed
their toes into it. In the end, the king’s page let Cinderella try on the
slipper. She stuck out her foot and the page slipped the slipper on. It fitted
perfectly.
Finally, she was driven to the palace. The king’s son was
overjoyed to see her again. They were married and live happily ever after.
The Legend of Toba
Lake
One of the best tourism object in Sumatra, Toba lake. How it
was formed. This is the legend as example of narrative text
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 fish-woman. 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.
The Story of Mouse
Deer and Farmer
Cover sebuah buku tentang cerita kancil mencuri timun. Dalam
bahasa Inggrisnya “Mouse deer steals cucumbers”
Once there were a mouse deer and a farmer. The farmer
planted cucumber in his farm. In the same time the mouse deer was trying to
steal the cucumbers.
One day, when the mouse deer wanted to steal the cucumber,
he saw a scarecrow int the farmer’s field. He was frightened in the first time
but soon found that the scarecrow could not scare off him. Even he punched the
scarecrow with his front leg. Unluckily his front leg got stuck in the
scarecrow because the farmer had filled it with strong adhesive glue.
The mouse deer forcefully tried to pull out his leg, but it
did not work. The glue was too strong for him to set free. Not long after that,
the farmer came. The farmer was satisfied to his work. The mouse deer was
finally trapped. Then the farmer put the mouse deer in a cage.
The mouse deer was really in a big trouble as the farmer’s
dog came approaching him. The dog said that the mouse deer would be cut and
cooked for the following morning. In such dangerous situation, the mouse deer
kept calm even relaxed. Of course it made the dog confused and asked the mouse
deer why he was not scared. So the mouse
deer answered,” I’ll not be cooked but I’ll be a prince” Hearing the answer,
the dog became more confused then the mouse deer continued. “I’m going to marry
the farmer’s daughter so I’m going to be a prince. I am sad about you. You have
loyalties but they are paid just like this” The mouse deer knew that the dog
felt unhappy and continued proudly, “Now, look at me! I’ll become a prince in
this house tomorrow”
The dog felt discriminated and asked the mouse deer to
switch place. The dog thought that by switching place with the mouse deer in
the cage, he would become a prince. The mouse deer agreed. Soon the dog opened
the cage and let the mouse deer free.
Narrative Text in the
Story of a Farmer and the Box
Once time, there was a poor farmer. He lived with his wife.
One day, he dug up his field and found a big box. He then kept it in their
house.
One sunny morning, his wife dropped an apple in the box.
Suddenly, the box begun filled with apples. No matter how many apples were
taken out, more apples took place in the
box.
One day, the framer dropped a gold coin into that box. At
once, apples disappeared and the box begun filled up with gold coins. Soon the
farmer became rich.
Having heard that his son got rich, the framer’s father
visited the couple. His father was not very strong. He could not go out to work
anymore. So the farmer asked his old father to help him take the gold coins out
of the box.
His father worked hard, took the gold coins out of the box.
When he told that he was very tired and wanted to have a rest, the farmer
shouted at him; “Why are you so lazy? Why can’t you work harder?. The old man
said nothing and continued to work. Suddenly the old man fell into the box, he
died. At once the gold coins disappeared
and the box begun filled up with dead men.
The framer had to pull out and burried. To do this, the
farmer had to spend all the money which he had collected before. When he had
used up all his money, the box broke. The farmer was just as poor as before.
The Story of the
Thirsty Crow and the Jug Water
The story of thirsty crow and the jug of water. He struggled
hard to find out the way of drinking from the jug, written as example of
narrative text fable
On a hot day, a thirsty crow flew over a field looking for
water. For a long time, she could not find any. She left very exhausted. She
almost gave up.
Suddenly, she saw water jug below her. She flew straight
down to see if there was any water inside. It was surprised because there was
some water inside the jug.
The crow tried to push her head into the jug. Sadly she
found that the neck of the jug was too narrow. Then she tried to push the jug
down for the water to flow out but she found that the jug was too heavy.
The crow thought hard for a while. Then she was looking
around. She saw some pebbles. She suddenly had a good idea. She started picking
up the pebbles one by one, dropping it into the jug. As more and more pebbles
filled the jug, the water level kept rising. Soon it was high enough for the
crow to drink. “It’s working” she said.
