Definition of Narrative Text

A narrative text is an imaginative story to entertain people (teks narasi adalah cerita imaginatif
yang bertujuan menghibur orang). Sesuai dengan pengertiannya narrative bertujuan menghibur
pembaca melalui cerita. Cerita narrative terbagi kedalam beberapa klasifikasi, Myths (mitos),
Legends (legenda), Folktale/folklore (cerita rakyat), Fairy Tales (dongeng), Fables (cerita
hewan).

The purposes of Narrative Text

is To amuse or entertain the readers. Tujuan Komunikatif Narrative Text seperti yang dijelaskan
di atas adalah untuk menghibur pendengar atau pembaca tentang suatu kisah atau cerita masa
lampau yang bertalian dengan pengalaman nyata, khayal atau peristiwa-peristiwa pelik yang
mengarah ke suatu krisis, yang pada akhirnya menemukan suatu penyelesaian.

Generic Structure of Narrative Text

Setiap jenis teks bahasa Inggris (genre) memiliki struktur teks-nya sendiri-sendiri. Struktur dari
Narrative Text terdiri dari tiga bagian yaitu :

Orientation

Pada bagian Orientation atau pengenalan berisi tentang pengenalan tokoh dalam cerita serta
waktu dan tempat kejadiannya.

Complication

Pada bagian Complication berisi tentang gambaran munculnya krisis atau masalah yang di alami
oleh tokoh pada cerita tersebut yang harus dipecahkan.

Resolution

Pada bagian Resolution berisi tentang bagaiman tokoh dari cerita tersebut memecahkan masalah
yang ada pada bagian Complication. Biasanya terdapat lebih dari satu Resolution untuk satu
Complication.

Pada beberapa referensi tentang Narrative Text mempunyai 4 generic stucture, terdapat tambahan
generic structure pada Narrative Text, yaitu penambahan Coda/Re-orientation setelah Resoultion.

Grammar Used

Menggunakan nouns tertentu sebagai kata ganti orang, hewan, dan benda tertentu dalam
cerita, misalnya the mice atau the cat
 Menggunakan adjectives yang membentuk noun phrases, misalnya general council,
common enemy, young mouse, sly and treacherous manner, dan old mouse.

Menggunakan time connectives dan conjunctions untuk mengurutkan kejadiankejadian,

misalnya when, while, dan then.

Menggunakan adverbs dan adverbial phrases untuk menunjukkan lokasi kejadian atau
peristiwa, misalnya long time ago dan very well.

Menggunakan action verbs dalam bentuk past tense, misalnya held, said, met, dan spoke.

Menggunakan saying verbs yang menandai ucapan, misalnya said, told, dan promised,
serta thinking verbs yang menandai pikiran, persepsi, atau perasaan tokoh, misalnya
thought, understood, dan felt.

Example and Translate

Snow White

Orientation

Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her Aunt and Uncle
because her parents were dead.

Suatu ketika, hiduplah seorang gadis bernama Snow White. Dia tinggal bersama paman dan
bibinya, karena orangtuanya telah meninggal.

Complication

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 didnt have enough money to take Snow White.
Snow White did not 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.

Suatu hari dia mendengar paman dan bibinya berbicara tentang rencana meninggalkan
istana karena mereka berdua ingin pergi ke Ameria dan mereka tidak mempunyai cukup
uang untuk membawa serta Snow White. Snow White tidak ingin paman dan bibinya
melakukan hal tersebut, sehingga dia memutuskan akan lebih baik jika dia pergi. Pagi
harinya dia pergi dari rumah ketika paman dan bibi nya sedang sarapan. Dia lari ke dalam
hutan.

Then she saw this 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 is 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 finally Snow White
and the 7 dwarfs lived happily ever after.

Kemudian dia melihat gubuk kecil. Dia mengetuk pintu tetapi tidak ada yang menjawab
sehingga dia masuk dan merasa ngantuk. Sementara itu, tujuh kurcaci telah pulang dari
pekerjaannya. Mereka masuk. Di sana mereka menemukan Snow White tertidur. Kemudian
Snow White terbangun. Dia melihat kurcaci tersebut. Kurcaci tersebut berkata "Siapa nama
kamu?" Snow White menjawab, "Nama saya Snow White."
Doc, salah satu dari kurcaci tersebut berkata, "Jika kamu mau, kamu bisa tinggal di sini
bersama kami." Snow White berkata, "Oh, bolehkah? Terima kasih." Kemudian Snow White
menceritakan semua kisahnya dan akhirnya Snow White dan 7 kurcaci hidup bahagian
selamanya.

Contoh Pertama

The legend of First Monkey

Many years ago, there was a king and queen who lived in Mindanao. They were not liked by
their people. The king was cruel and the queen was greedy.
The king collected a lot of money from his people and gave it to the queen. The queen bought
expensive food, wine and clothes from all over the world and kept them in the palace.

One day, the king gave a party in the palace garden. There were six tables placed in the shade of
some tall trees. Next to the trees, there was a large pond with goldfish in it.
Soon the guests arrived and everybody started eating and enjoying themselves. Suddenly, an old
woman entered the garden. No one knew where she came from. She approached each table and
begged for food. No one gave her any and the king told his guest to chase her away.

Your Majesty, please have pity on me! I am an old man. I havent eaten any food for several
days.
The queen, who was sitting next to the king became angry. Go away, old woman! she shouted.
Who asked you to come here? This party is for rich and important people.

The king roared with laughter. He banged the table with spoon.
Chase her away! he cried. Everyone started beating her with their spoon. They chased the poor
old woman all over the palace garden, suddenly, there was a great crash of thunder and a bright
flash lightning. The old woman changed into a beautiful girl.

You are not human beings, she said You are all so cruel. None of you wanted to help me.
Because of this, I shall change you into monkeys.

She clapped her hands. Immediately, the spoon turned into tails and fixed themselves on the
backs of the king, queen and their guests. The beautiful clothes which they were wearing turned
into long hair. Their fingers and toes grew longer. When they tried to speak, they could chatter
only like monkeys.

They ran back to the palace but the kings guards chased them away, and threw stones at them.
Go away, you dirty little things! the guards shouted. This is the king palace.

As they had nowhere to go. They hid in the forest and hills where they have ever since.

Contoh Kedua

Mouse Deer and Tiger

Mouse Deer sang his song as he walked through the forest. He was looking for tasty fruits and
roots and shoots.
Though he was small, he was not afraid. He knew that many big animals wanted to eat him. But
first they had to catch him!

Then he heard something. Rowr!

There was Tiger!
Hello, Mouse Deer. I was just getting hungry. Now you can be my lunch.
Mouse Deer didnt want to be lunch. He looked around and thought fast. He saw a mud puddle.
Im sorry, Tiger. I cant be your lunch. The King has ordered me to guard his pudding.
His pudding? said Tiger.
Yes. There it is. Mouse Deer pointed to the mud puddle. It has the best taste in the world. The
King doesnt want anyone else to eat it.
Tiger looked longingly at the puddle. I would like to taste the Kings pudding.
Oh, no, Tiger! The King would be very angry.
Just one little taste, Mouse Deer! The King will never know.
Well, all right, Tiger. But first let me run far away, so no one will blame me.
All right, Mouse Deer, you can go now.

Mouse Deer ran quickly out of sight.

Imagine! said Tiger. The Kings pudding! He took a big mouthful.
Phooey! He spit it out.
Yuck! Ugh! Bleck! Thats no pudding. Thats mud!
Tiger ran through the forest. Rowr! He caught up with Mouse Deer.
Mouse Deer, you tricked me once. But now you will be my lunch!
Mouse Deer looked around and thought fast. He saw a wasp nest in a tree.
Im sorry, Tiger. I cant be your lunch. The King has ordered me to guard his drum.
His drum? said Tiger.
Yes. There it is. Mouse Deer pointed to the wasp nest. It has the best sound in the world. The
King doesnt want anyone else to hit it.
Tiger said, I would like to hit the Kings drum.
Oh, no, Tiger! The King would be very angry.
Just one little hit, Mouse Deer! The King will never know.
Well, all right, Tiger. But first let me run far away, so no one will blame me.
All right, Mouse Deer, you can go now.

Mouse Deer ran quickly out of sight.

Imagine! said Tiger. The Kings drum! He reached up and hit it. Pow.
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz. The wasps all flew out. They started to sting Tiger.
Ouch! Ooch! Eech! Thats no drum. Thats a wasp nest!
Tiger ran away. But the wasps only followed him! Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Ouch! Ooch! Eech!
Tiger came to a stream. He jumped insplash!and stayed underwater as long as he could. At
last the wasps went away.
Then Tiger jumped out. Rowr! He ran through the forest till he found Mouse Deer.
Mouse Deer, you tricked me once. You tricked me twice. But now you will be my lunch!
Mouse Deer looked around and thought fast. He saw a cobra! The giant snake was coiled asleep
on the ground.
Im sorry, Tiger. I cant be your lunch. The King has ordered me to guard his belt.
His belt? said Tiger.
Yes. There it is. Mouse Deer pointed to the cobra. Its the best belt in the world. The King
doesnt want anyone else to wear it.
Tiger said, I would like to wear the Kings belt.
Oh, no Tiger! The King would be very angry.
Just for one moment, Mouse Deer! The King will never know.
Well, all right, Tiger. But first let me run far away, so no one will blame me.
All right, Mouse Deer, you can go now.

Mouse Deer ran quickly out of sight.

Imagine! said Tiger. The Kings belt! He started to wrap it around himself.
The cobra woke up. Ssssssssssssss. It didnt wait for Tiger to finish wrapping. It wrapped itself
around Tiger. Then it squeezed him and bit him. Sstt!

Ooh! Ow! Yow! Thats no belt. Thats a cobra! Help! Mouse Deer! Help!
But Mouse Deer was far away. And as he went, he sang his song.

Exercise
MOUSEDEER

One day while a mousedeer was walking in the forest, he saw a big black snake sleeping
under the tree. When he saw the snake, the mousedeer was frightened. When he wanted to
run away from the snake, he suddenly fell on top of a tiger which was sleeping not far from
the snake. The tiger woke up and took of the mousedeer. He told the mousedeer that he was
going to eat him for lunch. Please dont eat me now, said the mousedeer. I have
something important to do.

Look, said the mousedeer. That is the kings belt. He asked me to stay here and watch it
while he was away in the forest. The tiger looked at the snake and said, That is a
beautiful belt. I need a belt like that. Can I wear it? He asked the mousedeer.

Oh all right, said the mousedeer. So he picked up the snake and winded it around the
tiger. Then the snake woke up and saw the tiger. The snake twisted itself tighter until the
tiger couldnt breathe. The tiger asked the mousedeer to help him. But the mousedeer
turned and ran away into the forest. Read the text carefully and choose the best answer of
each questions!
Read the text carefully and choose the best answer of each questions!
1. Where did the story happen?
A. In the river
B. In the forest
C. In the beach
D. In the zoo

2. Where was the tiger sleeping?

A. In the middle of the forest
B. Next to the mousedeers house
C. Next the black snake sleeping under the tree
D. Far away from the place where the mousedeer fell

3. ...So, he picked up... (paragraph 3, line 1)

The underlined word refers to...........
A. Mousedeer
B. Tiger
C. A clever animal.
D. Snake

4. After reading this story, we can learn tha

A. We have to far away from tiger
B. We have to find a way to save ourselves from danger
C. Black snake was a dangerous animal
D. We have to be careful with the mousedeers

5. What is the communicative purpose of this text?

A. To inform the readers about activities happened in the past
B. To describe something in general
C. To give information about the mousedeer
D. To entertain the readers

Catatan : Terima kasih telah membaca postingan saya tentang Penjelasan dan Contoh Narrative
Text Terlengkap.
Definition : Narrative is a text focusing specific participants. Its social function is to tell stories
or past events and entertain the readers.

Purpose : To amuse/entertain the readers and to tell a story.

Generic Structure :
1. Orientation
2. Complication
3. Resolution
4. Reorientation

Text for questions number 1 to 6!

The Smartest Animal

Once there was a farmer in Laos. Every morning and afternoon he plowed his field with the help
of his buffalo.

One day a tiger saw the farmer and his buffalo working. The tiger was surprised to see a big
animal listening to a small animal. He wanted to know more about the buffalo and the man.
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?
Oh, the man is very intelligent.

So the next day the tiger said to the man. Can I see your intelligence? But the man answered,
Its at home.
Can You go and get it? asked the tiger.
Yes, said the man, But Im afraid you will kill my buffalo when I am gone. He took his plow
and hit the tiger with a stick. Then he said. Now you know about my intelligence even if you
havent seen it.

1. Where did the story happen?

A. In the Zoo
B. In the Forest
C. In the Field
D. In the Park
E. In the River

2. When does the farmer plow his field?

A. In the morning and afternoon
B. In the morning and evening
C. Only in the afternoon
D. Only in the morning
E. In the midnight

3. How many characters are there in the story?

A. Three
B. Five
C. Four
D. Six
E. Seven
4. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. Farmer and his buffalo working
B. Big animal listening to a small animal
C. The farmer show his intelligence
D. The tiger want to see farmers intelligence
E. The farmer plow his field

5. The tiger was surprised to see big animal listening to a small animal (paragraph 2 line 2)
The underlined word means.....
A. Hear
B. Afraid
C. Obey
D. Weak
E. Lazy

6. What can we learn from the story?

a. Never underestimate others
b. We have to plow the field everyday
c. A buffalo is more intelligent than a tiger
d. The size of body determines the power
E. Never plow the field in the morning

Text for questions number 7 to 10!

Story of Rabbit and Bear

Once upon a time, there lived as neighbours, a bear and a rabbit. The rabbit is a good shot. In
contrary, the bear is 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 feared 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.

7. What do you think about the bear?

A. He was greedy
B. He was a good shot
C. He could use the arrow well
D. He was very kind to the rabbit
E. He shot many buffalos

8. Who gave the meat to the rabbit?

A. The papa bear
B. The mother bear
C. The oldest child of the bear
D. The bears children
E. The youngest child of the bear

9. He consented and went with the bear and shot enough buffalo to satisfy the hungry family.
The underlined word is closest in meaning with ...
A. Fulfil
B. Eat
C. Give
D. Fill
E. Care

10. What can we learn from the story?

A. Dont be arrogant
B. We must be kind to our neighbours
C. Dont be lazy
D. Be a generous man
E. Be happy family

1.C
2.A
3.A
4.C
5.C
6.A
7.A
8.E
9.A
10.B
Contoh Pertama

The Monkey and The Bird

Once there was a monkey. This monkey had very bad behaviour. He was lazy, greedy. Everyday
he used to steal some food from other people. Even, although he had some he still did it and kept
the stolen food in other place in order not to be seen. He did this because he was afraid when
somebody else asked for some. Yes he was very mean. "I must add a little more so that I have a
lot of food to eat", he said to himself. The food in the island where he lived was getting less and
less so that he decided to cross the sea to find other island.

The following day he made a rowing boat. He cut some wood from the forest and began to make
it. It was such a hard wood that he didn't intend to continue because he was lazy. Then, he tried to
find some other wood. This time lie had very soft wood. It made him easy to finish his job. When
the rowing boat had been ready, suddenly there was a wood pecker bird flew toward him and
stood on the rowing boat. "Hi ... friend where are you going to go ... you look so busy to make a
boat", the wood pecker asked. "I am going to sail to find other island the food here was getting
more and more difficult to get, you may take a part in sailing, because I had enough food on
boat", the monkey said. "Ok ... I'll go with you", the bird replied.

Soon they pulled the boat to the coast and loaded the monkeys luggage and food on the boat.
The loyal bird also helped the monkey. "We will find a new word, new food and new green land
full of food!" the monkey said. "Yes I agree with you", the bird added. Before sailing, they had a
deal. "The one who rows is allowed to eat because it is a heavy duty job, while the one in the
front is not!" the monkey said boastfully.

The bird was not able to row so that it seemed loose then it became a captain in the front of the
boat without enjoying the food.

The monkey didn't realize that the wood pecker bird knew the cruel intention of the monkey. The
bird was disappointed.

"Damn you bad monkey ...!" the bird said to himself.

Then the bird pecked the front part of the boat. It could do it easily because the wood was so soft.
In a short time the boat began to sink.

The monkey didn't know it because he enjoyed eating the food while rowing the boat. Suddenly
there was a lot of water in the boat. It made the monkey so shocked that he jumped into the sea
and swam difficultly to the closest island. The bird, certainly, flew away to leave him.
When he reached an island, he still never take a hint from his experience. He was still stubborn.
This time he was so hungry that he was very delighted to see a cashew-fruit tree. It was full of
fruits.

Later, the hungry monkey climbed up the cashew-fruit tree impatiently. The cashews looked ripe
and delicious. He had counted all cashews on that tree before he ate them. No body was allowed
to pick.

Some birds were coming to the tree because they liked the cashew fruits very much. They asked
the monkey for the cashews but he certainly didn't permit to take and ordered the birds to look
for in another island. Also, there was an owl flew toward the tree the owl wanted some fruits too
but the monkey stopped and asked, "Why are you here?". "Can you share the cashews with me?"
the owl asked the monkey. "Well you may take them if you can sing beautiful song", the monkey
said. The bird began to sing but it was not a good song. The owl sang badly. It was impossible
for an owl to sing beautifully. The monkey finally instructed the bird to go far away from the
tree.

One day a canary came and asked for the something. "Hey, the kind monkey ... could you share
the cashew with me?" the bird said dearly to persuade him. "Well you must sing for me nicely,
first". the monkey replied.

The little bird now started to sing. It was such a nice song that the monkey fell asleep. What
happened then? The monkey, obviously fell from the high tree and broke his legs. He was
wounded seriously and couldn't walk anymore. All the birds in the island came again to eat and
enjoy the delicious cashew fruits but the monkey did nothing. He only blamed himself and
finally realized his mistakes.

Contoh Kedua

The Snake and The Frog

Long long time ago in the forest, there lived a snake. The snake was big but old and weak. He
was always in hunger during the day, because he was not able to catch his prey anymore.
Oneday, he hitched hike to get his food and arrived in a pond full of frogs, his delicious and
favourite food.

"Ehm ... they look so delicious", he said to him self. "I hope I can get them for the meal", he
thought. When the old snake came closer, the frogs fleet into the thick forest. The snake was so
sad, he was getting more hungry because he hadn't got any food that day. "I must find the way to
catch them, they are too fast for me", he said. Then the snake was lying moveless and pretended
to be dead.

"Look! the dangerous snake doesn't try to chase after us, perhaps he was dead, let's see!" the
prince of the frog said. "Don't! don't do that my son, he will swallow you, he may be not dead.
He is only sleeping!" the queen of the frog said.

But the prince didn't care of his mother's saying. He then approached the snake. Knowing that
the snake kept being moveless, the prince frog came closer bravely. But when the snake opened
the eye, the frog was frightened and jumped off.

"Don't be afraid little frog, I will not hurt you", the snake said. "I bit a son of a meditating man
once, the prayer was very angry and cursed me, he told me that I had to serve every frog in the
world and had to carry them anywhere they wanted", the snake added.

"Was it right?" the stupid prince asked but trusted him then. "Yes that's right, prince", the snake
replied in a low voice. "I am the servant of your honour, please, you can get on my back". The
prince then got on the tricky snake's back. "Take me to the palace of ours" the prince frog
instructed.

"Get off the snake's back!" the queen shouted. "Don't worry my mother, this snake will not hurt
me", the prince said to his mother.

"If so, how happy we are to have a ride", the king and the queen said. The mouth of the big old
snake became wet to think about delicious fat frog riding on his back. But he realised that he had
to be patient to wait a good time to eat.

The snake took the kings frog and family to go in and out of the forest for several days. But one
day the snake suddenly stopped on the way. "What's the matter?", the prince asked the snake,
"Why do you stop?" "I haven't bad the meal for several days so that I feel very weak now", the
snake said sadly.

"Would you permit me to swallow several frogs?", the snake asked.

"How can I permit you to eat my people!", the king frog asked him, puzzled. "If you don't allow
me to eat I am going to die and you have no one to take around", the snake persuaded. "If that is
the case, you may take some of them for your meal", the king said. The hungry snake began to
swallow the frogs one by one. It made him stronger and stronger.

One day the snake went around the pond to find some frog but he didn't get a single one. He,
then went to see the king and told the king. "No more frog left in the pond, your honour!"

"Is it right?", the king asked him surprisingly. "Yes, it is right, and I am hungry again now. "I
have eaten all frogs in this pond", the snake said, and this is your turn now".

"What!, how brave you are to eat me. I am the king of the frogs!" shouted the king frog. The
snake, however, cared him no more, nothing scared against the three frogs. He immediately
grabbed them all, the king, the queen and the small prince frog.

Contoh Ketiga

Two Ducks (Angkus and Angma)

"Angkus" is a greedy duck, he is also boastfull, lazy and bad tempered. He is never kind to his
fellow. Even with his own brother, "Angma". Once Angkus took and sold all the possession, the
parents who had passed a way.

Contrary to Angkus, Angma is a young honest duck. He is dilligent, hard worker and very kind to
others. He stayed alone in a simple life by looking for fire wood in the forest to sell.

One night, after working, he couldn't wait to sleep, while he was sleeping he dreamed about an
old man. The old man ordered him to come to a cave in the forest. The old man also said that all
of Angma's will were going to come true. When he was awake, he thought that he had to decide
to do what the old man in his dream had asked him to do. Angma directly went to walk along in
the forest and looked for the cave like it was in his dream.

"Well, this must be the cave like it was in my dream", he whispered. He walked toward the cave
quickly and got into it.

It was very dark inside but suddenly he saw something shining not far from him. To his surprise,
it was a water pitcher but shining like a diamond. "What is it? I have never seen something like it
is before!", he said to himself.

Then he took it home. When he had been inside the house he was very hungry and thirsty after a
long walk.

Later, Angma said slowly, "How happy I am when I have a lot of food, corn and fresh water in
such a hot weather". Suddenly the water pitcher produced sound strangely. It was miraculous!,
the water pitcher produced some food. It came out from the water pitcher! It could deliver corn,
fresh water and other from inside by saying words only!

Since then Angina's life became more wealthy. He just said some words then what he desired
would come true because of the water pitcher.

Mean while, Angkus was suspious to see the wealth of his brother. He decided to find out what
had made his brother wealthy in such a short time.

From a peep hole, Angkus finally knew what had happened to his brother. His bad behaviour
rose again to see this, so that he decided to steal the water pitcher of his brother's. He would like
to try to do like what his brother Angma had done.

No sooner had he put the water pitcher on the table than he said to it, "Hey water pitcher, you
must give me some corn, fresh water and others".

What happened then, the water pitcher produced corn in a great amount! A great amount of corn
and water came out from inside the magic water pitcher.

Angkus panicked to see it. The seed of corn flooded his house and broke everything. He
screamed loudly and asked for help, "Help! help!", he shouted. Angma was sleeping when it
happened but suddenly he was a waken up after hearing a loud voice from his brother's house.
Angma wake up, went to see what had happened. He broke the door of his brother's house then
he was surprised to find his brother almost sink in a huge pile of corn seed and water.

Angkus was very shy to see his brother and after he was safe, Angkus said to his brother that he
had stolen the water pitcher, but it reacted uncontrolably.

Finally Angkus apologized to Angma for being so greedy and jealous.

Contoh Keempat

The Fox and the Stork

A selfish fox once invited a stork to dinner at his home in a hollow tree. That evening, the stork
flew to the foxs home and knocked on the door with her long beak. The fox opened the door and
said,

Please come in and share my food.

The stork was invited to sit down at the table. She was very hungry and the food smelled
delicious!

The fox served soup in shallow bowls and he licked up all his soup very quickly. However, the
stork could not have any of it as the bowl was too shallowfor her long beak. The poor stork just
smiled politely and stayed hungry.

The selfish fox asked,

Stork, why havent you taken your soup? Dont you like it?

The stork replied, It was very kind of you to invite me for dinner.

"Tomorrow evening, please join me for dinner at my home.

The next day, when the fox arrived at the storks home, he saw that they were also having soup
for dinner. This time the soup was served in tall jugs. The stork drank the soup easily but the fox
could not reach inside the tall jug. This time it was his turn to go hungry.

Contoh Kelima

The Monkey and The Cats

Once upon a time, two cats were passing through a forest. Suddenly they spotted a loaf of bread
lying beneath a tree. Both pounced upon it and caught the loaf at the same time. It ismine. I saw
it first, claimed one cat. While the other said, I pounced upon it first and so it belongs to me.
After having fought for a while, one cat said, Let us divide it into two and takeone piece each.
Indeed, a good idea, said the other cat. But how do we divide it now?
A monkey sitting on the branch of the tree had watched all that happened between the two cats.
That loaf of bread looks good. I could do with it myself, he thought. Slowly he came down
from the tree and walked up to the confused cats.

Yes, my dear friends! Can I help you? asked the monkey. The cats told the monkey what the
problem was and said, Why do not you be the judge between us? When the monkey
nodded,the cats said, Please divide this loaf for us.

The clever monkey smilingly broke the bread into two pieces. But one piece was a little bigger
that the other. OH no! I will take a little bite of this bigger piece to make both equal, said the
monkey, slyly. He took a bite from the bigger piece. But, he had taken a big bite. Uh oh! Now it
has become smaller than the other piece. I will just have to take a little bite from this piece now,
said the clever monkey.

The Judge Monkey took another bite. The two cats sat in front of the monkey, seeing the loaf of
bread they had found getting smaller and smaller. When the whole loaf was eaten by the monkey,
the monkey said, I am sorry. I was really difficult to divide that loaf. I must be going now. And
the monkey jumped onto the tree and was gone. If only we had not quarreled among ourselves,
we would have remained united and we need not have to go to the monkey and to become
hungry now, said the two cats.

Contoh Pertama

The First Monkey

Many years ago at the foot of a forest-covered hill was a small town, and just above the town on
the hillside was a little house in which lived an old woman and her grandson.

The old woman, who was very industrious, earned their living by removing the seeds from
cotton and a long stick that she used for a spindle. The boy was lazy and would not do anything
to help his grandmother, but every day went down to the town and gambled.

Oone day, when he had been losing money, the boy went home and was cross because his supper
was not ready.

"I am hurrying to get the seeds out of this cotton," said the grandmother, "and as soon as I sell it,
I will buy us some food."

At this the boy fell into a rage, and he picked up some coconut shells and threw them at his
grandmother. Then she became angry and began to whip him with her spindle, when suddenly he
was changed into an ugly animal, and the cotton became hair which covered his body, while the
stick itself became his tail.

As soon as the boy found that he had become an ugly creature he ran down into the town and
began whipping his companions, the gamblers, with his tail, and immediately they were turned
into animals like himself.

Then the people would no longer have them in the town, but drove them out. They went to the
forest where they lived in the trees, and ever since they have been known as monkeys.

Contoh Kedua

Telaga Warna

Long long ago, there was a kingdom in West Java. The kingdom was ruled by a king named His
Majesty Prabu. Prabu was a kind and wise king. But it was a pity that Prabu and his queen hadn't
got any children. The queen often cried. That was why Prabu went to the jungle. There he prayed
to God every day, begging for a child.

A few months later, the queen got pregnant. Nine months later, a princess was born. Prabu and
Queen loved their beautiful daughter so much. They gave whatever she wanted. It made Princess
turn into a very spoiled girl.

One day, the princess celebrated her 17 th birthday party. Many people gathered in the palace.
Then, Prabu took out a necklace which was made from gold and jewel. "My beloved daughter,
today I give you this necklace. Please, wear this necklace," said Prabu. "I don't want to wear it!
It's ugly!" shouted the princess. Then she threw the necklace. The beautiful necklace was broken.
The gold and jewels were spread out on the floor. Everybody couldn't say anything. They never
thought that their beloved princess would do that cruel thing. In their silence, people heard
thequeen crying. Every woman felt sad and began crying, too. Then, everybody was crying.

Suddenly, from the underground, a spring emerged. It made a pool of water. Soon, the place
became a big lake. The lake finally sank the kingdom. Nowadays, people called the lake " Telaga
Warna". It means "Lake of Color". On a bright day, the lake is full of color. These colors come
from shadows of forest, plants, flowers, and sky around the lake. But some people said that the
colors are from the princess's necklace, which spreads at the bottom of the lake.

Contoh Ketiga

The Crying Stone

One upon a time, lived a poor old widow in a small village. She lived with her daughter. Her
daughter was very beautiful but also very lazy and arrogant. She never helped her mother and
didnt want to know what problem her mother had. Everyday, she put make up and wears her
best clothes. She always wanted to look rich and beautiful.

One day, the mother and her daughter went to the market to buy some food. At first, the daughter
refused to accompany her mother, but finally she agreed. Ill go with you, but you must walk
behind me, said the daughter. She didn't want to walk side by side with her mother. Although
her mother was very sad, she agreed to walk behind her daughter.

On the way to the market, everybody admired the girl's beauty. But they were also curious.
Behind the beautiful girl, there was an old woman with a simple dress. The girl and her mother
looked very different. Hello, beautiful girl. Who is the old woman behind you? Is she your
mother?" they asked. No, she is not my mother. She is my servant, the girl answered. Her
mother was very sad to hear that, but she didn't say anything. She could understand that her
daughter was ashamed.

The girl and the mother met other people. Again they asked who the woman behind the beautiful
girl. And again the girl answered that her mother is her servant. She always said that her mother
is her servant every time people asked.

At last, the mother cannot hold the pain anymore. She prayed to God to punish her daughter.
Suddenly, the girl's leg turns into stone. Slowly, the process continues to the upper part of the
girl's body. The girl was in panic. "Mother, please forgive me! Mother!" she cried and asked her
mother to forgive her. But it's already too late. Her whole body finally becomes a big stone. Until
now, people can still see tears falling down from the stone. People then call it batu menangis (the
crying stone).

Contoh Keempat

Malin Kundang

A long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatra, a woman and her son lived.
They were Malin Kundang and her mother. Her mother was a single parent because Malin
Kundangs father had passed away when he was a baby. Malin Kundang had to live hard with his
mother.

Malin Kundang was a healthy, dilligent, and strong boy. He usually went to sea to catch fish.
After getting fish he would bring it to his mother, or sold the caught fish in the town.

One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing, he saw a merchants ship which was being raided by
a small band of pirates. He helped the merchant. With his brave and power, Malin Kundang
defeated the pirates. The merchant was so happy and thanked to him. In return the merchant
asked Malin Kundang to sail with him. To get a better life, Malin Kundang agreed. He left his
mother alone.

Many years later, Malin Kundang became wealthy. He had a huge ship and was helped by many
ship crews loading trading goods. Perfectly he had a beautiful wife too. When he was sailing his
trading journey, his ship landed on a beach near a small village. The villagers recognized him.
The news ran fast in the town; Malin Kundang has become rich and now he is here.

An old woman ran to the beach to meet the new rich merchant. She was Malin Kundangs
mother. She wanted to hug him, released her sadness of being lonely after so long time.
Unfortunately, when the mother came, Malin Kundang who was in front of his well dressed wife
and his ship crews denied meeting that old lonely woman. For three times her mother begged
Malin Kundang and for three times he yelled at her. At last Malin Kundang said to her Enough,
old woman! I have never had a mother like you, a dirty and ugly woman! After that he ordered
his crews to set sail. He would leave the old mother again but in that time she was full of both
sadness and angriness.
Finally, enraged, she cursed Malin Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he didnt
apologize. Malin Kundang just laughed and really set sail.

In the quiet sea, suddenly a thunderstorm came. His huge ship was wrecked and it was too late
for Malin Kundang to apologize. He was thrown by the wave out of his ship. He fell on a small
island. It was really too late for him to avoid his curse. Suddenly, he turned into a stone.

Contoh Kelima

Danau Toba

Once upon a time, there was a man who was living in north Sumatra. He lived in a simple hut in
a farming field. The did some gardening and fishing for his daily life.

One day, while the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in his trap. It was the biggest
catch which he ever had in his life. Surprisingly, this fish turned into a beautiful princess. He felt
in love with her and proposed her to be his wife. She said; Yes, but you have to promise not to
tell anyone about the secret that I was once a fish, otherwise there will be a huge disaster. The
man made the deal and they got married, lived happily and had a daughter.

Few years later, this daughter would help bringing lunch to her father out in the fields. One day,
his daughter was so hungry and she ate his fathers lunch. Unfortunately, he found out and got
furious, and shouted; You damned daughter of a fish. The daughter ran home and asked her
mother. The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband had broke his promise.

Then she told her daughter to run up the hills because a huge disaster was about to come. When
her daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was a big earthquake followed by non-stop pouring
rain. The whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake. She turned into a fish again and the
man became the island of Samosir.