Contoh Narrative Text Fable, Legend,

Romance, Mysteries

1. True Friends

2.

Once upon a time, there were two close friends who were walking through

the forest together. They knew that anything dangerous can happen any

time in the forest. So they promised each other that they would always be

together in any case of danger.

Suddenly, they saw a large bear getting closer toward them. One of them

climbed a nearby tree at once. But unfortunately the other one did not know

how to climb up the tree. So being led by his common sense, he lay down on

the ground breathless and pretended to be a dead man.

The bear came near the one who was lying on the ground. It smelt in his

ears, and slowly left the place because the bears do not want to touch the

dead creatures. After that, the friend on the tree came down and asked his

friend that was on the ground, “Friend, what did the bear whisper into your

ears?” The other friend replied, “Just now the bear advised me not to

believe a false friend”.

Moral of the Story – A true friend in need is a friend indeed.

One day, a cat and a fox were having a conversation. The fox, who was a

conceited creature, boasted how clever she was. “Why, I know at least a

hundred tricks to get away from our mutual enemies, the dogs,” she said.

“I know only one trick to get away from dogs,” said the cat. “You should

teach me some of yours!”.

“Well, maybe someday, when I have the time, I may teach you a few of the

simpler ones”, replied the fox airily.

Just then they heard the barking of a pack of dogs in the distance. The

barking grew louder and louder – the dogs were coming in their direction! At

once the cat ran to the nearest tree and climbed into its branches, well out

of reach of any dog. “This is the trick I told you about, the only one I know”,

said the cat. “Which one of your hundred tricks are you going to use?”.

The fox sat silently under the tree, wondering which trick she should use.

Before she could make up her mind, the dogs arrived. They fell upon the fox

and tore her to pieces.

Moral: A single plan that works is better than a hundred doubtful plans.
 4. The Fox and The Grapes

One afternoon there was a fox that was walking through the forest and

spotted a bunch of grapes hanging from over a lofty branch. “Just the thing

to quench my thirst,” quoted the fox. Taking a few steps backward, the fox

jumped but unfortunately he missed the hanging grapes. Again the fox took

a few paces backward, ran, and tried to reach them but he still failed.

Finally, giving up, the fox turned up his nose and said, “They’re probably sour

anyway,” and proceeded to walk away.

Moral Value: it’s easy to despise what you cannot have.

One hot day, an ant was seeking for some water. After walking around for a

moment, she came to a spring. To reach the spring, she had to climb up a

blade of grass. While making her way up, she slipped and fell unintentionally

into the water.

She could have sunk if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that

the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly put off a leaf from a tree and

dropped it immediately into the water near the struggling ant. Then the ant

moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon it carried her safely to

dry ground.

Not long after at that, there was a hunter nearby who was throwing out his

net towards the dove, hoping to trap it in this way.

Guessing what he should do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Feeling the

pain, the hunter dropped his net and the dove flew away quickly from this

net.

The morality: One good turn deserves another.

 
 6. The Legend of Surabaya

A long time ago, there were two animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was the name

of a shark and Baya was a crocodile. They lived in a sea.

Once Sura and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya saw a goat

“Yummy, this is my lunch,” said Baya. “No way! This is my lunch. You are

greedy” said Sura. Then they fought for the goat. After several hours, they

were very tired.

Feeling tired of fighting, they lived in the different places. Sura lived in the

water and Baya lived in the land. The border was the beach, so they would

never fight again.

One day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He

was very hungry and there was not much food in the sea. Baya was very angry

when he knew that Sura broke the promise. They fought again.

They both hit each other. Sura bit Baya’s tail. Baya did the same thing to

Sura. He bit very hard until Sura finally gave up and went back to the sea.

Baya was happy.

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 father’s

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 broken 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.

8. 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 Kundang’s 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 merchant’s 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 Kundang’s 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 didn’t apologize.

Malin Kundang just laughed and really set sail.

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.

9. Pinocchio

In the past, there was a puppeteer whose name is Geppetto. He eager to have a son very

much but his wife passed away several years ago. One day, he got an idea to make a puppet

in order not to be lonely again. He made a puppet all day long. Finally, in the morning he had

finished his work and he named the puppet Pinocchio. Soon he felt lonely again since

Pinocchio couldn’t walk or talk by itself. One night, Geppetto prayed to the God to become

a real boy. He always thought it on his mind in his dream.

In the next morning, he was surprised that Pinocchio was alive. He taught Pinocchio how to

walk, how to read, how to speak and to do other things as human. He then studied at an

elementary school. One day, Pinocchio felt bored and it made him go home late. When

Pinocchio finally came home, Geppetto asked him. He said that he was on school but he

wasn’t. Instantly, Pinocchio’s nose grew longer and longer and it meant that Pinocchio has

lied.

The next morning, Pinocchio was kidnaped by the owner of circus. Pinocchio soon became a

slave for the circus. He was so famous because he was a puppet which can talk. Geppetto

worried about him because Pinocchio had not been going home for almost two days. He

tried to find Pinocchio everywhere but he found nothing. When he searched him on the

sea, big wave smashed him. He was then in whale’s stomach when he awoke. He couldn’t find

the way to go out.

In the other side, Pinocchio finally could escape out from the circus. He came home but

nobody was there. Latter on, he searched Geppetto in the sea. He got the same accident

like Geppetto and he met Geppetto in whale’s stomach. Both of them got out from its
stomach by making a fire. In the end of the story, they went home together and lived

happily ever after.

10. The Lion and The Mouse

When he was awakened by a tiny Mouse running across his body, a mighty

Lion was sleeping in his lair. The lion then grabbed the frightened mouse

with his huge paws and opened his mouth to swallow him directly. “Please,

King,” begged the Mouse, “Spare me this time and of course I will never

forget your kindness. Someday I may be able to repay you. “The Lion thought

that it was such an amusing idea that he let the poor creature go.

Sometimes later the Lion was caught in a net laid by some hunters. Despite

his great strength, the Lion could not break free. Soon the forest echoed

with angry load roars.

The Little Mouse heard the Lion and ran to see what was wrong. As soon as

he succeeded to make the Lion free “There!” said the Mouse proudly, ” You

laughed at me when I promised to repay your kindness, but now you know

that even a tiny Mouse can help a mighty Lion.”

Moral Value:

1. Little friends may prove to be great friends.

2. Friend in need is friend indeed.

11. Romeo and Juliet

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 quarreling 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