Narrative Text

PURPOSE

• It is used to amuse/entertain the readers that is to gain and hold the reader’s interest in a story.
• It is used to teach and inform the writer's reflections on experience
• It can be imaginary or factual (fairy tales, mysteries, fables, romances, adventure stories, mythhs and legends), or it can also be a complicated event that leads to a crises that finally find a solution

GENERIC STRUCTURE
1. Orientation: introduces participants/character (who) ; sets the scene (when & where)
2. Complication: Development of a Crises: a crisis arises, something happened unexpectedly
3. Resolution: Solution of the crisis: for better or for worse
3. Re-Orientation: closing to the narrative (optional)
4. Coda: changes of characters, lesson taken from the story (optional)

LANGUAGE FEATURES

• Certain nouns are as pronoun of person, animal, certain thing in a story. e.g.: Stepsister, house work.
• Adjectives that form noun phrases, e.g.: long black air, two red apples, etc.
• Time connectives and conjunction to arrange the events, for example: then, before that, soon, etc.
• Adverb and adverbial phrase to point the place of event, for example: here, in the mountain, happily ever after.
• Action verbs are past tense: stayed, climbed, etc.
• Saying verbs that refer to what the human participants said, told, promised; and thinking verbs indicating thought, perception or feeling of the characters in a story, for example: felt, thought, understood
• Dialog often included and the tenses change according to the circumstances

Example of Narrative Text / Contoh Narrative Text

Snow White and the 7 dwarfs 

Orientation

Once upon the time the live a little girl named snow white.

Complication

One day she heard her uncle and Aunt talking about living snow white in the castle because they both wanted to go to American and they didn’t have enough money to take snow white.

Resolution

Snow white did not want her uncle and Aunt to do this so she decided it would be best if she run away. The next morning she ran away into the woods.

Complication

Then she saw this little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep.

Resolution

Mean while, she seven dwarfs were coming home from work they when inside. There they found Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up she saw the dwarfs said, “What is your name? Snow White said, “My name is Snow White” and, one of the dwarfs, said, “If you wish, you my live here with us. Snow White said, “Oh could I? Thank you.” Then Snow White told the dwarfs the hole story and Snow White and the 7 dwarfs lived happily ever after.

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Narrative Text: Cinderella

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.

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Narrative Text: The Ant and the Grasshopper

In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.

''Why not come and chat with me,' said the Grasshopper, 'instead of toiling and moiling in that way?''
''I am helping to lay up food for the winter,' said the Ant, 'and recommend you to do the same.''

''Why bother about winter?'' said the Grasshopper; 'we have got plenty of food at present.' But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew: It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.

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Narrative Text: The Frog And The Ox

One afternoon a grand and wonderful ox was on his daily stroll, when he was noticed by a small haggardly frog. The frog was too impressed with the great ox, impressed to the point of envy.

"Look at this magnificent ox!" he called to all his friends, "He's such a grand size for an animal, but he's no greater than I am if I tried."

The frog started puffing and swelled from his normal size.

"Am I as large as the wonderful ox?" he asked his friends.

"No, no, not near as grand as the ox," they replied.

So, the frog puffed himself up more and more, trying to reach the state of the ox.
"Now? now?" asked the frog.

"No, no. But please, don't try anymore," pleaded his friends.

But the frog continue to puff and swell, larger and larger until he finally burst.

Narrative Text: The Old Lion

A Lion, worn out with years and powerless from disease, lay on the ground at the point of death. A Boar rushed upon him, and avenged with a stroke of his tusks a long-remembered injury. Shortly afterwards the Bull with his horns gored him as if he were an enemy. When the Ass saw that the huge beast could be assailed with impunity, he let drive at his forehead with his heels. The expiring Lion said, "I have reluctantly brooked the insults of the brave, but to be compelled to endure such treatment from thee, a disgrace to Nature, is indeed to die a double death."

The Story of Panyalahan Village

Long time ago in Tasikmalaya, West Java, lived a young couple. They were farmers. They lived happily with their baby. The couple also had some animals. One of them was a tiger. When the couple went to work on the paddy field, the tiger looked after their baby. As usual, the couple went to the paddy field. Before they left, they asked the tiger to look after their baby.

“We will go to the field now. Look after our baby, okay?” The tiger nodded. So, the couple went to the field. They worked from morning until afternoon. When the couple arrived home, the tiger welcomed them. The tiger acted differently. He wagged his tail and rubbed his body to the couple’s legs. He looked very happy. The husband became suspicious.
“Why does this tiger behave strangely? He does not act as usual?” he thought. The husband looked at the tiger carefully. He was shocked. The tiger’s mouth was full of blood. Then he remembered his baby. He thought the tiger had eaten the baby.

“Why is your mouth full of blood?” he asked the tiger. “You must have done something bad to my baby! Have you killed him? Why did you do that?” he was very panicked. The husband took his knife and killed the tiger in anger. Then they both entered the house. They were shocked. They looked at each other. Their baby was sleeping peacefully in his cradle. He was not eaten by the tiger. Quickly, the wife took the baby and kissed him. The baby woke up. He opened his eyes and smiled. The couple found a very large snake under the cradle. The snake was dead and full of blood.

“Oh, my wife,” the husband said. “We have done a terrible thing. The tiger is not guilty! Look at the dead snake. The tiger must have killed him. He had saved our baby, but I killed him. Oh, my God! What have I done? I am so sorry. Forgive me, my dear tiger. Forgive me, please?”

The couple felt very guilty. They have killed their faithful tiger. It all happened because they did not check the baby first before they killed the tiger. Since then, the couple’s village was called Panyalahan. The word Panyalahan derives from the word “nyalahan”, which means “wrong guess”.

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Narrative Text: The Story of Moon And Sago

When you fly from Manokwari to the Sub District of Kobar you will have a bird's eye view of a small village named Kebar where sago trees grow abundantly.Sago is the staple food of the Papuans. But it is said that in the ancient time the people of Ibuanari in the east of Sub District Kobar did not grow sago. They often killed and robbed sago and other valuable goods from the strangers who passed by the region. One night, when full moon was rising on the horizon, a lot of people came out to admire the beauty of the celestial body. They also wandered whether they could catch and serve it with sago for dinner.

Boriel Ariks, the chief of the tribe, then sought a way how to catch the appetizing yellow thing which looked easily reachable. After a long deliberation with his people, Boriel Arks decided to build a tall tower in order that they could reach the moon. First, they had to clear the vast land of the trees, which were used as the material to build a tower in the middle of a vast plain resembling a desert with almost no tree growing on it.

One fine evening, when the moon looked very clear in the sky, Boriel Ariks accompanied by some brave and strong men he had selected carefully, began to climb the tower. Each was supplied with a long pole and piece of bamboo tube to store some sago. How good it would be to eat some sago and a little bit of the moon., they thought! In the meanwhile the women and the children were waiting around the tower. The men rushed wildly to climb the tower. But the tower was not strong enough to bear the weight of so many people. It declined and collapsed helplessly. Many people died including Boriel Arks. The bamboo tubes containing sago were broken and scattered their content on the ground.

Present people of Ibuanari believe that a consequence of the incident it is impossible for them to outnumber the people of Jandura who live in the neighborhood. They also believe that the sago flour scattering on the ground later on grew into sago trees which are found today in the ground covering tens of hectares in Ibuanari. Customorily people of Ibuanari will leave their fields after enjoying their crop and move to some other forest to start a new field. Thus it is expected that the abandoned field will soon be reforested. Cutting trees aimlessly is a strict taboo among people of Ibuanari.

Narrative Text: The Story of Lahilote

Long ago there lived a humble young man named Lahilote in a remote village of ancient Gorontalo. One night Lahilote who lived near a water spring which was the upper stream of a river and made a living by collecting rattan in a nearby forest dreamt that was given a piece of such big rattan called "Hutiya Mala". The young man sprang up from his sleep upon the surprising dream.

A few days later on his way to the forest, Laholote chanced to glance down the river and see a group of seven beautiful fairies who were bathing joyfully. The seven beauties left their "selendangs', the magic scarves they used as the wings, on the river-bank. Greeed soon lured Lahilote to steal and hide one of the selendangs. As they were aware of the presence of Laholote, the fairies soon stopped bathing and got out of water and fetched their selendangs. They all flew to the heaven leaving the poor one who cried and sobbed desperately because she could not find her selendang. Lahitole approached and comforted her, then brought her some proposed her to be his wife. The beautiful accepted his proposal and soon they married.

One day Lahilote told his wife that he had got to go to the forest to collect rattan. His wife insisted to accompany him but he did not let her go with him. To keep herself if busy Lahilote's wife wondered over the house and by chance she found her lost selendang kept very carefuly in a bamboo tube. She felt very happy but at the same time very disappointed to know her husband's unfairness. She soon wear the selendang and flew away to the heaven to leave her husband behind.

Lahilote got home happily because at that time he succeeded in collecting a great deal of rattan. But soon he got very much disappointed to know that his wife had flown away and the bamboo tube where he had kept the selendang was empty. At that very difficult moment, suddenly came a wise Polahi (a certain tribe living in the forest) man who gave him a piece of magic rattan. He told Lahilote that the rattan could bring him to the heaven. Eventually Lahilote succeeded to fly to the heaven and meet his beloved wife. Lahilote was allowed to stay in the heaven.

After some time, when his wife was looking for lice Lahilote's head, she happened to see some graying hairs among his. Soon she sprang up and got away from her startled husband. She told him that no one with graying hair is allowed to stay in heaven. Upon his questions, she told her husband:"Love fades away when you get a graying because here in heaven you are no more than a shadow as soon as you get a piece of graying hair."

Broken-heartedly, Lahilote got down from the heaven making use of a piece of board. He swore:"From this point of Pohe beach up to the border of the shroud to cover my dead body, my left foot-print will be printed forever."

At the moment we can find a stone in the beach of Pohe, in the Province of Gorontalo with a foot-print stamped on it. The locals believe that it is the foot-print of Lahilote.

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Narrative Text: The Story of Pesut Mahakam

A long time ago, there was a village in East Kalimantan.

The village was near the Mahakam River. The villagers always worked hard. Although they were poor, they were very happy. They also helped each other.

In the village, there was a rich family. The head of the family was Pak Pesut. Everybody knew Pak Pesut. He was known not because of his wealth, but because his stinginess. He did not like to help others. His family always ignored people. That’s why Pak Pesut’s family always lived alone and never mingled with others.

It was a very long dry season. All the rice fields could not get water properly. The villagers could not harvest the rice.
Therefore, all villagers were planning to leave their village and find other place to stay. Then they sent some young men to look for a place that had enough water for their rice fields.

After several weeks looked for a new place, finally those young men arrived.

They brought good news. There was a waterfall and it was enough to water their rice fields. Later, all the villagers rushed to the new place. Some villagers went to Pak Pesut’s house to inform about the waterfall. Although Pak Pesut was stingy, the villagers did not hate him.

“I’m not going with you! I will stay here. I have enough rice for my family. We will survive!” said Pak Pesut arrogantly.

The villagers knew it was useless to ask Pak Pesut to join them. So, they all left him and his family alone in the village. When they arrived at the new place, they all were very happy. They had enough water from the waterfall.

In the mean time, Pak Pesut and his family were beginning to worry. Their rice slowly was gone. Soon they would not have enough rice to eat.

It was in the morning when Pak Pesut’s wife was cooking their last portion of rice. Suddenly, someone knocked the door. A beggar came to his house.

“Go out! I don’t have enough rice,” said Pak Pesut. He was lying.

“Please mercy me. I’m so hungry.

Give me a little rice please,” asked the beggar.

Pak Pesut immediately asked his family to eat the rice. He was worried the beggar would enter his house and stole the rice.

“But the rice is still in the cooking pot. Mother is still cooking it. If we eat the rice, it will be very hot,” said his son.

“I don’t care! If you all don’t eat now, you will never eat again,” said Pak Pesut.

Later, Pak Pesut and his family ate the rice. It was very hot. They needed water to drink. They rushed to Mahakam River. It was so hot that they finally jumped to the river.

The beggar saw the incident. He then prayed to God. Amazingly, Pak Pesut family slowly changed into fish. The fish looked like dolphin. Since then, everybody named the fish as Pesut fish.

Narrative Text: The Story of Pari Temple

A long time ago, an old man lived in Penanggungan Mountain. His name was Kiai Gede Penanggungan. He had supernatural power. Kiai Gede Penanggungan also had a beautiful daughter. Her name was Dewi Walangangin.
Although very beautiful, she was not married yet. That's why Kiai Gede Penanggungan prayed days and nights for her daughter. Finally, God answered his prayer. A young handsome man came to his place.

"My name is Jaka Pandelegan. I came here because I want to be your student. I want to learn a lot of things from you," said the young man. "I will take you as my student but you have to marry my daughter. Agree?" Jaka took a deep breath. Then he said,"Yes, I agree. I will marry your daughter." Both Dewi Walangangin and Jaka Pandelegan lived a happy marriage. Especially Jaka, he was even happier.

Kiai Gede Penanggungan taught him many things. After several years living with Kiai Gede Penanggungan, now it was time for the couple to leave him and found a new life as husband and wife.
"I know you can't live with me forever. Before you go, take this seed of pari. Every time people ask you, give them some. Don't be arrogant when you are rich." After that, the couple left him and brought pari seed. Pari means rice.

Then, in the new place, they planted the seed. Soon, grew a lot of rice. Now the couple became very rich. The poor neighbours came to the couple to ask for some pari seed.

"No way! If you want to eat, you have to work hard like me!" said Jaka. Kiai Gede Penanggungan heard his bad behaviour. So, he decided to visit him. He wanted to remind him about his promise. Kiai Gede Penanggungan immediately called their names when he arrived in the rice field. "Jaka Pandelegan, come here! I want to talk to you." But Jaka ignored him. He kept on doing his activity. "My daughter, Dewi. It's me, your father."

But Dewi also ignored him. Kiai Gede Penanggungan was really angry. He then said, "You two are like temples. You cannot listen to me."

Right after he said those words, an incredible thing happened. Slowly, Jaka and Dewi turned into temples. Because the temples stood among the pari, people then named them as Pari Temple.

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Narrative Text: The Story of Cindelaras

Raden Putra was the king of Jenggala kingdom. He had a beautiful queen. Besides that, the king also had a beautiful concubine. Unlike the queen, the concubine had bad personalities. She was jealous with the queen, so she planned to make the queen leave the palace. By doing so, she could be the new queen.

The concubine asked the palace healer to help her do the bad plan. They told the king that the queen wanted to poison him. The king was angry. He sent the queen to a jungle. It is the punishment for her. There was one condition that the king did not know, the queen waspregnant.

After several months lived in the jungle, the queen gave birth to a healthy baby boy. She named him Cindelaras. He grew up as a nice, healthy, and handsome young man. One day, while Cindelaras helped her mother to collect some fire woods, an eagle dropped an egg. He took the egg and carefully took care of it.

The egg hatched into a chick and then it became a strong rooster. The rooster had a magical skill. It was very powerful and skilful in fighting with other roosters. Besides that, the rooster could also sing. The song was about Cindelaras and his father, Raden Putra. “My master is Cindelaras. He lives in the jungle. His father is a king. His name is Raden Putra.” The rooster often sang the song.

When Cindelaras first heard that song, he ignored it. However, he could not stand it anymore. He talked to his mother about it. His mother told him the whole story. Cindelaras was very surprised. He decided to go to the palace to meet the king, his father. Cindelaras also brought his rooster to go to the palace.

On the way to go there, he met some people. They asked him to fight his rooster with their roosters. Cindelaras’ rooster won the fight. He won again and again. Cindelaras great rooster was heard by King Raden Putra. So, he invited Cindelaras to the palace to fight his rooster with the king’s rooster.

The king made a bet. If Cindelaras’ rooster won the fight, he would get all king’s jewellery. However, if Cindelaras’s rooster lost, he would be punished in a jail. The two roosters fought bravely. In just few minutes, Cindelaras’ rooster won the fight! Then, the rooster sang the song.

The king was surprised, he asked who Cindelaras was. He then told the king about her mother living in the jungle. Later, the palace healer admitted his mistake. He said that the queen was innocent. She never tried to kill the king. The king was very angry. He ordered the concubine to be sent to jail. The king immediately went to the jungle to pick up his wife. He apologized for sending her to the jungle and made her the queen again.

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Narrative Text: The Story of Loro Jonggrang

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom named Prambanan. The people lived peacefully. However, soon their happy lives were disturbed by Pengging Kingdom. The king, Bandung Bondowoso, wanted to occupy Prambanan. He was a mean king.

The war between Prambanan and Pengging could not be avoided. Prambanan lost the war and led by the new king, Bandung Bondowoso. Pengging could win the war because Bandung Bondongwoso had a supernatural power.

His soldiers were not only humans but also genies. Those creatures always obeyed Bandung Bondowoso. They always did whatever Bandung Bondowoso asked them to do. The king of Prambanan had a beautiful daughter. Her name was Loro Jonggrang. Bandung Bondowoso fell in love with her and wanted to marry her.

"If you want to marry me, you have to build a thousand of temples in just one night," said Loro Jonggrang. She hated Bandung Bondowoso because he made the people of Prambanan suffered. "What? Impossible! You just gave me an excuse for not marrying me!" said Bandung Bondowoso. But he did not give up. He asked the genies to help him.

Then all those genies worked hard to build the 1.000 temples. Meanwhile, Loro Jonggrang heard from the lady-inwaiting that the building of 1.000 temples was almost finished.
She was so scared; she did not want to marry Bandung Bondowoso. And then she had a great idea. She asked all the ladies-inwaiting to help her.

"Please prepare a lot of straw and mortar. Come on! Hurry up!" said Loro Jonggrang. All those ladies-in-waiting were confused. They did not know why Loro Jonggrang asked them to prepare a lot of straw and mortars in the middle of the night.

"Listen, all those genies are building the temples, right? We have to stop them by burning the straw and make some noise by pounding the mortar. The genies will think that sun is going to rise and they will run away. Genies are afraid of sunlight." It worked! All those genies thought that sun rose. They did not know the light was from the fire that burning the straw. And the noise from pounding the mortar was like the start of a new day.

Bandung Bondowoso was angry. He knew Loro Jonggrang just tricked him. "You cannot fool me, Loro Jonggrang. I already have 999 temples. I just need one more temple. Now, I will make you the one-thousandth temple." With his supernatural power, Bandung Bondowoso made Loro Jonggrang a temple. Until now, the temple is still standing in Prambanan area, Central Java. And the temple is named Loro Jonggrang temple.

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Narrative Text: The Story of Slamet Mountain

A long time ago, Slamet Mountain was very high. It was so high that it could reach the sky. People heard that they could take the stars if they were on top of the mountain. But no one dared to go there.

The people were afraid that the gods in heaven would be angry if people took the stars. However, the beauty of the stars made some monkeys dared to go to the top of the mountain. Led by their king, they went there and took some stars. Then, the sky became dark at night. People were sad and the gods were angry!

Batara Guru was the leader of the gods. He held a meeting. He invited Batara Narada, Batara Brama, Batara Bayu, and others. Batara Narada had an idea how to stop the monkeys. They would ask Ki Semar to help them.

Ki Semar was actually one of the gods. He was even older than Batara Guru. But Ki Semar did not live in heaven. He lived on earth with his children, Gareng, Petruk, and Bagong. Ki Semar had a great supernatural power. He could cut the top of the mountain easily. But first, he wanted to give a lesson to the naughty monkeys. They had to be punished for stealing the stars. He then set a plan with his children to trap the monkeys.

Gareng then went to the top of the mountain. He had to attract the monkeys to go down by giving them some bananas. It worked! The monkeys followed Gareng.

After the monkeys left the top of the mountain, Ki Semar immediately cut the top of the mountain. He threw the biggest part to Cirebon. It became Ceremai Mountain and the small parts became small mountains, like Clirit Mountain, Tapak Mountain, and others.

After the monkeys left the mountain and followed Gareng, Petruk was ready with some hot water. He planned to pour the hot water over the monkeys. He waited and waited but the monkeys never came to him. He did not know that while the monkeys chased Gareng, they met a giant dragon. The monkeys had a fight with the dragon. It was so terrible that both the monkeys and the dragon finally died.

Because of tired waiting for the monkeys, Petruk then left the place. He did not bring his hot water and left it there. People then named the place where Petruk left his hot water as Guci. It is about 50 kilometers from Tegal, Central Java. It is famous for its hot water.

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Narrative Text: The Story of Batu Balai

Once upon a time there lived an old widow with her only son named Dempu Awang in the middle of a forest in Mentok. They made their living by growing sweet potatos and taros. To improve their living Dempu Awang asked his mother's permission to go abroad to find a good job. His mother allowed him to go.

A few days later Dempu Awang left his village and his beloved mother. He got on board a ship as a sailor. Left alone in the middle of the forest. Dempu Awang's mother never stopped praying for her only son's safety, prosperity and happiness.
Ten years had passed since Dempu Awang left her mother. But during that time he never sent any news to his mother. Thanks to his mother's prayers Dempu Awang had made considerable fortune and married a very beautiful girl who was the daughter of a rich and respectable gentleman. Dempu Awang missed his mother and his native land. So he decided to go with his wife to Mentok by a luxurious sailing boat of his own.

On his arrival at Mentok, the fisherman who knew Dempu Awang told him that his mother was still alive. So he sent one of the fishermen to pick her up. But upon seeing the told, ugly and shabby woman stepping the ladder of his sailing boat, Dempu Awang changed his mind instantly. In the presence of his young, beautiful and richly dressed wife Dempu Awang denied the old woman to be his mother. "Dempu Awang, my son. Never deny that I am your mother, who nurtured you lovingly till you grew up and left me alone in the forest. Listen, that scar in your characteristic identity." Still Dempu Awang refused her and pushed her that she fell down from the ship. Upon seeing this, his wife insisted Dempu Awang to admit the old woman to be his mother. But Dempu Awang stubbornly refused.

Dempu Awang's denial hurt his mother very much. She knelt and rose her hands and prayed sincerely that God would give lesson to her ungrateful son. The prayer was answered. When Dempu Awang's ship was about to leave, suddenly it was attacked by a fierce thunder and rain-storm. The ship was broken in two and sank.

When the storm was over, it turned that Dempu Awang and his ship were changed into a mass of rock, while his wife a white ape. Locals believe that a mass pf rock measuring 8 x 6 x 5m located 3.5 km north to Mentok was formerly Dempu Awang's sailing ship. In old days a governmental meeting room, or Balai in local language, was built near the rock. That is why the rock is called "Batu Balai" or "Rock Meeting Room".

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Narrative Text: The Story of Kebo Iwa

ONCE upon a time in Bali, a man and his wife were praying. They have been married for a long time but did not have any children. They asked God to give them a child. They prayed and prayed. God finally answered their pray. The wife, then, got pregnant and they had a baby boy. They were very happy.
The baby was extraordinary. He was very much different from other babies. He ate and drank a lot. Day after day he ate more and more. His body was getting bigger and bigger. And by the time he was a teenager, his body was as big as a buffalo. People then started to call him Kebo Iwa.

Because of his eating habit, Kebo Iwa’s parents spent a lot of money to buy his food in large amount. They finally went bankrupt. They gave up and asked the villagers to help them provide the food.

The villagers then worked together to cook and build a big house for Kebo Iwa. He was like a giant. He could not stay in his parents’ house anymore because of his big body. Sadly, after a few months, the villagers also could not afford to cook him the food. They then asked Kebo Iwa to cook his own food. The villagers just prepared the raw materials.

Kebo Iwa agreed and as an expression of his gratitude to the villagers, he built a dam, dug wells, and he also protected the villagers from animals and people who wanted to attack their village. He did those things by himself.

Meanwhile, the troops of Majapahit were planning to attack Bali. They knew about Kebo Iwa. And they also knew that they could not conquer Bali with Kebo Iwa there. Kebo Iwa was more powerful than they were.
Gajah Mada, the Maha Patih (Chief Minister) of Majapahit then planned something. They were pretending to invite Kebo Iwa to Majapahit to help them dig some wells. They said that Majapahit was suffering from a long dry season and needed much water. Kebo Iwa did not know the plan, so he went to Majapahit.

When Kebo Iwa was busy digging a very big well, the troops covered the well. Kebo Iwa had difficulty in breathing and buried alive. He died inside the well.

After the death of Kebo Iwa, Bali was conquered by Majapahit. Until now, people still remember Kebo Iwa because he had done a lot for Majapahit and Bali. The stone head of legendary Kebo Iwa can be
found in Pura Gaduh temple in Blahbatuh.

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Narrative Text: The Story of Golden Snail

Dewi Galuh Candra Kirana was a princess from the Kingdom of Daha. She was kind and very beautiful. She was enggaged to Raden Inu Kertapati, the Crown Princes of the Kahuripan Kingdom. Raden Inu Kertapati was wise and very handsome.

Galuh Candra Kirana has a step sister named Galuh Ajeng. Galuh Ajeng was jealous of her. She wanted to marry Raden Inu Kertapati. She looked for a way to get rid of Galuh Candra Kirana. Galur Ajeng went to see an old wicth. The old wicth gace her a spell to curse Galur Candra Kirana. Before cursing her stepsister, Galuh Ajeng slandered her. The King of Daha believed her words and threw Galuh Candra Kirana away from the palace.

The poor pricess lived in misery. She wandered to a beach. There she was cursed and turned into a golden snail. As Keong Emas - The Golden Snail, Galuh Candra Kirana was drifted by the waves; At last she was ashore on a foreign land.

Keong Emas crept to a small village named Dadapan. In that village lived old woman named, Nyai Dadapan. The old woman found Keong Emas. This snail is very beautiful, I will keep it,” she said. She bought Keong Emas to her hut. Nyai Dadapan put the snail in a big earthen jug.


One day Nyai Dadapan came home from fishing.

She didn’t catch any fish, but when she arrived at her hut, she was surprised because dinner was ready. There was much delicious food on the table.

“My oh my……there is delicious food. What a coincidence! I am hungry!” Without thinking twice, she ate up the food.

After her dtomach was full, she realized something.

“Who cooked this food?” she said

The next morning she thought, I will pretend to go fishing. But I will hide behind the door and watch. Nyai Dadapan pretended to go. Then, she secretly hid behind the door.

Not long after that, she saw Keong Emas crept out of the big water jug. Suddenly the snail turned into a beautiful girl. The girl cleaned the hut and cooked a delicious food. Nyai Dadapn came out from behind the door.

“Hi…who are you, beautiful girl?’ she asked.

“I…I am the princess of Daha. Galuh Ajeng. My step sister was jealous of me. She asked for a spell from an old witch to curse me so I turned into a golden snail.”

After saying that, the Princess’ body shrank and then she turned into Keong Emas again.

“Galuh Ajeng is very cruel,” said Nyai Dadapan sadly.

She prayed, wishing that Galuh Candra Kirana’s suffering will end soon.

Raden Inu Kertapati heard the news that his fiancee was thrown out from the palace. He carried out an investigation and found out that Galuh Candra Kirana was not guilty. Then the Prince went to see the King of Daha.

At least Galuh Ajeng was punished by the King.

Raden Inu kertapati went searching for his fiancee. After walking for hours, he became thirty. He stopped by at nyai Dadapan’s hut to ask for water.

At moment, the princess was looking out of the window. Raden Inu Kertapati saw her.

“My dear Candra kirana!” he cried happily.vanished.
The meeting was very touching
The princess introduced Nyai Dadapan to her fiancee.
The suffering was over.

Raden Inu Kertapati went back to the palace with Galuh Candra kirana. They asked the goodhearted Nyai Dadapan to come along.

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Narrative Text: The Story of Malin Kundang

Contoh Narrative Text; Tugas Bahasa Inggris Narrative TextA 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.

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.

Narrative Text: The Story of Sangkuriang

Once upon a time, in Sunda - West Java, living a Princes named Dayang Sumbi. Dayang Sumbi had a son named Sangkuriang. Sangkuriang really liked hunting in the jungle and always asked his dong, Tumang, to accompany him to go hunting. Actually Tumang was an incarnation of god and a father of Sangkuring.

One day, As usual Sangkuriang went hunting in the jungle. There he saw a bird in the tree and soon shot the bird. The shot was right on target but the bird flew. Sangkuriang ordered Tumang to run after it, but Tumang didnt' want to do it. Sangkuriang ordered a few times and Tumang kept doing nothing. Sangkuriang got angry. He beat Tumang and drove it away.

As soon as Sangkuriang arrived at home, he told it his mother.

His mother was angry because Sangkuriang had driven Tumang away. Then, Dayang Sumbi beat Sangkuring. Sangkuriang did not like his mother treatment and decided to go from the house.

After that incident, Dayang Sumbi felt regrets. She prayed to God that one day she would meet her son again. Everynight dan everyday she prayed and prayed. Because she prayed diligently, God gave her an eternal beauty and young forever.
After leaving his village for a long time, Sangkuriang went back to his village. He was surprised because his village had changed a lot. He became more surprising and happier when he met a beautiful girl in the village, Dayang Sumbi, which was also his mother.
Sangkuriang proposed her and Dayang Sumbi agreed with his proposal. They planned to get married soon.

One day Dayang Sumbi saw a scar in Sangkuriang's head. She asked him about the scar and Sangkuriang told about it. Dayang Sumbi surprised because Sangkuriang was her son that had left her for a long time. It was impossible for getting married with her own son.

Dayang Sumbi was confused. She asked Sangkuriang to cancel their marriage plan but Sangkuriang didn't agree with it.

Finally, Dayang Sumbi proposed two requirements if Sangkurinag wanted to keep getting married with her. First, He had to damn Citarum river and second, he had to make a canoed to across the river. Both had to bed finished before dawn.

Sangkuriang agreed with both requirements and promised to finish them before dawn.

With his power and helped by his friends and jin, he did the two job and almost finished them.

Dayang Sumbi silently saw Sangkuriang's Job and was surprised because he almost finished them. Because she didn't want Sangkuriang finished before dawn, she asked for people's help to hold red silk cloth in the east of the village.

When Sangkuriang saw the red color in the east of the village, he thought that he failed. He was upset dan break the dam. The water of the dam flew to the village. The village was flooded and drown. He also kicked the big canoe and the big canoe changed into a mountain called Tangkuban Perahu.

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Narrative Text: The Story of Manik Angkeran

A long time ago, lived a very rich family in Bali. The father was Sidi Mantra. He was very famous for his supernatural power. He lived happily with his wife and his only child Manik Angkeran.

Manik Angkeran was a spoiled son. He also had a bad habit. He liked to gamble. Because of his bad habit, his parents soon became poor. They always advised Manik Angkeran to stop his bad habit, but he never listened to them. Instead he kept on begging to his parents to give him a lot of money.

The parents then did not have the heart to see him begging. Sidi Mantra then went to Agung Mountain. There lived a mighty dragon with his great supernatural power. He could provide jewelries to those who could say the right prayers and ring the bell. Sidi Mantra had the bell and he also knew the prayers.

"My name is Sidi Mantra. I have a problem. My son likes to gamble. He made me poor. And now he asks a lot of money. I want to give him some, but now I want him to promise to stop his bad behavior," explained Sidi Mantra after he met the dragon. Sidi Mantra then said the prayers and rang the bell. Suddenly, jewelries came out from the dragon's body. He was very happy and immediately brought the jewelries home.

This time Sidi Mantra wanted Manik Angkeran really to stop gambling. The son then promised. But soon he broke the promise and he did not have some money again. He heard that his father got the jewelries from the dragon living in Agung Mountain. So he stole his father's bell then went there.

After arrived in Agung Mountain, Manik Angkeran rang the bell. The dragon knew him. "I will give you anything you want but you have to promise to stop gambling. Remember the karma!" then the dragon gave him the jewelries. Manik Angkeran was very happy. Suddenly he had a bad idea. He wanted to kill the dragon and stole all his jewelries. The dragon knew his plan and with his great power he killed Manik Angkeran. Sidi Mantra was very sad. He asked the dragon to bring his son back to life. The dragon agreed but they had to live in different places.

After few moments, Manik Angkeran lived again. Then Sidi Mantra used a stick to make a big line between them on the ground. From the line, water flowed. Soon it became a river. Finally it became a strait. It separated Java and Bali. People then named the strait as Bali Strait.

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Narrative Text: The Legend Of Surabaya

A long time ago in East Java there were two strong animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was a shark and Baya was a crocodile. They lived in a sea. Actually, they were friends. But when they were hungry, they were very greedy. They did not want to share their food. They would fight for it and never stop fighting until one of them gave up.

It was a very hot day. 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! I had not eaten for two days!” said Sura.

Then Sura and Baya fought again. After several hours, they were very tired. Sura had a plan to stop their bad behavior.

“I’m tired of fighting, Baya,” said Sura.

“Me too. What should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea?” asked Baya.

“Yes, I do. Let’s share our territory. I live in the water, so I look for food in the sea. And you live on the land, right? So, you look for the food also on the land. The border is the beach, so we will never meet again. Do you agree?” asked Sura.

“Hmm... let me think about it. OK, I agree. From today, I will never go to the sea again. My place is on the land,” said Baya.

Then they both lived in the different places. But 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.

“Hey, what are you doing here? This is my place. Your place is in the sea!”

“But, there is water in the river, right? So, this is also my place!” said Sura.

Then Sura and Baya 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. He went back to the sea. Baya was very happy. He had his place again. The place where they were fighting was a mess. Blood was everywhere. People then always talked about the fight between Sura and Baya. They then named the place of the fight as Surabaya, it’s from Sura the shark and Baya the crocodile. People also put their fight as the symbol of Surabaya city.

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