Kumpulan Contoh Narrative Text dalam Bahasa Inggris Singkat

Kumpulan Contoh Narrative Text dalam Bahasa Inggris Singkat

 

1.      Narrative Text Fable

The Ant and the Dove

One hot day, an ant was searching for some water. After walking around for some time, 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 into the water.

She could have drowned if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly plucked off a leaf and dropped it into the water near the struggling ant. The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon it carried her safely to dry ground.

Not long after at that time, a hunter nearby was throwing out his net towards the dove, hoping to trap it.

Guessing what he was about to do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Feeling the pain, the hunter dropped his net. The dove was quick to fly away to safety.

1.      Narrative Text Fable

The Fox and the Grapes

One afternoon a fox 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 back, the fox jumped and just missed the hanging grapes. Again the fox took a few paces back and tried to reach them but still failed.

Short StoriesFinally, giving up, the fox turned up his nose and said, “They’re probably sour anyway,” and proceeded to walk away.

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

2.      Narrative Text Legend

Lake Toba

Once upon a time, there was a fisherman called Batara Guru Sahala. He lived in Batak land. One day, he caught a fish. But he was really shocked to know that the fish could talk. The fish begged Batara Guru to release it. Then he did it directly.

But another surprise happened again when the fish changed into a beautiful woman. It made Batara Guru felt in love at once. Then he asked her to marry him. The woman agreed to marry for one condition that he must never tell anyone about the secret that she was a fish he caught. Batara Guru agreed to promise her about it.

Several years after marrying, they were happily married and had two daughters. Every morning Batara Guru went fishing. His daughters always delivered his lunch. One day, a bad thing happened when his daughters ate his lunch instead of bringing the food to Batara Guru. They ate it because they were so starving in the middle of the trip. But Batara Guru Sahala did not care about it. He got very angry with them. He shouted at them and said,”You two acted exactly like a fish’s daughters!”. His daughters didn’t understand what it meant. Then they went home and told her mother about what their father say. Knowing that Batara Guru Sahala broke his promise, she was really angry. She did not forgive Batara Guru even though he begged her to apologize him.

2.  Narrative Text Legend

Bawang Merah and Bawang Putih

There was a beautiful girl called Bawang Putih, She lived with her cruel step-mother and a naughty daughter, Bawang Merah. Both of them always treated Bawang Putih rudely as if she were a servant. Bawang Putih had to do all the house duties all day long, such as cooking, sweeping, washing their clothes, while they were going around, shopping. Bawang Putih often cried in her room. She really missed her mother.In one morning, Bawang Putih washed clothes in the river. But she panicked to find out her step-mother’s favorite gown. She walked along the river to find it. While searching for the clothes near a forest, she met a kind hearted giant. The sky was turning dark, so the giant asked her to stay in its house for a night. Bawang Putih helped the giant to clean its house. The giant really liked her because she was very diligent, then it gave her two gourds as a reward, a small one and a big one. Bawang Putih told it that she just wanted to help not a reward, so she chose the small one. When she opened, it was full of gold and jewelry.

When she returned to home, bawang putih step-mother was very happy and grabbed the gold and jewelry from her. But she was so greedy that she asked Bawang Merah to act as Bawang Putih in order to get the jewelry. But even she acted like bawang Putih, the giant still knew her laziness and it really hated her. But the giant still gave her two gourds. Unlike Bawang Putih did, because of her greediness, Bawang merah chose the big one. Unfortunately it was full of snakes, not gold and jewelry as she wished.

3.  Narrative Text Myth

Story of 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.

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.

3.  Narrative Text Myth

Dewi Sri

Once upon a time, Batara Guru commanded all the gods and goddesses to contribute their power in order to build a new palace. Anybody who disobeyed this commandment were considered lazy and would lose their arms and legs.

Hearing the Batara Guru’s commandment, Naga god was very anxious because he didn’t have arms or legs.  He might not be able do the job. So he asked  advice from Batara Narada who was the younger brother of Batara Guru. Unfortunately Narada was also confused. The Naga god became very upset.

While the Naga god was crying for his bad luck, three teardrops fell on the ground. Not long after that, those teardrops became three beautiful shining eggs which looked like jewels. Then Batara Narada advised him to offer those  shining eggs to Batara Guru.

With the three eggs in his mouth, the Naga god went to the Batara Guru’s palace. On the way,  an eagle asked him a question. Surely Naga god could not answer the question because he was holding the eggs in his mouth. Seeing that, the bird thought that Naga god was arrogant and the bird attacked him.

Being attacked, one egg fell to earth. Then Naga god was hiding in the bushes but the bird was waiting for him. The bird attacked for the second time and one egg fell again. So Naga god only had one egg in his mouth. He kept moving to Batara Guru’s palace.
Finally Naga god arrived at the palace. He offered the egg to the Batara Guru. And miraculously the egg hatched became a very beautiful baby girl. Naga god gave the baby girl to the Batara Guru. The baby grew up into a beautiful girl and later known for Dewi Sri.