The Apple Tree And A Boy

Once upon a time, there was a huge apple tree which gave tasty apples to the people around
it. There was also a little boy who became a close friend to the apple tree. The boy used to
play with apple tree, climb its branches, sleep under its shadow, pluck its apples, etc. Every
day he visited the apple tree, and ate some apples. The apple tree was kind to the boy and
enjoying spending time together.

One day, the boy joined in school and didn't have a time to spend with apple tree. After
several days, the boy came to the tree. The apple tree was so happy to see the boy. It asked
the boy to play.

Unfortunately, the boy said he was not a child anymore. He didn't want to play with the
tree. But he asked another request to the apple tree.

The tree asked what the boy wanted. The boy said he needed toys, but his parents didn't
have money to buy it for him.

The tree said, "Dear my boy, i don't have any money to buy it for you, but you can pick my
apples, then sell them, get money and buy the toys you want."

The boy went happily to his home after plucking apples. The tree was waiting to see the
boy return. But he never came back for many years.

The apple tree was sad and it didn't produce any apples anymore.

Moral value : Never forget about someone kindness.

The Most Beautiful Heart

Once upon a time, a young man was shouting in a crowded place.

"Hey people, look at me! I have the most beautiful heart in this town."

Every person looked at him and amazed to see his beautiful heart in perfect shape which
looked so amazing. Many people who saw his heart praised him.

However, a old man came and challenged him.

"No boy, I have the most beautiful heart in the world."

"Show your heart, old man!" the young man asked

The story of Toba Lake

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 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.

Romeo and Juliet

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 qurreling 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

The Ugly Duckling

One upon time, a mother duck sat on her eggs. She felt tired of sitting on them. She just wished the eggs
would break out.
Several days later, she got her wish. The eggs cracked and some cute little ducklings appeared. "Peep,
peep" the little ducklings cried. "Quack, quack" their mother greeted in return.
Contoh narrative text dengan generic structure: the Ugly Duckling
However the largest egg had not cracked. The mother duck sat on it for several days. Finally, it cracked and
a huge ugly duckling waddled out. The mother duck looked at him in surprise. He was so big and very gray.
He didn't look like the others at all. He was like a turkey
When the mother duck brought the children to the pond for their first swimming lesson. The huge grey
duckling splashed and paddled about just as nicely as the other ducklings did. "That is not a turkey chick. He
is my very own son and quite handsome" the mother said proudly
However, the other animals didn't agree. They hissed and made fun of him day by day. Even his own sisters
and brothers were very unkind. "You are very ugly" they quacked.
The little poor duckling was very unhappy. "I wish I looked like them" he thought to himself. One day, the
ugly duckling run away and hid in the bushes. The sad duckling lived alone through the cold and snow
winter. Finally the spring flowers began to bloom. While he was swimming in the pond, he saw three large
white swans swimming toward him. "Oh, dear. these beautiful birds will laugh and peck me too" he said to
himself. But the swans did not attack him. Instead, they swam around him and stroked him with their bills.
As the ugly duckling bent his neck to speak to them, he saw his reflection in the water. He could not believe
his eyes. "I am not an ugly duckling but a beautiful swam" he exclaimed.
He was very happy. From that day on, he swam and played with his new friends and was happier than he
had never been.

Narrative text - Generic structure in the story of the Ugly Duckling

Orientation of the Narrative text: It introduces the participants which involve in the story of the Ugly
Duckling. They are duck mother, Ugly duckling, duckling's sister, and the swan.
Complication of the narrative text: It brings the rising conflict. In a long story, the complication should be
minors and a major. In this story of ugly duckling, the major complication is that the new born duck is
different form other little ducks. The difference makes him get bad treatment from others animals. As
results, he is sad, unhappy and finally runs away.
Resolution of the narrative text: It comes to a solution for the complication. In narrative texts, a resolution
can be happy ending or sad ending. In this story of the Ugly duckling, the resolution is happy one. He gets
new friends who do not treat him badly.

The Myth 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.
(Re-written from www.st.rim.or.jp)

Narrative Analysis on Generic Structure

Many believe that a story can teach a society certain moral value. Most stories are build in narrative.
Because it is a narrative story, it must consists of complication. That complication, in fact, is the moral value
which like to be taught.
Orientation; the first paragraph is set to be the story introduction. Reading the orientation, reader will know
that the story is characterized with Malin Kundang and his mother. Wes Sumatra is set as the place.
Complication; this is the main element of narrative story. From the Malin Kundang myth, we know that
there are more than one complication. Many stories are composed with multi complications. They are minor
complication and major complication. When Malin Kundang and her mother did life hard, it can be the minor
complication. this hard life in the first time was solved by his successful trading as new merchant. However
this narrative sotry is more interesting when we see the major complication among the participants- Malin
Kundang denied his mother after being successful merchant. In every story, complication must be ended;
happy ending or sad one
Resolution; this is the end of the story, the sad ending one. Malin Kundang faces his curse of turning into a
stone.

The Cap Seller and The Monkeys

Once, a cap seller was passing through a jungle. He was very tired and needed to rest. Then, he stopped
and spread a cloth under a tree. He placed his bag full of caps near him and lay down with his cap on his
head.
The cap seller had a sound sleep for one hour. When he got up, the first thing he did was to look into his
bag. He was startled when he found all his caps were not there.
When he looked up the sky, he was very surprised to see monkeys sitting on the branches of a tree, each of
the monkeys is wearing a cap of on its head. They had evidently done it to imitate him
He decided to get his caps back by making a humble request to the monkeys. In return, the monkeys only
made faces of him. When he begun to make gesture, the monkeys also imitated him.
At last he found a clever idea. " Monkeys are a great imitator," he thought. So he took off his own cap and
threw it down on the ground. And as he had expected, all the monkeys took off the caps and threw the caps
down on the ground. Quickly, he stood up and collected the caps, put them back into his bag and went
away.

berikut memang sangt pendek namun memuat begitu banyak nilai moral. Meski teks cerita berikut sangat singkat, akan tetapi cerita itu
memberikan pembelajaran yang sangt bagus bagi yang mau berfikir.
Teks narrative itu disusun berdasar structure sebagai berikut:
1. Orientation: Pengantar siapa yang jadi tokoh cerita, bila perlu ada informasi tempat dan waktu.
2. Complications: Pertentangan atau permasalahan ynag muncul seiring berjalannya cerita diantara para tokoh cerita
3. Resolution: Cara penulis atau penutur cerita mengakhiri alur ceritanya. Bagi pelaku cerita, bisa berupa sad ending atau bad ending.
Text Narrative dan Nilai Moral
Apa fungsi narrative text dalam bentuk cerita bagi kehidupan masyarakat? Jawabannya adalah sebagai hiburan dan pendidikan. 2 fungsi itu
yang masih melekat sampai sekarang ketika kita berbicara dan mendengarkan sebuah cerita.
Nilai moral adalah pesan yang diinginkan oleh penulis atau penutur cerita terhadap pembaca dan pendengarnya. Bagi banyak orang pesan
cerita ini sangat intrinsik, sulit untuk dikatakan, tapi bisa dengan mudah dirasakan.
Setiap cerita harus mengajarakan nilai yang baik. Kalau itu terjadi maka benar adanya cerita itu mempunyai fungsi pengajaran selain sebagai
hiburan. Berikut adalah contoh cerita pendek yang memiliki nilai moral value yang tinggi.
The Hen with the Silver Eggs
One day, in an Arabian city, a woman went to the market and bought a beautiful hen.
A few days later, to her surprise, the hen she bought laid a silver egg. If the hen could only be persuaded to lay more than one egg each day,
the woman was sure she would never have to work again.
So the woman decided to make the hen eat more, so that it could lay more eggs. But the only result was that the hen died of indigestion and
did not lay more eggs at all.
 Contoh Text Narrative dan Nilai Moral

Kalau masih ada yang kurang jelas dengan arti cerita pendek diatas, berikut diterjemahkan sekenanya dari contoh text narrative pendek
bahasa Inggris diatas:

Ayam dan Telur Emas

Suatu hari di kota Arab, seorang wanita pergi ke pasar dan membeli seekor ayam.
Beberapa hari kemudian, secara mengejutkan, ayam tersebut menghasilakn sebutir telur emas. Jika ayam itu mampu bertelur lebih dari satu
telur dalam sehari, wanita tersebut pasti tidak perlu bekerja lagi.
Maka wanita itu memutuskan memberi makan lebih banyak kepada ayam itu supaya ayam itu mampu bertelur lebih banyak lagi. Namun
ternyata ayam itu mati karena disebabkan oleh radang pencernaan.
Apa yang bisa ditangkap dari cerita diatas? Sangat mudah untuk dirasakan nilai yang bisa kita petik dari cerit bahasa Inggris tentang ayam
dan telur emas diatas. Apa itu?
1. Jangan rakus
2. Nikmati dan kerjakan hari ini jangan tuda sampai besok.
3. Hal-hal kecil kalau tidak dimanfaatkan malah tidak ada sama sekali
4. Setiap hal punya batas kelayakan dan kemampuan, jangan terlalu melampaui itu
5. Apa lagi ya nilai moralnya hehhe
Begitulah contoh text narrative sangat pendek yang penuh dengan nilai moral ini. Artikel ini untuk melengkapi kumpulan contoh text
narrative sebelumnya yang harus bisa dipahami sebagai pembelajaran yang sekaligus sebagi hiburan. Akhirnya selamat belajar bahasa
Inggris dengan menyenangkan.

Queen of Arabia and Three Sheiks

Maura, who like to be thought of as the most beautiful and powerful queen of
Arabia, had many suitors. One by one she discarded them, until her list was
reduced to just three sheiks. The three sheiks were all equally young and
handsome. They were also rich and strong. It was very hard to decide who would
be the best of them.

One evening, Maura disguised herself and went to the camp of the three sheiks. As
they were about to have dinner, Maura asked them for something to eat. The first
gave her some left over food. The second Sheik gave her some unappetizing camel’s
tail. The third sheik, who was called Hakim, offered her some of the most tender
and tasty meat. After dinner, the disguised queen left the sheik’s camp.
The following day, the queen invited the three sheiks to dinner at her palace. She
ordered her servant to give each one exactly what they had given her the evening
before. Hakim, who received a plate of delicious meat, refused to eat it if the other
two sheiks could not share it with him.

This Sheik Hakim’s act finally convinced Queen Maura that he was the man for
her. “Without question, Hakim is the most generous of you” she announced her
choice to the sheiks. “So it is Hakim I will marry”.

2. The Smartest Animal

Once there was a farmer from Laos. Every morning and every evening, he
ploughed his field with his buffalo.

One day, a tiger saw the farmer and his buffalo working in the field. The tiger was
very surprised to see a big animal listening to a small animal. The tiger wanted to
know more about the big animal and the small animal.

After the man went home, the tiger spoke to the buffalo; “you are so big and strong.
Why do you do everything the man tells you?” The buffalo answered; “oh, the man
is very intelligent”.

The tiger asked; “can you tell me how intelligent he is?”. “No, I can’t tell you”, said
the buffalo; “but you can ask him”

So the next day the tiger asked to the man; “Can I see your intelligence?”. But the
man answered; “it at home”. “Can you go and get it?” asked the tiger. “Yes” said the
man; “but I am afraid you will kill my buffalo when I am gone. Can I tie you to a
tree?”

After the man tied the tiger to the tree, he didn’t go home to get his intelligence. He
took his plough and hit the tiger. Then he said; “Now you know about my
intelligence even you haven’t seen it.

3. Blind Listening
A stupid man was sent by his father to sell salt. He first went to a mining area but
nobody there wanted his salt. When he returned home, his father told him that if
he had helped the miners to dig, they would have bought his salt.

The man next went to a house where a wedding was taking place. There he dug a
huge hole. This made the people angry and they chased him away. When he
returned home, his father told him that if he had beaten a drum and danced
instead, the people there would have bought salt from him.

Then, he went to a village where there happened to be a fire. Rushing to the place,
he started drumming and dancing, only to be thrown out by the people. His father
told him that he should have poured water on the fire instead, if he wanted to sell
salt there.

In the next place he went to, a couple were fighting with each other. The foolish
man poured a bucketful of water on them, again to be chased away. His father later
told him that he should have tried to settle the quarrel, in which case they would
have bought salt from him.

In the final event, the man saw two bulls fighting with each other. He stepped in to
stop the fight and was gored to death by angry bulls.

4. Money Isn′t Everything

Donald, Daisy, Huey, Louie and Dewey all went to visit Uncle Scrooge one cold
autumn day. They knocked at the door and had to wait a long time before all the
bolts were undone. Even then Uncle Scrooge looked very suspicious, as if they were
Beagle Boys in disguise. The old miser was very surprised to see them all.

"Well, well. I suppose you'd better come in," he croaked at the door.

"Have you got a sore throat, Great- Uncle Scrooge?" chirped Louie.

"Don't be cheeky, Louie!" scolded Daisy.

"Stuff and nonsense!" croaked

Uncle Scrooge. "I have got a sore throat! The young lad's right."

"Sorry to hear that, Uncle," said Donald sympathetically. "Should I send Dewey out
to get you some cough
drops?"
"No. They cost too much money nowadays," complained the old miser. "I'd rather
suffer the tickle in my throat."

"You don't seem very happy, Uncle Scrooge," soothed Daisy.

"Mind your own business!" snapped Uncle Scrooge.

"Poor old Great-Uncle Scrooge," chirped Dewey, who had jumped up to sit on his
Great-Uncle's knee.

"What do you mean—poor Great- Uncle Scrooge!" chuckled Uncle Scrooge. "I've
got more money than Fort Knox."

"What I meant," explained Dewey, "was that I had a sore throat too, and I hardly
have any money. But I bought some cough drops." With that Dewey pulled out his
box of cough drops and gave them to Uncle Scrooge.

"You can have my cough drops, Uncle," smiled Dewey, "because they cured my sore
throat."

Uncle Scrooge didn't know what to say. But one great big tear rolled down his face.

"Poor Great-Uncle Scrooge," echoed the triplets.

5. The Smartest Parrot

Once upon time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it.
The parrot could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not say the
name of the place where it was born. The name of the place was Catano.

The man felt excited having the smartest parrot but he could not understand why
the parrot would not say Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano
however the bird kept not saying the word.

At the first, the man was very nice to the bird but then he got very angry. “You
stupid bird!” pointed the man to the parrot. “Why can’t you say the word? Say
Catano! Or I will kill you” the man said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach,
the parrot would not say it. Then the man got so angry and shouted to the bird over
and over; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”. The bird kept not to say the word of Catano.

One day after he had been trying so many times to make the bird say Catano, the
man really got very angry. He could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw it
into the chicken house. There were four old chickens for next dinner “You are as
stupid as the chickens. Just stay with them” Said the man angrily. Then he
continued to humble; “You know, I will cut the chicken for my meal. Next it will be
your turn, I will eat you too, stupid parrot”. After that he left the chicken house.

The next day, the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and
was very surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the chicken house. There
were three death chickens on the floor. At the moment, the parrot was standing
proudly and screaming at the last old chicken; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”.