NARRATIVE TEXT (FABLE) WITH TRANSLATION
AND GENERIC STRUCTURE
THE SMART MONKEY AND THE DULL
CROCODILE
One day there was a monkey. He
wanted to cross a river. There he saw a crocodile so he asked the crocodile to
take him across the other side of the river. The crocodile agree and told the
monkey to jump on its back. Then the crocodile swam down the river with the
monkey on his top.
Unluckily, the crocodile was
very hungry, he stopped in the middle of the river and said to the monkey, “My
father is very sick. He has to eat the heart of the monkey. So he will be
healthy again.”
At the time, the monkey was in
dangerous situation and he had to think hard. Then he had a good idea. He told
the crocodile to swim back to the river bank. “What’s for?” asked the
crocodile. “Because I don’t bring my heart,” said the monkey. “I left it under
a tree, near some coconuts in the river bank.”
The crocodile agreed and turned
around. He swam back to the bank of the river. As soon as they reached the
river bank, the monkey jumped off the crocodile’s back. Then he climbed up to
the top of a tree.
“Where is your heart?” asked
the crocodile. “You are foolish,” said the monkey to the crocodile. “Now I am
free and I have my heart.”
TERJEMAHAN :
MONYET PINTAR DAN BUAYA BODOH
Suatu hari, ada seekor monyet. Ia
ingin menyeberangi sungai. Di sana ia melihat buaya sehingga ia meminta buaya
untuk membawanya kesisi lain dari sungai itu. Buayapun setuju dan mengatakan
kepada monyet untuk melompat di punggungnya.
Kemudian buaya berenang menyusuri
sungai dengan monyet di atas punggungnya. Akan tetapi saat buaya itu merasa
sangat lapar, ia berhenti di tengah-tengah sungai dan berkata kepada monyet,
“Ayah saya sangat sakit. Dia harus makan jantung monyet supaya bisa sehat
kembali. ”
Saat itu, monyet itu ada dalam situasi
yang sangat berbahaya. Ia harus berpikir keras. Kemudian ia memiliki ide yang
bagus. Iapun mengatakan kepada buaya supaya berenang kembali ke tepi sungai.
“Apa?” Tanya buaya. “Karena aku tidak membawa jantung saya,” kata monyet. “Aku
meninggalkannya di bawah pohon, dekat pohon kelapa, di tepi sungai itu.”
Buayapun setuju dan berbalik, berenang
kembali ke tepi sungai. Begitu sampai di tepi sungai, monyetpun melompat dari
punggung buaya. Kemudian ia naik ke atas pohon.
“Dimana jantungmu?” Tanya buaya.
“Dasar buaya bodoh,” kata monyet. “Sekarang saya bebas dan tetap mempunyai jantung.”
GENERIC STRUCTURE :
1.
Orientation:
The
participants or characters of the story are a smart monkey and dull crocodile.
One day
there was a monkey. He wanted to cross a river. There he saw a crocodile The
time set is just one day. The story takes place in a river
2.
Complication:
Every
narrative text must consist of conflict or problem. A simple definition of
problem is when something goes and it is not what we want. In the story the
complication start when the crocodile want to eats the monkey.
The crocodile was very hungry, he stopped in the middle of the river and said
to the monkey, “My father is very sick. He has to eat the heart of the monkey.
Of course the monkey don not want to be the crocodile’s meal and that is the
problem which sets the whole story.
3.
Resolution:
A problem
must be resolved. It can succeed or fail. In this story, the monkey succeeds to
solve the problem. He get free from the hungry crocodile.
The crocodile agreed and turned around. He swam back to the bank of the river.
As soon as they reached the river bank, the monkey jumped off the crocodile’s
back. Then he climbed up to the top of a tree.
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