1. TYPE OF NARRATIVE
Diajukan untuk memenuhi salah satu tugas mata pelajaran Bahasa inggris
Disusn oleh :
1. Kurniawan Nur Abdillah
2. Sutendi
3. Sinta Kartika
4. Komar Riana
5. Iroh
6. Iis
7. Meilani
8. Yusi
SMA NEGERI DARMARAJA
Jalan Cikondang No.90 Darmaraja Sumedang

2. Folklore:
The Origin of Landak
River
Long time ago, lived a farmer and his wife in a village by the side of a
forest. They lived simply and they like to help other people, especially one who in
afflictions. One night, the farmer and his wife were resting in their house. The
farmer was sitting beside his sleeping wife. Suddenly, a white centipede came out
from the wife‟s head. The farmer was amazed. He then followed the centipede
until they reach a small pond not far from their house. Then the centipede
suddenly disappeared. The farmer went home and found his wife still soundly
asleep.
In the morning, the wife told his husband about the dream she had last
night. “I was walking through a vast field, and I came to a lake. I saw a giant
hedgehog in the lake. It was glaring at me, so I ran away.” After he heard his
wife‟s dream, the farmer went back to the small pond. In the pond, he saw
something very shiny. He came to the shiny object and took it. It was a golden
hedgehog statue. It was very beautiful. Its eyes were made of diamond. The
farmer then brought the statue home.
At night, the farmer had a dream. A giant hedgehog came to him, “Please
let me stay in your home. As return, I will give you everything you want. Just
caress the statue‟s head and say the prayer. There are two kinds of prayers, one is
to start your wish and the second is to stop your wish. Now memorize the
prayers.”
In the next day, the farmer told his wife about his dream. They really wanted to
prove it. The farmer slowly caressed the statue's head. He said the prayer and
asked for rice. Suddenly, rice came out of the mouth of the statue. The rice kept
on coming out from the statue's mouth. The farmer immediately said the prayer to
stop it. The rice then stopped coming out from the statue.
The farmer and his wife then asked for other things, jewelry and other
stuff they needed. They became very rich. But they still like to help other people.
A lot of poor came to them for help. Unfortunately, a thief found out about the
secret of the golden hedgehog statue. Pretending to be a poor asking for help, he
stole the statue from the farmer‟s house.
The thief blurred to the district area of Ngabang. There was a drought in
the area. The thief wanted sympathy from the people, so he said to them that he

3. would provide them with water. The thief then
caressed the hedgehog statue and said the prayer.
Water came out of the statue‟s mouth. All the people
were so happy. But the water kept on coming out. The
thief didn‟t know the prayer to stop the wish. People
who saw the incident were really scared. They ran
away to avoid the water as it was started to flood the
area. The thief also wanted to run away, but he cannot
move his legs. In his vision, there was a giant hedgehog holding both his legs.
Water kept coming from the statue and slowly it became a river. The thief was
drowned in the river. People then named the river as Hedgehog River or Sungai
Landak.

4. Fable: A Little Rabbit and Crocodiles
A little rabbit wanted to find some food in a forest. But unfortunetely he
found a big river so that he couldn't cross to another side. The rabbit looked
around. He got surprised when he saw a huge crocodile floating on the river. The
crocodile's eyes watched him out. "Aha!" the little rabbit smiled. He suddenly got
an idea. "Hello, my lord crocodile! Would you please come here," he shouted.
Hearing the rabbit called him, the crocodile swam closer. "Hmm, what's up?" "I
know you're hungry. I'm bringing some food for you and all your friend. You
know it's a big cow. I think it would make you so satisfied," the rabbit said.
"Really? Where is it?" the crocodile said. "It's in the back of that tree," the rabbit
pointed out a tree behind him. "I'll give you, but I must know how many
crocodiles are here. Could you call your friend to come?" The crocodile looked
happy. Then he called his friends. After a while 20 crocodiles had come. "Ok.
Now please stay in line. I'm going to count your number," said the rabbit. All
crocodiles moved and made a row. A moment later the big river was covered by
crocodiles waiting some food that rabbit promised. The rabbit jumped to the first
crocodile's back. He began to count. "One, two, three,..." the rabbit counted by
jumping up to crocodiles' back one by one. "nineteen, twenty," After stepping the
last crocodile, the rabbit jumped into the river bank and ran into the forest. Then
he laughed and shouted, "Stupid!"
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5. Legend: The Legend of Rawa Pening
Once upon a time, there was a little poor boy came into a little village. He
was very hungry and weak. He knocked at every door and asked for some food,
but nobody cared about him. Nobody wanted to help the little boy.
Finally, a generous woman helped him. She gave him shelter and a meal. When
the boy wanted to leave, this old woman gave him a “lesung”, a big wooden
mortar for pounding rice. She reminded him, “please remember, if there is a flood
you must save yourself. Use this “lesung” as a boat”. The “lesung” was happy and
thanked the old woman.The little boy continued his journey. While he was
passing through the village, he saw many people gathering on the field. The boy
came closer and saw a stick stuck in the ground. People challenged each other to
pull out that stick. Everybody tried, but nobody succeeded. “Can I try?” asked the
little boy. The crowd laughed mockingly. The boy wanted to try his luck so he
stepped forward and pulled out the stick. He could do it very easily. Everybody
was dumbfounded.
Suddenly, from the hole left by stick, water spouted out. It did not stop until it
flooded the village. And no one was saved from the water except the little boy and
the generous old woman who gave him shelter and meal. As she told him, he used
the “lesung” as a boat and picked up the old woman. The whole village became a
huge lake. It is now known as Rawa Pening Lake in Salatiga, Central Java,
Indonesia.

6. Short story: Why the sea is salt
(short stories from Taiwan)
There were two brothers who lived in a village by the sea, the elder was
called Chi Hua and the younger Chi Ming.
When their father died. Chi Hua took all the family property for himself. His
brother had nothing. Chi Ming was poor and worked hard every day to collect
firewood to make a living. One night, he had a dream. In this dream, an old man
came to him.
“I am the god of stone,” he said. “I want to help you because you are honest
and hard-working. If you will climb to the top of the mountain behind your
village, you will find a stone gate there. Open the gate and go inside. There are
many fairies living there. Ask them for anything you want and they will give it to
you. Don‟t be greedy, however. Ask for the stone grindstone which you will find
there. It is a magic grindstone. Whatever you want, it will make for you.”
The next day, Chi Ming climbed the mountain. He carried a basket of food
with him. When he arrived at the stone gate, he went inside. He found himself in a
large cave. There were many fairies living there. However, they did not have
enough food to eat. He gave them the basket of food and they were very pleased.
“You can take away all the gold and silver you can carry.” They said to him.
“Please give me instead the magic grindstone,” Chi Ming asked.
The fairies handed over the grindstone to him. Chi Ming thanked them and
carried it away with him.
When he returned home. He felt hungry. He asked the grindstone for some
food. In no time, a wonderful meal appeared on the table. From that day on,
everything he wanted was given to him by the magic grindstone.
Not long afterwards, his elder brother, Chi Hua, heard of Chi Ming‟s good
fortune. While Chi Ming was sleeping he crept into the house and stole the magic
grindstone.
He sailed away in a little boat with the magic grindstone.
“what shall I ask for?” he thought. “I know. Everyone need salt. I‟ll ask the
grindstone to give me as much salt as I want. I‟ll soon become a rich man.”
He then asked the grindstone for the salt, “All right,” said the grind stone.it
started grinding away and the boat soon filled with salt. There was alt everywhere.
But Chi Hua was so greedy that he did not want to tell the grindstone to
stop.Finally, the boat sank under the weight of the salt and Chi Hua was
drowned.From the day on. The grindstone continued to make salt at the bottom of
the sea. That is why the sea is so salty.

7. Mysteries: 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”.

8. Romance:"Romeo and Juliet's Romantic and Tragic
Story"
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 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.

9. 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

10. Horror Stories: A Ghost
We were speaking of sequestration, alluding to a recent lawsuit. It was at the close
of a friendly evening in a very old mansion in the Rue de Grenelle, and each of
the guests had a story to tell, which he assured us was true.
Then the old Marquis de la Tour-Samuel, eighty-two years of age, rose and
came forward to lean on the mantelpiece. He told the following story in his
slightly quavering voice.
"I, also, have witnessed a strange thing — so strange that it has been the
nightmare of my life. It happened fifty-six years ago, and yet there is not a month
when I do not see it again in my dreams. From that day I have borne a mark, a
stamp of fear, — do you understand?
"Yes, for ten minutes I was a prey to terror, in such a way that ever since a
constant dread has remained in my soul. Unexpected sounds chill me to the heart;
objects which I can ill distinguish in the evening shadows make me long to flee. I
am afraid at night. "No! I would not have owned such a thing before reaching my
present age. But now I may tell everything. One may fear imaginary dangers at
eighty-two years old. But before actual danger I have never turned back,
mesdames.
"That affair so upset my mind, filled me with such a deep, mysterious unrest
that I never could tell it. I kept it in that inmost part, that corner where we conceal
our sad, our shameful secrets, all the weaknesses of our life which cannot be
confessed.
"I will tell you that strange happening just as it took place, with no attempt to
explain it. Unless I went mad for one short hour it must be explainable, though.
Yet I was not mad, and I will prove it to you. Imagine what you will. Here are the
simple facts:
"It was in 1827, in July. I was quartered with my regiment in Rouen.
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11. Myths: The Judgement of Paris
When the dark beauty, Hecuba, the wife of King Priam, was pregnant, she had a
terrifying dream. She dreamed she gave birth to a firebrand and awoke screaming
that the city of Troy was burning to the ground. Alarmed by this, her husband
consulted his son, the seer Aisacros, who told him the baby would one day cause
the destruction of his country. Accordingly Priam ordered that the child should be
put to death. So, after the boy was born, he was given to the chief herdsman,
Agelaus, to be killed. Agelaus left the child on Mount Ida to die from exposure
but, returning five days later, found the boy still alive and took him home, where
he brought him up secretly. As a young man, Paris became noted for his extreme
beauty, wit and prowess.
At about this time the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, the hero and the sea-goddess,
was celebrated on Mount Pelion. All the gods and goddesses were invited, with
the noted exception of Eris, the Goddess of Strife, who was hideous and
disagreeable. Angered at being left out of the nuptuals she strode into the middle
of the wedding feast and threw a golden apple into the assembled company. It
landed between the three most powerful goddesses, Hera, Athene and Aphrodite.
Picking it up, Zeus found it was inscribed „For the Fairest‟. Wisely deciding not to
judge between the three deities himself, Zeus nominated the beautiful Paris as
arbiter, but first he sent Hermes to enquire whether he would be willing to act as
judge. Paris agreed and so a time was set for the three goddesses to appear to him
on Mount Ida.
When the day came, Paris sat himself on a boulder and waited with beating heart
for the arrival of the three great deities. All at once a great light appeared which
covered the entire mountain. At first Paris was blinded, but then the goddesses
cloaked their light in cloud so that he was able to look at them. First Hera, the
great queen, approached him and flaunted her beauty in front of him. Radiant with
glory she made him a promise. If he awarded her the apple, she would grant him
wealth and power. He would rule over the greatest kingdom on earth. Paris felt the

12. excitement of this and his ambition rose up and yearned for her gift.
After that, grey-eyed Athene approached him, drawing near and bending down, so
that he might look into the magical depths of her eyes. She promised him victory
in all battles, together with glory and wisdom - the three most precious gifts a man
could have. This time Paris felt his mind leap with excitement and with desire for
the riches of knowledge and the glory of prowess.Then it was the turn of
Aphrodite. Hanging back a little, she tilted her head so that her hair fell forward,
concealing a blush on her face. Then she loosened the girdle of her robe and
beneath it, Paris caught sight of her perfectly formed breast, white as alabaster.
„Paris,‟ she said, and her voice seemed to sing inside his head. „Give me the apple
and in return I will give you the gift of love. You will possess the most beautiful
woman in the land, a woman equal to me in perfection of form. With her you will
experience the greatest delights of love-making. Choose me, Paris, and she will be
yours.‟
Then Paris, overpowered by the intoxication of her words and her beauty, found
himself handing her the apple without even pausing to reflect on his decision,
guided only by the strength of his desire.
So it was that Paris awarded the Apple of Discord to Aphrodite, and Hera and
Athene became his implacable enemies. True to her promise, Aphrodite gave him
Helen, the most beautiful woman living on the earth at that time - but, in order to
enjoy her, he had to snatch her from her powerful husband, Menelaus. So began
the terrible ten-years‟ war between the Trojans and the Greeks in which many a
brave hero lost his life, including Paris himself, and after which the great hero
Odysseus wandered the seas for a further ten long years before returning home.

13. Human Experience: Bus was Flowing Right Behind Me
I stayed a night at Sakhuwa of Gati VDC because a landslide near Baseri
had blocked the road, The next morning, I hopped onto the bus with registration
number Ba 2 Kha 4013 that was on the way to Barhabise from Tatopani.
I took a seat by the doorside and remember that there were around 35
passengers, including me. The driver started the bus. A kilometer into the journey,
I noticed a ditch on the road.
The driver tried to avert the ditch. Before I could know what was going on, the
bus started hurtling towards the Bhotekoshi.
I had given up hope of surviving, but found a ventilator glass broken. I
came out of the shattered glass and plunged into the Bhotekoshi.
The river carried me for about 35 kilometers and left me on the shallow
surface. I passed out after that. The rescuers took me to a hospital when I regained
consciousness.
I heard later that all except four passengers had survived. I have sustained
injuries on the face, hands and other body parts. Nonetheless, I feel that surviving
was my destiny.