PREFACE

First of all I want to give praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for having

accompanied me in completing the task that has been given by my English teacher,

and I also do not forget to say against the party that helped me to complete this

assignment.

In my assignment I will discuss about narrative texts. I only give a few

examples of the many narrative texts that exist among others there are also several

types of narrative texts.

That introduction from me, if there is a lack of written words and things that

are not pleased. I hope the reader can understand. Thank you for your attention.

Medan, October 24, 2010

Writer

Kenny

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Romeo and Juliet

(Narrative Plays)

In Verona, Sampson and Gregory (Capulet servants) complain that they will

not put up with insults from the Montague family. Abram and Balthasar (Montague

servants) appear and the four start quarreling. Benvolio (Lord Montague's nephew)

appears and tries to break up the quarrel, but Tybalt (Lady Capulet's nephew) appears

and picks a fight with Benvolio. At length, officers try to break up the fight, even

while Lord Capulet and Lord Montague begin to fight one another. The Prince of

Verona (Escalus) appears and stops the fighting, proclaiming sentences of death to

any that renew the fighting. At Montague's house, he, his wife, and Benvolio discuss

how melancholy Romeo (Montague's only son) has been lately. Benvolio vows to

find out why. Speaking with Romeo, Benvolio finds Romeo is in love with a woman

who has sworn to stay chaste (Rosaline). Benvolio suggests pursuing other women,

but Romeo refuses. Separately, Paris (a kinsman of the Prince of Verona) talks to

Lord Capulet about wooing his daughter Juliet for marriage. Capulet responds that

she is too young (nearly 14 years old) and must wait two years to marry, and then

only to the man whom she chooses. Still, Capulet invites Paris to a party in the

evening. Capulet's servant is sent to invite guests, but he can't read the list so he

entreats Romeo to do so. Upon hearing of the party, Benvolio convinces Romeo to

attend and compare his unattainable love Rosaline to more beautiful women to get

his mind off Rosaline. At Capulet's house, Lady Capulet speaks to Juliet about her

feelings for marrying Paris while Juliet's Nurse listens on, telling stories of Juliet's

childhood. Juliet, although hesitant, promises to be courteous. Masked, Romeo,

Mercutio, and Benvolio head to the Capulet party. Romeo is still depressed, saying

he dreamt a fearful dream of an untimely death that will result because of the

evening's events, but Benvolio just makes fun of him. At Capulet's house, the

Montagues attend the party (in masks), Romeo spies Juliet, and he falls in love with

her. Tybalt sees Romeo and takes up arms, but Lord Capulet attempts to calm him,

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though Tybalt vows to revenge Romeo's intrusion the next day. Juliet, too, falls for

Romeo, but falls into despair when her Nurse informs her Romeo is a Montague, as

does Romeo when he learns Juliet is a Capulet.

While leaving the party, Romeo hides in the orchard while Mercutio and

Benvolio call for him to come out of hiding and go home with them; yet he will not.

After they leave, Romeo appears and speaks to Juliet under her window, saying "But

soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!"

By and by they swear their love to one another. Juliet tells Romeo she'll send a

messenger to him the next day to learn the details of their wedding. Having stayed up

all night, Romeo visits Friar Lawrence's cell and tells him of this new love for Juliet.

Although Lawrence is critical at first, Romeo eventually convinces him to marry

them. In the street, Benvolio tells Mercutio that Romeo did not come home that

night, and that Tybalt has sent the Montagues a letter challenging Romeo to a duel.

Romeo appears and they tease him for hiding from them. Juliet's nurse and servant

Peter appear and Romeo tells her to tell Juliet to go to the Friar's cell that afternoon

to be married. The Nurse returns to Juliet and, though she skirts around the message,

she finally tells Juliet the wonderful news. Soon, at the Friar's cell, he marries Romeo

and Juliet, and Romeo plans to visit Juliet's bedroom that evening.

At the street, Benvolio and Mercutio encounter Tybalt and Petruchio, leading

to Tybalt and Mercutio fighting since Tybalt tries to pick a fight with Romeo, but he

refuses. Romeo tries to break up the fight, but Tybalt slays Mercutio under Romeo's

arm, then Tybalt flees. As Mercutio dies, he declares "A plague on both your

houses," since he is only a friend of Romeo's and not his kinsmen. When Benvolio

informs Romeo that Mercutio is dead, Romeo seeks out, fights, and slays Tybalt in

revenge. Benvolio convinces Romeo to flee. The prince appears and Benvolio

explains all to him, at which the Prince exiles Romeo for slaying Tybalt. At the

Capulet's orchard, Juliet waits for Romeo when her Nurse appears and informs her of

Mercutio and Tybalt's deaths, and Romeo's banishment. Juliet falls into despair,

realizing she would rather Tybalt dead than Romeo, but also that a banished Romeo

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is virtually dead. At the Friar's cell, he informs Romeo of the Prince's edict of

banishment, putting him into despair. Romeo states he would rather be dead than

banished. The Nurse arrives and tells Romeo that Juliet is sad too, but forgives

Romeo. Still, Romeo pulls a dagger and tries to kill himself, but the Friar stops him

and tells him to stay the night with Juliet, then flee to Mantua. At Capulet's house, he

and Paris set the wedding date for Paris and Juliet to be three days hence. In Juliet's

bedroom, Romeo says a tearful goodbye to Juliet. After he leaves, Lady Capulet

appears and, while discussing Tybalt's death, states she will send a henchman to

mantua to kill Romeo (though she never does). She then informs Juliet of her

impending marriage to Paris. Juliet tells her parents she will not marry, but Lord

Capulet commands it will be so. The Nurse, too, tells Juliet she should marry Paris.

In private, Juliet decides to no longer trust the nurse and vows to kill herself if the

Friar cannot find a way to save her from marrying Paris.

At Friar Lawrence's cell, Paris informs the Friar of his upcoming wedding to

Juliet. When Juliet arrives to see the Friar, Paris politely leaves. The Friar, hearing

Juliet threaten suicide, tells her of a "distilled liquor" she can take to fake death. He

explains the drug will keep her asleep and seemingly dead for 42 hours, during which

she can be placed in the Capulet tomb. Then, when she wakes, Romeo can be there

waiting for her to take her to Mantua. Friar Lawrence send Friar John to Mantua with

an explanatory letter for Romeo. Juliet returns to her father and apologizes for

refusing to marry, causing her dad to move the wedding up to the next morning (two

days early). In her bedroom, Juliet sends her mother and nurse away, then, after

much worrying over the future, she drinks the vial of medicine and sleeps. Later in

the early morning, all feverishly prepare for the wedding and Capulet sends the

Nurse to wake Juliet. The Nurse wails upon finding Juliet "dead", summoning the

others to find her and mourn. The Friar instructs all to prepare Juliet for her funeral.

In Mantua, Romeo's servant Balthasar arrives and tells Romeo that Juliet is

dead. Romeo vows to see Juliet in her tomb and poison himself there, buying the

poison from a poor Apothecary who illegally sells it to Romeo only because he (the

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Apothecary) needs the money. At Lawrence's cell, Friar John reports he could not

deliver the letter to Romeo since he (John) got stuck in a quarantined house while

searching for Romeo. Friar Lawrence heads to the cemetery with a crowbar. At the

tomb, Paris and his page arrive and Paris mourns Juliet's death. Paris hides when he

hears Romeo and Balthasar approach. Romeo orders Balthasar to leave him alone, no

matter what he hears. When Romeo opens the tomb, Paris steps out and tries to stop

him by provoking him to fight. Romeo entreats Paris to simply walk away and not

fight, but Paris forces Romeo to fight him, resulting in Romeo slaying Paris. In

sorrow, Romeo lays Paris in the tomb, while Paris' page secretly leaves to call the

watch. Romeo finds Juliet and mourns her death, then drinks his poison and dies.

Outside the tomb, Friar Lawrence arrives and meets Balthasar who tells the Friar that

Romeo has been in the tomb for one half hour. Lawrence enters the tomb and finds

Romeo and Paris dead. Juliet then awakes and spots Romeo. The Friar, upon hearing

noises outside flees, leaving Juliet with Romeo. Juliet tries to kill herself with

Romeo's poison, but can find none, either in the vial or on Romeo's lips. In

desperation, she stabs herself with Romeo's dagger. The watch arrives, having found

Balthasar and the Friar. The Prince and Lord and Lady Capulet arrive and learn Paris,

Romeo, and Juliet are dead (amazingly to them, Juliet seems to have been alive, and

then newly dead again). Lord Montague arrives and reports that his wife has died

from grief over Romeo's exile, then learns himself of Romeo's death. Capulet and

Montague make peace and swear to never fight again. They vow to build solid gold

statues of Romeo and Juliet and place them side by side so all can remember their

plight.

(Source : http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/romeo_and_juliet/)

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The Smartest Parrot

(Narrative Fable)

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”.

(Source : http://understandingtext.blogspot.com/2008/12/example-of-narrative-text-smartest.html)

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The Story of the Chinese Zodiac

(Narrative Legend)

Once upon a time, the Jade Emperor announced to the entire animal kingdom

that there would be an amazing race. The first twelve animals to cross the finish line

would each be awarded one year in the lunar calendar. The news spread quickly and

excitement grew everywhere. Now Cat and the Rat were the best of best friends.

They did everything together: eat, play, sleep. There wasn't a day that would go by

where they didn't say "howdy" to each other. When Cat heard about the great news,

he immediately told Rat whom excitedly jumped to his feet and agreed they should

both enter the race. After many restless nights, all Rat could think of was winning the

competition. But he said nothing to Cat who was happily dreaming about chasing

butterflies. Finally, the day of the race arrived. All the animals gathered at the

starting line and with a "BANG!" the race began.

With fantastic speed, Rat and Cat grabbed the lead, scurrying through prickly

bushes running over grassy meadows until they came upon a vast river. The current

was so strong that they could not swim across. Just as they were thinking of what to

do, the sturdy Ox came upon them. Being full of ideas, Rat suggested, "Ox, since

your eyesight is very poor, let's help each other. Cat and I will get on your back and

direct you across the river." That sounded like a great plan to everyone. Ox was very

strong and had no trouble swimming across the river.

As the party neared the other side, Rat let out an excited shriek. "Look, look!

The Jade Emperor's palace!" Sure enough, bright red festive lanterns were shining all

around the magical kingdom. Now, even though Rat and Cat were the best friends,

Rat wanted to be first more than ANYTHING in the whole world. So without even a

whisper, Rat pushed Cat off Ox into the fast moving river. "Meowwwwww", yelped

Cat. "What was that?" Ox asked. "Oh...oh nothing...must have been the wind. Quick!

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Quick! We're almost there!" shrieked Rat. As they reached the shore, Rat leapt off

Ox's back to the finish line, dancing and cheering.

The Jade Emperor rewarded Rat with the first spot followed by a very tired

Ox. Shortly after, the strong and powerful Tiger roared to the finish with the lucky

Rabbit hopping right behind. From the sky, the noble Dragon descended to the

ground; through bushes the Snake slithered to take its place. Next came the Horse

and Goat in a tight race. From the trees, Monkey swung in vine to vine. Rooster

scrambled in with a few feathers ruffled, trailed by Dog who was in a very good

mood. Finally, last but not least Pig trotted in wanting to know when dinner would be

served. As Jade Emperor congratulated all 12 animals on winning the race, Cat, who

was soaked head to paw, scampered in to the palace. Jade Emperor thanked Cat for

joining the race but that he was just too late. From this day onward, Cat swore he and

Rat would be enemies forever. And that is the story of the Chinese horoscope and

why Cats and Rats can never get along.

(Source : http://www.mydragonlady.com/Story.html)

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Momotaro

(Narrative Fairy Tale)

Once upon a time there was an old man and his old wife living in the country

in Japan. The old man was a woodcutter. He and his wife were very sad and lonely

because they had no children.

One day the old man went into the mountains to cut firewood and the old

woman went to the river to wash some clothes.

No sooner had the old woman begun her washing than she was very surprised

to see a big peach come floating down the river. It was the biggest peach she'd ever

seen in all her life. She pulled the peach out of the river and decided to take it home

and give it to the old man for his supper that night.

Late in the afternoon the old man came home, and the old woman said to him:

"Look what a wonderful peach I found for your supper." The old man said it was

truly a beautiful peach. He was so hungry that he said: "Let's divide it and eat it right

away."

So the old woman brought a big knife from the kitchen and was getting ready

to cut the peach in half. But just then there was the sound of a human voice from

inside the peach. "Wait! Don't cut me!" said the voice. Suddenly the peach split open,

and a beautiful baby boy jumped out of the peach.

The old man and woman were astounded. But the baby said: "Don't be afraid.

The God of Heaven saw how lonely you were without any children, so he sent me to

be your son."

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The old man and woman were very happy, and they took the baby to be their

son. Since he was born from a peach, they named him Momotaro, which means

Peach Boy. They loved Momotaro very much and raised him to be a fine boy.

When Momotaro was about fifteen years old, he went to his father and said:

"Father, you have always been very kind to me. Now I am a big boy and I must do

something to help my country. In a distant part of the sea there is an island named

Ogre Island. Many wicked ogres live there, and they often come to our land and do

bad things like carrying people away and stealing their things. So I'm going to go to

Ogre Island and fight them and bring back the treasure which they have there. Please

let me do this."

The old man was surprised to hear this, but he was also very proud of

Momotaro for wanting to help other people. So he and the old woman helped

Momotaro get ready for his journey to Ogre Island. The old man gave him a sword

and armor, and the old woman fixed him a good lunch of millet dumplings. Then

Momotaro began his journey, promising his parents that he would come back soon.

Momotaro went walking toward the sea. It was a long way. As he went along

he met a spotted dog. The dog growled at Momotaro and was about to bite him, but

then Momotaro gave him one of the dumplings. He told the spotted dog that he was

going to fight the ogres on Ogre Island. So the dog said he'd go along too and help

Momotaro.

Momotaro and the spotted dog kept on walking and soon they met a monkey.

The spotted dog and the monkey started to have a fight. But Momotaro explained to

the monkey that he and the spotted dog were going to fight the ogres on Ogre Island.

Then the monkey asked if he couldn't go with them. So Momotaro gave the monkey

a dumpling and let the monkey come with them.

Momotaro and the spotted dog and the monkey kept on walking. Suddenly

they met a pheasant. The spotted dog and the monkey and the pheasant were about to

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start fighting. But when the pheasant heard that Momotaro was going to fight the

ogres on Ogre Island, he asked if he could go too. So Momotaro gave the pheasant a

dumpling and told him to come along.

So, with Momotaro as their general, the spotted dog and the monkey and the

pheasant, who usually hated each other, all became good friends and followed

Momotaro faithfully. They walked a long, long way, and finally reached the sea. At

the edge of the sea Momotaro built a boat. They and all got in the boat and started

across the sea toward Ogre Island.

When they came within sight of the island, they could see that the ogres had a

very strong fort there. And there were many, many ogres. Some of them were red,

some blue, and some black.

First the pheasant flew over the walls of the fort and began to peck at the

ogres' heads. They all tried to hit the pheasant with their clubs, but he was very quick

and dodged all their blows. And while the ogres weren't looking, the monkey slipped

up and opened the gate of the fort. Then Momotaro and the spotted dog rushed into

the fort and started fighting the ogres too.

It was a terrible battle! The pheasant pecked at the heads and eyes of the

wicked ogres. And the monkey clawed at them. And the spotted dog bit them. And

Momotaro cut them with his sword. At last the ogres were completely defeated. They

all bowed down low before Momotaro and promised never to do wicked things

again. Then they brought Momotaro all the treasure they had stored in the fort.

It was the most wonderful treasure you can imagine. There was much gold

and silver and many precious jewels. There was an invisible coat and hat, arid a

hammer that made a piece of gold every time you hit it on the ground, and many

other wonderful things. Momotaro and his three helpers carried all this in their boat

back to the land. Then they made a cart and put all the treasure in the cart and pulled

it back to Momotaro's house.

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How happy the old man and woman were when they saw their son return

safely from Ogre IsIand! They were very rich now with all the treasure that

Momotaro had brought, and they all lived together very, very, happily

(Source : http://www.japanippon.com/fairytales/momotaro.htm)

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The Origin of Landak River

(Narrative Folklore)

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

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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 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.

(Source : http://megi-rahman.blogspot.com/2010/01/origin-of-landak-river-from-west.html)

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