Narrative texts always teach us some moral value. A narrative text will be constructed in
ORIENTATION, COMPLICATION and RESOLUTION. Such plot of narrative story will
determine the the story as whole. Let’s see the following example of narrative
text!
Once,
there was a king of mice. He lived inside a banyan tree in a forest. He loved
the tree as his home. He lived there happily.
One day,
a poor man wanted to cut down the banyan tree. The king of the mice was
frightened so he asked the woodcutter to leave the tree standing. In result, he
would give the woodcutter a gold every day. The woodcutter agreed.
Every
evening, the king of the mice gave a piece of gold to the woodcutter. The gold
was taken out from the roots of the banyan tree. The woodcutter was happy and took
the gold home.
After a
few days, the woodcutter's wife asked him, “Where does the gold come from?” So
he replied, “The king of the mice gives me the golds from under the roots of
the tree.” “Oh, you are stupid!” his wife said and suggested. “Why don’t you
cut down the tree and take the golds all away?” The woodcutter would do as his
wife said.
The
following day, the woodcutter cut down the banyan tree. Unfortunately, he did
not find any gold there instead the king of the mice had run away and crept up
to the woodcutter’s house. The king of the mice took back all the golds.
This
example of narrative text is simplified from
englishstory12
