The origin of Surabaya

Once upon a time, in the northern part of East Java, there lived a scary giant
crocodile. He was the ruler of the river and a predator who was feared by all the
animals in the forest near the river.The name of the crocodile was Baya. He was
very good at hunting, so all of the animals in the jungle were afraid of him. Baya
lived in a river. In the sea, there lived a wild shark named Sura. He ruled the sea,
and every fish were scared of him. However, Sura felt bored because he ate fish
every day. He was curious about the river near the sea.

One day he decided to go to the river. At the side of the river, there was a deer that
was drinking water. Sura felt hungry, so he swam silently to the edge and jumped
out to catch the deer. Sura was happy to get such delicious food. After eating the
deer, Sura became addicted. The next day, he hunted back on the river and got a
lot of food. After a couple of days, Baya became suspicious because it was harder
and harder for him to find prey. He started investigating what was happening.
When Baya saw Sura catched a little monkey in the river, Baya became angry.
“Hey Sura, what are you doing here? This is my territory. How dare you snatch
my prey.” Sura was not afraid of Baya – he challenged Baya to a fight. “Hey, I
can look for food anywhere I want. It’s not just your territory here. All animals are
free to look for food here. ”

Finally, a fight could not be avoided, and the fight began. Because both of them
were strong, the fight was very long. For days, all of the animals in the forest were
disturbed by the fight. They couldn’t sleep. Finally, the two wild animals were
exhausted. No one won, and no one lost, because both of them were equally
strong.”Sura, we better end this fight. I’m too tired.” “So am I, Baya. Okay, let’s
end this battle.” “Sura, first, we need to limit our hunting area. The end of the
river is the limit. Don’t you break the line, or you will feel the consequences.”
“Okay Baya, I accept this agreement.” Sura finally left the river and returned to
the sea. For months, the forest calmed down. There were no fights between Sura
and Baya, but Sura felt uneasy. He longed to eat deer meat like before. There
were a lot of fish in the sea, but it wasn’t enough for him .

1
He couldn’t bear it, so quietly, he swam toward the mouth of the river, “Ah, if I
look for prey near the river’s mouth, Baya won’t know because he lives further up
the river.” Unfortunately, no prey approached the mouth of the river. Sura was
tired of waiting. Finally, he swam up the river toward the forest. Sura wanted to
go back to the jungle again. This time, he would be careful not to be caught by
Baya. “Hi hi hi, I will catch the prey and immediately bring it out to sea, so Baya
won’t see me. Hi hi hi.”

The plan was successful, and for months Sura hunted in the river without being
discovered. Over time, Baya became suspicious because again, his prey was
reduced. But this time he didn’t see Sura on the river. But he believed, this was
Sura’s doing. “Hmmm, this must be Sura! Watch out, Sura!” Then, Baya
prepared plan. Baya found a deer but didn’t catch him right away. Instead, he hurt
the deer’s leg so he couldn’t run away. The deer was placed on the edge of the
river, then Baya hid. A short time later, Sura swam up the river and saw the
injured deer. He felt excited because the deer was fat. “Wow, lucky me! Today,
I’ll have a feast! Na na na na.” Just as he was about to bring the deer to the sea,
suddenly Baya confronted him . “Hey! You sure are stubborn and shameless Sura!
How greedy are you? Imagine, the fish in the sea are abundant, but you are still
hunting in my area.” “Hey Baya! If you want, you can hunt in the sea. I don’t
forbid you.” “Hmm, I don’t like fish, and I especially can’t stand the sea water.”
“Well, it’s okay if you don’t want it. At least I have offered it to you.” Sura
answered lightly and dragged the deer to the sea. Baya got angry, then attacked
Sura. “Hey! Where do you think you’re bringing that deer?” “To the sea! I’ll eat
it there.” “Bring the deer here, I caught it to trap you.” “Well, it’s your fault you
didn’t eat the deer yourself.” “You forgot our agreement? This river is my
territory!” “Hey, if there is water, there is me! This agreement is ridiculous.”
“Okay, then our agreement is cancelled. Now, the strongest one has the right to
rule this area.”

Finally, Baya attacked Sura, a fight couldn’t be prevented. This time it was even
more exciting, no one dared to approach the area of the fight. “Ah! Hiya!” “Grr”
Sura always dodged his attacks, and Baya became annoyed. When Sura was off

2
guard, Baya managed to bite his tail. “Ouch, my tail!” Sura did not want to lose.
Both of them were in pain and seriously injured. However, Baya did not despair,
he continued to bite until Sura’s tail was cut off. Sura was in so much pain, he ran
away leaving Baya towards the sea. Since then, Sura has not dared to approach the
river. And since he no longer had a tail, he couldn’t swim as hard as he once had,
“Argh it’s so painful, oh my!” To commemorate the fierce fight, the area where
the two animals fought was called Surabaya, and the name remains to this day.

3
Cinderella Story as Example of Narrative Text

Once upon a time, there was a young girl named Cinderella. She lived with her
step mother and two step sisters.

The step mother and sisters were conceited and bad tempered. They treated
Cinderella very badly. Her step mother made Cinderella do the hardest works in
the house; such as scrubbing the floor, cleaning the pot and pan and preparing the
food for the family. The two step sisters, on the other hand, did not work about the
house. Their mother gave them many handsome dresses to wear.
One day, the two step sister received an invitation to the ball that the king’s son
was going to give at the palace. They were excited about this and spent so much
time choosing the dresses they would wear. At last, the day of the ball came, and
away went the sisters to it. Cinderella could not help crying after they had left.
“Why are crying, Cinderella?” a voice asked. She looked up and saw her fairy
godmother standing beside her, “because I want so much to go to the ball” said
Cinderella. “Well” said the godmother,”you’ve been such a cheerful,
hardworking, uncomplaining girl that I am going to see that you do go to the
ball”.
Magically, the fairy godmother changed a pumpkin into a fine coach and mice
into a coachman and two footmen. Her godmother tapped Cinderella’s raged dress
with her wand, and it became a beautiful ball gown. Then she gave her a pair of
pretty glass slippers. “Now, Cinderella”, she said; “You must leave before
midnight”. Then away she drove in her beautiful coach.
Cinderella was having a wonderfully good time. She danced again and again with
the king’s son. Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve, she ran toward the door
as quickly as she could. In her hurry, one of her glass slipper was left behind.
A few days later, the king’ son proclaimed that he would marry the girl whose feet
fitted the glass slipper. Her step sisters tried on the slipper but it was too small for
them, no matter how hard they squeezed their toes into it. In the end, the king’s
page let Cinderella try on the slipper. She stuck out her foot and the page slipped
the slipper on. It fitted perfectly.

4
Finally, she was driven to the palace. The king’s son was overjoyed to see her
again. They were married and live happily ever after.

Generic Structure of Narrative Text int the Story of Cinderella

As an example of narrative text about Cinderella, this post tries to give a complete
tool to understand the definition and structure of narrative genre. The structure
used to organized the paragraphs is called generic Structure and here below.

1. Orientation: it means to introduce the participants or the characters of the story

with the time and place set. Orientation actually exists in every text type though it
has different term. In this story, the first paragraph is clearly seen to introduce the
participants of the Cinderella Story. They were Cinderella her self as the main
character of the story, her step mother which treated Cinderella badly, and her
steps sister which supported her mother to make Cinderella was treated very
badly. Cinderella was introduced as a hero in this story. She struggled against the
bad treatment from her step mother and sisters.
2. Complication: it is such the crisis of the story. If there is not the crisis, the
story is not a narrative text. In a long story, the complication appears in several
situations. It means that some time there is more then one complication. In this

5
Cinderella story, we can see clearly that there are Major Complication and
Minor Complication.

The second paragraph is the major complication of this Cinderella story.

Cinderella got bad treatment from her stepmother. It is the bad crisis which drives
into several minor complications which Cinderella has to overcome.
3. Resolution: it is the final series of the events which happen in the story. The
resolution can be good or bad. The point is that it has been accomplished by the
characters. Like complication, there are Major Resolution and Minor
Resolution.
In the last paragraph, it is said that finally Cinderella lived happily. It is the happy
resolution of the bad treatment.

6
The Smartest Parrot: Example of Narrative Text

Example of narrative text – 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

7
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 hit you”.

Notes on the kinds of Narrative Text

It is important to know that the social function of the narrative text is to inform
and entertain. Narrative text will tell the story with amusing way. It provides an
esthetic literary experience to the reader. Narrative text is written based on life
experience. In literary term, experience is what we do, feel, hear, read, even what
we dream.
Narrative text is organized focusing at character oriented. It is build using
descriptive familiar language and dialogue. There are some genres of literary text
which fit to be classified as the narrative text. Some of them are:

Commonly, narrative text is organized by the story of grammar. It will be

beginning, middle and end of the story. To build this story grammar, narrative text
need plot. This plot will determine the quality of the story. Plot is a series of
episodes which holds the reader’ attention while they are reading the story.
Conflict is the main important element of the plot. This conflict among the
characters will drive the story progress. In this conflict, readers will be shown how
the characters face the problem and how they have ability to handle that problem

Analysis on the Generic Structure of Example of Narrative Text; The Smartest

Parrot

1. Orientation: It sets the scene and introduces the participants/characters. In that

parrot story, the first paragraph is the orientation where reader finds time and
place set up and also the participant as the background of the story. A man and his
parrot took place once time.
2. Complication: It explores the conflict in the story. It will show the crisis, rising

8
crisis and climax of the story. In the parrot story, paragraph 2, 3, 4 are describing
the complication. Readers will find that the man face a problem of why the parrot
can not say Catano. To fix this problem, the man attempted to teach the bird. How
hard he tried to teach the bird is the excitement element of the complication.
3. Resolution: It shows the situation which the problems have been resolved. It
must be our note that “resolved” means accomplished whether succeed or fail. In
the last paragraph of the smartest parrot story, readers see the problem is finished.
The parrot could talk the word which the man wanted. The parrot said the word
with higher degree than the man taught the word to it. That was the smartest
parrot.

9
Story of Rabbit and Bear – Contoh Narrative Text

Contoh narrative text fable tentang cerita kelinci dan beruang

Once upon a time, there lived a bear and a rabbit. The rabbit is a good shot. In
contrary, the bear is always clumsy and could not use the arrow.

One day, the bear called over the rabbit and asked the rabbit to take his bow and
arrows.

The rabbit was fearing to arouse the bear’s anger so he could not refuse it. He
went with the bear and shot enough buffalo to satisfy the hungry family. Indeed he
shot and killed so many that there were lots of meats left after. However the bear
did not want the rabbit to get any of the meat. The rabbit could not even taste the
meat. The poor rabbit would have to go home hungry after his hard day’s work.

The bear was the father of five children. Fortunately, the youngest child was very
kind to the rabbit. He was very hearty eater. The mother bear always gave him an
extra large piece of meat but the youngest child did not eat it. He would take it
outside with him and pretended to play ball with the meat. He kicked toward the
rabbit’s house.When he got close to the door he would give the meat with such a
great kick. The meat would fly into the rabbit’s house.

In this way, the poor rabbit would get his meal.

10