The Boy Who Cried Wolf

There was once a young shepherd boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a
mountain near a dark forest. 1 It was lonely for him watching the sheep all day. No
one was near, except for three farmers he could sometimes see working in the fi elds
in the valley below.
One day the boy thought of a plan that would help him get a little company and have
some fun. 3 He ran down toward the valley crying, “Wolf! Wolf!”
The men ran to meet him, and after they found out there was no wolf after all, one
man remained to talk with the boy awhile.
The boy enjoyed the company so much that a few days later he tried the same prank
again, and again the men ran to help him.
A few days later, a real wolf came from the forest and began to steal the sheep. The
startled 6 boy ran toward the valley, and more loudly than ever he cried, “Wolf! Wolf!”
But the men, who had been fooled twice before, thought that the boy was tricking
them again. So no one came to help the boy save his sheep.
Moral: If you often don’t tell the truth, people won’t believe you even when you are
telling the truth.

FOLKTALE: Timun Mas

Once upon a time, an old widow wanted a daughter to live with her
in the village. Knowing her wish, a huge giant visited her house. He
gave her a cucumber seed. He told the old widow that there will be a
a baby inside the cucumber. The giant promised to come back for
the baby once she turned sixteen.
The old widow planted the seed in her yard. By the next morning, a
cucumber grew. She cut it open and found a baby girl inside. The old
widow was so happy and named the baby Timun Mas. Day by day,
Timun Mas grew into a beautiful lady. The widow remembered what
the giant had warned her. So when Timun Mas turned sixteen, the
widow told her to run into the jungle with a bag of salt. “You must
not let the giant catch you,” the widow cried out as Timun Mas ran
into the jungle.
The giant came and asked the widow for Timun Mas. The widow
refused to tell him and so he went into the jungle. He angrily called
out for Timun Mas. Timun Mas heard his voice and ran away from
him. The giant chased her. Timun Mas threw the salt that the widow
had given her. It turned the jungle into a muddy field. The muddy
field swallowed the giant and he was never seen again. Finally,
Timun Mas returned home and lived happily ever after with the old
widow.

MYTHS : DEWI SRI

Once upon a time, Batara Guru commanded all the gods and goddesses to contribute their power in
order to build a new palace. Anybody who disobeyed this commandment were considered lazy and
would lose their arms and legs.
Hearing the Batara Guru’s commandment, Naga god was very anxious because he didn’t have arms
or legs. He might not be able do the job. So he asked advice from Batara Narada who was the
younger brother of Batara Guru. Unfortunately Narada was also confused. The Naga god became
very upset.
While the Naga god was crying for his bad luck, three teardrops fell on the ground. Not long after
that, those teardrops became three beautiful shining eggs which looked like jewels. Then Batara
Narada advised him to offer those shining eggs to Batara Guru.
With the three eggs in his mouth, the Naga god went to the Batara Guru’s palace. On the way, an
eagle asked him a question. Surely Naga god could not answer the question because he was holding
the eggs in his mouth. Seeing that, the bird thought that Naga god was arrogant and the bird
attacked him.
Being attacked, one egg fell to earth. Then Naga god was hiding in the bushes but the bird was
waiting for him. The bird attacked for the second time and one egg fell again. So Naga god only had
one egg in his mouth. He kept moving to Batara Guru’s palace.
Finally Naga god arrived at the palace. He offered the egg to the Batara Guru. And miraculously the
egg hatched became a very beautiful baby girl. Naga god gave the baby girl to the Batara Guru. The
baby grew up into a beautiful girl and later known for Dewi Sri.

FAIRYTALES : CINDERELLA

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.
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.

LEGEND :

Contoh Narrative Text Legend

Sura and Baya

Narrative text legend – Sura and Baya

A long time ago, there were two animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was the name of a shark and Baya
was a crocodile. They lived in a sea.
Once Sura and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya saw a goat.
“Yummy, this is my lunch,” said Baya.
“No way! This is my lunch. You are greedy” said Sura. Then they fought for the goat. After several
hours, they were very tired.
Feeling tired of fighting, they lived in the different places. Sura lived in the water and Baya lived in the
land. The border was the beach, so they would never fight again.
One day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He was very hungry and there
was not much food in the sea. Baya was very angry when he knew that Sura broke the promise.
They fought again. They both hit each other. Sura bit Baya’s tail. Baya did the same thing to Sura. He
bit very hard until Sura finally gave up and Awent back to the sea. Baya was happy.