Mengenal Struktur dan Contoh Teks Narrative Bahasa Inggris

"You are foolish," the monkey said to the crocodile. "Now I am free and you have nothing.". The monkey told the crocodile not to try to fool him again. The crocodile swam away, hungry.

(Sumber: buku "Bahasa Inggris untuk SMA/MA" oleh Effie Adjeng D)

Contoh 2:

The Legend of Rainbow

A long time ago, there was a farmer. He had a small farm. One day he found that a wall which he had built on previous days was getting knocked down. The farmer did not know who or what made it. Because he felt tired of this happening the farmer decided to catch who should be responsible.

One evening, while the farmer was in guard he heard something strange near that wall, then he ran to find out who or what it was. It was surprising him because there were three star maidens there. When they saw the farmer was approaching, they tried to escape. Two of the star maidens could run and escape but one of them was left behind.

The farmer then caught the star maiden. She was beautiful and soon the farmer felt in love with her. Because he was afraid that the star maiden would run away, the farmer hid her magical wings so she could not fly anymore. the farmer and the star maiden got married.

Time went by they live together and got a beautiful baby boy. They lived happily for a long time, until one day, the star maiden found her magical wings near their house. She wore her wings back and flew with her son next to her. The farmer was alone and heart broken.

The gods saw the tears of the farmer. They felt pity of him so they decided to build a bridge of different colors for him to climb to the sky and see his son and wife.

(Sumber: Get English Now)

Contoh 3:

Candi Prambanan

Once upon a time, there was a powerful prince named Bandung Bondowoso. In a war, Bandung Bondowoso killed Prabu Baka. Then, Bandung Bondowoso fell in love with Prabu Baka’s daughter named Roro Jonggrang.

Bondowoso wanted to marry this beautiful princess. However, princess hated him because he had killed her father. Roro Jonggrang was thinking of a way to refuse Bodowoso’s marriage proposal. Finally, she decided to marry Bandung Bondowoso if he could build a thousand temples before dawn.

Being helped by genies, Bondowoso built many temples very fast. Roro Jonggrang wanted to fail him. She asked all women in her village to hit rice so rooster crowed signing that morning was coming. All genies left their project until 999 temples. They thought morning came afterward.

Finally, Bondowoso knew that Roro Jonggrang tricked him. He got very angry so he cursed Roro Jonggrang into a rock statue “Arca”. Roro Jonggrang statue is inside Candi Prambanan to complete the project of a thousand temples.

(Sumber: englishcoo.com)