THINGS AROUND ME

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FABLE

Well, in the last posting, I explained about one kind of narrative, Legend. Now still about Narrative I will explain another kind of narrative. There is Fable. What is a fable?

If we took a meaning of fable from dictionary,

“Fable is traditional short story, especially with animals as characters, that teaches a moral lesson.”

~Oxford dictionary~

So, we can know that fable is story that contains animal as an actor or story that has many lesson from animal’s life. Like a others kind of narrative, Fable has a characteristic too,

Characteristic of Fable :

1.      The actors are animals.

2.      Has moral lessons inside the story

3.      Orientation

It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced.

4.      Complication

Where the problems in the story developed.

5.      Resolution

Where the problems in the story is solved.

Example :

Collins Thinks Big

            Collin Caterpillar and Sylvia Snail were crawling along the garden wall one sunny morning.  “Isn’t the world big?” remarked Collin as he gazen around. “It’s huge, ir’s enormous” agreed Sylvia, who thought a lot about such things inside her mind.

“It makes me feel so very small,” Collin said. “But I know a way to change all that” said Sylvia wisely. So the two of them spent the rest of that morning collecting the tinies things they could find.Collin collected a crumb, a pea, a shell and a petal. Soon he had a feather, a peanut, a button and a berry.Sylvia brought back a drawing pin, a paper clip, a pen nib, a pin and a needle.

“Look ! You’re almost a giant Collin !” said Sylvia. “Funnt enough, how small these things are” chuckled Collin,”how look how big I am”

Adapted from 50 Bedtime Stories : the Perfect Way to End Your Day, 2002.

                                                                                     

Look the story above,

1. The brown’s mark is a title
2. The red’s mark is Orientation
3. The blue’s mark is Complication
4. The green’s mark is Resolution.

SPEAKING

 Task

Complete the following conversation with the sentences in the box and the practice it with your partner!

Monkey’s Bananas

Once upon time, Riko the monkey met his friend Leonard the Lion who looked for some food.

Monkey           :  Good Afternoon, Leo.

Lion                 :  Oh, ……….. (1) Riko.

Monkey           :  What are you doing here?

Lion                 :  I’m looking for a meat my friend, I don’t eat anything yet today.

Monkey           :  Oh, how unlucky you are. Hmmm..

Lion                 :  Can you ……. (2). some food, my friend.

Monkey           :  ……..(3) ! But I wonder if you will like this one.

Lion                 :  Oh, I will like it, no matter what.It’s better than I have to die because ……(4)

Monkey           :  Ok, Just wait here for a moment.

Lion                 :  Fine, but please hurry up my friend.

Monkey went to his home quickly. He took some bananas and carried them to the lion.

Monkey           :  Here, Some food to you.

The lion was surprised when the monkey gave him some bananas not a meat that he liked.

He became angry and threw away bananas that monkey gave.

Lion                 :  Are you kidding? I …….. (5) Fruit, I just want a meat now !

The monkey was disappointed with the lion did to his banana. He got angry too.

Monkey           :  You should be embarrassed, You came to me, asked help to me for some food,

                           and I gave them to you, but look ! you make them useless. Go away from my

                           house, you are not allowed anymore to come here. From now, our friendship

                         are broken.

 

                       

LEGEND

Legend is a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but not authenticated.

Legend is a kind of narrative text.  There are so many legends in the world, especially in indo Indonesia. Example : The legend of Situ Bagendit, Takuban Perahu, Timun Mas, and Malin Kundang.

The characteristic of Legend are :

1.     Using Past Tenses

=  She ran away  from Buta Ijo.

2.     Using Pronoun

= Malin Kundang didn’t admire his own mother.

3.     Using Adjective

= She is beautiful.

4.     Using Conjungtios.

= Then Sangkuriang killed his pet.

5.     Using Adverb and Adverbial Phrase

=  Timun Mas lived with her mother Happily.

Exercise :

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1.    Read the text below and answer the question !

THE LEGEND OF SITU BAGENDIT

Far away in an isolated village there was a young rich woman. The house that she had been living in was very big. Her wealth was plentiful. The young woman lived by herself. She didn’t have any friend at all.

“Wouw, I am very rich! Ha…ha…ha, I am the richest woman in this village!” said the young woman while she was looking at her gold and jewelries. It was so pity, that the young woman was very miserly. Her plentiful wealth never been used to help others.

“All of the wealth is mine, isn’t it? So what am I give it all to other for?” The young woman thought. However, many of villagers were poor. They lived in less condition. Sometimes some villagers were hunger, and didn’t get any food for days.

Because of the young woman miserly, the villagers called her Bagenda Endit. Bagenda Endit meant the miserly rich person. “Bagenda Endit, have mercy on me! My child has not eaten for few days”, said an old woman sadly.

“Hi, you crazy old woman! Get away from me!” yelled Bagenda Endit threw the old woman away. Because the old woman didn’t want to go, Bagenda Endit splashed her with water. Splash!, and all over the old woman body and her baby became wet.

Bagenda Endit was a feeling less woman. She didn’t even have a little bit mercy to the old woman and her baby. She even got more angry. After that, she asked the old woman to get out of her house yard. And then, she was dragging her out of the yard.

Although Bagenda Endit was very miserly, the village people kept coming in. The came for the water wheel. “No, I won’t let you to take away the water from my wheel! The water in the wheel is mine!” Bagenda Endit yelled angrily.

“Ha…ha…ha…you’re all stupid! You think you just can take the water from my wheel!” Bagenda Endit said while she was watching the thirst villagers outside the fence. Suddenly, a decrepit man was standing in Bagenda Endit house yard. He was walking tottery to the wheel while holding his stick.

When the old man was trying to take the water, Bagenda Endit saw it. Then, she hit the old man with a founder. “Have mercy on me Bagenda Endit! I want to take the water just for a drink”, said the old man when he was trying to get up.

Bagenda Endit kept beating the old man. And then, an astonishing thing happened. Suddenly the old man got up with a healthy body. He walked closer to Bagenda Endit. He pointed his stick at the cruel rich woman’s nose.

“Hi, Bagenda Endit, take the punishment from me!” said the old man loudly. Then he pointed at the wheel with his stick. Wus…byuur, the wheel was sprinkling the water swiftly. Not long enough, the water was flooding up. Bagenda Endit couldn’t save herself. She drawn with all of her wealth.

The village was disappeared. The thing that left was a wide and deep lake. The lake was named Situ Bagendit. Situ means a wide lake. It was named Situ Bagendit, because the wide lake came from a wheel that belongs to Bagenda Endit. (taken from the legend of Situ Bagendit)

1            1. Who are the characters in that story?

2            2.  Why she was called by Nyai Bagendit?

3            3.   What is the characteristic of Nyai Bagendit?

2.     Write the story of legend that you know !

3.     Tell the story based on the picture !

4.     Listen and watch the video carefully !
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn4-0TssJOg

1. What does the video show about?
2. Who are the main characters in that story?
3. What do you think about that story?

VERB PATTERN 2

  In this pattern the object is a to-infinitive, which may be preceded by not. 
 

The commonest verbs used in this pattern are:

Attempt                     Desire 

Begin                         Endeavour

Cease                         Expect

Come on                    Fear

Commence                Forget

Continue                   Guarantee

Dare                           Have

      Decide                        Hope

Intend                       Plan

Learn                        Prefer

Like                           Pretend

Love                          Promise

 Mean (intend)         Propose

Need                         Refuse

Offer                        Regret

Ought                      Rremember

 

Start

Swear

Try

Want

      Wish

 Using To INF or Bare INF 

Example :

He learned to speak English

TRIED  ==> He tried to speak English

SHOULD ==> He should speak English

      Pattern without Not INF

      Example :

     

      a.  John tried to speak loudly. Mary tried not to speak loudly. 

      b.  John is planning to go. Mary is planning not to go.

 

 

     Infinitive Implied

      Example :

    

Wanted   ==>   He didn’t go. But he wanted to

Can         ==>   He didn’t go. But he can.

Is planning ==> He didn’t go, but he is planning to

Might  ==> He didn’t go, but he might