9 Contoh Narrative Text Fable Lengkap Arti dan Generic Structure

Fable adalah cerita tentang masyarakat binatang. Prilakunya dibuat mirip seperti manusia. Cerita narrative fable biasanya memberikan pelajaran nilai moral yang bagus agar dipetik oleh pembaca. Pernah dengar atau baca Animal Farm? Kalau cerita Aesop? atau cerita tentang kecerdikan si kancil memperdayai si gajah? Pasti sudah tahu kan? Cerita-cerita binatang seperti itu dinamakan fable.

Cerita fable sangat diminati dan menjadi contoh narrative text terbaik
Ya fable memang menjadi contoh favorit ketika belajar bahasa Inggris jenis teks narative. Kenapa begitu? Salah satunya yang karena munculnya complication pada hampir semua cerita fable tersebut. Biar lebih jelas, berikut contohnya

1. The Ant And The Grasshopper
In a field one summer’s day a grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart’s content. An ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.
“Why not come and chat with me,” said the grasshopper, “instead of toiling and moiling in that way?”
“I am helping to lay up food for the winter,” said the ant, “and recommend you to do the same.”
“Why bother about winter?” said the grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at present.” The Ant went on its way and continued its toil.
When the winter came the grasshopper found itself dying of hunger while it saw the ants distributing, every day, corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer.

Arti Cerita Semut dan Belalang dari Teks Bahasa Inggris
Di suatu lapangan, saat musim panas, seekor  belalang melompat girang, berkicau dan bernyanyi sesuka hatinya. Sementara seekeor semut sedang lewat, sambil mambawa bongkahan biji jagung dibawahnya dengan susah payah menuju sarangnya.
“Mengapa kamu tidak disini saja sambil ngobrol denganku,” kata Belalang, “dari pada lalulalang kerja keras seperti itu??”
“Aku bekerja  untuk mengumpulkan makanan sebegai persediaan musim dingin nanti,” kata semut itu, “dan memeberikan contoh padamu supaya kamu juga mengumpulkan makanan seperti aku.”
“Kenapa aku harus repot-repot mengkhawatirkan musim dingin” kata Belalang; “Kami sudah punya banyak makanan saat ini.” Meskipun begitu semut itu tetap melanjutkan dan terus kerja keras.
Ketika musim dingin datang, belalang itu pun mati kelaparan, sementara si semut mendistribusikan jagung dan gandum setiap hari dari toko mereka yang sudah dikumpulkan saat musim panas yang lalu.
Generic structure Contoh Narrative Text Fable
1. Orientation: First information of the participants inside the story. From the story about ant and grasshopper below, we see the orientation as:
In a field one summer’s day a Grasshopper was hopping about. An Ant passed by…
2. Complication: What happens next among the participants of the story. This phase introduce a problem existing between or among the participants. From the example of narrative below, we see the complication is:
“Why bother about winter?” said the Grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at present.” But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil.
3. Resolution: The way a writer ends his story plot. It can be successful ending or failure one which leads to sad ending story. From the story about ant and grasshopper, we see the writer give the ending as follow:
When the winter came the Grasshopper found itself dying of hunger.

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