Narrative Model Text

The Lion and the Little Mouse

One day when a Lion was soundly asleep, a little Mouse Orientation
Action Verbs
began running up and down carelessly upon his body,
ended up awakened him.
The Lion was angry. He placed his huge paw upon
Adjectives Complication
the mouse, and widely opened his big jaws to swallow
him. The little Mouse cried please forgive me this time
O King, I shall never forget it. Who knows that I may be
Adverbs able to help you one day? Upon hearing the Mouses idea
Resolution
of being able to help, The Lion let him go.

Pronouns After a while, the Lion was caught in a trap set by

the hunters who want to carry him alive to the town. He
was tied onto a tree while they returned to get their wagon Complication
to carry him on. Just then the little Mouse happened to
Time and pass by. He saw the Lion in such situation and quickly
Sequence went up to him. He gnawed away the ropes to free the
connectors Resolution
Lion from the ropes bounded him.

1. Find more of the narrative language features in the text above!

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Action verbs Placed, ...
Adjectives Little, ...
Adverbs Quickly, ...
Pronouns Him, ...
Time and Sequence
After a while, ...
connectors

2. Underline the sentences containing the sequence of events!

Read the following passage and answer the questions!

The Lion in Love

Long time ago, a Lion fell in love with a beautiful
maiden and proposed marriage to her parents.

They did not want to give their daughter to

the Lion nor enrage him by disapproving his
proposal. At last the father suggested that he
should have his claws and teeth removed to get
married with the maiden.

The Lion was so much in love that he had his

claws trimmed and his big teeth taken out. But
when he came again to the parents of the maiden,
they simply laughed at the ridiculous appearance
of King of The Beast.
3. Who were involved in the story?

4. What happened to the Lion in the beginning of the story?

5. What did the Lion want to do to the maiden?

6. Did the maidens parents agree to Lions proposal?

7. What did the maidens father suggest to Lion?

8. Why did the Lion agree with the father suggestion?

9. What happened to the Lion in the end of the story?

10. What can we learn from the story?

 Kancil and the Crocodiles

One day, Kancil wanted to cross the river to eat the fruits on the
other side of the river. He saw a floating log in the river. He knew
that Crocodile looked like a log when he floated.
Kancil didnt want to be eaten by Crocodile when he
crosses the river. He had a brilliant idea. He called out loud,
Crocodile! Crocodile rose from the water, Hello, Kancil. Have
you come to be my lunch? Kancil smiled. Sorry, not today,
Crocodile. I have orders from the King. He wants to invite all the
crocodiles in this river to a party. He wants me to count all the
crocodiles so he could prepare enough meal for you.
Really? Tell us what to do, said Crocodile. You must
line up from this side of the river to the other side, said Kancil.
Crocodile then got all his friends and family. They lined up across
the river. Kancil then jumped onto Crocodiles back. One, he counted. He jumped onto the next
crocodile, Two. And the next crocodile, Three. Kancil kept jumping until he arrived on the other side
of the river. How many are there? asked Crocodile. Just enough, said Kancil. He laughed as he ran
to the forest.

What did Kancil see on the river?

Why did Kancil want to cross the river?

How did Kancil manage to cross the river?

How many crocodiles in total?

What do you think about Kancil?

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