Examples of Narrative Text

Mantu’s Little Elephant

Little Mantu lived in a village deep in the jungle where elephants helped the man with their work. These elephants were so big and strong. They could lift up the heaviest logs with their trunks and toss them high in the air.

Now, Mantu had an elephant of his very own. His name was Opie. He was just a baby and Mantu loved him very much. Mantu whispered to Opie’s ear that someday he would become the biggest, strongest and bravest elephant in the jungle. The other elephants heard this. The began to laugh and made rude noises with their trunks. “We’re so big and tall, but you’re so small. You’re nothing at all,” said one of big elephants.

Mantu looked up at the huge elephant with a mishievous glint in his eye. “ You’re so tall and see far away. We can see what is happening down here in jungle. In fact, we would be the firstbto see any slithering snakes that may be a danger. “After hearing the word snakes, the elephants screeched and off they gwents thundering in fright.

“ Did I say there were snakes? “ giggled Mantu. “No, I don’t think so,” smiled Opie. Mantu then climbed upon his little friend’s back and went home to the village to tell everyone about the foolish elephants.

SLEEPING BEAUTY

Once upon a time, there was a king and a queen. They really wanted to have a baby. When the queen gave birth to a daughter, they were very happy. They named her princess Aurora. Then, They held a party and invited six good fairies to celebrate.

Six fairies came to the party. They gave the princess present of happiness, goodness, health and wealth. Before the sixth good fairy could give her present, a wicked fairy came into the party. The fairy was so angry because the king and the queen did not invite her to the party. She cursed on the baby:

“On her sixteenth birthday, the princess will prick her finger on a needle from a spinning wheel and die.” She screamed.

The sixth good fairy used her magic to soften the curse. “The princess will not die, but she will fall into a deep sleep for a hundred years,” she said. The king and the queen banned all spinning wheels from the kingdom and hoped that the curse would never come true.

On her sixteenth birthday, the princess found an old woman spinning. She wanted to spin, but pricked her finger and fell into a deep, deep sleep. The curse had come true! The old woman laughed and disappeared. The king and the queen found the princess and put her on to bed. But soon everyone in the castle felt fast asleep, too.

One hundred years passed and a large forest grew around the castle. Then, one day, a prince came by the forest. A way magically opened in front of him and led him to the princess. When he found the princess, she thought that she was so pretty that he kissed her. The kiss broke the spell and the whole castle woke up. Eventually, the prince and the princess lived happily ever after.

THE RABBIT AND THE TURTLE

            One day a rabbit was boasting about how fast he could run. He was laughing at the turtle for being so slow.

            Much to the rabbit’s surprise, the turtle challenged him to a race. The rabbit thought this was a good joke and accepted the challenge. The fox was to be the umpire of the race. As the race began, the rabbit raced way ahead of the turtle, just like everyone thought. The rabbit got to the halfway point and could not see the turtle anywhere. He was hot and tired and decided to stop and take a short nap. Even if the turtle passed him, he would be able to race to the finish line ahead of him. All this time the turtle kept walking step by step by step. He never quit no matter how hot or tired he got. He just kept going.

            However, the rabbit slept longer than he had thought and woke up. He could not see the turtle anywhere! He went at full-speed to the finish line but found the turtle there waiting for him on finish line.