Materi Narrative Text 3 - 4 (for SMK): Struktur Umum - Tanda Baca & Mengambil pelajaran dari Narrative Text

Narrative Text 3 – 4

Kompetensi Dasar

3.3 Membandingkan   fungsi sosial, struktur  teks,  dan  unsur kebahasaan beberapa teks naratif lisan dan tulis dengan memberi dan meminta informasi terkait fairy tales, pendek

dan sederhana, sesuai dengan konteks penggunaannya.

4.3 Menangkap makna secara kontekstual terkait fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan teks naratif, lisan dan tulis, sangat pendek dan sederhana,  terkait  fairy  tales

memperhatikan fungsi sosial, struktur teks dan unsur kebahasaan yang benar dan sesuai konteks

 

Tujuan Pembelajaran

Setelah pembelajaran diharapkan siswa mampu:

1.      Mengidentifikasi unsur kebahasaan narrative text:

- Ucapan, tekanan kata, intonasi, ejaan, tanda baca, dan tulisan tangan (Pertemuan 3)

 

Pengantar:

Dalam ujian AKM nanti terdapat materi literasi yang akan diujikan, baik itu literasi teks informasi maupun literasi teks fiksi. Narrative text merupakan materi literasi teks fiksi yang harus dipahami siswa. Selama ini belum pernah diberi materi seperti ini. Semoga bermanfaat.

 

 

Struktur Umum & Tanda Baca dalam Narrative Text

 

A.    Struktur umum/ schematic structure

Secara sederhana struktur artinya susunan dari atas kebawah. Dalam konteks teks ini berarti, susunan bacaan narrative text secara umum dari atas ke bawah, yaitu: Orientation – Complication – Resolution  (– Reorientation), seperti bagan di bawah ini (Koda/ ending = reorientasi).

Bahasa sederhananya:

Orientasi = pengenalan

Komplikasi = konflik/ masalah

Resolusi = solusi/ penyelesaian

Reorientasi = kesimpulan/ penutup.

 

Structure of Narrative Text Ada 4 bagian struktur narrative text yang harus kamu ketahui. Keempat bagian tersebut adalah orientation, complication, resolution, dan reorientation. Yuk, dipelajari satu persatu!   Orientation/ Pengenalan Orientation merupakan paragraf pembuka teks, yang mengenalkan siapa (who) tokoh yang terlibat dalam kejadian serta latar waktu (when) dan tempat (where) yang melatarbelakangi kejadian. Orientation ini terletak di paragraf pertama narrative text.   Complication/ Konflik (Masalah) Bagian selanjutnya yaitu complication. Complication terletak setelah orientasi selesai. Biasanya di paragraf kedua. Complication terdiri dari paragraf yang menjelaskan awal masalah. Awal masalah ini juga mengawali rentetan plot (alur cerita) yang kemudian akan berlanjut pada konflik, klimaks, dan anti klimaks cerita. Umumnya complication berisi interaksi antarpelaku peristiwa. Interaksi ini yang menimbulkan sebuah konflik atau pertentangan. Ada 3 jenis konflik yang mungkin terjadi di complication, yaitu natural conflict, social conflict, dan psychological conflict. Sesuai dengan namanya, natural conflict adalah permasalahan antara pelaku dan alam; social conflict adalah permasalahan antar pelaku; sedangkan psychological conflict adalah permasalahan pelaku dengan dirinya sendiri.     Resolution/ Solusi (Penyelesaian) Resolution adalah paragraf yang menjadi akhir cerita. Dalam bagian ini, terjadi penyelesaian yang membuat jalan cerita berakhir. Setiap permasalahan yang muncul harus ada penyelesaiannya, bisa ditutup dengan akhir yang menyenangkan (happy ending) atau berakhir tragis atau menyedihkan (sad ending).   Reorientation/ Kesimpulan Reorientation merupakan kalimat penutup yang menceritakan kondisi terakhir sang tokoh dalam cerita, atau pesan moral cerita. Oh iya, bagian ini tidak wajib ada dalam narrative text!  Setelah membaca artikel ini, semoga kamu jadi lebih paham dengan narrative text. Atau masih ingin belajar lebih lanjut tentang narrative text?

Contoh:

Sleeping Beauty  In a faraway kingdom, there was an empire led by a king and queen. The king led his region with a very wise and prudent. Despite being a king, their life was less happy because they did not have a child. It made the king and queen became sad. Then one day the queen gave birth to a beautiful little daughter named Princess Aurora. The birth of the little princess made the king and the entire kingdom happy. The king was making a big celebration to welcome his daughter. He invited all the people in the kingdom, including all the fairies that live in the kingdom. The king invited them to ask for their blessing. But the king forgot to invite all the fairies in the kingdom. The facts that there were 13 fairies in kingdom but the king only invited 12 fairies. When the celebration party was running on, all of the fairies invited by king surrounded the little princess to give a blessing. One by one fairy was utter blessings. One fairy gave blessing of goodness, another fairy gave blessing of health, and the next fairy gave blessing of beautiful voice and so on. When the 12th fairy was about to give her blessing, the 13th fairy who were not invited by the king come. She was very angry and could not accept this humiliation. The 13th fairy was not giving a blessing to the little princess, she even cursed her. The 13th fairy said, “When the baby is 16 years old, she will be pricked by a needle and fall asleep for a long time”. After saying that curse the 13th fairy left the palace using her broomstick. Everyone in the palace was shocked and saddened as well as the king and queen. The queen begged to the fairies, “Please withdraw this curse”. “What have been spoken irrevocable my queen” said the fairy. The others fairy tried to calm king and queen, “You do not worry. The princess will not die, she just fall asleep for a long time. And this curse will be lost if there is prince who awakened her,“ another fairy added. Hearing the explanation, the king and queen relieved. However, they were still afraid of the incident occurred. The king ordered to get rid of all the needles in the palace.   Putri Tidur Di kerajaan yang jauh, ada sebuah kerajaan yang dipimpin oleh seorang raja dan ratu. Raja memimpin wilayahnya dengan sangat arif dan bijaksana. Meski sudah menjadi raja, kehidupan mereka kurang bahagia karena belum memiliki anak. Itu membuat raja dan ratu menjadi sedih. Kemudian suatu hari sang ratu melahirkan seorang putri kecil yang cantik bernama Putri Aurora. Kelahiran putri kecil membuat raja dan seluruh kerajaan bahagia. Raja sedang membuat perayaan besar untuk menyambut putrinya. Dia mengundang semua orang di kerajaan, termasuk semua peri yang tinggal di kerajaan. Raja mengundang mereka untuk meminta restu mereka. Tapi raja lupa mengundang semua peri di kerajaan. Fakta bahwa ada 13 peri di kerajaan tetapi raja hanya mengundang 12 peri. Saat pesta perayaan sedang berlangsung, semua peri yang diundang oleh raja mengelilingi putri kecil untuk memberikan berkah. Satu demi satu peri itu mengucapkan berkah. Seorang peri memberikan berkah kebaikan, peri lainnya memberikan berkah kesehatan, dan peri berikutnya memberikan berkah berupa suara yang indah dan seterusnya. Saat peri ke 12 hendak memberikan restunya, peri ke 13 yang tidak diundang oleh raja datang. Dia sangat marah dan tidak bisa menerima penghinaan ini. Peri ke-13 tidak memberikan berkah kepada putri kecil, dia bahkan mengutuknya. Peri ke-13 berkata, “Ketika bayi berusia 16 tahun, dia akan tertusuk jarum dan tertidur dalam waktu yang lama”. Setelah mengucapkan kutukan itu, peri ke-13 meninggalkan istana menggunakan sapu. Semua orang di istana terkejut dan sedih begitu juga dengan raja dan ratu. Ratu memohon kepada peri, "Tolong cabut kutukan ini". "Apa yang telah diucapkan ratuku tidak dapat dibatalkan" kata peri. Peri lainnya mencoba menenangkan raja dan ratu, “Kamu jangan khawatir. Sang putri tidak akan mati, dia hanya tertidur dalam waktu yang lama. Dan kutukan ini akan hilang jika ada pangeran yang membangunkannya," tambah peri lain. Mendengar penjelasan tersebut, raja dan ratu lega. Namun, mereka masih takut kejadian itu terjadi. Raja memerintahkan untuk membuang semua jarum di istana.

Sekarang marilah kita analisis isi dari struktur narrative text di atas. Pelajari dengan seksama, kemudian jawablah quiz Guess The Answer Narrative Text berikut, kemudian jawabannya dimasukkan di lembar jawaban yang tersedia:

https://wordwall.net/resource/5564532/guess-answer-narrative-text.

Jika masih kesulitan memahami, pelajari terjemahannya tadi kemudian kembali kalian jawab quiz di atas.

Masih terasa sulit juga? Misal, pertanyaan: “Where the problem in the store is solved” jawabannya apa? Tentu ‘resolution’.  Kenapa? Silakan pelajari penjelasan teks di atas, khususnya bagian ‘Resolution.’

Ada lagi pertanyaan: “When (ketika), Then, However.” jawabannya apa? Tentu ‘Time conjunction.’ Dari mana jawaban ini diperoleh?

Silakan lihat teks Sleeping Beauty  di atas. Di dalamnya terdapat time conjunction berstabilo hijau. Memang tidak harus persis ‘When, Then, However’. Bagaimana? Mudah, kan?

B.     Ucapan, tekanan kata, intonasi

Agak sulit menggambarkan bagaimana ucapan, tekanan kata serta intonasi dalam tulisan. Untuk memudahkan gambaran bagaimana teks naratif disampaikan, berikut contoh ucapan, tekanan kata, dan intonasinya yang bercerita tentang a fairy tale (Sleeping Beauty). Klik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8MEKHAnYnM  

C.     Tanda Baca

Tahukah kamu tanda baca? Ya, seperti titik (.), koma (,) tanda tanya (?) … dsb. Di bawah ini sebenarnya tabel penggunaan spasi ketika bertemu tanda baca/ teks. Namun, kita fokuskan perhatian kita pada symbol tanda bacanya (lihat kolom kedua). Perhatikanlah kolom Tanda Baca dan Simbolnya di bawah ini.

Apa kaitannya dengan narrative text? Jenis tanda baca dalam Narrative Text (Teks Naratif) merupakan yang terbanyak dibandingkan dengan dalam teks lainnya. Umumnya, jika teks lain biasanya hanya menggunakan titik (.) serta koma (,) maka teks naratif bisa lebih dari itu. Misalnya, sering muncul tanda tanya (?), tanda seru (!), bahkan tanda petik (“…”) dalam teks ini.  Artinya, jika kalian sedang berhadapan dengan sebuah teks Bahasa Inggris, sementara kamu tidak mengerti artinya, kamu masih bisa menduga dengan peluang jawabanmu benar bahwa itu adalah teks naratif atau bukan, dengan cara mendeteksi tanda bacanya.

Perhatikan tanda baca pada empat jenis teks berikut:

Recount Text

Adolescence   Last night, I read an article about adolescence in a magazine. I learnt that it was a time of change between childhood and adulthood. After I finished reading the article from the magazine, I remembered my own adolescence. I was fourteen at that time. I felt very emotional about everything. But I tried to learn more about myself. I tried to discover what I wanted to do, and what kind of people wanted to be.

Descriptive Text

The Jackfruit Tree   Behind my house, in the garden, there is a jackfruit tree. It is a big tree. People say it is older than me. My grandfather planted this tree long time ago, before I was born. This big jackfruit tree sometimes bears fruit, called nangka. It is very delicious fruit. The fruit also can be made as vegetable. My mother also likes to cook the fruit.

Report Text

Birds   Birds are interesting flying animals. They are vertebrates and warm blooded animals. They belong to aves class and they can be found all over the world. Birds breathe with their air pocket. Beside as respiration organ, air pocket also can enlarge or reduce their weight when flying or swimming. There are many kinds of birds. Earth bird has special characteristic. They have different morphology according to their food and their habitat. Some of them eat seeds, pollen, fish or meat. There are some species that live in land and the others live in water. Land birds live on their nest. Female birds have specific tasks. They lay eggs and feed their baby, Beside that they look for foods for their baby.

Procedure Text

How to Make Tomato Soup   To make a bowl of tomato soup, you must prepare all ingredients below: 4 large tomatoes spices 1 small onion ½ teaspoon of salt 8 cups of water ¼ teaspoon of pepper small clove garlic  ¼ teaspoon of butter   Here are the steps to make a bowl of tomato soup: Cut tomatoes, onions, and garlic into small pieces. Fry them in a pan with butter for five minutes. Add water, spices, salt and pepper. Heat until the water boils. Turn down the heat and cover with lid. Cook gently for one hour.

Perhatikan (jumlah) jenis tanda bacanya di masing-masing teks di atas. Sekarang bandingkan dengan teks naratif di bawah ini:

Narrative Text

A Fox and a Crow   One day, a fox saw a crow with a piece of cheese in his beak. The fox was very hungry and thought, “How can I get the piece of cheese?” He thought for a while. Soon, an idea came over him. He decided to flatter the crow and thus began praising him. He said to the crow, “You are such a pretty and clever bird! If only you could sing as beautiful as cockatoo!” Now, the crow was very proud. He wanted to show the fox that he could sing very well so he opened his mouth to sing and ‘ups’! The piece of cheese he was eating fell to the ground. The fox laughed at the crow and picked up the cheese and ate it hungrily. Too late the crow realized that one should not be vain.

Mana yang lebih banyak jumlah jenis tanda bacanya? Keempat teks di atas atau yang paling bawah (teks naratif)? Tentu yang narrative text, kan?

Selain itu, terdapat dua teks yang memiliki bentuk unik dan lebih mudah diidentifikasi (ditebak), yaitu narrative text dan procedure text. Kenapa? Silakan bandingkan kelima teks tersebut. Apa pendapatmu?

Sekarang, cobalah dan jawablah quiz Penggunan huruf kapital dan Tanda baca berikut, kemudian jawabannya dimasukkan di lembar jawaban yang tersedia:: https://wordwall.net/resource/5093804/penggunan-huruf-kapital-dan-tanda-baca

Setelah mengerjakannya, kalian bisa mengukur seberapa benar kepahamanmu tentang menulis yang benar selama ini? Meskipun dalam Bahasa Indonesia.

 Narrative Text 4

Mengambil teladan-pengalaman dari Narrative Text, Bisakah?

 

Tujuan komunikatif (fungsi sosial) dari narrative text adalah untuk menghibur pendengar atau pembaca tentang suatu kisah atau cerita (narasi) masa lampau. Tujuan ini akan tercapai manakala pembaca atau pendengarnya mampu mengikuti isi cerita yang disuguhkan.

Judul materi di atas merupakan tantangan tersendiri bagi siswa, bahkan bagi yang selama ini rajin mengikuti pelajaran dan tampak ada kemajuan Bahasa Inggrisnya, namun masih kesulitan memahami isi teks. Kenapa? Karena terkait erat dengan kemampuan mengikuti isi ceritanya. Hal ini umumnya banyak berkaitan dengan berapa banyak jumlah kosakata (vocabulary) yang dimilikinya. Andai saja siswa mempunyai kosakata yang cukup, tentu masalah pemahaman terhadap isi cerita bukan lagi sebagai masalah.

Selain itu, materi kali ini (Narrative Text 3 – 4) merupakan bagian paling “inti” karena berkait dengan soal jenis HOTS (high orderly thinking skill/ keterampilan berpikir tingkat tinggi). Soal jenis ini merupakan soal dengan kriteria level tertinggi kesulitannya, tapi punya skor lebih tinggi. Semisal kriteria kesulitan soal dibagi menjadi tiga (mudah-sedang-sulit), maka soal jenis HOTS berada di ranking pertama tingkat kesulitannya.

Pembaca akan ditantang untuk menjawab hal-hal yang tersirat setelah membaca teks. Sebagai evaluasi, soal-soal yang ditanyakan jawabannya tidak secara konkret ada dalam teks. Bahkan pembacalah yang harus mampu menganalisis/ menyimpulkan. Pertanyaannya, tanpa boleh buka kamus elektronik (misalnya, Google Translate), bisakah kalian menangkap teladan atau pengalaman yang muncul dari isi teks? Di bagian manakah teladan/ pengalaman berharga dari suatu narrative text? Mari kita mulai pembahasan materi ini.

Seperti diketahui, struktur teks narrasi meliputi Orientation—Complication—Resolution—dan (Re-Orientation/ Ending) (lihat bagan). Pada bagan di sebelah kiri bagian Re-Orientation tidak ditulis (karena memang boleh ditulis boleh tidak/ opsional). Padahal, bagian yang berisi teladan/ pengalaman yang bisa diambil sebagai pelajaran bagi pembacanya adalah di bagian Re-Orientation/ Ending. Dalam pelajaran Bahasa Indonesia bagian Re-Orientation/ Ending ini sering disebut ‘pesan moral’.

Pembaca narrative text biasanya cukup mudah mengetahui teladan/ pengalaman (pesan moral) apabila bisa memahami isi teks tersebut. Coba bayangkan jika kalian kosakata Bahasa Inggrisnya sangat minim ketika membaca suatu teks. Bisakah kalian mengambil teladan/ pengalaman alias pesan moralnya?

Agar mudah dipahami, cobalah pelajari terjemahan teks yang menggambarkan bagan berikut (SERIGALA DAN BANGAU). Lihatlah bagian paling bawah (pesan moral). Itu adalah bagian yang bernama Re-Orientation/ Ending. Kadang disebut kesimpulan atau penutup.

 

SERIGALA DAN BANGAU Pada jaman dahulu, serigala dan bangau itu berteman. Suatu hari, serigala meminta bangau datang ke rumahnya untuk makan. Ketika bangau tiba dirumah serigala, serigala meletakkan dua mangkuk sup diatas meja. Serigala makan sup dimangkuk sangat cepat. Ketika dia selesai, dia bertanya kepada bangau, “apakah kamu suka sup saya?” Tapi bangau marah karena ia tidak bisa makan sup. Paruhnya terlalu panjang! Ketika bangau pulang, dia masih lapar. Serigala tertawa dan tertawa. Kemudian, bangau puny ide. Dia meminta serigala untuk datang makan malam. Dia mengisi dua kendi tinggi dengan sup yang enak. Mereka mulai makan. Ketika bangau selesai makan, dia berkata kepada serigala kalau dia ingin makan lagi. Tapi serigala marah. Mulutnya yang begitu besar membuatnya tidak bisa mendapatkan makanan yang ada didalam kendi. Serigala pulang kelaparan dan bangau tertawa dan tertawa. Serigala dan bangau tidak pernah berteman sejak saat itu. Pesan moral : setiap tindakan yang buruk itu akan menimbulkan dampak yang buruk pula.

 

Pertanyaan yang biasanya digunakan untuk jawaban/ terkait dengan pesan moral adalah:

-          What is the moral message of the story?

-          What is the moral value implied in the story?

-          What can we learn from the story?

Sebagai latihan, misal: kita ambil tiga narrative text. Kalian TIDAK BOLEH melihat kamus. Tugasmu adalah mengambil teladan/ pengalaman apa yang bisa kalian peroleh dari isi teks tersebut dengan cara menjawab pertanyaan. Siap?

Kesimpulan dari materi kita kali ini adalah: pembaca bisa mengambil teladan/ pengalaman atau pesan moral dari teks apabila memahami isi teks tersebut.

Text 1

One day, Geppetto made a little boy of wood. When he finished, Geppetto sighed: “I wish this wooden boy were real and could live here with me …” That night, a good fairy heard him and made his wish to become real. “Awake, wood inanimate, now you’ve got a soul!” she made her magic spell touching Pinocchio with her magic wand. Suddenly it happened! The little wooden boy came to life! Geppetto shouted with joy and, with the laughter of happiness, said: “Be Welcome! I’ll call you Pinocchio.“ Geppetto helped Pinocchio dress, gave him some books, kissed him on the cheek, and sent him to school to learn to read and write. But he warned him: “As soon as school is finished, Pinocchio will come home.” Pinocchio said yes and happily walked towards the school. On the way, Pinocchio noticed that there was a marionette show in the square. He joined them and danced so well that the puppet owner offered him five gold coins. Pinocchio was amazed and only thought how Geppetto would be happy when he gave him the coins. Near the school, Pinocchio found two bad men. Because he was very naive, the two men persuaded Pinocchio to go with them to a hostel to eat and sleep. After eating, Pinocchio became sleepy and fell asleep quickly. He dreamed that he was rich and that he and his father, Geppetto, were now living without difficulty and very happy. When he awoke, these men persuaded Pinocchio to bury his gold coins in a place that they knew and said to him: “The coins buried here will become a tree of money and never again your father, who is old and tired, you will need to work!“ Pinocchio did so and waited for the gold coins to turn into a money tree. He remained a long time until, tired, he fell asleep. The evil men appeared and took the gold coins while Pinocchio slept. When he woke up, Pinocchio saw that the coins had been taken away, and he cried. He did not want to go home for fear that Geppetto would be angry and sad with him. Without knowing what to do, Pinocchio began to walk until he found a lady dressed in blue, whom he asked for help. What he did not know was that you were the blue fairy. The fairy said she would help him and asked him who his parents were and where he lived. To which Pinocchio replied: “I have no house and no one to live with.” The blue fairy realized that Pinocchio was lying, and his nose began to grow! The blue fairy replied, “Go home to your father. Be a good boy and do not lie anymore. ” Pinocchio promised that he would, and his nose returned to standard size. Back at home, Pinocchio stopped at an amusement park, and his nose began to grow again. In the park, they told him that he could eat all the ice cream he wanted. What they did not tell him was that the ice cream would turn him into a donkey! Pinocchio ate until he could no longer, and as soon as he became a donkey, he was sold to a circus. In the circus, he was forced to work hard and was so mistreated that, shortly thereafter, he could not even walk. Since it no longer served to work in the circus, the owner had him thrown into the sea. As soon as he fell into the sea, he became a wooden boy again. A whale that passed by saw Pinocchio and swallowed it, thinking it was food. Inside the whale, what was not the surprise of Pinocchio when finding Geppetto! This one had gone to look for Pinocchio and ended up going to the belly of the whale. He was frail and sick, and a fish that was also there said: “Come up both of you behind my back, and I’ll take you home!” They did so, and when they reached the house, Pinocchio took excellent care of Geppetto until he was okay. The blue fairy appeared again and, seeing that Pinocchio had been so good to Geppetto, said, “Since you are now a good boy, I will make you a real boy.” And so it was. Geppetto had finally had the son he had longed for, and the two of them were happy forever! https://kidsstory.org/pinocchio-good-stories-for-kids/

 A. Choose the correct answer

1.      What is the text about?

-          the gold coins

-          a marionette

-          a good fairy

-          Pinocchio

2.      Who created the little boy of wood?

-          A good fairy

-          Geppetto

-          Marionette

-          Two bad men

3.      When did the story happen?

-          Unknown day (one day)

-          Night

-          at an amusement park

-          at Pinocchio’s home

4.      The following is NOT the moral lesson (moral message) of the story:

- A simple white lie can create a huge problem. Therefore, we must try to lead an honest life and refrain from lying.

- Love has the power to transform or convert a wooden doll into a human being.

- Disobeying parents and guardians can land someone in trouble. So, we should respect our parents and obey their advice.

- Being honest is not always wise, therefore you do not need to be honest

 

5.      What instantly happened after Pinocchio becoming alive?

-          Pinocchio found two bad men

-          Geppetto shouted with joy and full of happiness

-          Geppetto helped Pinocchio dress and kissed him

-          Pinocchio noticed that there was a marionette

6.      What is the characteristic of Pinocchio?

-          naive

-          tired

-          bad

-          good

7.      “He joined them and danced so well that the ‘puppet’ owner…”  (paragraph 4 line 2). The quotation word has the meaning with …

-          kayu

-          boneka

-          penjahat

-          peri

Text 2

The Fox and the Grapes   One afternoon there was a fox that was walking through the forest and spotted a bunch of grapes hanging from over a lofty branch.   “Just the thing to quench my thirst,” quoted the fox. Taking a few steps backward, the fox jumped but unfortunately he missed the hanging grapes. Again the fox took a few paces backward, ran, and tried to reach them but he still failed.   Finally, giving up, the fox turned up his nose and said, “They’re probably sour anyway,” and proceeded to walk away.   Moral Value: it’s easy to despise what you cannot have.

8.      The text tells us about…. 

9.      What is the taste of the grape according to the fox? 

10.  What is the moral message of ‘The Fox and the Grapes’?

Text 3

 

A Woman and the Wolves  A long time ago, very few people lived in the New Territories. There were only a few villages. If the people wanted to go from one village to another, they often had to pass through wild and unsafe forest. One day, a farmer’s young wife went to the next village to visit her own mother and brother. She brought along her baby son. When it was time for her to leave, her brother said “it is getting dark. Let my son, Ah Tim go with you through the forest.” So Ah Tim led the way and the young woman followed behind, carrying her baby. When they were in the forest, suddenly they saw a group of wolves. They began to run to avoid the danger, but Ah Tim kicked against a stone and fell down. At once the wolves caught him. The young woman cried to the wolves, “please eat my own son instead.” Then, she put her baby son on the ground in front of the wolves and took her nephew away. Everyone understood that this was because the woman was very good and kind. She had offered her own son’s life to save her nephew. They ran back to the house and called for help. All men in the village fetched thick sticks and went back with her into the forest. When they got there, they saw something very strange. Instead of eating the woman’s baby the wolves were playing with him.

11.  Why did her brother ask his son to accompany the woman?

12.  What can we learn from the story??

 

Narrative Text 4