One upon time, a mother duck sat on
her eggs. She felt tired of sitting on them. She just wished the eggs would
break out. Several days later, she got her wish. The eggs cracked and some cute
little ducklings appeared. “Peep, peep” the little ducklings cried. “Quack,
quack” their mother greeted in return.However the largest egg had not cracked.
The mother duck sat on it for several days. Finally, it cracked and a huge ugly
duckling waddled out. The mother duck looked at him in surprise. He was so big
and very gray. He didn’t look like the others at all. He was like a turkey.
When the
mother duck brought the children to the pond for their first swimming lesson.
The huge grey duckling splashed and paddled about just as nicely as the other
ducklings did. “That is not a turkey chick. He is my very own son and quite
handsome” the mother said proudly. However, the other animals didn’t agree.
They hissed and made fun of him day by day. Even his own sisters and brothers were
very unkind. “You are very ugly” they quacked. The little poor duckling was
very unhappy. “I wish I looked like them” he thought to himself. One day, the
ugly duckling run away and hid in the bushes. The sad duckling lived alone
through the cold and snow winter.
Finally the spring flowers began to bloom. While he was swimming in the pond,
he saw three large white swans swimming toward him. “Oh, dear. these beautiful
birds will laugh and peck me too” he said to himself. But the swans did not
attack him. Instead, they swam around him and stroked him with their bills. As
the ugly duckling bent his neck to speak to them, he saw his reflection in the
water. He could not believe his eyes. “I am not an ugly duckling but a
beautiful swam” he exclaimed.
He was very happy. From that day on, he swam and played with his new friends
and was happier than he had never been.
Arti Cerita
Bebek Buruk Rupa dan Teman Barunya dari Teks Bahasa Inggris
Suatu kala, seekot ibu bebek duduk sedang mengerami telur-telurnya. Dia sudah
merasa lelah selalu mendudukinya dan berharap telur-telur akan segera menetas.
Beberapa hari kemudian, harapannya pun terwujud. Telur itu retak dan beberapa
bebek kecil yang lucu muncul dari dalamnya. "Peep , peep" bebek kecil
menangis. "Quack, quack" ibu bebek mnyambutnya. Akan tetapi satu
telur terbesar masih belum menetas. Ibu bebek pun mengerami lagi selama
beberapa hari. Akhirnya, telur terbesar itupun retak dan muncullah seekero itik
yang besar bertampang buruk rupa berjalan tertatih-tatih keluar dari telur
itu. Ibu bebek pun menatapnya dengan heran. Ia begitu besar dan berwarna
abu-abu. Ia tidak terlihat seperti saudara lainnya sama sekali. Ia mirip
seperti kalkun.
Ketika ibu bebek membawa anak-anaknya ke kolam untuk belajar renang pertama kalinya.
Dia memercik dan mendayung sama baiknya seperti bebek lainnya. "Dia itu
bukan kalkun. Dia adalah anak ku yang cukup tampan" kata ibunyadengan
bangga. Namun, hewan lain tidak setuju. Mereka mendesis dan mengolok-oloknya
hari demi hari. Bahkan saudara-saudara sendiri juga tidak berlaku baik
kepadanya. "Kau sangat jelek" kata mereka. Diapun merasa sangat tidak
nyaman. "Aku berharap punya rupa seperti mereka" pikirnya. Suatu
waktu Dia sudah tidak tahan lagi dan berlari, bersembunyi di semak-semak. Dia merasa
sedih dan tinggal sendirian ditengah musim dingin yang bersalju.
Akhirnya musim semipun tiba. Ketika dia sedang berenang di kolam, ada tiga
angsa putih besar berenang ke arahnya. "Astaga. burung itu pasti akan
menertawakanku dan mematuk aku juga" katanya dalam hati. Ternyata angsa
itu tidak menyerangnya. Sebaliknya, para angsa itu berenang disekitaranya
dan mengelus-elusnya. Ketika dia sedang membungkukkan lehernya untuk berbicara
kepada para angsa itu, ia melihat bayangannya sendiri didalam air. Diapun
tidak bisa percaya apa yang dilihatnya. "Aku bukanlah si itik buruk rupa
tapi aku adalah sekeor angsah yang cantik" serunya.
Dia merasa sangat senang. Sejak hari itu,dia berenang dan bermain dengan
teman-teman barunya dan merasah lebih bahagia dari pada sebelumnya.
Generic Structure Contoh Narrative Text Fable
1. Orientation of the Narrative text: It introduces the participants
which involve in the story of the Ugly Duckling. They are duck mother, Ugly
duckling, duckling’s sister, and the swan.
2. Complication of the narrative text: It brings the rising conflict. In
a long story, the complication should be minors and a major. In this story of
ugly duckling, the major complication is that the new born duck is different
form other little ducks. The difference makes him get bad treatment from others
animals. As results, he is sad, unhappy and finally runs away.
3. Resolution of the narrative text: It comes to a solution for the
complication. In narrative texts, a resolution can be happy ending or sad ending.
In this story of the Ugly duckling, the resolution is happy one. He gets new
friends who do not treat him badly.