Narrative Fable

Text 1

The Mice Meeting

          Once upon a time a number of mice called a meeting to decided upon the best means of ridding themselves of a cat that had killed many of their relations.

          Varios plans were discussed and rejected, until at last a young mouse proposed that a bell should be hung round the tryant’s neck in future,  so that they would have plenty of warning of her movements and therefove time to escape.

          The suggestion was received joyfully by nearly all, but an old mouse, who had sat sliently listening to that talk for some time, got up and said, “While I consider the plan to be a very clever one, and feel sure that it would prove to be quite successful if carried out. I should like to know which brave mouse is going to put a bell on the cat’s neck?

1.     Why did the mice meeting?

a.     The mice want to called a cat.

b.     The mice want to justice a cat.

c.      Because the mice want to look for the best means.

d.     Because the mice want to invite a cat to the meeting.

e.     Because the mice will have party.

2.     Who proposed a bell?

a.     A cat.

b.     The mice

c.      A  young mouse.

d.     And old mouse.

e.     Yes,it is

3.     Was the suggestion received by the most mice?

a.yes, it was.     
b. no, it was not     
c. yes, he was     
d. no, he was not    
e.yes, it is.

4 . Who refused the suggestion?

a.     A cat.            

b.     The mice

c.      A young mouse.

d.     An old mouse

e.     A cat and young mouse

5.     What did the old mouse want?

a.     The old mouse feel sure

b.     The old mouse want to carry a cat

c.      The old mouse want to be clever

d.     The old mouse want to know brave mouse

e.     The old mouse want to know brave cat

Text 2

Sura and Baya

A long time ago, there were two animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was the name of a shark and Baya was a crocodile. They lived in a sea.
Once Sura and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya saw a goat
"Yummy, this is my lunch," said Baya.
"No way! This is my lunch. You are greedy" said Sura. Then they fought for the goat. After several hours, they were very tired.
Feeling tired of fighting, they lived in the different places. Sura lived in the water and Baya lived in the land. The border was the beach, so they would never fight again.
One day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He was very hungry and there was not much food in the sea. Baya was very angry when he knew that Sura broke the promise.
They fought again. They both hit each other. Sura bit Baya’s tail. Baya did the same thing to Sura. He bit very hard until Sura finally gave up and Awent back to the sea. Baya was happy.

      1. What is the title of a narrative text above? 

      2. How many characters in the story? 
3. What is seen Baya? 
4. Why are they fighting? 
5. Anyone who violates the agreement between Sura and Baya? 
6. What lessons can we learn in the story?

Text 3

Once a farmer owned a donkey and a lapdog. The donkey worked hard all day, hauling heavy loads. The lapdog stayed with his master all day, and lived in the house with him. He did not work, but was allowed to sit on the master’s lap. The donkey grew jealous of the lapdog.

Perhaps if l behave like the dog, like wag my tail and jump on the master, the master will start loving me as much as he does to the dog. So the donkey decided to wait for his chance.

                       One day, when he was left unattended, the donkey broke his halter and ran into the farmhouse kitchen. There the farmer sat at table. The donkey rushed up to him and began wagging his tail vigorously, and knocked off all the china from the table. He then started jumping around and frolicking like a little dog and finally plonked himself down on the farmer’s lap. The shocked farmer yelled for help. The farmhands came running in and dragged the donkey off to his stable, and gave him a beating he did not forget for the rest of his life.

1.       What made the donkey jealous of the dog?

2.       What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

3.       The best title for the text is...

4.       What can we learn from the text?

Text 4

The Rats and The Elephants

Once upon a time their lived a group of mice under a tree in peace. However, a group of elephants crossing the jungle unknowingly destroyed the homes of all the rats. Many of them were even crushed to death.

Then taking of rats decided to approach the elephant's chief and request him to guide his herd through another route. On hearing the sad story, the elephant's king apologized and agreed to take another route. And so the lives of the rats were saved.

One day elephant-hunters came to the jungle and trapped a group of elephants in huge nets. Then the elephant king suddenly remembered the king of the rats. He summoned on of the elephants of his herd, which had not been trapped, to go seek help from the king and told him about the trapped elephants.

The rat's king immediately took his entire group of rats and they cut open the nets which had trapped the elephant's herd. The elephant herd was totally set free. They danced with joy and thank the rats.

1. What type of text is the above text? It is …

A. a narrative text 

B. a description text

C. a recount text

D. an anecdote text

E. an expository text

2. What destroyed the homes of all rats?

A. a group of mice did

B. the hunter did

C. elephant-hunter did

D. a group of elephant did 

E. elephant's herd

3. What helped the elephant's herd free?

A. the elephant-hunter did

B. the hunters did

C. the trapped elephants did

D. a group of king did

E. entire group of rats did 

4. What is generic structure of "once upon a time there lived a group of mice under a tree in peace"? A. Identification

B. Orientation

C. Complication

D. Resolution

E. Description

5. At the end of the story, how was the elephant's herd?

A. angry

B. sad

C. happy

D. dead

E. disappointed

Text 5

The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk

A Mouse who always lived on the land, by an unlucky chance, formed an intimate acquaintance with a frog, who lived, for the most part, in the water.

One  day, the frog was intent on mischief. He tied the foot of the mouse tightly to his own. Thus joined together, the Frog led his friend the Mouse to  the meadow where they usually searched for food. After this, he gradually led him towards the pond in which he lived, until reaching the banks of the water, he suddenly jumped in, dragging the Mouse with him.

The Frog enjoyed the water amazingly, and swam croaking about, as if he had done a good deed. The unhappy Mouse was soon and drowned in the water, and his poor dead body floathing about on the surface.

A Hawk observed the floating Mouse from the sky, and dove down and grabbed it with his talons, carrying it back to his nest. The Frog, being still fastened to the leg of the Mouse, was also carried off a prisoner, and was eaten by the Hawk.                                       

1.      Where did the Mouse and the Frog live?

a.      The lived on the land.

b.      They lived in the water.

c.       They lived above the tree.

d.      The Mouse lived in the water and the Frog lived on the land.

e.      The Mouse lived on the land and the Frog lived in the water.

2.      How did the mouse die?

a.      He was tied on the Frog’s leg.

b.      He drowned in the water.

c.       He floated about on the surface of the water.

d.      He was eaten by the Hawk.

e.      He was imprisoned by the Hawk.

3.      How was the end of the Frog’s life?

a.      He was fastened on the Mouse’s foot.

b.      He drowned in the water.

c.       He ws eaten by the Hawk.

d.      He was eaten by the Mouse.

e.      He became the prisoner of the Hawk.

4.      What do you learn from this story?

a.      We can make friends with everybody.

b.      We should choose our friends carefully.

c.       Do not play in the river if you do not want to get drowned.

d.      Practice swimming if you do not want to get drowned.

e.      Do not play with animals.

Text 6

A Wolf And Goat

A wolf saw a goat grazing at the edge of a high cliff. The wolf smacked his lips at the thought of a fine goat dinner.
“My dear friend,” said the wolf in his sweetest voice, “aren’t you afraid you will fall down from that cliff? Come down here and graze on this fine grass beside me on safe, level ground.”
“No, thank you,” said the goat.
“Well then,” said the wolf, “aren’t you cold up there in the wind? You would be warmer grazing
down here beside me in this sheltered area.”
“No, thank you,” said the goat.
“But the grass tastes better down here!” said the exasperated wolf, “Why dine alone?”
“My dear wolf,” the goat finally said, “are you quite sure that it is my dinner you are worrying
about and not your own?”

1. What did the wolf ask when he saw the goat grazing at the edge of a high cliff?
A.To be his friend.
B. To graze on the level ground.
C. To climb up higher.
D. To be his dinner.

2. “Aren’t you cold up there in the wind?”
The word ‘there’ refers to …
A. a high cliff
B. sheltered area
C. grass
D. ground 

3. What can we learn from the story above?
A. Don’t look down other creatures.
B. Don’t easily believe in well behaved creatures.
C. Don’t judge others by their appearance.
D. Don’t easily beat other creatures.

4. From the story we know …
A. the goat was very hungry
B. the wolf was a helpful animal
C. the wolf was eager to eat the goat
D. the goat was going to fight with the wolf

Text 7

A fox fell into a well and couldn't get out. By and by a thirsty goat came along. Seeing the fox in the well, he asked if the water was good. "Good", said the fox "It's the best water I have tasted in all my life. Come down and try it yourself."

The goat was thirsty so he got into the well. When he had drunk enough, he looked around but there was no way to get out. Then the fox said, "I have a good idea. You stand on your hind legs and put your forelegs against the side of the well. Then, I will climb on your back, from there. I will step on your horns, and I can get out. And when I'm out, I' I help you out of the well.

The goat did as he was asked and the fox got on his back and climbed out of the well. Then he coolly walked away. The goat called out loudly after him and reminded him of his promise to help him out. The fox merely turned to him and said, "If you only had thought carefully about getting out, you wouldn't have jumped into the well.

The goat felt very sad. He called out loudly. An old man walking nearby heard him and put a plank into the well. The goat got out and thanked the old man.

1.     The text tells the story of....

a.    a fox

b.    a goat

c.    a fox and a goat

d.    an old man and the fox

e.    the goat and an old man

2.     Paragraph 2 mainly tells ....

a.     How the fox helped the goat

b.     Why the fox got into the well

c.     Why the fox got out of the well

d.     The fox's idea how to get out of the well

e.     How both the goat and fox got out of the well

3.     “The goat did as he was asked.... (Paragraph 3)

What does the above sentence mean?

a.     The goat drank enough and looked around

b.     The goat came to the well and drank

c.     The goat called out loudly after the fox got out

d.     The goat waited someone who might help him

e.   The goat stood on his hind legs and put his forelegs against the side of the well

Text 8

Once upon a time, a rabbit wanted to cross a river but he could not swim. He had an idea. He saw a boss of crocodile swimming in the river. The rabbit asked the boss of crocodile, "How many crocodiles are there in river? The boss of crocodile answered, "We are twenty in here" "Where are they?" the rabbit asked for the second time. "What is it for?" the boss of crocodile asked.

"All of you are good, nice, gentle, and kind, so I want to make a line in order. Later I will know how kind you are," said the rabbit. Then, the boss of the crocodile called all his friends and asked them to make a line in order from one side to the other side of the river. Just then, the rabbit started to count while jumping from the one crocodile to another; one... two ... three ... four... until twenty, and finally, he thanked all crocodiles because he had crossed the river.

1.     The story mainly tells us about....

a.     Twenty crocodiles

b.     The boss of the crocodile

c.      A rabbit and twenty crocodiles

d.     a rabbit and the boss of crocodile

e.     the boss of the crocodile and all his friends.

2.     We know from the first paragraph that the rabbit actually wanted....

a.     To cross the river

b.     To swim across the river

c.     To meet the boss of crocodile

d.     To know where the crocodiles are

e.     To know the number of crocodiles there

3.     "All of you are good, nice, gentle, and kind ..." (Paragraph 2)

       The underlined word is synonymous with ....

a.     wild

b.     diligent

c.     cheerful

d.     easygoing

e.     honorable

Text 9

Once upon a time a hawk fell in love with a hen. The hawk flew down from the sky and asked the hen "won't you marry me?"

The hen loved the brave, the strong hawk, and wishes to marry him. But she said, cannot fly as high as you can. If you give me time, I may learn to fly as high as you. Then we can fly together".

The hawk agreed. Before he went away, he gave the hen a ring. "This is to show that you have promise to marry me" said the hawk.

So, it happened that the hen had already promised to marry a rooster. So, when the rooster saw the ring, he became very angry. "Throw that ring away at once Didn't you'tell the hawk that you'd already promised to marry me?" shouted that rooster. The hen was so frightened at the rooster's anger that she threw away the ring immediately.

When the hawk came the next day, the hen told him the truth. The hawk was so furious that he cursed the hen. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Now, you'll always be scratching the earth, and I'll always be flying above you to catch your children" said the hawk. The curse seems to have come true.

1.     Why couldn't the hen say, "Yes" right away?

a.     Because she did not love the hawk.

b.     Because she had no ring to exchange.

c.     Because it would make the roaster angry.

d.     Because the hawk was too brave and strong.

e.     Because she had to learn how to fly as high as the hawks.

2.     What is the story about?

a.     A hen and a rooster

b.     A hawk and his wife

c.     A hen and her children

d.     A rooster and his fiance

e.     A hawk, a hen, and a rooster

3.     “The hawk flew down from the sky and asked the hen, "Won't you marry me?" (Paragraph 1) What does the underlined utterance mean?

a.     The hen wanted to marry the hawk.

b.     The hen refused to marry the hawk.

c.     The hen agreed to be the hawk's wife.

d.     The hawk proposed the hen to be his wife.

e.     The hawk wanted to marry the hen at the sky.

4.     Why was the rooster angry when he saw the ring?

a.     the hen had betrayed him

b.     the hen had stolen his ring

c.     the hen had stolen his ring

d.     the hen didn't wear her own ring

e.     the ring was too small for the hen

5.     What we can we learn from the story?

a.     take care of our children

b.     keep our promise

c.     love one another

d.     listen to others

e.     marry soon