Contoh Narrative Text

Contoh Narrative Text 

Sangkuriang and Dayang Sumbi

Once upon a time, a happy family lived in a kingdom in Priangan Land. They were a father in the form of a dog, his name was Tumang, a mother who was called Dayang Sumbi, and a child who was called Sangkuriang. One day, Dayang Sumbi asked her son to hunt with his lovely dog, Tumang. After hunting all day, Sangkuriang became desperate and worried because he hunted no deer. Then he thought of shooting his dog. After that, he took the dog's liver and carried it home.

Soon, Dayang Sumbi found out that it was not deer lever but Tumang's dog. So, She was furious and hit Sangkuriang's head. In that incident, Sangkuriang got wounded, and a scar was cast away from their home.

Years passed, and Sangkuriang traveled to many places and finally arrived at a village. He met a beautiful woman and fell in love with her. When they were discussing their wedding plans, the woman looked at the wound on Sangkuriang's head. It matched her son's wound, who had left several years earlier. Soon she realized that she had fallen in love with her son.

She couldn't marry him, but how to say it? Then, she found the way. She needed a lake and a boat to celebrate their wedding day. Sangkuriang had to make them one night before sunrise. He built a lake. With dawn just a moment away, the boat was almost complete. Dayang Sumbi had to stop it. Then, she lit up the eastern horizon with flashes of light. It made the cock crowded for a new day.

Sangkuriang failed to marry her. He was outraged and then kicked the boat. It felt over and became the mountain of Tangkuban Perahu Bandung.

 

Bawang Merah Bawang Putih

Once upon a time, in a small village in Indonesia, there lived two sisters named Bawang Merah and Bawang Putih. Bawang Merah was known for her wickedness and jealousy, while Bawang Putih was known for her kindness and beauty.

Their mother had passed away when they were young, and their father had remarried a cruel and wicked stepmother who favored Bawang Merah and treated Bawang Putih poorly.

One day, the stepmother asked Bawang Putih to go to the river and wash some clothes. Bawang Putih obediently did as she was told and went to the river. While she was washing the clothes, a magic fish appeared and asked her why she was crying. Bawang Putih told the fish about her troubles and how her stepmother treated her badly.

The magic fish gave her a magical flower and told her to keep it safe. Bawang Putih returned home and showed the flower to her sister, Bawang Merah. However, Bawang Merah became jealous and stole the flower, hoping to use it for her own benefit.

The next day, Bawang Merah went to the river to wash some clothes, and the magic fish appeared to her. But instead of asking why she was crying, the fish scolded her for her wickedness and told her that she would be punished for her actions.

The magic flower that Bawang Merah had stolen from her sister turned into a stone, and she was unable to remove it from her hand. She became known as "Bawang Merah Berbatu" or "Onion with a Stone," while Bawang Putih's kindness and beauty earned her the nickname "Bawang Putih Bersih" or "Clean Garlic."

In the end, Bawang Putih married a kind and wealthy prince, while Bawang Merah was left alone to suffer the consequences of her actions. The story teaches the importance of kindness, honesty, and compassion, and the consequences of greed and jealousy.

Roro Jonggrang

Long ago, in the land of Central Java, there lived a powerful king named Prabu Baka. He was a cruel and selfish ruler who cared only about his own desires and pleasures. One day, he decided to build a grand temple to showcase his wealth and power. He ordered his subjects to work day and night, using all of their strength to build the temple.

But the people were exhausted and could not continue their work. So, the king made a deal with a powerful demon named Bandung Bondowoso. He promised to give the demon the most beautiful woman in the land, Roro Jonggrang, in exchange for his help in completing the temple.

Bandung Bondowoso agreed to the deal and used his supernatural powers to complete the temple in a single night. But when the king refused to honor his end of the bargain and give him Roro Jonggrang, the demon became furious.

With his powers, Bandung Bondowoso turned Roro Jonggrang into a statue and placed her in the temple, where she became known as Durga, the goddess of destruction. When the king discovered what had happened, he was filled with regret and pleaded with the goddess to forgive him and bring Roro Jonggrang back to life.

Durga agreed to forgive the king, but she refused to release Roro Jonggrang from her statue form. Instead, she demanded that the king build a thousand temples in honor of the goddess and her worshippers. The king agreed and built the temples, one after another, until he reached the final temple.

At this temple, he was assisted by Roro Jonggrang's spirit, who urged him to stop building before he could complete the thousandth temple. And so, to this day, the final temple remains incomplete, a symbol of the king's greed and the power of the supernatural forces that can be unleashed by such greed.

 

Rapunzel

 Once upon a time, in a kingdom far away, there lived a couple who longed for a child. After many years of trying, the wife finally became pregnant. She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, who they named Rapunzel. However, the wife fell ill and needed a special kind of herb to heal her. The husband decided to steal the herb from the garden of the wicked witch who lived next door.

The witch caught him in the act and made a deal with him. She would let him take the herb if he gave her the baby when it was born. The husband agreed, and when Rapunzel was born, the witch took her away and locked her in a tall tower with no doors, only a window at the top.

As Rapunzel grew up, the witch would visit her every day and call out, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!" Rapunzel had long, beautiful hair, and the witch would climb up it to see her.

One day, a prince was riding through the forest and heard Rapunzel singing. He followed the sound and found the tower. He called out, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!" Rapunzel did as she was told, and the prince climbed up to see her.

They fell in love, and the prince visited Rapunzel every day. One day, the witch found out and was furious. She cut off Rapunzel's hair and banished her to a far-off land.

The prince was heartbroken and wandered the forest for years, searching for Rapunzel. One day, he heard her singing again and followed the sound to where she was living with their twin children. They were reunited, and the witch was never seen again.

 

The Legend Of Prambanan Temple

Once, there was a beautiful Javanese princess whose name was Rara Jonggrang. Rara Jonggrang whose beauty was very famous in the land was the daughter of Prabu Baka, and evil king.

One day, a handsome young man with super natural power named Bandung Bondowoso defeated and killed Prabu Baka. On seeing Princess Rara Jonggrang’s beauty, Bandung Bondowoso fell in love with her and wanted to marry her.

Meanwhile, Princess Rara jonggrang felt sad due to her death father. She did not want to marry Bandung because he had killed her father. But she was also afraid of Bandung. So to refuse politely, she made a condition. “I will marry you but you have to build one thousand temples in one night as a wedding gift” requested Rara Jonggrang. Bandung Bondowoso agreed with the condition. Helped by the spirit of the demons, Bandung Bondowoso started building the temples. Approaching midnight, the work would nearly be done. Rara Jonggrang knew and thought, “What shall I do? Bandung Bondowoso is smarter than I thought. I would lose against Bandung.”

Suddenly she got an idea. She woke up all the women in the palace and ordered them to make the noisy sounds of grinding rice so that the rooster thought that it had already been dawn. Bandung Bondowoso got frustrated because he failed completing one, the thousandth temple.

The Princess has deceived me!” Following his anger, he cursed Roro Jonggrang, “You have been cheated. Now, the thousandth temple is you!”

At once, the Princess turned into a statue. knowing this, Bandung Bondowoso regretted and he went away into a farm land. From then, people called the temple, Prambanan Temple, and the Princess statue, Rara Jonggrang statue.