THE GOOSE WITH GOLDEN EGGS

Long time ago, a remote village, in central China, was inhabited mainly with farmers and
hunters. One day, a poor farmer lost his entire livestock to flood. He prayed hard to God for
help or his family would die of starvation.
Few days later, an old man with long grey beard, passed by his house took pity on
him. He gave him a goose and said I dont have any expensive thing to give you and hope
this goose will you to ease your hardship.
A week later to his utmost surprise the farmer found an egg in his yard. This was not
ordinary egg. It was a golden egg. He was suddenly overcome with joy.
Thereafter, the livelihood had rapidly improved but the farmer had forgotten his
earlier hardship. He became lazy, arrogant, and spendthrift.
Strangely, the goose only laid one golden egg every six month. The greedy farmer lost
his patient and slaughtered his goose thinking there were plenty of golden eggs inside its
stomach. But, he didnt get anything there.
Though he very much regretted for his foolishness, its already too late.So,Dont Be
Greedy!

NARRATIVE TEXT
1. Definition Its a story with complication or problematic event and it tries to find the
resolutions to solve the problem
2. Generic Structure
a. Orientation :
1. What : Inhabited mainly with farmers and Hunters
2. Who : a Poor Farmer,an Old Man with long grey beard,A Goose
3. Whom : A Golden Egg??????
4. Where : In Central China

Long time ago, a remote village, in central China, was inhabited mainly with
farmers and hunters. One day, a poor farmer lost his entire livestock to flood. He
prayed hard to God for help or his family would die of starvation.
b. Complication :
Few days later, an old man with long grey beard, passed by his house took pity on
him. He gave him a goose and said I dont have any expensive thing to give you
and hope this goose will you to ease your hardship.
A week later to his utmost surprise the farmer found an egg in his yard.
This was not ordinary egg. It was a golden egg. He was suddenly overcome with
joy.
Thereafter, the livelihood had rapidly improved but the farmer had
forgotten his earlier hardship. He became lazy, arrogant, and spendthrift.
Strangely, the goose only laid one golden egg every six month.
c. Resolution
The greedy farmer lost his patient and slaughtered his goose thinking there were
plenty of golden eggs inside its stomach. But, he didnt get anything there.

d. Re-Orientation/Coda :
Though he very much regretted for his foolishness, its already too late.So,Dont
Be Greedy!
Language Features :
1. Use Action Verb in Past Tense
Ex : prayed, passed, took, gave, found
2. Use Direct and Indirect Speech
Ex : Indirect:I dont have any expensive thing to give you and hope this
goose will you to ease your hardship.Direct: He prayed hard to God for help
or his family would die of starvation.
3. Use Adverbia/Adverb of Frequency
Ex : Thereafter
4. Prepositional phrase show the time
Ex : Long time ago, Few days later, A week later
5. Use Certain Noun
Ex : the farmer, the goose
6. Use Adjective to Compose The Noun Phrase
Ex : a poor farmer, an old man with long grey beard, a golden egg