Hansel And Gretel

Once upon a time, there was once a very, very poor woodcutter, who lived in a forest
with his wife and his two children Hansel and Gretel.
One day, their stepmother, for she was not their real mother, told her husband that
they ought to abandon them in the forest, for that way the small amount of food they had
left would all be for them. Their father was persuaded and they abandoned the children in
the forest. But Hansel, who was very bright, was dropping crumbs of bread along the path,
so that they would be able to find their way home. That night they slept and at dawn they
looked for the crumbs of bread, but they did not find any, for the birds had eaten them up.
They walked and walked, lost in the immense forest, and in the very deepest part of it, they
came upon a pretty little house. When they came near to the little house, they realized that
it was made of candy, cakes and chocolate. They were so hungry that they started to eat the
bricks made of chocolate and candy, stuffing them in greedily. Isnt this nice?
But suddenly, out of the house came a witch. Whats going on here? who is eating my
house? she was a wicked witch who had build the house with sweetmeats to attract the
children so that she could eat them up. That was how Hansel and Gretel fell into the trap
laid by the wicked witch, who shut Hansel up in the cage and gave him lots of cakes to eat to
fatten him up for the pot. She set Gretel to work helping her in the kitchen, but she was
intending to eat her up too. Days went by and when the witch saw that Hansel was not
getting any fatter, she decided to cook him and eat him. The little girl was very frightened
when she saw the fate that awaited her little brother. The witch prepared the oven for
Hansel, but decided she was hungry enough to eat Gretel, too. She coaxed Gretel to the
open oven and prods her to leaned over in front of it to saw if the fire is hot enough.
Gretel sensed the witchs intent, pretended she did not understand what she mean.
Infuriated, the witch demonstrated, and Gretel instantly shoved the witch into the oven,
slum and bolted the door shut, leaving the ungodly witch to be burned to ashes. The witch
screaming in pain until she died. Gretel freed Hansel from the cage and the pair discovered
a vast treasure and precious stones. Putting the jewels into their clothing, the children set
off for home.
 A swan ferried them across an expanse of water and at home they find only their
father, his wife was died from unknown cause. The father has spent all his day lamented the
loss of his children, and was delighted to see them safe. And then they all live happily ever
after.

What is Narrative Text?

Narrative text is a kind of text to retell the story that past tense. The purpose of the text is toentertain
or to amuse the readers or listeners about the story.
The generic structure of Narrative text :
1 . O r i e n t a t i o n : It set the scene and introduce the participants (it answers the question :
who,when, what, and where).
2 . C o m p l i c a t i o n : Tells the problems of the story and how the main characters solve them.
3 . R e s o l u t i o n : The crisis is revolved, for better or worse.
4 . R e - o r i e n t a t i o n : The ending of the story. Maybe, happy ending or sad ending.
5 . E v a l u a t i o n : The stepping back to evaluate the story or the moral message of the story

Kind of Narrative text :

1. Legend : Sangkuriang, MalinKundang, etc.
2. Fable : Mousedeer and crocodile.
3. Fairy tale : Cinderella, Snow white,Pinocchio, etc.
4. Folktale
5 . S h o r t s t o r y
6.Real-life drama 7 . C l a s s i c
8 . F a n t a s y
9 . A d v e n t u r e
10.Science Fiction
11.Myth
12.Mystery