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Story Telling Big Turtle - Do you like
narrative stories? What do you know about narrative stories? Do you irow what
include in narrative stories? Certainly, narrative stories are found in
legends, myths, fables, folklores, etc. Narrative stories tell stories that
happened in past time. narrative stories contain conflicts among the
participants in the form of natural, social,
physiological conflicts. Let’s study more about narrative in this unit.
physiological conflicts. Let’s study more about narrative in this unit.
Big Turtle
Many years ago the world had two
parts. Animals lived in the lower part, which was completely covered in water
and had no land or soil. Above was the Sky World, where people lived.
The Sky World had lots of soil with beautiful mountains and valleys. One day a girl from the Sky World went for a long walk and became very tired.
“I’m so tired, I need to rest” she said. She sat down under the spreading branches of an apple tree and quickly fell asleep.
Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound like thunder and the ground began to crack. A big hole opened up next to the apple tree.
“What’s happening?” screamed the frightened girl. She tried to move, but it was too late. She and the tree slid through the hole and tumbled over and over towards the watery world below.
“Help me! Help me!” screamed the girl. Luckily two swans were swimming below and saw the girl tumbling down from the sky.
“Come on!” yelled one swan. “Let’s catch her before she hits the water.” The swans spread their wings together and caught the girl on their soft feather backs.
“Whew! That was lucky,” said the girl. “But what do I do now? I can’t get back up to the Sky World and I can’t stay on your backs forever.”
“We’ll take you to Big Turtle,” said the swans. “He knows everything.”
After hearing what happened, the Big Turtle called all the animals in the water world to a meeting. He told them an old story about soil being found deep under the water.
The Sky World had lots of soil with beautiful mountains and valleys. One day a girl from the Sky World went for a long walk and became very tired.
“I’m so tired, I need to rest” she said. She sat down under the spreading branches of an apple tree and quickly fell asleep.
Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound like thunder and the ground began to crack. A big hole opened up next to the apple tree.
“What’s happening?” screamed the frightened girl. She tried to move, but it was too late. She and the tree slid through the hole and tumbled over and over towards the watery world below.
“Help me! Help me!” screamed the girl. Luckily two swans were swimming below and saw the girl tumbling down from the sky.
“Come on!” yelled one swan. “Let’s catch her before she hits the water.” The swans spread their wings together and caught the girl on their soft feather backs.
“Whew! That was lucky,” said the girl. “But what do I do now? I can’t get back up to the Sky World and I can’t stay on your backs forever.”
“We’ll take you to Big Turtle,” said the swans. “He knows everything.”
After hearing what happened, the Big Turtle called all the animals in the water world to a meeting. He told them an old story about soil being found deep under the water.
“If we can
get some of that soil, we can build an Island on my back for you to live on,”
said the Big Turtle.
“Sounds good to me,” said the young girl.
The Otter, Beaver, and Muskrat started arguing over who would dive for the soil.
“I’ll go,” said the sleek Otter, brushing his glossy fur.
“No! I’ll go,” said Beaver, slapping the water with his big flat tail.
“I’m the best swimmer,” said Muskrat “I’ll go.”
“Aaaachooo!” sneezed the young girl. “Guys, guys, would just one of you go. These swan feathers are getting up my nose and making me sneeze”.
“Sorry,” said the swans.
“That’s alright,” said the young Sky girl.
Then Toskwaye, the little toad, popped up out of the water. “I’ll go. I can dive very deep,” she said.
The other animals started laughing and pointing at Toskwaye. “You! You’re too small and ugly to help,” cried the others, laughing.
“Be quite!” said Big Turtle in aloud, stern voice. “Everyone is equal and everyone will have a chance to try.”
“Okay!” yelled the other. The sleek Otter smoothed his glossy fur, took a deep breath, and slid into the water. He was out for a long time before he came up gasping for air.
“It was too deep,” he said. “I couldn’t dive that far”.
“Now it’s my turn,” said Beaver. He slapped the water with his tail as he disappeared. After a long time, he came to the surface again.
“It’s too far,” he gasped. “No one can dive that deep.”
Muskrat tried next and failed. “Aaaachoo!” sneezed the young girl. “This is not looking good.”
“Sounds good to me,” said the young girl.
The Otter, Beaver, and Muskrat started arguing over who would dive for the soil.
“I’ll go,” said the sleek Otter, brushing his glossy fur.
“No! I’ll go,” said Beaver, slapping the water with his big flat tail.
“I’m the best swimmer,” said Muskrat “I’ll go.”
“Aaaachooo!” sneezed the young girl. “Guys, guys, would just one of you go. These swan feathers are getting up my nose and making me sneeze”.
“Sorry,” said the swans.
“That’s alright,” said the young Sky girl.
Then Toskwaye, the little toad, popped up out of the water. “I’ll go. I can dive very deep,” she said.
The other animals started laughing and pointing at Toskwaye. “You! You’re too small and ugly to help,” cried the others, laughing.
“Be quite!” said Big Turtle in aloud, stern voice. “Everyone is equal and everyone will have a chance to try.”
“Okay!” yelled the other. The sleek Otter smoothed his glossy fur, took a deep breath, and slid into the water. He was out for a long time before he came up gasping for air.
“It was too deep,” he said. “I couldn’t dive that far”.
“Now it’s my turn,” said Beaver. He slapped the water with his tail as he disappeared. After a long time, he came to the surface again.
“It’s too far,” he gasped. “No one can dive that deep.”
Muskrat tried next and failed. “Aaaachoo!” sneezed the young girl. “This is not looking good.”
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