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Task:
- Read the two texts above and notice the difference in tenses. What is it?
- With a friend, analyse the texts in terms of their generic structures; which part are the orientations, the complications and the resolutions.
Pooh and the Honey Pot
Apart from seeing Christopher Robin, there is nothing Pooh likes better than eating honey. So when Christopher brought Pooh some honey one day, Pooh was doubly happy! “Don’t eat it all at once,” chuckled Christopher. “Put it in a safe place in case a Heffalump comes along and tries to steal it!”
Christopher was only joking, of course, but Pooh wasn’t taking any chances. He did put the honey in a safe place, and then he went to bed and fell fast asleep. But he began to dream that a Heffalump was trying to steal his honey!.
Pooh awoke with a surprise and ran to his cupboard. And the pot of honey wasn’t there! “Oh, no,” cried Pooh. “I wasn’t dreaming! There really is a Heffalump here in my house!”
Making noises which he hoped would frighten the Heffalump, Winnie-the-Pooh looked under the bed. Well, he didn’t find a Heffalump, but he did find his pot of honey!
“Silly me!” he laughed. “That’s where I put the honey to keep it safe! Still, a safer place would be in my tummy!” So he ate the honey, and then fell asleep again.
The Lost Caterpillar
Seven worms are walking happily. Their mother is leading them. They have just had their breakfast on a big tree near a river. “Come on, children. Let’s go home,” Mama Worm says.
Suddenly, a cricket says,”Your last chills is ugly!” “Ugly?” asks Mama Worm. Then she looks at the child. He is not the same as her other children. “Hey, ugly!” she says, “You are not my child. Go away!”
The little brown worm walks away. He is very sad. When he is near a lake, he looks into the water.
“Oh, how ugly I am,” he cries.
“You are not ugly,” says a voice. “Oh, I find you, my child.”
The worm looks around. There is a beautiful big caterpillar and her children. They all look the same as he.
“They may call you ugly,” says Mother Caterpillar, “But you are the most beautiful child in the world. One day, you will turn into a beautiful butterfly.”
(Taken from Fun Plus 01)
Donald’s New Hat
One day, Daisy decided to buy Donald a new hat. “Your hat is so old-fashioned!” she said. “Come on, I’ll buy you a new one.”
Donald knew that Daisy was right, so he agreed to go to a hat shop. As they went in, Daisy took off his old hat. “Hey, what’s going on?” asked Donald.
“I’m taking off your old hat because it’s so ugly. We don’t want the assistant to see you wearing it, do we?” said daisy. Donald just said, “Er…. no,…I mean, you’re right, we don’t.”
In fact, Donald was very fond of his old hat, although he didn’t mind getting a new one if Daisy paid for it. The trouble was this: There wasn’t any hat in the shop that Donald liked. He tried many hats, but he felt that all the hats looked silly on him.
The shop assistant was getting tired of serving Donald, but he took another hat and showed it to him. “What about this one, Sir? I’m sure you’ll like it.”
“I quite agree!” said Donald happily. Do you know why? Because that hat looked exactly the same as his old one! Poor Daisy, she wasn’t very happy, but she had to pay for that hat. She promised she would buy a new hat for Donald, didn’t she?
(Adapted from Disney’s Time Annual)
The Hose
There were many beautiful plants and flowers in Bobo’s garden and he was very proud of them, and he loves watering them every afternoon. Today Bobo was watering his plants when suddenly the water from the hose stopped flowing. Bobo was surprised, and when he looked around he saw Giga standing on the hose. Accidentally Giga had stepped on the hose and it broke. Bobo was upset and Giga felt very sorry. Then she went to a small pond near the garden, filled her trunk with water, and came back. She sprayed Bobo’s garden with water from her trunk. Bobo was happy and he forgave Giga. Giga promised to get Bobo a new watering hose.
Task 1: Answer the question on the text!
- 1. Who are Bobo and Giga?
2. What is the orientation of this story?
1. What is the complication?
2. How is the complication resolved?
3. How is the ending?
- 1. What did Bobo say to Giga when he saw his hose was broken?
2. What did Giga say to Bobo to tell him she’s sorry?
Painting the Wall
One morning, one of the Witch’s friends came over to visit. When she looked around the room, she said’”Your house is ugly. My house is more beautiful than yours, and the walls are brighter.” The Witch was very angry when she heard this and she shouted,”Get out of my house! And don’t ever come back here!”
After her friend left, the Witch looked around her house and she said to herself,”My friend was right. My house looks ugly and the paint is faded. I have to repaint it.” Then she went to the shop and bought a can of paint.
After lunch she started to paint, and she worked very carefully. In the afternoon she finished the lower part of her house. When she wanted to start painting the upper part she found out that she couldn’t reach it. Then she got an idea. “I will use my magic broom!” She shouted, “Broom, oh my broom, turn into a paint brush and paint my walls!”
Suddenly the broom turned into a paint brush and it started to paint the upper walls. It worked very fast, and in ten minutes all the job was done. The Witch was very happy.
Task 2: Answer the following questions!
1. What’s the text about?
2. Identify the parts of the generic structure of the above text.
3. What does ‘this’ in line 3 refer to?
4. What about ‘it’ in line 10, what does that word refer to?
5. How did the Witch solve her problem?
The Lion and the Mouse
Mr. Lion was lying asleep, but was awakened by a mouse running over his face. “How dare you!” he roared, and raised his paw to kill the mouse.
“Please, Sir,” begged Miss Mouse, “Let me go, and one day I may do something for you in return.”
“You help me! Ha…ha….,” laughed Mr. Lion, but he let her go.
One day, Mr. Lion was caught in a net spread by hunters.
“I can’t get out!” he roared angrily.
“But I can help you,” said a tiny voice, and up ran Miss Mouse, who nibbled and gnawed at the ropes until the lion was free.
“There,” she said proudly, “If you had not let me go, I would not have found a way to help you.”
Task 1:
- Underline all the verbs that describe the direct speech.
- Find two examples of adverbs which describe the manner of speaking.
- Find examples of verbs which describe what a speaker was doing.
The Fox and the Crow
Miss Crow had stolen a big piece of cheese, and flew on to a branch to enjoy it. A sly fox, who wanted the cheese for himself, came up and spoke politely to her.
“Oh. Miss Crow, how beautiful you are! What a lovely beak, what lovely feathers you have! What pretty eyes! If only you could sing, you would be the most beautiful bird in the world!”
Very pleased to hear all of this about herself, Miss Crow gave a loud croak to show that she could sing. Of course, the moment she opened her beak, the cheese fell down, and Mr. Fox ran away with it, laughing loudly.
The Magic Candle
One day, a young wanderer got lost in a wood. Suddenly he saw a light from an old hut. He knocked on the door, and an old woman opened it. She was crying. She said that the devil had stolen her magic candle. The candle could grant anything she asked. The wanderer asked her where the devil lived. “In a castle not far from here,” said the old woman.
The wanderer went to the castle. There she found the devil, but he was old and weak. Therefore when the wanderer grabbed the magic candle from the devil’s table and ran away, he couldn’t chase him.
But the wanderer was not a kind man. He didn’t return the candle to the old woman, but kept it for himself. He lit the candle and made a wish, “I want to go far away from here.” Suddenly the genies appeared and took him to a beautiful palace. There was party in the palace. The wanderer wanted to make some money. So he lit the candle again and wished for some jewelry. He sold them to the guests and was soon making a lot of money. Then the Princess came to buy the jewelry, but there was nothing left. The wanderer fell in love with her and asked her to marry him. The kind princess said yes, and they got married the next day. In his happiness, the wanderer told the princess about his adventure and the magic candle. Hearing that, the princess got very angry. At night she lit the candle and wished that the wanderer disappear.
In the morning the wanderer awoke and found himself back in his ugly house in the village. (Adapted from Fun Plus 05)
Answer these questions:
- What is a wanderer? What does he do? Do you think it is a good activity? Why or why not?
- What is the complication of the above text? Do you think this text has only one complication, or does it have more than one? Please explain your answer.
- What do you think the old woman said to the wanderer when she told him about her candle? What did the wanderer say in response? Make the dialog.
- What is the resolution in this text? Do you think it has a happy ending or a sad one?
- Can you find any moral value from this story?
The Vain Little Mouse
Little Mouse lived in a beautiful little house. One day, when she was sweeping the floor, she found a coin.
She said, “With this coin, I’m going to buy a nice red bow for my hair. I’ll look beautiful!”
She was really beautiful with the red bow in her hair. She sat next to the window so that everybody could see her.
“Little mouse, you do look pretty,” said the donkey. “Will you marry me?”
And she asked, “What will you do at night?”
“I will bray like this,” said the donkey. And he brayed.
“Oh, no, I’ll get frightened,” said the mouse.
Then the dog asked her, “Little mouse, you do look beautiful. Why don’t you marry me?”
“What will you do at night?” asked the mouse.
“I will bark like this,” said the dog. And he barked.
“Oh, no, I’ll get frightened,” said the mouse.
Finally, the cat asked her, “Beautiful little mouse, will you marry me?”
“And what will you at night?” asked the mouse.
“I’ll sing like this,” said the cat. And he sang a beautiful song.
“Yes, I will marry you,” said the mouse.
So they get married, but on their wedding night, guess what! The cat did not sing his beautiful song. He ate the vain little mouse.
(Taken from Storytelling,1995)
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