Nama : Lutfia Bunga Fatimah

Kelas : X MIA 6
No
: 16

The Smart Monkey and A Dull Crocodile

One day there was a monkey. He wanted to cross the river. There
he saw a crocodile, so he asked the crocodile to take him across the other
side of the river. The crocodile agree and told to the monkey to jump on its
back. Then the crocodile swam down the river with the monkey on his top.
Unfortunately, the crocodile was very hungry, he stopped in the
middle of the river and said to the monkey, "Monkey, My father is very
sick. He has to eat the heart of monkey. So he will be healthy again."
At the time, the monkey in very dangerous situation and he had to
think hard. Then he had a good idea. He told the crocodile to swim back to
the river bank. "Whats for?" asked the crocodile. "Because I didnt bring
my heart with me" said the monkey. "I left it under a tree, near some
coconuts tree on the river bank."
The crocodile agreed without thinking and turned around. He
swam back to the river bank. As soon as they reached the river bank, the
monkey jumped off the crocodile's back. Then he climbed to the top of the
tree. "Where is your heart?" asked crocodile. "You're foolish. the monkey
said to the crocodile. "Now I am free and you have nothing.
The monkey told the crocodile not to try to fool him again. The
crocodile swam away, hungry.

 Text Organization :
1. Orientation: The participants or characters of the story are a smart
monkey and
dull crocodile. The time set is just one day. The story
takes place in a
river
2. Complication
: The complication start when the crocodile want
to eats the monkey.
Of course the monkey dont want to be the crocodile's
meal and that
is the problem which sets the whole story.
3. Resolution : The crocodile agreed and turned around. He swam
back to the bank
of the river. As soon as they reached the river bank,
the monkey
jumped off the crocodiles back. Then he climbed up to
the top of a
tree.
The Language Feature :
1. The noun phrase
: The smart monkey, a dull crocodile.
2. The use of connective: and, then.
3. The use of past tense : He wanted to cross the river.
4. The use of adverbial phrase of time and place :
Adverbial phrase of time : One day, at the time
Adverbial phrase of place : in the middle of the river, the top of
the tree
5. The use of action verb : swam, climbed, jumped, eat, bring
6. The use of feeling verb, verb of sense, thinking verb :
Feeling verb : Verbs of sense: There he saw a crocodile.
Thinking verb : The monkey in very dangerous situation and he
had to think
hard.
The moral value that we can get from this story are :
Dont be haste doing something, dont be fooled.
We shouldnt lie, except for goodness.
Summary :
There was a monkey want to across the river, at that time a
monkey saw a crocodile and asked help to take him across the river.
The crocodile agreed and swam down the river. In the middle of the
river, the crocodile was very hungry and want to eat the monkey on
his back and the crocodile try to fool to the monkey that the
crocodiles father is sick and need to eat the heart of the monkey but
the monkey knew that the crocodile fooled to him and want to eat him.
And monkey try to fool back the crocodile that he didnt bring his

heart. Then a crocodile agreed and around direction back to place

when they met. The monkey jumped off the crocodile's back, then he
climbed to the top of the tree and the crocodile swam away, hungry
because the monkey fooled him back.