Narrative Text of The Legend of Ant

The Legend of Ant

 

Generic Structure

Once there was a young girl, named Eliza. She was the daughter of a king and so she never had to work. She becomes very lazy. She had her servants do everything for her. (Orientation)

She called her servants when she was so thirsty. Immediately a servant picked the glass up from the table next to Eliza and held it up to her lips until Eliza was no longer thirsty. Then the next day, Eliza was walking to dinner when her hat fell off. She called her servants and young man ran over, pick up the hat, dusted it off, and placed it back on Eliza’s head.
She continually called for her servant to do simple task for her. Her father noticed her laziness and decides to punish her. He set her in room with only a loom and some yam. No servants were allowed in the room.Eliza called for her servant, but none appeared. Then she remembered her father telling her about Athena, the goddess of wisdom and handicraft. She called for Athena over and over until she sleeps. While she was sleeping, she had a dream. Hermes spoke to her in her dream. He said that Athena was very angry to Eliza and she would tell Eliza’s punishment. (Complication)

Eliza awoke very frightened. She then saw that there was an owl on the edge of the window. The owl spoke to her. She said that she was Athena. She would make Eliza a lowly animal because of her laziness. Eliza would have to work constantly just to stay alive. People would look down at her digest. She would be killed just because she was insignificant. All of the children will have the same face. (Resolution)

Finally, Eliza worked for the rest of her life. All of her children have the same face. They are doomed to be ants for the rest of their life. (Re-Orientation)

Moral Value

Don’t be a lazy person, because laziness will bring trouble in your future