Dave Wilson 2022-10-20
<p>Narrative text is a story with complication or problematic events and it tries to find the resolutions to solve the problems. An important part of narrative text is the narrative mode, the set of methods used to communicate the narrative through a process narration. Down here we have 1 example of narrative text.</p> <h3>The graceful girl</h3> <p style="line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">While</span> traveling from my office to home on a public bus one evening, the bus </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">stopped</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> at a signal. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">As usual</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">, I </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">was sitting</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> on the window seat to get some relief from the hot weather and looking outside </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">when</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> I </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">saw</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> a group of </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">school-going</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> kids requesting the lady conductor of the bus to let them in. It </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">was</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> an </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">utter</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> joy to watch them ask the lady </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">as</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> they </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">were</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> well </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">equipped</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> with every </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">possible</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> weapon from innocence to flattery. My eyes </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ceased</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> upon the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">cutest</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> girl in the group who </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">was</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> trying most actively to persuade the conductor. There </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">were</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> two </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">distinct</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> things about her, one </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">was</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">cute</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> little jumps that she </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">was</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> making, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">and</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> the other </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">was</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> that she </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">was</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">barefoot</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">. Yes, she </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">was</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">barefoot</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">. In the middle of the city, on a </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">hot</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> day, standing on the concrete road. I </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">was</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">grieved</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> that she </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">wasn't</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> wearing any footwear </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">but</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> still </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">managed</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> to wear such a </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">bright</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> smile. I </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">thought</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">if</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> I am </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">unable</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> to bear this weather sitting inside the bus, how is she managing it out there? I </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">wished</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> to help her.</span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">The next moment, it </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">was</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> like God </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">said</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">, "Ohh.. here you go, put your words into action". The conductor </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">allowed</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> those kids to enter the bus. They </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">were</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> fighting amongst each other, teasing each other </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">but</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> totally </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">respectful</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> towards other passengers </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">and</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> the conductor. Once again like every other sighting of a </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">school-going</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> gang of children, the wish of being a child again </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">and</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> re-living my school days </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">blossomed</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> in my heart. My </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">immovable</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> delusion was hit by the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">unstoppable</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> chariot of reality </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">when</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> one of those kids </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">said</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">, "</span><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Uncle</span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">, </span><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">shift madi</span></em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">" (</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">asked</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> me to make some space on the seat). Back to reality, it was time to ponder over the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">self-made</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> promise of helping that </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">little</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> girl. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Since</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> I </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">was afraid</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> to talk to her in public </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">as</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> I may be </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">looked</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> down on </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">as</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> a pedophile, I </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">decided</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> to talk to her once the crowd gets </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">lessened</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">As</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> the bus </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">approached</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> my destination, I </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">went</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> to that girl and </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">pointed</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> towards her feet, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">and</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">asked</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">, “where are your sandals?”. The reply from the girl </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">was</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> something that </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">startled</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> me. She </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">pointed</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> towards another girl, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">who</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">was</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> sitting there with </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">misfit</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> sandals </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">and</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">said</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> "</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">since</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> she </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">didn't</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> have sandals </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">so</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> I </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">gave</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> her mine". This </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">was</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">amazing</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">! A kid who is barely 10 year old, so </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">poor</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> that they can't afford transportation to school </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">or</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">even</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> a pair of sandals, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">but</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> these kids </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">knew</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">true</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> value of sharing and friendship. I </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">went</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> there as a '</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">giver</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">', as someone who </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">was</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> being </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">kind</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">but</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> after this reply from her, I </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">felt</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> so </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">small</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> in front of that kid, she </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">was</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">ultimate</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> example of what this society needs to be. I </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">asked</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> her if it isn't a problem for her that she isn't wearing anything? She </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">chuckled</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> and said, “No, not at all.” </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Then</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> I </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">asked</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">If</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> she wanted a new pair of sandals, she </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">gave</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> a </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">hesitant</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> smile and started looking down. I </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">took</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> out some money from my pocket, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">extended</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> it to her and </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">asked</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> her to buy a new pair of sandals. She </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">was</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">shocked</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">but</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">politely</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> declined the money </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">with</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> a no on her lips </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">and</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> a yes in her eyes. I </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">insisted</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> agaitasten </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">and</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> she </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">took</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> it. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">Then</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> I </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">asked</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> her to promise me </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">that</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> she would use this money </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">only</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> to buy sandals </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">and</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> if she saves some money </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">then</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> spend it on food instead of giving it to her family. She </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">said</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> “Thank you” with a </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">sweet</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> smile and a </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">little</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> hug. She </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">gave</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> me way </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">more</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">than</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> what I </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">gave</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> her. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">Absolutely</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">made</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> my day.</span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding-bottom: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">If</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> the people who are </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">bestowed</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> with luxuries of life have the same kind of attitude towards the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">underprivileged</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> ones, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">like</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> this girl has for her friend, the world would be a much </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">better</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> place. I wish age doesn't snatch this </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">grace</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> from her.</span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">“</span><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Happiness</span></em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">quite</span></em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">unshared</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> can </span></em><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">scarcely</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> be </span></em><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">called</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> happiness</span></em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">it has no </span></em><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(246, 178, 107);">taste</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">.</span></em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">”</span></p> <p style="line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt;"> </p> <p style="line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt;"> From that story, we can tell that the social function of it is to tell the readers that happiness should be shared to the people around you, especially to those who are in need. Next, we will look at the structure of the text. We will start at orientation. There were three characters in the story, who are:</p> <p>The little girl: kind-hearted, cute, generous, persistent<br>Conductor: kind<br>Man in the bus : kind, sympathic</p> <p>The setting of time was at the evening and the setting of place was in a public bus. </p> <p> Now, we are going to get into the complication or as we can say, the problem. The complication was that the little girl gave her misfit sandals to another girl who was part of the kids gang, so she had no sandals to use on a hot day in the city. This problem resolves later in the story when the man gives the girl some money for the girl to use to buy sandals and food. The coda was at the last sentence.</p> <p>And now for the language features, we have color coded them at the text above.</p> <p>Past Tense : Red<br>Connectives : Green<br>Adjectives : Orange</p> <p>We also have figurative language, which we will quote 2 sentences here, which are:</p> <p>The next moment, it was like God said, "Ohh.. here you go, put your words into action".<br>My immovable delusion was hit by the unstoppable chariot of reality when one of those kids said, "<strong><em>Uncle</em></strong>, <em>shift madi</em>" (asked me to make some space on the seat). </p> <hr> <p>Selanjutnya kita akan merefleksikan cerita yang kita pilih. Yang kita akan refleksikan adalah jika kita mengalami masalah seperti cerita tersebut dan kita juga akan memberi opini tentang apa yang kita dapatkan dari cerita diatas.</p> <p>Di cerita ini ada seorang konduktor yang bertemu dengan anak kecil yang tidak mampu. Anak kecil tersebut memberikan sandal miliknya kepada anak lain yang tidak memakai sendal. Melihat anak tersebut, konduktor tersebut terharu dan membelikan sendal baru pada anak kecil tersebut.</p> <p>Dave : Jika saya menjadi anak tersebut, saya akan memberikan sendal tersebut kepada anak lain yang lebih membutuhkan, karena saya bisa menahan kesakitan saya untuk teman saya. Setelah itu, saya akan mencari cara untuk mendapatkan uang untuk membeli sendal baru dan makanan. Dari cerita itu saya mengetahui bahwa kita harus membantu orang yang lebih membutuhkan daripada diri kita sendiri.</p> <p>Fabian : Jika saya menjadi anak itu, saya akan memberikan sendal saya ke anak lain yang membutuhkannya. Jika saya menjadi orang yang ada di busnya saya akan membelikan sendal baru dan makanan untuk anak tersebut karena saya punya uang. Dari cerita ini kita dapat mempelajari bahwa kita harus berbuat baik kepada orang lain karena berbuat baik adalah hal yang harus dilakukan </p> <p>Vincent : Jika saya ada di posisi anak tersebut mungkin saya tidak akan memberikan sandal saya ke anak lain. Hal ini karena keadaan saya jika berada di anak tersebut tidak mempunyai banyak uang untuk membeli sandal baru. Sedangkan jika saya menjadi orang yang ada di bus tersebut saya kemungkinan besar saya juga akan membantu dan membeli sandal baru untuk anak tersebut. Saya akan membelikan sandal baru untuk anak tersebut karena saya mempunyai uang yang cukup. Hal yang kita dapat pelajari dari cerita ini adalah kita harus menjadi seseorang yang dermawan walaupun kita berada di titik terendah kita, karena Tuhan pasti akan memberikan yang lebih untuk kita.</p> <p>Ethelind : jika saya menjadi anak tersebut saya juga akan melakukan Hal yang sama dengan anak tersebut</p> <p style="line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt;"> </p>