7 Contoh Teks Storytelling Pendek Bahasa Inggris The Ant and The Grasshopper Once upon a time, in one summer’s day there was a grasshopper that was hopping about, cheeping and singing to its heart’s content In a field. An ant ed by, bearing along with huge toil an ear of corn he was saving to the nest. “Why do not you come and enjoy the day with me?” said the grasshopper, “instead of toiling all the times?” “I am going to lay up food for the next winter,” said the ant, “and recommend you to do the same with me.” “Why should we care about winter?” said the grasshopper; “We have had a lot of foods now.” Yet the ant kept walking on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the grasshopper didn’t have any food and found itself dying of hunger – while it saw the ant delivering every day, corn and grain from the stores they had collected before. Then the grasshopper recognized: It is best to prepare well for days of something we need in the future.
The Miser A miser sold all things that he had to buy a lump made of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily. One of his workmen noted his frequent visits to the spot and determined to watch his movements. He soon uncovered the secret of the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump of gold hidden by a miser, and stole it. On his next visit, the Miser, found nothing inside the hole and started to tear his hair and to make loud lamentations. A neighbor, looking at him overcome with grief and learning the cause, said, “Pray, do not grieve so; but go and put a stone in the hole, and imagine that the gold is still lying there. It will do to you quite the same act; for once the gold was there, you left it nothing, as you did not make the slightest use of it.”
The Boy Who Cried Wolf A shepherd-boy, who watched a group of sheep near a village, shocked out the villagers three or four times by screaming out, “Wolf! Wolf!” and when his neighbors were there to help him,he laughed at them for their pains. However the Wolf, truly come at last. The Shepherd-boy, now really in danger, cried in an agony of terror: “Pray, please come and help me; the Wolf is approaching to kill the sheep”; but no one paid any attention to his cries, nor rendered any help. The Wolf, having no cause of scary, at his leisure lacerated or destroyed the whole sheep in group. There is no believing liars, even when they speak the truth.
The Fox and The Crow One day there was a fox that saw a Crow flying off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle comfortably on a branch of a tree. “That’s my food, because I am a Fox,” Master Reynard said, while he was going to the foot of the tree. “Good day, Mistress Crow,” he greeted. “How beautiful you are looking today: how glossy your softy feathers; how bright your sharp eye. I feel sure your voice must sur that all of other birds, just as your figure does; let me enjoy one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds.” The Crow lifted up her head and croaked her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell down to the ground, and directly snapped up by Master Fox. “That will do,” he said. “That was all I really wanted. As the substitution for your cheese I will give you a piece of wise advice for the future: “Do not trust liars.”
The Tortoise and the Hare One day, there was the Hare which was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. “I have never been beaten,” he said arrogantly, “if i run with my full speed. I challenge everyone here to against me in a racing.” The Tortoise replied quietly, “I will accept your challenge.” “is that a joke?” said the Hare again; “I could dance round you all the way from the start to the finish spot.” “Keep your boasting till you win,” the Tortoise answered. “Shall we start?” So a course was agreed and a starting point was made. at once The Hare darted almost out of sight, but soon he stopped and to show his contempt for the Tortoise, he lay down to have a nap soundly. The Tortoise plodded on and plodded on as the time going, and when the Hare awoke from his nap, he was shocked to see the Tortoise just near the winning-post and could not run up in time to save the race. Then the Tortoise said: “Slow but steady process will win the race.”
The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing A Wolf experienced great difficulty in getting at the sheep owing to the vigilance of the shepherd and his loyal dogs. But in the morning it found the skin of a sheep that had been flayed and thrown aside, so it put it on over its own pelt and walked down among the sheep. The Lamb that owned the sheep whose skin wore by the Wolf began to follow the Wolf in the Sheep’s clothing. So, leading the Lamb a apart, he soon made a meal off her – and not long after this he succeeded in deceiving the sheep, and eating hearty meals. Our appearances are deceptive.