1) Once upon a time in a kingdom in South Sumatra, the king had a beautiful daughter named Siti Fatimah who he wanted to marry to a rich man. 2) A ship's captain from China, Tan Bun Ann, fell in love with Siti Fatimah but had to get gold from his parents to pay her dowry. However, when he opened the jars of gold they contained only vegetables. 3) In trying to find the gold, Tan Bun Ann jumped into the river and Siti Fatimah followed. Their graves turned into an island now called Kemaro Island, teaching not to judge by appearances.

1. Idris Rochmadi, M. Pd.

2. Definition

3. Kinds of Narrative Text
• fable
• folktales
• fairy tales
• myth
• legend

5. Generic Structure
• # Orientation : It is about the opening
paragraph where the characters of the story
are introduced.
• # Complication : Where the problems in the
story developed.
• # Resolution : Where the problems in the
story is solved.
• # Coda / Moral Value : lesson from the story

7. The Legend of Kemaro Island

8. • A long time ago, there was a kingdom in South
Sumatra. The king had a very beautiful
daughter. Her name was Siti Fatimah. She was
a beautiful girl. Many young men fell in love
with her. But her father only wanted to marry
her daughter with a rich man.

9. • One day, a ship from China arrived. The
captain of the ship was Tan Bun Ann. He was a
prince. He came to South Sumatra to do
business. He came to the palace to meet the
king. He wanted to ask the king's permission.
• “All right. But promise me, you have to share
your profit. You have to give half of your profit
to the kingdom,"
• "I agree, your majesty,”

10. • After that Tan Bunn Ann always came to palace. In the
Palace, Tann Bunn Ann met Siti Fathimah. Tan Bunn Ann fell
in love with her, so did Siti Fathimah. After a while Tan
Bunn Ann talk to the king
• “Your majesty, i didn’t know, after I stay here and meet
your daughter. I do like your daughter; my I marry her, your
majesty?”
• "I will let you marry my daughter. But, Give me nine big jars
filled with gold," said the king.
• Tan Bun Ann wrote a letter to his parents. The parents
agreed and sent him nine big jars filled with gold. To cover
the gold from the thieves, the parents put some vegetables
on top of the gold.

11. When the nine big jars arrived at Musi River, Tan
Bunn Ann surprised, when he open the jar, he
didn’t find any gold.
" Where s the gold? Hmmm...Maybe the gold is in
the second jar,"
Again and again he didn’t find
any gold. He threw all the jars
into the River.
When the jar was broken,
Tan Bunn Ann so surprised
“Oh god, the gold is in the jar,
i must jumped to collect the gold”
Then, he jumped into the River

12. • Siti Fatimah saw him,
• “Tan Bunn Ann....Tan Bunn Ann... where are you
Tan Bunn Ann. Showed up please Tan Bunn Ann,”
she waited and waited. Ten she jumped to the
River
• Before she jumped, she wrote a letter to her
guards
• "If you see a pile of soil on the river bank, and
that means it is my grave." Then she jumped into
the river.

13. • The guards waited and waited. And several
days the people saw a pile of soil. The soil was
getting bigger and bigger. It finally became an
island. The people named it Kemaro Island

15. ORIENTATION
Once upon a time, there was a kingdom in the
area of South Sumatra. The king had a beautiful
daughter named Siti Fatimah, the king wanted
his daughter to marry a rich man

16. COMPLICATION
• The ship from China arrived. Tan Bun An and
Siti Fatimah went to the Musi River to
welcome the ship. He rushed on board and
immediately looked for the jar. He opened the
cover of a jar, and behold, instead of the gold
he expected, it was filled with rotten
vegetables!

17. RESOLUTION
• When he threw the last jar, the jar crashed
into the vessel wall. Pieces of gold, hidden
underneath the rotten vegetables. Realizing
his mistake, Tan Bun An quickly jumped into
the river to retrieve the jars.

18. MORAL VALUE
Don't judge a book by its cover.

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