A man and his son were once goingwith their
donkey to a market. As they were walking along, a countryman passedthem and
said: “you fools, what is a donkey for but to ride upon?”
So the man put the boy on thedonkey and they
went on their way. But soon they passed a group of men, one ofwhom said: “see
that lazy youngster, he lets his father walk while he rides.”
So the man had his boy get off ,and got on
himself. But they hadn’t gone far when they passed two women, one ofwhom said
to the other: “shame on that lazy lout to make his poor little sontrudge
along.”
The man didn’t know what to do, butat least he
took his boy up before him on the donkey. By this time they hadcome to the town
and the passers-by began to jeer and point at them. The manstopped and ask what
they were scoffing at. The man said: “aren’t you ashamedof yourself for
overloading that poor donkey of yours-you and your hulkingson?”
The man and boy got off and triedto think what
to do. They thought and thought, till at last they cut down apole, tied the
donkey’s feet to it, and raised the pole and the donkey to theirshoulders. They
went along amid the laughter of all who met them till they cameto a bridge,
when the donkey, getting one of his feet loose, kicked out andcaused the boy to
drop his end of pole. In the struggle the donkey fell overthe bridge, and so
did the man and the boy.
Finally an old man who had followedthem said: “that
will teach you: Pleaseall, and you will please none.”
ž Question for reading :
v What is the topic of the
text? Principle of life
v The text above is talk about
Theme that We Should have principle in our life
v What does the text tell about?
v What is the type of text? Narrative text
v What is the purpose of the text? To entertain the reader
ü THE STRUCTURE OF ORGANIZATION
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Orientation: A man ad his son were once going with their donkey
to a market . As they were walking along, a countryman passed them and said “ You fools, what is a
donkey for but to ride upon? “
Complication
: So the man put
the boy on thedonkey and they went on their way. But soon they passed a group
of men, one ofwhom said: “see that lazy youngster, he lets his father walk
while he rides.”
v
So the man had his boy get off ,and got on
himself. But they hadn’t gone far when they passed two women, one ofwhom said
to the other: “shame on that lazy lout to make his poor little sontrudge
along.”
Resolution
: The man and boy
got off and triedto think what to do. They thought and thought, till at last
they cut down apole, tied the donkey’s feet to it, and raised the pole and the
donkey to theirshoulders. They went along amid the laughter of all who met them
till they cameto a bridge, when the donkey, getting one of his feet loose,
kicked out andcaused the boy to drop his end of pole. In the struggle the
donkey fell overthe bridge, and so did the man and the boy.
Finally an old man who had followedthem said: “that
will teach you: Pleaseall, and you will please none.”
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Language
Features :
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Specific
Particiants : man, the boy,
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Material process : put, walking, rides, took,
point, stopped, asked, tied down, raised, went, met, came, kicked, dro, fell,
folllwed.
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Behavioral and verbal process : fools, lazy.
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Relational processes and mental processes
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Past tenses (sentence that tell pas t event) :
where, passed, but, went, said, had, gone, did, took, began, stopped, thought,
cut, tied, raised, met, kicked, caused, fell, followed.
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Temporal conjunctions:
and, so, finally.
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