Narrative and Descriptive Essays by Syafi'i (III C class)

SYAFI'I WRITING III

III C (ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

Narration

A MOTORCYCLE BREAK DOWN A TREE IN FRONT OF ME

23^rd December 2007 was one of my unforgettable moments. My friends and I were playing a game around the street in the afternoon. Some of us were playing with our bicycles and the others were playing football on the street and I was sitting on the ground watching them playing their game. Suddenly, a motorcycle came fast and broke down a tree in front of me.

I was surprising and unintentionally I shouted screamingly. I moved back for several steps and asked my friends to help the man who rode the motorcycle. My friends tried to make me calm and some of them tried to help the victim. They opened his helmet and laid him down. One of them ran trying to call some people.

Not taking a long time, some people came to help the victim and brought him to the nearest hospital. They used pete-pete that passed the street around that time to pick the victim up to the hospital.

I was still panic seeing the blood spread around the tree. So I went away with my friends. Some policemen came to that place to take some information and to observe the accident. One of them took the motorcycle to the police office. We were asked about the accident just a moment. And then we went home.

At night, I couldn’t sleep well. I always imagined that man who broke down the tree. I tried to pretend to forget it but it was hard for me. On the next day, I heard that he was well. Some people said that he was drunk when he rode his motorcycle. The policeman put a traffic sign around the place in order the drivers can drive slowly. I felt better and I could sleep well hearing that.

DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY

SOLLOKAN WATERFALL

Sollokan is a tourism destination that is located in Mamasa. It has five gates. Each gate distances a hundred meters. Mamasa is a new region in West Sulawesi. It’s about ninety kilometres from Polewali. Sollokan is located between Polewali city and Mamasa town. It becomes a new tourism object where many tourists sometimes visit this place.

Sollokan waterfall is now famous. People who ever saw this place will say that it is a beautiful and the most interesting place because it lies on a high mountain. It is in a forest. After passing five gates, sometime people take a rest while see the beautiful waterfall and inhale the fresh water. In that destination there is also a natural pond. Sometimes visitors take a bath in this pond. When people come and see this waterfall more closely, they will find a peaceful feeling and say ‘wonderful’.

Sometimes people who want to reach this destination use a horse as an alternative ride. They use horses because it’s to far from the road. We can find a horse from the villagers by renting their horse for about Rp. 20,000.

Near the waterfall, you can listen the bird singing on the trees. You can also see many wild flowers around you color this area and many things that make this place so peaceful. You’ll think that you are in the world heaven. It’s so beautiful.

Sollokan waterfall is a very beautiful place. Many visitors come to visit this place to enjoy the peace, the pure water, the fresh air, the bird song and the beautiful scene. Sometimes they make a camp near the waterfall, even some tourists sometimes spend their night because they feel that it’s to sooner to leave this world heaven.