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Hi, everyone.
In a narrative text, particularly fable, is it okay to use present tense? I thought, people use past tense when telling a series of events in narrative text.
I recently stumbled upon a fable in some English website entitled "The Lion and the Mouse". There, they use present tenses in the first paragraph then followed by past tenses.
the complete paragraph.
One day, a mouse wakes a huge lion up and asks it to let it live. In return, the mouse will help the lion whenever it needs. How could a mouse help a fierce lion? The lion couldn’t answer that either, but it let the mouse go.
TLDR: why do they use wakes instead of awaken and asks instead of asked?
the website: https://youaremom.com/play-time/activities-and-games-for-kids/childrens-stories/short-fables/
In a narrative text, particularly fable, is it okay to use present tense? I thought, people use past tense when telling a series of events in narrative text.
I recently stumbled upon a fable in some English website entitled "The Lion and the Mouse". There, they use present tenses in the first paragraph then followed by past tenses.
the complete paragraph.
One day, a mouse wakes a huge lion up and asks it to let it live. In return, the mouse will help the lion whenever it needs. How could a mouse help a fierce lion? The lion couldn’t answer that either, but it let the mouse go.
TLDR: why do they use wakes instead of awaken and asks instead of asked?
the website: https://youaremom.com/play-time/activities-and-games-for-kids/childrens-stories/short-fables/
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