The Plot Structure of the Zebra Storyteller The plot
means the arrangement of the actions in the story.
They are organized and connected together by cause
and effect. In the first part of our short story which is
called the exposition, we are introduced to the
setting, the characters and the situation. The story
happened in Africa in the past; there was a Siamese
cat who spoke inappropriate Zebraic and pretended to
be a lion so as to frighten the other Zebras. In every
plot, we have a protagonist and an antagonist. The
protagonist usually undergoes a certain kind of
conflict -external or internal. The Siamese cat is the
antagonist whom we of course dislike as it deceived
poor innocent zebras for killing them. Being so
astonished that the cat could speak Zebraic language ,
the innocent zebras were fit to be tied. All at once, the
Siamese cat tied them up, killed them and dragged
the better parts of the carcass back to his den. Now,
the writer moves smoothly to another part of the
story-the rising action. We learn that the cat hunted
zebras in that manner for many months till the zebras
asked their delicate noses to investigate the region.
When they told them there was no lion in the
neighborhood, many zebras avoided going to that
region for they thought that the woods were haunted
by the ghost of a lion. Now, we come to the third part 
of the plot-the climax or (the turning point) which is
the appearance of the Zebra storyteller. The zebra
storyteller is the protagonist of the story who was
able to rescue the other zebras by using his wit. One
day, while he was ambling alone and thinking of plots
for stories to amuse the other zebras, a story exactly
similar to the one we are reading, came to his mind
and was so interested to tell it to them. The plot then
shifts to another part-the falling action. In the falling
action we get to know about the conflict in the story
which is an external one. The Zebra storyteller who is
the protagonist of the story underwent an external
conflict with the Siamese cat "the antagonist". After
the storyteller had decided to tell the zebras the story
he had in mind to make them laugh, the Siamese cat
appeared before him suddenly and greeted him by
Zebraic language. Because he had been thinking of
that very thing, he wasn't fit to be tied at hearing a
cat speaking his language. He took a good look at the
cat , and he sensed something about his looks which
he didn't like, so he kicked him with a hoof and killed
him all at once. By now, we come to the last part of
the plot -resolution. The situation that was in disorder
(cat killing zebras) became stable again. Africa became
free of cats speaking Zebraic language