He found where his pants were hanging and, as he felt the pockets for a box of matches, something rustled in the leaves right outside the window, inches from his face. Then, whatever, was outside in the darkness also breathed, and the huge silence of the night seemed to come inside the camper, stifling them. It was then he decided to pack up and move to a motel. A sequential presentation of the events that add up to a story. A narrative differs from a mere listing of events.
Narration usually contains characters, a setting, a conflict, and a resolution.
Time and place and person are normally established. Specific details always help a story, but so does interpretive language. This family was a victim of a problem they could have avoided-a problem that, according to Florida park rangers, hundreds of visitors suffer each year. Those people picked the wrong kind of park to visit. But it just wasn't the kind of place the couple from New Jersey had in mind when they decided to camp out on this trip through Florida.