Death is not Enough for Himሞት አነሰው
Tigrayትግራይ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narratorተራኪ: Unknown
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There were two men who wanted to kill a leopard. The leopard saw them and started to run and on his way he met a farmer.
The farmer was singing while ploughing, saying:
“I am ploughing,
Watching the clouds
That come to bring me rain.”
The leopard asked him, “Please save me from the hunters, passing the feed over me.”
The farmer agreed, and put the leopard in the seed container.
The two hunters stopped near the farmer and asked, “Have you seen a leopard?”
The farmer says, “Yes, he has gone away from here.”
So the hunters run on.
The farmer says, “Go away, leopard. They’re gone.”
The leopard says, “Either I will kill you or you must bring me some food.”
The farmer says, “Why? You will kill me since I saved you?”
The farmer says, “Let's go and ask the donkey to mediate.”
The farmer asked the donkey, “Am I the one to be eaten?”
The donkey says, “Yes, why not?”
So they went to the fox and the farmer said, “I saved this leopard and now he wants to eat me.”
“How did you save him?” said the fox.
So he told her the story of the hunters and the pile of grain.
The fox says, “Show me how it was.”
So the farmer hides the leopard again.
The fox says, “Now tie him very tightly.”
The farmer does so.
The fox says, “Now beat him.”
And the farmer does. And killed him.
The farmer says, “You saved me. What shall I do for you?”
The fox says, “Bring me a good sheep.”
And the farmer brought her a big dog.
The fox saw him and said,
“Death is not enough for human beings.”
ሞት አነሰው
ተራኪው የማይታወቅ
በአንድ ወቅት ነብር መግደል የፈለጉ ሁለት ሰዎች ነበሩ፡፡ ነብሩም አይቷቸው ሲሮጥ በመንገዱ ላይ አንድ ገበሬ አገኘ፡፡
ገበሬውም እርሻውን እያረሰ እንዲህ እያለ ይዘፍን ነበር፤
“እኔ እያረስኩ ነው
ደመናዎቹን እያየሁ
ዝናብ የሚያመጡልኝን፡፡”
ነብሩም “የዘሩን ከረጢት አቀብለኝና ከአዳኞቹ አድነኝ እባክህ፡፡” ብሎ ገበሬውን ጠየቀው፡፡
ገበሬውም እሺ ብሎ ነብሩን የዘር መያዣው ውስጥ ደበቀው፡፡ ሁለቱም አዳኞች ገበሬው ጋ ሲደርሱ ቆም ብለው “አንድ ነብር አይተሃል” አሉት፡፡
ገበሬውም “አዎ በዚህ በኩል ሄዷል፡፡” አላቸው፡፡ አዳኞቹም ሩጫቸውን ቀጠሉ፡፡
በዚህ ጊዜ ገበሬው ነብሩን “ነብር ሆይ አዳኞቹ ስለሄዱ በል ሂድ፡፡” አለው፡፡
ነብሩ ግን “ወይ እገድልሃለሁ ወይም ምግብ አምጣልኝ፡፡” አለው፡፡
ገበሬውም “ለምን ስላዳንኩህ ነው የምትገድለኝ?” ብሎት “በል አህያዋ ጋ ሄደን ትዳኘን፡፡” አለው፡፡
አህያዋ ጋም ሄደው ገበሬው “እኔ ነኝ መበላት ያለብኝ?” ሲላት አህያዋም “አዎን፣ ለምን አትበላም?” አለችው፡፡
ከዚያም ወደ ቀበሮ ሄዶ ገበሬው “ይህንን ነብር ከሞት አዳንኩት፤ ሆኖም አሁን ሊበላኝ ይፈልጋል፡፡” አላት፡፡
ቀበሮዋም “እንዴት ነው የዳንከው” ስትለው ስለአዳኞቹና ነብሩ ስለተደበቀበት የዘር ክምር ነገራት፡፡
ከዚያም ቀበሮዋ “በል እንዴት እንደነበረ አሳየኝ፡፡” ስትለው ገበሬው ነብሩን እንደገና ደበቀው፡፡
በዚህ ጊዜ ቀበሮዋ ገበሬውን “በል አሁን አጥብቀህ እሰረው፡፡” ስትለው ገበሬው ነብሩን ጥፍር አድርጎ ካሰረው በኋላ ቀበሮዋ “በል አሁን ደግሞ ደብድበው፡፡” አለችው፡፡
ገበሬውም ነብሩን ደብድቦ ገደለው፡፡
ከዚያም ገበሬው ቀበሮዋን “ከሞት አድነሽኛልና ምን ላድርግልሽ?” አላት፡፡
እርሷም “አንድ ጥሩ በግ አምጣልኝ፡፡” አለችው፡፡
ገበሬው ግን አንድ ትልቅ ውሻ ሲያመጣ ቀበሮዋ አይታ “ለሰው ሞት አነሳው፡፡” አለች ይባላል፡፡
Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
How many men wanted to kill the leopard at the start of the story?
What was the farmer doing when the leopard met him?
Where did the farmer hide the leopard from the hunters?
What did the leopard want from the farmer after he was saved?
When the farmer asked the donkey to mediate, what did the donkey say?
What did the fox tell the farmer to do after hiding the leopard again?
For discussionለውይይት
- The leopard wanted to harm the farmer even though the farmer saved his life. What do you think about how the leopard treated the farmer?
- The donkey and the fox gave very different advice. Why do you think the fox was able to help the farmer when the donkey was not?
- What lesson or message do you think this story is trying to teach? Explain your thinking.
- If you were the farmer, would you have agreed to hide the leopard from the hunters? Why or why not?