Fishing Storyየአሣ ማጥመድ ታሪክ
Benishangul-Gumuzቤንሻንጉል-ጉሙዝ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Egassi Reta
In the olden days people gathered near the river and birbira trees were there, and they put the birbira fruits into the river to attract the fish and intoxicate them. When they were doing this, the water was rising and rising and rising.
After the water was rising, it divided into two, and all the men were pulled into the river. It opened and carried them away.
Some of the people were changed into elephants and some were changed into crocodiles and some of them got tails.
So, after being changed into elephants, crocodiles and monkeys, they built houses under the water in the sea and there they lived ever after.
የአሣ ማጥመድ ታሪክ
በኤጋሲ ረታ የተተረከ
በድሮ ጊዜ ሰዎች ከወንዝ ዳር በመሰባሰብ የብርብራ ዛፎችን ፍሬዎች በማሰገሪያነት ተጠቅመው አሣ ያጠምዱ ነበር፡፡
ታዲያ ይህንን ሲያደርጉ ውሃው እየሞላ፣ እየሞላ፣ እየሞላ ይሄድ ነበር፡፡
ታዲያ ውሃው ሞልቶ ሲያበቃ ለሁለት ስለተከፈለ ሰዎቹ በወንዙ ተወስደው ሄዱ፡፡
ግማሾቹ ሰዎች ወደ ዝሆንነት ግማሾቹ ደግሞ ወደ አዞነት ሲለወጡ ሌሎች ጭራ አብቅለው ነበር፡፡
ወደ ዝሆንነት ወደ አዞነትና ወደ ጦጣነት ከተቀየሩ በኋላ ቤታቸውን ከውሃ በታች በባህር ውስጥ ሰርተው መኖር ጀመሩ፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
Who narrated this story?
What trees were near the river?
Why did the people put the birbira fruits into the river?
What happened to the water while the people were fishing?
What did the water do after it rose?
What animals were some of the people changed into?
For discussionለውይይት
- Why do you think the people were changed into animals after they tried to catch the fish? What might the story be teaching us?
- How do you think the men felt when the water rose and pulled them into the river? Describe their feelings.
- The people built houses under the water and lived there forever. What do you imagine their new life was like?
- Do you think it was fair for the people to be changed into animals? Explain why or why not.