Pepper and Saltበርበሬና ጨው
Tigrayትግራይ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narratorተራኪ: Unknown
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A man and a woman were living together and they had a son called “Hantisho” which means “sneeze”. One day they want to go for a visit and they tell the son to stay at home and sleep there.
The next day he slept without closing the door. A hyena was passing and saw the open door and he came in and saw the sleeping boy and the hyena took the boy to the jungle and when he puts him on the ground he woke up.
When he sees it’s a hyena he says, “Do you eat me without pepper and salt?”
The hyena says, “I don’t have that.”
Hantisho says, “I’ll bring you some from my home.”
The hyena agrees, so he runs home and sleeps, shutting the door.
The hyena realises he’s gone, and he goes home and calls “Atishoo! Atishoo!” and Hantisho says, “It’s dark, don’t disturb me!”
The hyena says, “Why did you cheat me, saying you’d bring pepper and salt?”
Hantisho says, “God advised me.”
በርበሬና ጨው
ተራኪው የማይታወቅ
አንድ ሰውና አንዲት ሴት አብረው ሲኖሩ “አንጢሹ” የሚባል ልጅ ነበራቸው፡፡ የስሙም ትርጉም ማስነጠስ ማለት ነው፡፡ ታዲያ አንድ ቀን ዘመድ ጥየቃ ለመሄድ ፈልገው ልጃቸው እቤት ተኝቶ እንዲቆይ ነገሩት፡፡
በሚቀጥለው ቀን ልጁ የቤቱን በር ሳይዘጋ ተኛ፡፡ ታዲያ አንድ ጅብ በቤቱ አጠገብ ያልፍ ነበርና የተከፈተውን በር አይቶ ወደ ቤቱ ውስጥ ሲገባ የተኛውን ልጅ ስላገኘው ወደ ጫካ ይዞት ሄዶ መሬት ላይ ሲያስቀምጠው ልጁ ነቃ፡፡
ልጁም ጅብ እንደወሰደው ባወቀ ጊዜ “ያለ በርበሬና ጨው ነው የምትበላኝ?” አለው፡፡
ጅቡም “በርበሬና ጨው የለኝም፡፡” አለ፡፡
አንጢሹም “እኔ ከቤቴ አመጣልሃለሁ፡፡” ሲለው ጅቡም በዚህ ስለተስማማ ልጁ ግን ወደቤቱ ተመልሶ ሄዶ በርበሬና ጨው ይዞ ከመመለስ ይልቅ በሩን ዘግቶ ተኛ፡፡
ጅቡም ልጁ እንደማይመለስ ሲያውቅ ወደ ልጁ ቤት መጥቶ “አንጢሹ፣አንጢሹ!” እያለ ሲጣራ አንጢሹም “አሁን መሽቷል፡፡ አትረብሽኝ፡፡” አለው፡፡
ጅቡም “በርበሬና ጨው አመጣለሁ ብለህ ለምን አታለልከኝ” ሲለው አንጢሹ “እግዜር መክሮኝ ነው፡፡” አለው ይባላል፡፡
Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
What does the boy's name "Hantisho" mean?
Why did the boy stay home alone?
How did the hyena get into the house?
Where did the hyena take the boy?
What did Hantisho say he would bring the hyena?
What did Hantisho do after the hyena let him go?
For discussionለውይይት
- How do you think Hantisho felt when he woke up and saw the hyena? Why?
- Was it clever or wrong of Hantisho to trick the hyena? Explain what you think.
- What lesson do you think this story tries to teach us?
- At the end, Hantisho says 'God advised me.' Why do you think he said this to the hyena?