Shooting the Hippopotamusጉማሬን ተኩሶ መግደል
Gambelaጋምቤላ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Peter Ochande
One day, in the compound of a king, a hippo climbed out of the river, and a man called Achur Ojalakoro said to the king, “If you give me only one bullet, I’ll shoot the hippo through the eye.”
The king said, “No, don’t try,” but at last Achur persuaded him.
He was given the bullet and the gun, and he killed the hippo at once, and told everyone to get ropes and pull it out of the water. They went to check and it really was shot through the eye.
“Didn’t I tell you,” said Achur, “that I wouldn’t miss it?”
So they divided it up and ate it.
ጉማሬን ተኩሶ መግደል
በፒተር ኦቻንዴ የተተረከ
አንድ ቀን በንጉሱ ግቢ ውስጥ ጉማሬ ከውሃው ወጥቶ ሲገባ ያየ አንድ አቹር ኦጃላኮሮ የተባለ ሰው ለንጉሱ “አንድ ጥይት ቢሰጡኝ ጉማሬውን አይኑ ላይ መትቼ እገድለዋለሁ፡፡” አላቸው፡፡
ንጉሱም “አይሆንም አትሞክር፡፡” ቢሉትም አቹር በመጨረሻ አሳመናቸው፡፡
ጠመንጃና ጥይቱም ተሰጥቶት ጉማሬውን በአንዴ ተኩሶ አይኑ ላይ መትቶ ከገደለው በኋላ ሰዎቹን ገመድ ፈልገው እየጎተቱ ወደ ውሃው እንዲጥሉት አዘዘ፡፡ ሄደውም ጉማሬውን ባዩት ጊዜ እውነትም አይኑ ላይ ተመትቶ ነበር፡፡
“አላልኳችሁም!?” አለ አቹር “እንደማልስተው!”
ከዚያም ስጋውን ተከፋፍለው በሉት፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
Who told this story?
What animal climbed out of the river?
How many bullets did Achur ask the king for?
Where did Achur say he would shoot the hippo?
What did the king say at first?
What did the people do after they pulled the hippo out of the water?
For discussionለውይይት
- Achur was very sure he could hit the hippo's eye. Do you think it is good to be that confident? Why or why not?
- The king said "No, don't try," but Achur kept asking until the king agreed. What do you think about the way Achur behaved?
- Why do you think the people went to check the hippo to see if it was really shot through the eye?
- At the end, Achur said, "Didn't I tell you?" How do you think the king and the people felt then?