The Baboon and the Monkeyዝንጀሮና ጦጣ
Benishangul-Gumuzቤንሻንጉል-ጉሙዝ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Belay Makura
A baboon and a monkey were friends. The monkey was clever. He enjoys himself at weddings, he steals food and he dances, making sounds like “qua, qua, qua”, and the baboon also in his own way says, “qua, qua, qua, whom, whom.”
“Where are you? Where are you?” he says in his own voice.
He says this to call his friend, so that they can come together and have a feast. So they scold each other.
“Qua,qua, you have no nose, your bottom is bald, sitting on a hot stone,” they say to each other, but they are still friends and call each other to steal and eat grain from the field.
The monkey says to the baboon, “How can you say this to me? Let’s have a race and see who gets to the field first.”
So they compete in this way, and one day the monkey said, “Let’s jump off this tree and see who wins.”
The monkey chose a nice place to jump into the water and lived, but the baboon jumped into the deep place and died.
So the monkey was very clever, because he was the one who chose a good place and the baboon chose a bad place and he died.
ዝንጀሮና ጦጣ
በበላይ መኩሪያ የተተረከ
አንድ ዝንጀሮና አንድ ጦጣ ጓደኛሞች ነበሩ፡፡ ጦጣውም ብልጥ ስለነበረ በየሰርጉ ላይ ምግብ እየሰረቀና እየጨፈረ ቁዋ፣ቁዋ፣ቁዋ፣ የሚል ድምፅ ሲያወጣ ዝንጀሮም በራሱ መንገድ
ቁዋ፣ቁዋ፣ቁዋ፣ሁም፣ሁም፣ የሚል ድምፅ ያሰማ ነበር፡፡
በእንደዚህም ዓይነት ጓደኛውን እየጠራ ድግሱን አብረው ይመገቡ ነበር፡፡ እርስ በርሳቸውም ይሰዳደቡ ነበር፡፡
“ቁዋ፣ቁዋ፣ አፍንጫ የለህ፣ ቂጠ መላጣ፣ የጋለ ድንጋይ ላይ የምትቀመጥ” እየተባባሉ ቢሰዳደቡም ጓደኛሞች በመሆን እየተጠራሩ ሰብል ከማሣ እየሰረቁ ይበሉ ነበር፡፡ ጦጣውም ዝንጀሮውን “እንዴት እንዲህ ትለኛለህ? እስኪ አሁን እንወዳደርና ማሳው ጋ ቀድሞ የሚደርሰውን እናያለን፡፡”
በዚህ ሁኔታም ይወዳደሩ ነበር አንድ ቀን ታዲያ ጦጣው ዝጀሮውን እስኪ ከዚህ ዛፍ ላይ እንዝለልና ማን እንደሚያሸንፍ እንይ ይለዋል፡፡
ጦጣውም ወደ ውሃ ውስጥ የሚያዘልለውን ሥፍራ መርጦ ውሃው ውስጥ ዘሎ ሲድን ዝንጀሮው ገደል ውስጥ ገብቶ ሞተ፡፡
በዚህም ሁኔታ ብልጡ ጦጣው ብልጥ በመሆኑ ጥሩ ቦታ ለራሱ ሲመርጥ ዝንጀሮው መጥፎ ቦታ መርጦ ለሞት በቃ፡፡
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Who narrated this story?
Which animal was clever in the story?
What food did the friends steal from the field?
Where does the monkey enjoy himself, stealing food and dancing?
What did the two friends decide to do to see who would win?
Why did the baboon die when he jumped?
For discussionለውይይት
- The story says the monkey was clever because he chose a good place to jump. What does it mean to be clever? Can you think of a time when thinking carefully helped you?
- The baboon and the monkey scold each other and say unkind things, but they are still friends. What do you think this tells us about their friendship?
- The monkey and the baboon liked to race and compete with each other. Do you think competing with a friend is a good thing or a bad thing? Why?
- What lesson do you think this story is trying to teach? What can we learn from what happened to the baboon and the monkey?