The Daughter Taught her Mother to Give Birthልጅ እናቷን ምጥ አስተማረች
Amharaአማራ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Daniel Legesse
Once upon a time there was a woman called Woizero{footnote}Denotes a married woman{/footnote} Aberash. She had three children, and one of them was a daughter. One day she was alone at home with her daughter when haphazardly she started to go into labour.
She started saying, “Huh! Call someone. Ah! Call someone. Ah! Call someone.”
And Alamitu (the daughter), immersed in worry, started to say, “Dear Mother, please to try labour sleeping on your back. Dear Mother, try to labour saying ‘Uh!’”
Because she had no child, so she had no experience herself.
You can’t teach something you have no knowledge of.
In the meantime, one of the neighbours overheard the situation and came to them.
She said, “Why didn’t you call someone when she asked you to?”
Alamitu kept silent, and her mother replied, “Leave her alone! She’s trying to teach me how to labour.”
Immediately the neighbour took her to the nearby clinic and the story remains to be called, “The daughter who taught her mother to give birth.”
ልጅ እናቷን ምጥ አስተማረች
በዳንኤል ገሠሠ የተተረከ
በአንድ ወቅት ወ/ሮ{footnote}ወ/ሮ የአንዲት ያገባች ሴት መጠሪያ ነው፡፡{/footnote} አበራሽ የተባሉ ሶስት ልጆች ያሏቸው ሴት ነበሩ፡፡ ከሶስቱም ልጆቻቸው አንዷ ሴት ነበረች፡፡ ታዲያ አንድ ቀን እናት ከሴት ልጃቸው ጋር ብቻቸውን ቤታቸው ሳሉ በድንገት ምጥ ይይዛቸውና “አ..አ..አ..! ሰው ጥሪ! አ..አ..! ሰው ጥሪልኝ ልጄ፡፡” ማለት ይጀምራሉ፡፡
ልጃቸው አለሚቱም በሥጋት ተውጣ “እባክሽ እማማ በጀርባሽ ተኝተሽ ለማማጥ ሞክሪ፡፡ እማማ እባክሽ በጀርባሽ ተኝና እህህህ.. እያልሽ እምጪ፡፡” አለቻቸው፡፡
አለሚቱ ልጅ ስላልወለደች ምንም የወሊድ ልምድ አልነበራትም፡፡ እውቀት ሳይኖር ደግሞ ምንም ነገር ማስተማር አይቻልም፡፡ ይህ በእንዲህ እንዳለ ታዲያ አንድ ጎረቤታቸው ሁኔታውን ስለሰማች ሮጣ መጣች፡፡ ሴትየዋም “ሰው ጥሪልኝ ሲሉሽ ለምን አልተጣራሽም?” ብላ አለሚቱን ብትጠይቃት አለሚቱ መልስ ሳትሰጣት ዝም አለች፡፡ ሆኖም ምጥ ላይ የነበሩ እናቷ “ተያት ምጥ እስተማረችኝ ነው፡፡” ብለው መለሱ፡፡
ጎረቤትየዋም በአስቸኳይ በአቅራቢያው ወደሚገኘው ክሊኒክ ወሰደቻቸው፡፡ ታሪኩም “ልጅ እናቷን ምጥ አስተማረች” ተብሎ ቀረ፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
What was the name of the woman in the story?
How many children did the woman have?
What was the name of the daughter?
What did the mother start to do while she was alone with her daughter?
Why could the daughter not really help her mother give birth?
Who finally helped the mother and took her to the clinic?
For discussionለውይይት
- Why do you think the daughter tried to teach her mother, even though she had never given birth herself? What does this tell us about her?
- The story says, 'You can't teach something you have no knowledge of.' What do you think this lesson means? Can you think of an example from your own life?
- The mother said, 'Leave her alone! She's trying to teach me how to labour.' How do you think the mother felt about her daughter in that moment?
- Why do you think the neighbour acted quickly and took the mother to the clinic? What might have happened if she had not come?