Ethiopian Folktales

The Fox and the Henቀበሮና ዶሮ

Tigrayትግራይ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ

Narratorተራኪ: Unknown

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One day a fox saw a beautiful hen and the fox wanted to take out the hen from where she lives to his own house. In the evening he puts the hen in a sack. When he travels to his house in the meantime he goes to sleep.

When he sleeps the hen gets out and puts a stone in the sack and runs away home. When the fox wakes up he continues his journey carrying a stone in the sack. When he arrives home, there is only a stone in the sack. Before he opens the sack he boils water, goes to the sack, but there was only a stone. He is angry.

ቀበሮና ዶሮ

ተራኪው የማይታወቅ

ከእለታት አንድ ቀን አንድ ቀበሮ አንዲት ቆንጆ ዶሮ አይቶ ዶሮዋን ከምትኖርበት አውጥቶ ወደቤቱ ሊወስዳት ፈለገ፡፡ በመሸ ጊዜም ዶሮዋን ከረጢት ውስጥ ከቷት ወደ ቤቱ እየተጓዘ ሳለ እንቅልፍ ያዘው፡፡

ቀበሮውም በተኛ ጊዜ ዶሮዋ ቀስ ብላ ከከረጢቱ በመውጣት ከረጢቱ ውስጥ ድንጋይ አኑራ ወደ ቤቷ እየሮጠች ሄደች፡፡ ቀበሮው ከእንቅልፉ ሲነቃ ድንጋዩን በከረጢት ተሸክሞ ጉዞውን ቀጠለ፡፡ ቤቱ ሲደርስ ግን ከረጢቱ ውስጥ ያገኘው ድንጋይ ነበር፡፡ ከረጢቱን ከመፍታቱ በፊት ግን ዶሮዋን ማብሰያ ውሃ አፍልቶ ሲያበቃ ወደ ከረጢቱ ሄዶ ሲፈታው ያገኘው ድንጋይ በመሆኑ በጣም ተናደደ፡፡

Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ

  1. What animal did the fox see at the start of the story?

  2. Where did the fox want to take the hen?

  3. What did the fox put the hen in?

  4. What happened while the fox was sleeping on his journey?

  5. What was inside the sack when the fox arrived home?

  6. What did the fox do before he opened the sack at home?

For discussionለውይይት

  • How do you think the hen felt when she was put in the sack, and why did she act the way she did?
  • Why do you think the fox was angry at the end of the story? Was it his own fault?
  • What lesson can we learn from the way the hen escaped from the fox?
  • If you were the fox, what could you have done differently to keep the hen?