The Man who Grew Feathersላባ ያበቀለው ሰው
Oromiaኦሮሚያ · 2 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Worku Debele
Once upon a time, there was a rich man who had two sons.
When he died, he said in his will that three stables of cows (in fact, all his cows) should go to the first brother, and only one rooster should go to the second son. So as it was the man’s will, the first son was given three stables of cows and the second son was only given one rooster.
However, after some time the rich brother became sick, so he went to the medicine man and asked him what he should do to get better.
And the medicine man said, “You should slaughter the rooster of the special colour.”
The rich brother couldn’t think of the rooster of that special colour, but then he remembered his brother’s rooster. So he sent some people to fetch the rooster from his brother.
His brother said to them, “All that I have is this rooster, but if it comes to the fact that my brother's going to be cured, then I would rather lose the rooster and get my brother back healthy.”
So he generously gave the rooster and the people took it and slaughtered it, spilled its blood and fed it to the first brother.
And the brother recovered and he went back to his house but after some time a most particular thing happened. His body began growing feathers.
He was terrified and he went back to the medicine man and the elders.
They saw this and they said, “This is the result of the curse of being unfair to one. You have been unfair to your brother. You have taken all the cows and even the rooster that your father left him. Therefore to become better your brother must forgive you. So you must take this keleche (an object used in Oromo rituals) as a sign of forgiveness and give it to your brother and if he spits on it you’ll be cured.”
So they took the keleche to the brother and gave it to him and they said, “Spit on it and forgive your brother.”
So the brother spat on it and as a result the elders decided to give him one stable of cows.
The moral of this story is that you should be generous to others when you have a lot.
ላባ ያበቀለው ሰው
በወርቁ ደበሌ የተተረከ
በአንድ ወቅት ሁለት ወንድ ልጆች የነበሩት ሰው በሞተ ጊዜ በሶስቱም በረት ውስጥ (ማለትም ላሞቹን በሙሉ) ለመጀመሪያ ልጁ አውርሶ ለሁለተኛው ልጅ ግን አንድ አውራ ዶሮ ብቻ ተናዞለት ሞተ፡፡ በሰውየውም ኑዛዜ መሠረት ለመጀመሪያው ልጅ ሶስቱም በረት ላሞች ሲሰጡት ሁለተኛው ልጅ አንድ አውራ ዶሮ ብቻ ተሰጠው፡፡
ነገር ግን ከተወሰነ ጊዜ በኋላ ሃብታሙ ልጅ በጠና ስለታመመ ወደ አንድ መድኃኒት አዋቂ ሰው ዘንድ ሄዶ ከበሽታው ይድን ዘንድ ምን ማድረግ እንዳለበት ጠየቀው፡፡
መድኃኒት አዋቂውም “ልዩ መልክ ያለው አውራ ዶሮ ማረድ አለብህ፡፡” አለው፡፡
ሃብታሙ ልጅም እንደዚያ ያለ ዶሮ ማግኘት አስቸጋሪ እንደሆነ ሲያስብ ቆይቶ የወንድሙ አውራ ዶሮ ትዝ አለው፡፡ ከዚያም ሰዎች ወደ ወንድሙ ሄደው ዶሮውን እንዲያመጡለት ላካቸው፡፡
ወንድምየውም ሰዎቹን “ያለኝ አንድ ንብረት ይህ ዶሮ ብቻ ነው፡፡ ነገር ግን ወንድሜ መዳን የሚችለው በዚህ ዶሮ ከሆነ ዶሮውን አጥቼ ወንድሜ ወደ ጤናው ቢመለስ ይሻለኛል፡፡” አላቸው፡፡
በዚህ ሁኔታ ዶሮውን ለሰዎቹ ሰጥቷቸው ሰዎቹም ዶሮውን ወስደው ካረዱት በኋላ ደሙን አፍስሰው ለመጀመሪው ወንድም መገቡት፡፡
ከዚህ በኋላ ወንድምየው ድኖ ወደቤቱ ከተመለሰ ከጥቂት ጊዜ በኋላ አንድ አስገራሚና ያልተለመደ አጋጣሚ ተከሰተ፡፡ ይኸውም ከበሽታው የዳነው ወንድም ሰውነቱ ላይ ላባ ማብቀል መጀመሩ ነው፡፡
በዚህ ጊዜ ወንድምየው በጣም ደንግጦ ወደ መድኃኒት አዋቂውና ወደ አገር ሽማግሌዎች ተመልሶ ሄደ፡፡
እነርሱም ይህንን ተመልክተው “ይህ በሌላ ሰው ላይ ክፋት በሚሰራ ሰው ላይ የተጣለ ርግማን ነው፡፡ አንተም ወንድምህ ላይ ክፋት ሰርተሃል፡፡ አባታችሁ ትቶ የሞተውን ከብቶች ብቻ ሳይሆን ለእርሱ የተናዘዘለትን አንድ አውራ ዶሮ እንኳን ሳይቀር በሙሉ ጠራርገህ ወስደሃል፡፡ ስለዚህ ከችግርህ ትላቀቅ ዘንድ ወንድምህ ይቅር ሊልህ ይገባል፡፡ ስለዚህ ይህንን ከለቼ (የኦሮሞ ባህላዊ ቁስ) ወስደህ ለይቅርታ ተምሳሌትነት ለወንድምህ ስትሰጠው እላዩ ላይ ከተፋበት ትድናለህ፡፡” አሉት፡፡
ታናሽየውም ወንድም ስለተፋለት አዛውንቶቹ አንድ በረት ላሞች ሰጡት፡፡
የዚህ ታሪክ መልዕክት የተትረፈረፈ ሃብት ካለህ ለሌሎችም ማሰብ እንዳለብህ ያመለክታል፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
How many sons did the rich man have?
What did the rich man leave to his second son in his will?
Why did the rich brother go to the medicine man the first time?
What did the medicine man tell the rich brother to do to get better?
How did the poor brother respond when people came to fetch his only rooster?
What strange thing happened to the rich brother after he recovered?
For discussionለውይይት
- The poor brother gave away his only rooster so his brother could get well. What does this show about his character?
- Was it fair that the rich man left all his cows to one son and only a rooster to the other? Why or why not?
- Why do you think the rich brother started growing feathers after the rooster was killed? What might the story be trying to teach us?
- If you were the poor brother, would you have given up your only rooster? Explain your answer.