The Origin of Man: the First Man and the Baboon Childየሰው ልጅ አመጣጥ - የመጀመሪያው ሰውና የዝንጀሮ ግልገል
Benishangul-Gumuzቤንሻንጉል-ጉሙዝ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Belay Makonnen
A man was very poor. Being poor, he went out to live in the country. He lived by cultivating pumpkin and maize. At this time groups of monkeys would steal his crop, so he couldn’t leave it, and he was very disturbed by the baboons. He kept an eye on the baboons coming to steal so that he could chase them.
One day, while he chased them, all ran away except one baboon child. He took the baboon child home, being enchanted by her. So he became friends with her, fed her, and when she grew up a little, he took her to the field with him.
While he was sowing the seeds in order for the seeds to grow, the little baboon picked up all the seeds and ate them.
“No, that’s not the way. It must grow and then we’ll have more seeds,” he tells her.
So she understood his advice and did as he said.
He was demonstrating to her, “You should put the seed down like this,” and she did as he said.
So the plants grew, and sometimes she helped him in weeding, and so they lived together.
Being a female baboon, he had sex with her when she reached puberty, and she gave birth to a child who looked like a man and walked on two legs.
They got a second child. A second child came and they lived working together in the field.
Of the two children the first was male and the second female. When they grew up they married each other. Being four, the work developed very much.
The grandchildren married each other and bore children, and so, forgetting the species of baboon, they lived as men and went on living together very happily.
የሰው ልጅ አመጣጥ - የመጀመሪያው ሰውና የዝንጀሮ ግልገል
በበላይ መኮንን የተተረከ
አንድ ድሃ ሰው በድህነቱ ምክንያት ወደ ገጠር ሄዶ መኖር ጀመረ፡፡ ዱባና በቆሎ እያመረተም ይኖር ነበር፡፡ ሆኖም ዝንጀሮዎቹ ሰብሉን እየበሉበት ያስቸግሩት ስለነበረ ሰብሉን ከዝንጀሮዎች ለመከላከል ሲል እዚያው ሆኖ ይጠብቅ ነበር፡፡
ከእለታት አንድ ቀን ዝንጀሮዎቹን እያባረረ ሳለ ሁሉም ሸሽተው ሲሄዱ አንዲት ግልገል ዝንጀሮ ብቻውን ወደኋላ ትቀራለች፡፡
ግልገሏም ደስ ስላለችው ወደቤቱ ይዟት ሄደ፡፡ ጓደኛውም አድርጓት ምግብ እየመገባት ባደገች ጊዜ ወደ ማሳው ይዟት ይሄድ ነበር፡፡
ታዲያ እርሱ ዘር በሚዘራበት ጊዜ ትንሿ ዝንጀሮ ከኋላ ኋላው በመሄድ ዘሩን ሁሉ ትበላበት ጀመር፡፡
እርሱም “እንደዚህ አይደለም፡፡ በመጀመሪያ ዘሩ በቅሎ ብዙ እህል ሊኖረን ይገባል፡፡” ብሎ ሲነግራት ምክሩን ሰምታ እንደተባለችው አደረገች፡፡
“ዘሮቹንም እንደዚህ እያደረግሽ ዝሪያቸው፡፡” እያለ አዘራሩንም ያሳያት ነበር፡፡ እንደተባለችውም አደረገች፡፡
በዚህም አይነት ሰብሉ አድጎ አንዳንድ ጊዜ በአረም ወቅት እያገዘችው አብረው ይኖሩ ነበር፡፡
ለአካለ መጠን ስትደርስም ፆታዋ ሴት ነበርና ሰውየው ስለተገናኛት የወለደችው ልጅ አባቱን የሚመስልና በሁለት እግሩ የሚሄድ ነበር፡፡
ሁለተኛውንም ልጅ ወልደው አብረው እየሰሩ መኖር ጀመሩ፡፡ ከሁለቱ ልጆች ታዲያ የመጀመሪያው ወንድ ሲሆን ሁለተኛዋ ልጅ ሴት ነበረች፡፡ ሁለቱም ልጆች ባደጉ ጊዜ እርስ በርስ ተጋብተው የቤተሰቡ ቁጥር ወደ አራት ስላደገ ስራቸውም በጣም እየተስፋፋ ሄደ፡፡
የልጅ ልጆቻቸውም እርስ በርስ እየተጋቡና እየተዋለዱ ዝንጀሮነታቸውን በመተው እንደሰው በጣም በደስታ አብረው መኖር ጀመሩ፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
Why did the poor man go to live in the country?
Which animals kept stealing the man's crop?
When the man chased the baboons one day, what happened?
What did the little baboon do when the man was sowing the seeds?
What did the man teach the baboon to do?
What were the two children like?
For discussionለውይይት
- The man took the baboon child home because he was enchanted by her. How do you think he felt about her, and how did their friendship grow over time?
- The man taught the baboon not to eat the seeds, but to plant them so they could grow more. What lesson about patience can we learn from this part of the story?
- This story is called 'The Origin of Man.' Why do you think the children who walked on two legs and looked like men were important to the story's meaning?
- The man and the baboon lived and worked together in the field. What does the story show us about helping each other and living together?