The Ox and the Donkeyበሬና አህያ
Amharaአማራ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Melese Getahun Wolde
The ox went to the donkey and said, “I’m fed up. I work. I never have any rest. What shall I do?”
The donkey says, “Well, tomorrow, do this. Lie down on your back, pretend you are sick and your stomach is bloated, saying, ‘Uh! Uh!’”
So the ox did this, and the next day the master came and said, “Oh, my ox is sick, let the donkey take the plough.”
So the donkey, having taken the ox’s job, was so tired. The ox came to him again, happily expecting more advice.
He rested himself beside him and said, “It was such a lovely day yesterday. I will rest today and I won’t go to work tomorrow, either. Tell me how I can persuade the farmer.”
The donkey said, “Oh, do you think so? I heard you will be slaughtered if you don’t work.”
So the ox decided to go to work.
በሬና አህያ
በመሰለ ጌታሁን የተተረከ
አንድ በሬ ወደ አንድ አህያ ሄዶ እንዲህ አለው፡፡ “በጣም ሰልችቶኛል፡፡ ያለምንም እረፍት ብዙ እሰራለሁ፡፡ ምን ባደርግ ይሻለኛል?”
አህያውም “እንግዲያው ነገ እንዲህ አድርግ፡፡ በጀርባህ ተኛና አሞኛል፣ ሆዴ ተነፍቷል፣ እያልክ እህ! እህ ብለህ አቃስት” አለው፡፡ በሬውም ይህንን አደረገ፡፡ በሚቀጥለውም ቀን ጌታው መጥቶ እንዲህ አለ “አይይ! በሬዬ ታሟል፡፡ ስለዚህ አህያው ይረስ፡፡” እናም አህያው የበሬውን ስራ በመስራቱ እጅግ ደከመው፡፡
በሬውም ወደ አህያው ጠጋ ብሎ ተጨማሪ ጥሩ ምክሮችን በደስታ ለማግኘት ካጠገቡ አረፍ አለና “ትናትና በጣም ጥሩ ቀን ነበር፡፡ ዛሬም አርፋለሁ፤ ነገም ስራ አልሄድም፡፡ ስለዚህ ገበሬውን እንዴት ማሳመን እንዳለብኝ ንገረኝ፡፡” ብሎ ጠየቀው፡፡ አህያውም “አዬዬ! እንደዚያ ይሻላል ብለህ ነው? ካልሰራህ እንደምትታረድ ሲያወሩ ሰምቻለሁ፡፡” አለው፡፡
በዚህም ምክንያት በሬው ወደ ስራው ለመመለስ ወሰነ፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
Why did the ox go to the donkey at the start of the story?
What advice did the donkey give the ox?
What sound did the ox have to make to seem sick?
What did the master decide to do when he thought the ox was sick?
How did the donkey feel after doing the ox's job all day?
What did the donkey tell the ox to make him go back to work?
For discussionለውይይት
- The donkey gave the ox a clever trick at first, but later tricked him to get out of doing the work. What do you think about the way the donkey behaved?
- The ox came back 'happily expecting more advice.' Why do you think he trusted the donkey so much? Would you have trusted the donkey?
- What lesson do you think this story is trying to teach us? Explain your idea.
- At the end, the ox decided to go to work because he was afraid of being slaughtered. Do you think fear was the only reason he should work? What other reasons might there be?