The Pigeon would Save Meርግቧ ታድነኛለች
Hararሐረር · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Ibrahim Sharif
Once upon a time there was a very rich man. One day he gathered all his belongings and went to live in another city. On the way there he met a stranger. After their greetings the stranger began to walk alongside him.
He pretended that he was a peaceful companion, but after a while, when they reached a quiet place, the stranger said, “I am going to kill you now. Who will save you?”
The rich man looked around and saw no one; then he looked up and saw a pigeon sitting on a tree.
He said, “This pigeon will save me.”
The stranger was amazed and began to laugh, and he killed the rich man and took all his belongings, and he went to a city and settled there. Since he had become a very rich person, he began to be invited into the palace whenever there was a feast and a meeting.
One day the king organised a very big feast and called all the community in the city, including the stranger. The banquet was sumptuous with many kinds of food and the people ate according to their tastes. So the stranger began to choose from the food what he liked. In the process he came upon a roasted pigeon. He remembered how he had killed the rich man and he laughed. When the king saw him laughing, the king, thinking that he was mocking him, ordered his soldiers to grab the stranger and kill him.
And then the stranger decided to tell the reason why he laughed, since he was going to be killed anyway. So the king listened and had him killed, and all the stranger’s property was given back to the right inheritors of the rich man.
ርግቧ ታድነኛለች
በኢብራሂም ሸሪፍ የተተረከ
በአንድ ወቅት አንድ በጣም ሃብታም ሰው ነበር፡፡ ታዲያ አንድ ቀን ሃብትና ንብረቱን በሙሉ ሰብስቦ ወደ ሌላ ከተማ ሄዶ ለመኖር ጉዞ ጀመረ፡፡ በመንገዱም ላይ አንድ እንግዳ ሰው አግኝቶ ሰላምታ ከተለዋወጡ በኋላ አብረው መጓዝ ጀመሩ፡፡
እንግዳው ሰው ሰላማዊ መንገደኛ ቢመስልም ከጥቂት ቆይታ በኋላ አንድ ፀጥ ያለ ቦታ ሲደርሱ እንግዳው ሰው ሃብታሙን ሰው “አሁን ልገድልህ ነውና የሚያድንህ ማነው?” አለው፡፡
ሃብታሙም ሰው ግራ ቀኙን ቢያይ ምንም ሰው የለም፤ ቀና ብሎ ሲመለከት አንዲት እርግብ ዛፍ ላይ ተቀምጣ ሲያይ “ይህች እርግብ ታድነኛለች፡፡” አለ፡፡
እንግዳውም ሰው በጣም በመደነቅ ከት ብሎ ከሳቀ በኋላ ሃብታሙን ሰው ገድሎ ንብረቱን በሙሉ ከዘረፈ በኋላ ወደ ከተማው ሄዶ እዚያ መኖር ጀመረ፡፡ በጣም ሃብታም ሰው ስለሆነም ቤተመንግስት ውስጥ ድግስም ሆነ ስብሰባ በተደረገ ጊዜ ተጋብዞ ይሄድ ጀመር፡፡ ከዕለታት አንድ ቀን ንጉሱ በጣም ትልቅ ድግስ ደግሶ ህዝቡን ሁሉ እንግዳውንም ሰው ጭምር ጋበዘ፡፡ ግብዣው በብዙ የምግብ አይነቶች የተትረፈረፈ ስለነበረ ሰው ሁሉ የፈለገውን ይመገብ ነበር፡፡ እንግዳውም ሰው የወደደውን ምግብ ይመርጥ ጀመር፡፡ በዚህ ጊዜ አንዲት የተጠበሰች ርግብ አየ፡፡ ሃብታሙን ሰው እንዴት እንደገደለው አስታውሶ ሲስቅ ንጉሱ አየውና በእርሱ የሚያሾፍ መስሎት ወታደሮቹ ይዘውት እነዲገድሉት አዘዘ፡፡
በዚህ ጊዜ እንግዳው ሰው መሞቱ ስለማይቀርለት ለምን እነደሳቀ ለመናገር ወሰነ፡፡ ንጉሱም ምክንያቱን ከሰማ በኋላ አስገደለው፡፡ የእንግዳውም ሰው ሃብትና ንብረት በሙሉ ለሃብታሙ ሰው ህጋዊ ወራሾች ተመለሰ፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
What did the rich man do at the start of the story?
Who did the rich man meet on his way?
When the stranger said he would kill him, what did the rich man see up in the tree?
What did the stranger do after he killed the rich man?
Why did the stranger begin to be invited to the palace?
What made the stranger laugh at the king's feast?
For discussionለውይይት
- The rich man said the pigeon would save him. Do you think anything can save him in the end? Explain what you think the story is telling us.
- The stranger pretended to be a peaceful companion. Why do you think people sometimes pretend to be kind? How can we be careful of this?
- At the feast the stranger laughed when he remembered killing the rich man. What does this tell you about the kind of person he was?
- What lesson or message do you think this folktale is trying to teach? Share your own ideas.