The Tortoise and the Rabbitኤሊና ጥንቸል
Benishangul-Gumuzቤንሻንጉል-ጉሙዝ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Kiwi Jared
There were two friends, the tortoise and the rabbit; they were male animals. Being so familiar with each other, they said, “Let’s have sex.”
So the rabbit, knowing how fast he was, said, “Let me do it first.”
And the tortoise said, “No, let me do it first.”
The tortoise thought, “Although I’m so slow and I have a shell on my back, I can beat him in this.”
And then the tortoise says, “Because my penis is so strong you can’t beat me. I must do it first.”
They agreed that the rabbit will do it first.
“To make things straight, let me go and bring water from the river so we can do it better, and I’ll have the first go.”
“All right,” the tortoise agrees.
Obobo (the name of the rabbit), when he comes with water in his mouth for the performance, the tortoise hides in another place and calls, “Bring me the water! Bring me the water!”
“Where are you, tortoise?”
“Where are you, where are you? I can’t find you!” the tortoise says.
The rabbit comes, the tortoise disappears.
The rabbit says, “We had an appointment, but you are not here.”
The tortoise says, “The place we had planned is not good. Go back to the river and fetch more water.”
So the second time the rabbit goes for water and again the tortoise hides. So the rabbit is very angry. This slow creature, it would be better to break his shell rather than to be sent to the river so many times.
The moral is: don’t undermine others, thinking they are inferior to you.
ኤሊና ጥንቸል
በኪዊ ጃሬድ የተተረከ
አንድ ኤሊና አንድ ጥንቸል ጓደኛሞች ነበሩ፡፡ ሁለቱም ወንዶች ነበሩ፡፡ አብሮ ከመኖር የተነሳ በጣም ስለተላመዱ ወሲብ እንፈፅም አሉ፡፡
ጥንቸሉም በሩጫው ፍጥነት በመተማመን በቅድሚያ “እኔ ላድርግ” አለ፡፡
ኤሊው ግን “ቀድሜ እኔ ላድርግ::” ብሎ ሞገተው፡፡
በመቀጠልም ኤሊው “እኔ በጣም ቀርፋፋና ጀርባዬ ላይ ሽፋን ቢኖረኝም በዚህ ላሸንፈው እችላለሁ፡፡” ብሎ አሰበ፡፡ ከዚያም ኤሊው “የመራቢያ አካሌ በጣም ጠንካራ ስለሆነ አታሸንፈኝም ስለዚህ እኔ መጀመሪያ ላድርግ” አለው፡፡
ሆኖም ጥንቸሉ መጀመሪያ እንዲያደርግ ተስማሙ
“በቀላሉ ለማድረግ እንድንችል ውሃ ከወንዙ ቀድቼ ልምጣና እኔ መጀመሪያ አደርጋለሁ፡፡”
ኤሊውም “እሺ” አለ፡፡
አቦቦ የተባለውም ጥንቸል ውሃውን በአፉ ሞልቶ ሲመለስ ኤሊው ሌላ ቦታ ተደብቆ “ውሃውን አምጣልኝ ውሃውን አምጣልኝ” አለው፡፡
“የት ነው ያለኸው አያ ኤሊ?”
ኤሊውም “የት ነህ የት ነህ ላገኝህ እኮ አልቻልኩም” አለው፡፡ ጥንቸሉ ቢመጣ ኤሊው ተሰወረ፡፡
ጥንቸሉም “ቀጠሮ ነበረን አንተ ግን እዚህ የለህም፡፡” አለው፡፡ ኤሊውም “የመረጥነው ቦታ ጥሩ ስላልሆነ ወደ ወንዙ ተመልሰህ ውሃ ቀድተህ ና::” አለው፡፡
እንደተነገረውም ጥንቸሉ ለሁለተኛ ጊዜ ውሃ ሊቀዳ ሲሄድ አሁን ኤሊው ተደበቀ፡፡ ጥንቸሉም በዚህ በጣም በመናደድ ይህ ቀርፋፋ እንስሳ ደጋግሞ ወደ ወንዝ ከሚልከው ሽፋኑን ቢሰብረው እንደሚሻል አሰበ፡፡
የዚህ ተረት መልዕክትም ሌሎች ከእናንተ እንደሚያንሱ በመቁጠር አትናቋቸው የሚል ነው፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
Who are the two friends in this story?
What is the name of the rabbit?
What did the rabbit have to bring from the river?
Why did the rabbit think he would win first?
What did the tortoise do each time the rabbit came back with water?
How did the rabbit feel after going for water again and not finding the tortoise?
For discussionለውይይት
- The tortoise is slow and carries a heavy shell, yet he believes he can win against the fast rabbit. How do you think the tortoise plans to beat the rabbit?
- Was it fair of the tortoise to keep hiding and sending the rabbit back to the river? Why or why not?
- How do you think the rabbit feels by the end of the story? What would you say to the rabbit if you were his friend?
- What lesson do you think this story is trying to teach about being clever versus being fast?