Fooling the Kingንጉሱን ማታለል
Gambelaጋምቤላ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Amino Ojulo
Agenga is talking to the king, who said, “You can’t fool me. If you succeed, I promise I’ll give you my gun.”
After a while the king went to hunt in the forest, and Agenga heard of this and took the opposite direction. The king didn’t see him, but Agenga watched the king and pretended to be the honey bird, which leads people to the honey. After that, when the king whistled, Agenga made the bird’s song, and so the king searched for honey without seeing Agenga. He searched for a long time around the termite hills but he fell into a thorn bush where Agenga was hiding, and he was scratched.
Then Agenga showed himself and said, “It wasn’t the honey bird you heard. It was me. I fooled you. Give me your gun.”
He replied, “OK, you succeeded in fooling me, so let us go to the elders to judge.”
When they went to the people, the king said, “Agenga succeeded in fooling me, so I have to give him my gun as I promised.”
The people said, “What did he do for you?”
“Nothing. But he tricked me, and I wasn’t willing to kill him, and because of my promise I must give him my gun.”
So Agenga took the gun before the people.
ንጉሱን ማታለል
በአሚኖ ኦጁሎ የተተረከ
አጌንጋ ንጉሱን በማነጋገር ላይ ሳለ “ንጉሱም አንተ ካታለልከኝ ጠመንጃዬን እሰጥሃለሁ፡፡” ብሎ ቃል ገባለት፡፡
ከተወሰነ ጊዜም በኋላ ንጉሱ ለአደን ወደ ጫካ ሲሄድ ይህንን የሰማው አጌንጋ በተቃራኒው አቅጣጫ ሄደ፡፡ ንጉሱ ባያየውም አጌንጋ እየተመለከተ ስለነበር ሰዎችን ወደ ማር የምትመራዋን የማር ወፍ በመምሰል ንጉሱን የማታለል ስራውን ጀመረ፡፡ ከዚያም ንጉሱ ባፏጨ ጊዜ አጌንጋ የወፏን ዝማሬ በማሰማት ንጉሱ ሳያየው ይመራው ጀመር፡፡ ንጉሱ ለረጅም ጊዜ በምስጦች ኩይሳ ዙሪያ ፍለጋውን ካካሄደ በኋላ አጌንጋ ወደተደበቀበት እሾሃማ ቁጥቋጦ ውስጥ ስለገባ ቁጥቋጦው ሰውነቱን ጫጫረው፡፡
አጌንጋም ከተደበቀበት ወጥቶ “የሰማኸው የማሯን ወፍ ሳይሆን እኔን ነው፡፡ አሞኝቼሃለሁና ጠመንጃህን ስጠኝ፡፡” አለው፡፡ ንጉሱም “እሺ አሞኝተኸኛልና ወደ አዛውንቶች ሄደን ፍርዱን እንቀበል፡፡” ብሎ መለሰ፡፡
ወደ አዛውንቶቹም በደረሱ ጊዜ ንጉሱ እንዲህ አለ “አጌንጋ አታሎኛልና ቃል በገባሁለት መሰረት ጠመንጃዬን እሰጠዋለሁ፡፡”
ሰዎቹም “እሱስ ምን አድርጎልሀል?” ብለው ጠየቁት፡፡
ንጉሱም “ምንም አላደረገልኝም፡፡ ነገር ግን ስላሞኘኝ ልገድለው አልፈልግም፡፡ ምክንያቱም ጠመንጃዬን ልሰጠው ቃል ገብቼለታለሁና፡፡” አላቸው፡፡
በዚህም አይነት አጌንጋ በህዝቡ ፊት ጠመንጃውን ተረከበ፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
What did the king promise to give Agenga if he fooled him?
Where did the king go after talking with Agenga?
What bird did Agenga pretend to be?
What happened to the king while he searched for honey?
When the people asked what Agenga did for the king, what was the king's answer?
How did the story end?
For discussionለውይይት
- Do you think it was clever or unfair of Agenga to trick the king? Why?
- The king kept his promise even though Agenga did nothing helpful for him. What does this tell us about the king's character?
- What do you think the lesson or message of this story is?
- Why do you think the king and Agenga went to the elders instead of deciding the matter alone?