How the Dog Became Man’s Friendውሻ እንዴት የሰው ጓደኛ እንደሆነ
Somaliaሶማሌ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Abdul Hakim Abdulahi Jibril
Adam was in the garden of Eden, and when he came out into the world, all the animals wondered, “Who is this new animal who has two legs?”
“He has two legs only! He has two hands, like the monkey, but he is different from the monkey.”
They wondered and said, “What does he want from us? Can he live peacefully with us? How will it be?”
So they decided to send a dog to talk to him. So the dog accepted and approached Adam.
“You, man,” he said, “New animal, we are wondering if you will join with us on the earth and live peacefully? Or do you want to fight us?”
“I want to live peacefully,” said the man. “I am new and I have come from the garden, and I want to live with you.”
“Oh, that’s good news,” said the dog, and he started to run back to the other animals to tell them. As he went, he ran fast.
When the other animals saw that he was running, “Oh,” they said, “Adam is chasing him, so we have to run away.”
All the animals tried to run away. So the dog, trying to tell them not to run away, shouted, “Waf! Waf! Stop! Stop!”
But the other animals were afraid and kept on running. The dog soon got tired, and went back to the man, and from that time the animals have run away from man. But the dog became the friend of man and the dog says, “Wuf! Wuf! Stop! Stop!”
Also, Adam thought the animals didn’t want him, and he began to see them as enemies and hunted them, and he asked the dog to remain with him to guard him.
ውሻ እንዴት የሰው ጓደኛ እንደሆነ
በአብዱልሃኪም አብዱላሂ ጅብሪል የተተረከ
አደም በገነት ውስጥ ቆይቶ ወደ ዓለም በመጣ ጊዜ ሁሉም እንስሳት ተመልክተውት “ይህ ሁለት እግሮች ያሉት አዲስ እንስሳ ደግሞ ማነው?” ብለው ጠየቁ፡፡ ቀጥለውም “ሁለት እግሮች ብቻ ነው ያሉት! እንደ ጦጣ ሁለት እጆች ብቻ ቢኖረውም ከጦጣ ግን ይለያል፡፡” አሉ፡፡
ከዚያም መመራመራቸውን በመቀጠል “ከእኛ ምንድነው የሚፈለገው? ከእኛ ጋር በሰላም አብሮን መኖር ይችላል? እንዴት ነው የሚሆነው?” ማለት ጀመሩ፡፡
ስለዚህ ውሻው ወደ ሰው ሄዶ እንዲያናግረው ሲልኩት ውሻው ትዕዛዙን ተቀብሎ ወደ አደም በመሄድ “አንተ ሰው! አንተ አዲስ እንስሳ! ከእኛ ጋር ሆነህ በምድር ላይ በሰላም አብረን እንድንኖር ከፈለክ ልጠይቅህ ነው የመጣሁት፣ ወይስ ልትጣላን ትፈልጋለህ?” አለው፡፡
ሰውየውም “በሰላም አብሬአችሁ መኖር እፈልጋለሁ፡፡ ለዚህ ስፍራ አዲስ ነኝ፡፡ ከገነት ነው የመጣሁትና ከእናንተ ጋር መኖር እፈልጋለሁ፡፡” አለው፡፡
“አሃ! ይህ መልካም ዜና ነው፡፡” ካለ በኋላ ውሻው ወደ ሌሎቹ እንስሳት በፍጥነት እየሮጠ ተመልሶ ሊነግራቸው ሄደ፡፡ ነገር ግን ሌሎቹ እንስሳት ውሻው በፍጥነት እየሮጠ በመመለስ ላይ መሆኑን ሲያዩ “ኧረ! አደም ውሻውን እያባረረው ስለሆነ እኛም መሸሽ አለብን፡፡” ብለው ሽሽታቸውን ተያያዙት፡፡
ሁሉም እንስሳት በመሸሽ ላይ እያሉ ውሻው ስለሁኔታው ነግሮ ሊያስቆማቸው በማሰብ “ውፍ!ውፍ!ቁሙ!ቁሙ!” እያለ ይከተላቸው ጀመር፡፡
ነገር ግን ሌሎቹ እንስሳት ስለፈሩ ሩጫቸውን ሲቀጥሉ ውሻው ግን ከጥቂት ጊዜ በኋላ ስለደከመው ወደ ሰው ተመልሶ ሲሄድ ሌሎቹ እንስሳት ግን ከዚያን ጊዜ ጀምሮ ከሰው ሸሽተው ቀሩ፡፡ ውሻው ግን የሰው ጓደኛ በመሆን “ውፍ!ውፍ!ቁም!ቁም!” እያለ መጮሁን ቀጠለ፡፡
አደምም እንስሳቱ የማይፈልጉት መስሎት በጠላትነት ያያቸውና ያድናቸው ጀመር፡፡ ውሻውን ግን አብሮት እየኖረ እንዲጠብቀው ጠየቀው፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
Where did Adam come from before he entered the world?
Why did the animals notice that Adam was different?
Which animal did the other animals send to talk to Adam?
What did Adam say he wanted to do with the animals?
Why did the other animals start to run away when the dog ran back?
What happened to the dog in the end?
For discussionለውይይት
- The dog tried to bring good news but the other animals misunderstood and ran away. Have you ever tried to help someone, but they misunderstood you? How did it feel?
- The dog chose to stay with man and became his friend. What do you think makes the dog a good friend in this story?
- The animals were afraid of Adam because he was new and different. Why do you think people or animals are sometimes afraid of things that are new?
- This story explains why dogs live with people and why other animals run away. What lesson or idea do you think the story is trying to teach us?