Ethiopian Folktales

Keja Gondeኬጃ ጎንዴ

Kafa Zoneከፋ ዞን

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Narrated by Worku Alemu

A man called Keja Gonde gets into trouble with four people. He kills someone’s chicken while he is a guest, he makes a joke about a corpse being carried to the graveyard and he insults two people. He is taken to the king and accused, but by clever argument manages to be acquitted.

ኬጃ ጎንዴ

በወርቁ ዓለሙ የተተረከ

አንድ ኬጃ ጎንዴ የተባለ ሰው ከአራት ሰዎች ጋር ይጣላል፡፡ እንግዳ ሆኖ ከሄደበት ቦታ የሰው ዶሮ ገደለ፤ የአንድ የሞተ ሰው አስከሬን ወደ ቀብር ቦታው ሲወሰድ አይቶ አሾፈ፤ በመጨረሻም ሁለት ሰዎችን ሰደበ፡፡ ከዚያም ተከሶ ወደ ንጉሱ ዘንድ ሲወሰድ በብልጠት ራሱን ስለተከላከለ በነፃ ተለቀቀ፡፡

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