The Cub and the Kidየነብር ግልገልና የፍየል ግልገል
Amharaአማራ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Magabi Enyew Gessesse
A leopard cub and a goat’s kid were playing together not knowing each other. The leopard’s cub, when she went home in the evening, told her mother, “I was playing with a beautiful creature. Lovely, beautiful, playful. I had a beautiful time with her.”
So the mother knew with whom her cub had been playing by the description the cub gave her.
She said, “Isn’t that our favourite food since ages? Why didn’t you catch her and bring her?”
The cub replied, “Oh, we have an appointment tomorrow. I’ll bring her here.”
The goat’s kid also told her mother, “I was playing with a beautiful animal which had spots. A lovely colour.”
So the goat’s mother said, “You foolish child, don’t you know this is our enemy since we were created, chasing us everywhere? You must always run away and avoid her.”
So on the morrow the cub and the kid met.
When the kid saw the cub, she saw the cub looked cunning, saying in a false, sweet voice, “Hello, how are you?”
And the cub nearing her, with cunning strides.
The kid also going back and back and back and back, fearing to be caught.
The cub says, “Come, let’s play like yesterday! You promised to play today.”
“No, I won’t do that. What has been plotted in your house has also been plotted in our house. What your mother told you, my mother told me.”
She was on the verge of running away.
Then she ran away.
የነብር ግልገልና የፍየል ግልገል
በመጋቢ እንየው ገሠሠ የተተረከ
አንድ የነብር ግልገልና የፍየል ግልገል ሳይተዋወቁ አብረው ይጫወቱ ነበር፡፡ የነብሩም ግልገል ማታ ወደቤቷ ስትመለስ ለእናቷ እንዲህ ስትል አጫወተቻት “ዛሬ ከቆንጆ ፍጡር ጋር ስጫወት ዋልኩ፡፡ ተወዳጅ፣ ቆንጆና ተጫዋች ፍጡር፡፡ ደስ የሚል ጊዜ ከእሷ ጋር አሳለፍኩ፡፡”
እናትየውም ልጇ ከሰጠቻት ማብራሪያ በመነሣት ከማን ጋር ስትጫወት እንደዋለች አወቀች፡፡
“ታዲያ እሷ ከጥንት ጀምሮ ተወዳጅ ምግባችን አይደለችም እንዴ? ለምን ይዘሽ አላመጣሻትም ነበር?” አለቻች፡፡
የነብሯም ግልገል “አሃ! ታዲያ ነገ እኮ ቀጠሮ አለን፡፡ አመጣታለሁ፡፡” አለች፡፡
የፍየሏም ግልገል ለእናቷ እንዲህ ብላ ነገረቻት “ዛሬ በጣም ቆንጆና ቆዳዋ ላይ ነጠብጣብ ካላት እንስሳ ጋር ስጫወት ዋልኩ፤ የሚያምር መልክ አላት፡፡”
እናትየዋም ፍየል “አንቺ ጅል! እነዚህ እንስሳት ከተፈጠርን ጊዜ ጀምሮ ጠላቶቻችን እንደሆኑ አታውቂም? ሁልጊዜ ስታያት መሮጥና ማምለጥ አለብሽ፡፡” ብላ መከረቻት፡፡
በማግስቱም የነብሯና የፍየሏ ግልገሎች ተገናኙ፡፡
የፍየሏ ግልገል የነብሯን ግልገል ባየቻትም ጊዜ የነብሯ ግልገል ተንኮለኛ በመምሰልና በሃሰት በሚጣፍጥ ድምፅ “እንደምንድነሽ?” ስትላት ሰማች፡፡ የነብሯም ግልገል ተንኮል በተሞላበት እርምጃ ወደ ፍየሏ ግልገል ተጠጋች፡፡
የፍየሏም ግልገል በማፈግፈግ እንዳትይዛት ሰግታ ወደ ኋላ፣ ወደ ኋላ፣ ወደ ኋላ እያለች ሄደች፡፡
የነብሯ ግልገል “ነይ! እንደትናትናው እንጫወት፡፡ ዛሬም እንደምንጫወት ቃል ገብተሸ ነበር፡፡” አለቻት፡፡
“አይ ይህንን አላደርግም፡፡ በእናንተ ቤት የተሸረበው ሴራ በእኛም ቤት ተሴሯል፡፡ እናትሽ የነገረችሽን ለእኔም እናቴ ነግራኛለች፡፡” አለቻት፡፡ ይህንንም ብላ ሮጣ አመለጠች፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
Who narrated this story?
What two young animals were playing together at the start of the story?
When the cub described her playmate to her mother, what did the mother say the goat was?
Why did the cub say she did not catch the kid right away?
What did the goat's mother call her kid for not knowing the leopard was an enemy?
What did the goat's mother tell her kid to always do when meeting the leopard?
For discussionለውይይት
- The goat's mother and the leopard's mother each gave their child different advice. What did each one say, and why was their advice so different?
- Why do you think the kid changed her mind and would not play with the cub on the second day? What had she learned?
- The cub used a 'false, sweet voice' to seem friendly. Why is it sometimes important to be careful of people who act very sweet or kind?
- What lesson do you think this story teaches us about listening to the wise advice of our parents or elders?