The Father’s Lessonየአባትየው አስተምሮት
Gambelaጋምቤላ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Obang Oboti
Once upon a time, there was a man living in Obobo sub-district in Pokedi village. This man wasn’t happy with his son’s weakness.
Once when he was talking to his friend he told him his will.
“Please," he said to his friend. "I can’t leave my son all my property, my sorghum, maize and ground-nuts – he is too lazy. If I die, don’t be afraid. Burn my huts, my belongings and my cereals. After my death, though I am dead, I will not take my farm and my children and my wives – burn down everything except for my wives and children – give my weak son my wives and children and let him see how much hard work it is to feed them all.”
So when he died, his friend did this. And so the lazy son learned how hard he had to work. His father didn’t want his son to be lazy and in poverty after his death. So after the father’s death, his friend burned all his cereals and all huts and so the son built his own huts and worked hard and grew much cereal and his father’s servants went under him. And he learned the value of hard work and won the respect of people.
የአባትየው አስተምሮት
በኦባንግ ኦቦቲ የተተረከ
በአንድ ወቅት በኦቦቦ ቀበሌ ፖኬዲ መንደር የሚኖር አንድ ሰው ነበር፡፡ ይህ ሰው ታዲያ በልጁ ስንፍና ያዝን ነበር፡፡
ታዲያ አንድ ቀን ለጓደኛው እንዲህ ብሎ ኑዛዜውን ነገረው፡፡
ጓደኛውንም “እባክህ ልጄ በጣም ሰነፍ ስለሆነ እኔ ስሞት ያለኝን ንብረት ሁሉ ገብሴን፣ በቆሎዬንና፣ኦቾሎኒዬን ትቼለት መሞት አልፈልግም፡፡ ከሞትኩ ምንም ሳትፈራ ቤቴን፣ ንብረቴንና ፣ጥራጥሬዎቼን አቃጥላቸው፡፡ ከሞትኩ በኋላ እርሻዬን፣ልጆቼንም ሆነ ሚስቶቼን መውሰድ ስለማልችል ልጆቼና ሚስቶቼ ሲቀሩ ሁሉንም ነገር አቃጥልና ለሰነፉ ልጄ ልጆቼንና ሚስቶቼን ስጠውና ሁሉንም መመገብ እንዴት አስቸጋሪ እንደሆነ ይየው፡፡” አለው፡፡ እናም ከሞተ በኋላ ጓደኛው እንደተባለው አደረገ፡፡ አባትየው ከሞተ በኋላ ልጁ ሰነፍ ሆኖ እንዲቀጥልና ንብረት እንዲወርስ አልፈለገም፡፡ ስለዚህ ከአባቱ ሞት በኋላ የአባቱ ጓደኛ ጥራጥሬዎቹንና ቤቶቹን በሙሉ ስላቃጠላቸው ልጁ የራሱን ቤቶች በመስራት ጠንካራ ሠራተኛ በመሆን ብዙ ምርት ስላመረተ የአባቱ አገልጋዮችም በእርሱ ሥር ሆኑ፡፡ እርሱም ጠንክሮ የመስራትን ዋጋ ተምሮ የህዝቡን ከበሬታ አገኘ፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
Why was the father unhappy with his son?
What did the father ask his friend to do after he died?
What did the father say should NOT be burned?
In which village did the man live?
What did the son do after his father's things were burned?
What did the son finally learn and gain by the end of the story?
For discussionለውይይት
- Do you think the father's plan was a good way to teach his son? Why or why not?
- How do you think the son felt when he saw that all his father's things had been burned?
- What does this story teach us about the value of hard work?
- If you were the father, what would you have done to help a lazy son? Explain your idea.