The Forest of Secretsየምስጢሮች ጫካ
Gambelaጋምቤላ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Opiew Amwong
Once there were two people living in Itang village. They went to the forest of Obil to trap some animals. They set the trap for the animals on the path and the next morning, when they went to check it, they found that the trap had caught a lion, but the lion had broken the trap and escaped.
Now the lion was watching from nearby because he was very angry. He waited for them. He lay in wait and rushed at the hunters and chased them. They ran away from the lion and he went back to the bush.
As they returned to the village they said to themselves, “Don’t let’s tell anyone about this. They’ll laugh at us because we were defeated by a lion.”
They had lost everything they were carrying, their knives, their spears and their water gourds.
“They’ll think we are cowards,” they said.
But when they reached home, they went to the place where drinks were provided in the village under the big tree.
When they had drunk their fill, one of them stood up and said, “This morning we were chased by a lion and we lost everything.”
The second one touched his shoulder and said, “Stop. Please don’t tell everyone. Obil is dark.”
By this he meant that Obil is a big forest and it can keep many secrets.
This means that when you are defeated by fighting you must hide your defeat.
የምስጢሮች ጫካ
በኦፒው አምዎንግ የተተረከ
በአንድ ወቅት በኢታንግ መንደር ውስጥ የሚኖሩ ሁለት ሰዎች ነበሩ፡፡ ኦቢል ወደሚባለውም ጫካ በመሄድ እንስሳትን ማጥመድ ፈለጉ፡፡ ወጥመዱንም ካዘጋጁ በኋላ በእንስሳቱ መንገድ ላይ አኑረውት በማግስቱ ጠዋት የሆነውን ሊያዩ ሲመለሱ ወጥመዱ አንድ አንበሳ ቢይዝም አንበሳው ወጥመዱን ሰብሮ ማምለጡን አዩ፡፡
በዚህን ጊዜ አንበሳው በጣም ተናዶ ስለነበር በአቅራቢያው ሆኖ ይመለከታቸው ነበር፡፡ ቀስ ብሎ አድፍጦ ከጠበቃቸው በኋላ አጥማጆቹን ያሳድዳቸው ጀመር፡፡ እነሱም ሮጠው ሲያመልጡት አንበሳው ተመልሶ ወደ ጫካው ገባ፡፡
እነርሱም ወደ መንደራቸው በመመለስ ላይ ሳሉ “ይህንን ለማንም አንነግርም፡፡ አንበሳው ስላሸነፈን ሁሉም ይስቁብናል፡፡” ተባባሉ፡፡
የያዙትንም እቃ ሁሉ፤ ቢላዎቻቸውን፣ ጦራቸውንና የውሃ ቅላቸውን ጭምር ጥለው ተመለሱ፡፡
“ፈሪዎች ናቸው ብለው ይሳለቁብናል፡፡” ተባባሉ፡፡
ነገር ግን ከቤታቸው ሲደርሱ በመንደራቸው ካለና መጠጥ ከሚሰጥበት አንድ ዛፍ ስር ሄዱ፡፡ የሚችሉትንም ያህል ከጠጡ በኋላ አንደኛቸው ብድግ ብሎ “ዛሬ ጠዋት አንበሳ አባሮን ንብረታችን ሁሉ ጠፋብን፡፡” ብሎ ተናገረ፡፡
ሁለተኛውም የጓደኛውን ትከሻ ነካ አድርጎ “አቁም! እባክህ ይህንን ለማንም አትንገር፡፡” አለው፡፡ ኦቢልም “መሽቷል፡፡” አለው፡፡
ይህንንም ያለው ኦቢል ጥቅጥቅ ያለ ጫካና ብዙ ምስጢሮችን የሚይዝ ነው ለማለት ፈልጎ ነው፡፡ ይህም ማለት በጥል ከተሸነፍክ ሽንፈትህን መደበቅ አለብህ ለማለት ነው፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
Where did the two people from Itang village go to trap animals?
What animal did the trap catch?
What did the lion do after it was caught in the trap?
Why was the lion watching the hunters from nearby?
What things did the two people lose when they ran away?
When one man started to tell everyone what happened, what did the second man do?
For discussionለውይይት
- Why do you think the two men did not want to tell anyone in the village that they were chased by the lion?
- What do you think the words 'Obil is dark' really mean? Explain in your own words.
- Do you agree with the lesson that you should hide your defeat when you lose a fight? Why or why not?
- If you were one of the hunters, what would you have done after the lion chased you away?