Ethiopian Folktales

The Lazy Studentሰነፉ ተማሪ

Amharaአማራ

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Narrated by Kassa Alamrew

There was once a lazy student who couldn’t understand simple maths. One day the teacher was discussing subtraction in the class. Now the student couldn’t understand, and the teacher started to give him an example.

He said, “Say you have five sheep in a campus. If one goes out through a hole, how many are you left with?”

The student said, “Sir, I will be left with none.”

The teacher lost his temper.

“How could you make a mistake like that?” he shouted.

The student replied crying, “Oh sir, oh sir, I know the character of sheep. If one goes, all the rest will follow.

And the teacher laughed and the class all laughed too.

ሰነፉ ተማሪ

በካሣ አላምረው የተተረከ

አንድ ቀላል ሂሣብ እንኳን የማይገባው ሰነፍ ተማሪ ነበር፡፡ አንድ ቀን ታዲያ መምህሩ ስለመቀነስ እያስተማሩ ሳለ ተማሪው ስላልገባው መምህሩ ምሳሌ ይሰጡት ጀመር፡፡

እንዲህም አሉት “አምስት በጎች በረት ውስጥ ቢኖርህና አንዱ ሾልኮ ቢያመልጥ ስንት ይቀርሃል?”

ተማሪውም “ጌታው እረ ምንም አይቀረኝ” አላቸው፡፡

መምህሩም በመበሳጨት “ይህ እንዴት አይገባህም?” ብለው ጮሁበት፡፡ ተማሪውም እያለቀሰ

“እረ ጌታው የበጎችን አመል ጠንቅቄ ነው የማውቀው አንዲቷ ካመለጠች ሌሎቹም ተከትለዋት ነው የሚጠፉት፡፡” አላቸው፡፡

በዚህም ጊዜ መምህሩ ሲስቁ ክፍሉ በሙሉ ሳቀ፡፡

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