The Monkeys and the Baboonጦጣዎቹና ዝንጀሮዎቹ
Tigrayትግራይ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narratorተራኪ: Unknown
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The monkeys used to eat grains of sorghum but they never allowed the baboon to eat them.
The baboon was angry and thinks, “How can I hurt the monkeys?”
One day he climbed the trees and started playing a harp. When the baboon was playing the music a lion heard the sound and asked him to make an instrument like this for him.
The baboon said, “If you want me to make a harp like this, I need the strings. They must the be made from the skins of the monkeys.”
The lion kills all the monkeys and gives the skins to the baboon. The baboon asks the lion to take the skins to the water and wash them. When the lion was washing the monkey skins the baboon pushed him into the water so the lion was drowned.
ጦጣዎቹና ዝንጀሮዎቹ
ተራኪው የማይታወቅ
ጦጣዎች የገብስ ጥሬ ይበሉ ነበር፡፡ ነገር ግን ዝንጀሮውን ገብሱ አጠገብ ስለማያደርሱት ስለተናደደ “እነዚህን ጦጣዎች እንዴት ልጎዳቸው እችላለሁ” ብሎ አሰበ፡፡
ከእለታት አንድ ቀን ታዲያ ዝንጀሮው ከዛፎች ላይ ወጥቶ በገና መጫወት ጀመረ፡፡ ዝንጀሮውም የሙዚቃውን መሳሪያ ሲጫወት የሰማው አንበሳ ለእርሱም እንደዚህ ያለ የሙዚቃ መሳሪያ እንዲሰራለት ጠየቀው፡፡
ዝንጀሮውም “እንደዚህ አይነት በገና እንድሰራልህ ከፈለክ ክሮች ያስፈልጉኛልና ክሮቹ ከጦጣ ቆዳ የተሰሩ መሆን አለባቸው፡፡” አለው፡፡
አንበሳውም ጦጣዎቹን በሙሉ ገድሎ ቆዳቸውን ለዝንጀሮው ሰጠው፡፡ ዝንጀሮውም አንበሳው ቆዳዎቹን ወደ ወንዝ ወስዶ እንዲያጥባቸው ነገረው፡፡ አንበሳውም ቆዳዎቹን እያጠበ ሳለ ዝንጀሮው ከኋላ መጥቶ አንበሳውን ውሃው ውስጥ ገፍትሮ ሲጥለው አንበሳው ተደፍቆ ሞተ፡፡
Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
What food did the monkeys eat?
Why was the baboon angry at the monkeys?
What did the baboon do up in the trees?
Who heard the music and wanted an instrument like it?
What did the baboon say the harp strings had to be made from?
How did the lion end up drowning?
For discussionለውይይት
- Do you think the baboon was right to trick the lion and the monkeys? Why or why not?
- How do you think the monkeys felt when they would not let the baboon eat the grains?
- What does this story teach us about anger and revenge?
- If you were the lion, what could you have done differently to avoid being tricked?