The Stolen Meatየተሰረቀው ሥጋ
Amharaአማራ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Kassa Alamrew
Once there was a very serious famine in Wollo{footnote}Formerly a province in north-eastern Ethiopia.{/footnote} and a family was severely affected. They ate whatever they had and were left with only one ox, so they had nothing to eat. Finally they discussed what to do, and agreed to slaughter the ox and eat it. They slaughtered the ox and put the meat over a rope hanging between the walls of the house and went to collect wood to make a fire. On their way they met someone who asked them for directions to their neighbour's home. They told him how to find it by first taking their own home as a mark, and asked him not to go in. But the man followed their directions and went into their house and began to eat the meat.
When they got back with the wood, they found the meat was finished and there were only flies over the bones left behind.
The husband said, “It must be the flies who have eaten the meat.”
The woman agreed.
They wanted revenge on the flies and he got a very big stick to kill the flies. As he was trying to kill the flies he broke up his furniture and goods. Finally one of the flies landed on his wife’s nose. She pointed to it without speaking. So her husband picked up the stick, hit her on the nose and she was killed.
የተሰረቀው ሥጋ
በካሣ አላምረው የተተረከ
በአንድ ወቅት በወሎ{footnote}ወሎ የቀድሞ የኢትዮጵያ ሰሜን ምስራቅ አገር ግዛት ነው፡፡{/footnote} ክፉ ረሃብ ገብቶ አንድን ቤተሰብ በፅኑ ይጎዳዋል፡፡ የነበራቸውንም ነገር ሁሉ በልተው የቀራቸው አንድ በሬ ብቻ ነበር፡፡ ችግሩም ሲጠናባቸው በሬውን አርደው ለመብላት ተስማምተው ካረዱት በኋላ ሥጋውን በቤታቸው ግድግዳዎች መሃከል ገመድ ላይ ከሰቀሉት በኋላ ለማገዶ የሚሆን እንጨት ለቀማ ይሄዳሉ፡፡ በመንገዳቸውም ያጋጠማቸው አንድ ሰው የጎረቤታቸውን ቤት ይጠይቃቸዋል፡፡ እነእርሱም የራሳቸው ቤት በማመላከት ከእነርሱ ቤት አጠገብ እንደሆነ ነግረውት የእነርሱ ቤት ግን እንዳይገባ አስጠንቅቀው ይሰዱታል፡፡ ሰውየው ግን የሰጡትን እቅጣጫ በመከተል ወደ እነርሱ ቤት ገብቶ ሥጋውን ይበላ ጀመር፡፡
ማገዶውንም ለቅመው ሲመለሱ ስጋው በመሉ ተበልቶ የቀረው አጥንት ደግሞ በዝንብ ተወሮ ያገኙታል፡፡
ባልየውም “ዝንቦቹ ናቸው ሥጋውን የበሉት፡፡” ሲል ሚስቱም በዚሁ ተስማማች፡፡
ዝንቦቹንም ለመበቀል ሲል ለመግደያ የሚሆን ትልቅ ዱላ አዘጋጀ፡፡ ታዲያ ዝንቦቹን ሊገድል በሚሰነዝረው ዱላ የቤት ዕቃውንና ቁሳቁሶቹን ሰብሮ ጨረሰ፡፡ በመጨረሻም አንዲት ዝንብ ከሚስቱ አፍንጫ ላይ ስታርፍ ሚስትየው ቃል ሳትተነፍስ ቀስ ብላ አሳየችው፡፡ በዚህም ጊዜ ባልየው ዱላውን እንስቶ አፍንጫዋን ቢላት ወዲያው ሞተች፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
Why did the family decide to slaughter their ox?
Where did the family put the meat after they slaughtered the ox?
Why did the family leave the house after putting the meat away?
What did the man on the road ask the family?
When the family came back, what did they find where the meat had been?
What did the husband and wife wrongly blame for eating the meat?
For discussionለውይይት
- The family blamed the flies instead of the man who really ate the meat. Why do you think they did this, and what does it show about them?
- The wife pointed silently at the fly on her nose instead of speaking. How might things have ended differently if she had spoken up?
- What lesson or warning do you think this story is trying to teach the listener?
- The man ignored the family's request not to go into their house. What do you think about his choice, and who do you feel is most to blame for what happened?