The Trioሶስቱ
Afarአፋር · 2 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Mohammed Ali Akitoy
A lion, a hyena and a fox had formed a hunting party and they always went hunting. Now one day, when they were hunting the lion caught himself a camel, the hyena caught a cow and the fox caught a goat.
Now, as they were coming back home, they stopped for a rest and the hyena wanted to sleep but the fox said, “Oh you know how the lion’s always unfair, just because he’s so strong, so he’s going to eat the camel, you’re going to eat the cow and I only have a small goat. So let me go hunting and if I get anything else, you and I can split it.”
So the fox left everything with the hyena and he went away. Now the lion woke up and he said, “I’m hungry. How do you think we should split the food?”
And the hyena said, “Well, you caught the camel, so you eat the camel, I caught the cow, so I’ll eat the cow and the fox can eat the goat.”
And the lion said, “You ridiculous creature, you only caught something because I was around, so how dare you suggest splitting the meat three ways?”
And he struck the hyena’s head, which flew off and got stuck up a tree. Then the lion buried the body so that the fox wouldn’t see anything.
Now when the fox came back he had seen the hyena’s head on the tree from far away and the lion said, “Well, Mr. Fox, how do you think we should share the food?”
And the fox said, “Well, to begin with, I’m honoured that you should seek my humble advice. After all, you are the king of the forest. You can have anything you like. But if you do ask for my advice I’ll give it to you.”
And the lion said, “Yes, tell me what I should do.”
And the fox said, “Well, I think that for breakfast you should eat the camel and for lunch you should have the cow and for dinner you should have the goat.”
The lion said, “And you? What will you eat?”
And the fox said, “Oh, that’s no problem. I’ll eat your leftovers.”
And the lion said, “You used to be very stupid. How have you become so intelligent and you’re giving me such a smart reply?”
And the fox said, “Oh, I’ve become more intelligent because I’m not only using my head, I’m also using the hyena’s head.”
And he ran away.
ሶስቱ
በመሃመድ አሊ አኪቶይ የተተረከ
አንበሣ፣ጅብና ቀበሮ ያአዳኝ ቡድን መስርተው ሁልግዜ አብረው ያድኑ ነበር፡፡ ታዲያ አንድ ቀን እያደኑ ሳለ አንበሳው ግመል ሲይዝ፣ ጅቡ ላም እንዲሁም ቀበሮ ፍየል ያዙ፡፡
ወደቤታቸው በመመለስ ላይ እንዳሉ እረፍት ሊወስዱ ፈልገው ጅቡ መተኛች ሲፈልግ ቀበሮ እንዲህ አለው፡፡ “እንደምታውቀው አንበሳው ሁልግዜም ለራሱ ያደላል፤ በጣም ጠንካራ ስለሆነ ብቻ እሱ ግመሉን ይበላል፣ አንተ ላሟን ትበላለህ፣ እኔ ደግሞ አንዲት ትንሽ ፍየል ብቻ ትደርሰኛለች ማለት ነው፡፡ ስለዚህ አሁንም አደን ልሂድና ከቀናኝ እኔና አንተ እንካፈላለን፡፡”
ይህንን ካለ በኋላ ቀበሮ ሁሉንም ነገር ለጅቡ ትቶ ሄደ፡፡ አንበሳውም ከእንቅልፉ ሲነቃ እንዲህ አለ፡፡ “እኔ ርቦኛል፤ ምግቡን እንዴት ብንከፋፈል ትፈልጋለህ?”
ጅቡም “እንግዲህ አንተ ግመል ስለያዝክ ግመሉን ብላ፤ እኔ ላም ስለያዝኩ ላሚቷን እበላለሁ፤ ቀበሮውም ፍየሏን መብላት ይችላል፡፡” አለው፡፡ አንበሳውም እንዲህ አለ፡፡ “አንተ ቀልደኛ ፍጥረት፤ ማደንና መያዝ የቻልከው እኔ በአካባቢው ስላለው እኮ ነው፡፡ እንዴት ምግቡን ለሶስት እንከፋፈለው ብለህ በድፍረት ትናገራለህ?” ብሎ ጅቡን ጭንቅላቱ ላይ ሲመታው አናቱ ከላዩ ላይ ተነቅሎ ዛፍ ላይ ተንጠለጠለ፡፡ ከዚያም ቀበሮው እንዳያይ አንበሳው የሞተውን ጅብ ቀበረው፡፡ ቀበሮውም ከአደኑ ሲመለስ የጅቡን ጭንቅላት ከሩቅ ሆኖ ዛፉ ላይ ያየዋል፤ ሆኖም አንበሳው “እንግዲህ አቶ ቀበሮ ምግቡን እንዴት እንካፈል ትላለህ?” ብሎ ጠየቀው፡፡
ቀበሮውም እንዲህ አለ፡፡ “በቅድሚያ የእኔን ምክር በመጠየቅህ ኩራት ይሰማኛል፡፡ አንተ ደግሞ የጫካው ንጉስ ነህ፡፡ የፈለከውን ልትወስድ ትችላለህ፡፡ የእኔን ምክር ከፈለግክ ግን ልሰጥህ እችላለው፡፡”
አንበሳውም “አዎ ምን ማድረግ እንዳለብኝ ንገረኝ” አለው፡፡
ቀበሮውም “እንግዲያው ግመሉን ለቁርስ፣ ላሟን ለምሳ እንዲሁም ፍየሏን ለእራት ብትመገብ ጥሩ ይመስለኛል፡፡” አለው፡፡
አንበሳውም አንተስ ምን ትበላለህ?” ብሎ ጠየቀው::
ቀበሮውም እንዲህ አለ “አይ ምንም ችግር የለም፡፡ እኔ ካንተ የተራረፈውን እበላለሁ፡፡”
አንበሳውም “ድሮ ደደብ ነበርክ፡፡ እንዴት ነው ብልህ ሆነህ እንደዚህ ያለ ብልህ መልስ ልትሰጠኝ የቻልከው?” ብሎ ጠየቀው፡፡ ቀበሮውም “እንደዚህ ብልህ የሆንኩት የራሴንም ጭንቅላት ብቻ ሳይሆን የጅቡንም ጭንቅላት ተጠቅሜ ነው፡፡” ብሎት እየሮጠ ሄደ፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
Which three animals formed the hunting party?
What animal did the lion catch?
What did the fox catch?
Why did the fox say he wanted to leave and go hunting again?
What did the lion do to the hyena after the hyena suggested splitting the food three ways?
What did the lion do with the hyena's body?
For discussionለውይይት
- The fox seemed to guess that the lion would not share fairly. What do you think made the fox decide to leave before the food was split?
- When the fox came back, he had already seen the hyena's head up in the tree. How do you think he felt, and what might he do next?
- The lion said the others only caught their animals because he was around. Do you think this was a fair thing to say? Why or why not?
- What lesson do you think this story is trying to teach about being clever and staying safe around someone powerful?