The Widowባሏ የሞተባት ሴት

Gambelaጋምቤላ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ

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Narrated by Obang Oboti

Once there was a happy woman. Before the death of her husband, all of her needs were fulfilled while living with her children. And her children were happy too. The husband and wife were respected because of their standard of living. But after the death of her husband the woman’s life became difficult.

And her children were unhappy too, and said to their mother, “How can we cope in the future?”

She replied, “My children, don’t you know what it is like for a fatherless family? One who has a father is happy when the crops are seedlings in the fields.”

She meant that they could distinguish between what was bad from what was good easily. Everything is clear. When you do things, you will be happy and free and no one can harm you. But you must not do bad things because no one can support you.

So they realised that they would have to suffer without their father’s help.

They understood their mother and said, “What she says is true. Our father is dead and so our mother is now our teacher.”

Finally they said, “Now we cannot leave our home. We will stay and try to defeat the difficulties of life together.”

ባሏ የሞተባት ሴት

በኦባንግ ኦቦቲ የተተረከ

በአንድ ወቅት አንዲት ደስተኛ ሴት ነበረች፡፡ ባሏ ከመሞቱ በፊት የፈለገችው ሁሉ ተሟልቶላት ከልጆቿ ጋር ትኖር ነበር፡፡ ልጆቿም ደስተኞች ነበሩ፡፡ በኑሯቸውም ደረጃ ባልና ሚስቱ የተከበሩ ነበሩ፡፡ ባሏ ከሞተ በኋላ ግን ሴትየዋ ኑሮ ከበዳት፡፡

ልጆቿም ደስታ እርቋቸው እናታቸውን እንዲህ በማለት ጠየቋት “ወደፊትስ እንዴት እንሆናለን?”

እሷም “ልጆቼ ሆይ! ኑሮ ያለአባት እንዴት እንደሆነ ታውቃላችሁ፡፡ አባት ያለው ሁሉ ሰብሉ ቡቃያ ሲያወጣ ይደሰታል፡፡” አለቻቸው፡፡

ይህንንም ስትል ልጆቿ ክፉውን ከደጉ በቀላሉ መለየት እንዲችሉ ለማለት ነው፡፡ ሁሉንም ነገር ስታደርጉ ደስተኛና ነፃ ስለምትሆኑ ማንም አይጎዳችሁም፡፡ ክፉ ነገር ግን ማድረግ የለባችሁም፤ ማንም አይረዳችሁምና፡፡

በዚህም ጊዜ ልጆቹ ካላባታቸው እርዳታ ጠንክረው መስራት እንዳለባቸው ተገነዘቡ፡፡

እናታቸውንም ስለተረዷት “የምትነግረን ነገር ሁሉ እውነት ነው፡፡ አሁን አባታችን ስለሞተ አስተማሪያችን እናታችን ናት፡፡” አሉ፡፡

በመጨረሻም “አሁን እቤታችንን ጥለን መሄድ አንችልም፡፡ እዚሁ ቆይተን ችግሮቻችንን በጋራ እንታገላለን፡፡” ብለው ወሰኑ፡፡

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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ

Who narrated this story?
Before her husband died, what was the woman's life like?
Why were the husband and wife respected?
What happened to the woman's life after her husband died?
What worried question did the children ask their mother?
What did the children decide to do at the end of the story?

For discussionለውይይት

The children said, "Our father is dead and so our mother is now our teacher." What do you think they learned from their mother?
The mother told her children they must not do bad things because no one can support them. Why do you think this advice was important for the family?
How do you think the family felt when their life became difficult after the father died? What might have helped them feel stronger?
At the end, the children chose to stay and face their problems together instead of giving up. What does this choice tell you about them?