Ethiopian Folktales

The Woman’s Naughty Puppyየአንዲት ሴት አስቸጋሪ ቡችላ

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Narratorተራኪ: Unknown

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There was a woman who had a puppy called K’azit. The puppy tormented the woman by eating all the food in the house, so she was always upset by the thieving puppy.

One day she put the puppy in the mortar and went to bring the pestle and when the puppy realised he jumped out of the mortar and she picked up her baby and put it in the mortar.

So the woman kills her baby and the puppy watched from a distance and when she killed the baby she said, “I am revenged.”

At the end of the story, the narrator says:
Ane Kazit.
Tebel lasit.

የአንዲት ሴት አስቸጋሪ ቡችላ

ተራኪው የማይታወቅ

አንዲት ቃዚት የተባለች ቡችላ የነበራት ሴት ነበረች፡፡ ቡችላዋ ታዲያ ቤት ውስጥ ያገኘችውን ምግብ ሁሉ ትበላ ስለነበረ ሴትየዋ በሌባዋ ቡችላ በጣም ትናደድ ነበር፡፡

ታዲያ አንድ ቀን ሴትየዋ ቡችላዋን ሙቀጫ ውስጥ አስቀምጣ ዘነዘና ልታመጣ ስትሄድ ቡችላዋ ነገሩ ገብቷት ከሙቀጫው ውስጥ ዘላ በመውጣት የሴትየዋን ህፃን ልጅ ወስዳ ሙቀጫው ውስጥ ከተተችው፡፡

ሴትየዋም የራሷን ልጅ ወቅጣ ስትገድለው ቡችላዋ በሩቅ ሆና እየተመለከተች “ተበቀልኩሽ” አለቻት፡፡

በታሪኩ መጨረሻ ላይ ተራኪው እንዲህ ይላል፤

አነ ቃዚት
ትበል ላሲት፡፡

Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ

  1. What was the name of the woman's puppy?

  2. Why was the woman always upset with the puppy?

  3. Where did the woman put the puppy at first?

  4. Why did the woman leave the puppy for a moment?

  5. What did the puppy do when it realised what was happening?

  6. What did the woman put in the mortar after the puppy jumped out?

For discussionለውይይት

  • How do you think the woman felt when she realised what she had really done? Why?
  • The puppy watched 'from a distance' instead of helping. What does this tell you about the puppy?
  • What lesson or warning do you think this story is trying to teach the people who hear it?
  • Do you think the woman was right to be so angry at the puppy? What else could she have done about the stolen food?