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ዶሮና ሃምሳ እግር Chicken and Millipede Kuku na Jongoo

Winny Asara

Winny Asara

Dawit Girma

Abenezer Chane

Amharic

Level 3

ዶሮና ሃምሳ እግር ጓደኞች ነበሩ። ሁሌም ግን ይፎካከራሉ። አንድ ቀን ኳስ ለመግጠምና ማን እንደሚበልጥ ለማየት ወሰኑ።

Chicken and Millipede were friends. But they were always competing with each other. One day they decided to play football to see who the best player was.

Kuku na Jongoo walikuwa marafiki. Ila walikuwa wanashindana kila mara. Siku moja wakaamua kucheza mpira wa miguu ili waweze kubaini nani alikuwa mchezaji bora zaidi.

ወደ ኳስ ሜዳ ሄዱና መጫወት ጀመሩ። ዶሮዋ ፈጣን ነበረች። ሃምሳ እግርም ግን ከሷ ይበልጥ ነበር። ዶሮ አርቃ ትለጋለች፣ ሃምሳ እግርም ከሷ አርቆ ይለጋል። ዶሮ መደካከምና መናደድ ጀመረች።

They went to the football field and started their game. Chicken was fast, but Millipede was faster. Chicken kicked far, but Millipede kicked further. Chicken started to feel grumpy.

Wakaenda uwanjani na wakaanza kucheza. Kuku alikuwa na kasi ila Jongoo alikuwa na kasi zaidi. Kuku alipiga mpira mbali, ila Jongoo alipiga mbali zaidi. Kuku akaanza kupandwa na hasira.

በፍጹም ቅጣት ምት ይዋጣልን ብለው ወሰኑ። መጀመሪያ ሃምሳ እግር በረኛ ሆነ። ዶሮ መታች፣ አንድ ጎል አገባች። በመቀጠል የሃምሳ እግር ተራ ሆነ። መምታትና ጎል አስቆጥሮ ማካካስ አለበት።

They decided to play a penalty shoot-out. First Millipede was goal keeper. Chicken scored only one goal. Then it was the chicken’s turn to defend the goal.

Wakaamua kupigiana penati. Jongoo akaenda golini. Kuku alifunga goli moja pekee. Ikawa zamu ya kuku kwenda golini.

ሃምሳ እግር መታ፣ አገባ። ሃምሳ እግር አታሎ አልፎ አገባ። ሃምሳ እግር በጭንቅላቱ መታ፣ አገባ። ሃምሳ እግር አምስት ጎል አገባ።

Millipede kicked the ball and scored. Millipede dribbled the ball and scored. Millipede headed the ball and scored. Millipede scored five goals.

Jongoo alipiga mpira akafunga. Jongoo akapiga chenga akafunga. Jongoo akapiga kichwa akafunga. Jongoo akafunga magoli matano.

ዶሮ በመሳቷ በጣም ተናደደች። በጣም አሳዛኝ ተሸናፊ ሆነች። ሃምሳ እግር መሳቅ መፈንደቅ ጀመረ ምክንያቱም ጓደኛውም ብትሆን እንዲህ ያለ ፈንጠዝያ ታበዛ ነበር።

Chicken was furious that she lost. She was a very bad loser. Millipede started laughing because his friend was making such a fuss.

Kuku akakasirika kwa kuwa amefungwa. Hakuwa mshindani mzuri. Jongoo akaanza kucheka kwa sababu rafiki yake alikuwa analalamika.

ዶሮ በጣም ተናዳ ስለነበር አፏን ከፈተችና ሃምሳ እግርን ዋጠችው።

Chicken was so angry that she opened her beak wide and swallowed the millipede.

Kuku alipatwa na hasira kiasi kwamba akafungua mdomo wake mkubwa na akammeza Jongoo.

ዶሮ ወደቤቷ እየሄደች ሳለ የሃምሳ እግር እናት አገኘቻት። እናትየዋ ሃምሳ እግርም ‹‹ልጄን አይተሻል?›› ብላ ጠየቀቻት። ዶሮ በበኩሏ ምንም አላለች። እናትዬዋ ሃምሳ እግር በጣም ተጨነቀች።

As Chicken was walking home, she met Mother Millipede. Mother Millipede asked, “Have you seen my child?” Chicken didn’t say anything. Mother Millipede was worried.

Kuku alipokuwa anarudi nyumbani alikutana na Mama yake Jongoo. Mama Jongoo akamuuliza, “Umemwona mwanangu?” Kuku hakujibu kitu. Mama Jongoo akapatwa na wasiwasi.

ከዚያም እናትዬዋ ሃምሳ እግር ትንሽ ድምጽ ነገር ሰማች። ‹‹እርጂኝ እናቴ!›› እያለ የሚጮህ ድምጽ። እናት ሃምሳ እግር አካባቢውን እየቃኘች በጥንቃቄ አዳመጠች። ድምጹ ከዶሮዋ ውስጥ እንደሚወጣ ተረዳች።

Then Mother Millipede heard a tiny voice. “Help me mom!” cried the voice. Mother Millipede looked around and listened carefully. The voice came from inside the chicken.

Mama Jongoo akasikia sauti kwa mbali. “Nisaidie mama!” ile sauti ililia. Mama Jongoo akaangalia huku na kule na kusikiliza kwa makini. Sauti ilitokea tumboni mwa kuku.

‹‹ልጄ ያለህን ልዩ ኃይል ተጠቀም!›› እናት ሃምሳ እግር ጮኸች። ሃምሳ እግር አስቀያሚ ሽታና አስከፊ ቃና መልቀቅ ጀመረ። ዶሮ ህመም ይሰማት ጀመር።

Mother Millipede shouted, “Use your special power my child!” Millipedes can make a bad smell and a terrible taste. Chicken began to feel ill.

Mama Jongoo alipiga kelele, “Tumia nguvu yako ya kipekee mwanangu!” Majongoo wanaweza kutoa harufu mbaya na ladha ya ajabu. Kuku akaanza kujisikia mgonjwa.

ዶሮ አገሳች። ከዚያ ዋጠችና ወዲያው አስታወከች። ከዚያም አነጠሰችና ሳለች። ደግማ ሳለች። ሃምሳ እግር አስጠሊታ ነበር!

Chicken burped. Then she swallowed and spat. Then she sneezed and coughed. And coughed. The millipede was disgusting!

Kuku akabeuwa. Akameza mate na kutema. Halafu akapiga chafya na kukohoa. Akakohoa tena. Jongoo alimfanya ajisikie vibaya.

ዶሮ በሆዷ ውስጥ ያለው ሃምሳ እግር እስኪወጣ ድረስ አሳላት። ተፈትልኮ ወጣ። ከዚያም እናትዬዋ ሃምሳ እግርና ልጇ ወደዛፉ ላይ ወጥተው ተደበቁ።

Chicken coughed until she coughed out the millipede that was in her stomach. Mother Millipede and her child crawled up a tree to hide.

Kuku alikohoa, hadi akamtema jongoo aliyekuwa tumboni mwake. Mama Jongoo na mwanaye wakakwea mti kujificha.

ከዚያን ጊዜ ጀምሮ ዶሮዎችና ሃምሳ እግሮች ጠላቶች ሆኑ።

From that time, chickens and millipedes were enemies.

Tangu hapo, Kuku na Jongoo ni maadui.

Written by: Winny Asara

Illustrated by: Winny Asara

Translated by: Dawit Girma

Read by: Abenezer Chane

Language: Amharic

Level: Level 3

Source: Chicken and Millipede from African Storybook

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