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ካላይ ከእጽዋት ጋር ትነጋገራለች Khalai talks to plants

Written by Ursula Nafula

Illustrated by Jesse Pietersen

Translated by Mezemir Girma

Read by Abenezer Chane

Language Amharic

Level Level 2

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ይቺ ካላይ ነች። ዕድሜዋ 7 ዓመት ነው። የስሟ ትርጉም በቋንቋዋ በሉቡኩሱ ‹‹ጥሩዋ ልጅ›› ማለት ነው።

This is Khalai. She is seven years old. Her name means ‘the good one’ in her language, Lubukusu.


ካላይ ከእንቅልፏ ስትነሣ ከአንድ የብርቱካን ዛፍ ጋር ትነጋገራለች። ‹‹እባክህ አንተ የብርቱካን ዛፍ ትልቅ ሁንና ብዙ የበሳሰሉ ብርቱካኖችን ስጠን›› ትለዋለች።

Khalai wakes up and talks to the orange tree. “Please orange tree, grow big and give us lots of ripe oranges.”


ካላይ ወደ ትምህርት ቤት ትሄዳለች። በመንገዷም ላይ ከሳሩ ጋር ታወራለች። ‹‹እባክህ ሳር አረንጓዴነትህን ግፋበት እንጂ እንዳትደርቅ።››

Khalai walks to school. On the way she talks to the grass. “Please grass, grow greener and don’t dry up.”


ካላይ የዱር አበቦችን አልፋ ሄደች። ‹‹እባካችሁ አበቦች ለጌጥ ጸጉሬ ላይ እንዳረጋችሁ ማበባችሁን ቀጥሉ።››

Khalai passes wild flowers. “Please flowers, keep blooming so I can put you in my hair.”


በትምህርት ቤት ግቢ ካለው ዛፍ ጋርም ካላይ ትነጋገራለች። ‹‹እባክህ አንተ ዛፍ ከጥላው ስር ቁጭ ብለን እንድናነብ ትላልቅ ቅርንጫፎችን አብቅልልን።››

At school, Khalai talks to the tree in the middle of the compound. “Please tree, put out big branches so we can read under your shade.”


ካላይ በትምህርት ቤቷ ዙሪያ ካለው ቁጥቋጦም ጋር ታወራለች። ‹‹ጠንካራ ሆናችሁ እደጉ፤ መጥፎ ሰዎች እንዳያልፉ አግዷቸው።››

Khalai talks to the hedge around her school. “Please grow strong and stop bad people from coming in.”


ካላይ ከትምህርት ቤት ወደ ቤቷ ስትመለስ የብርቱካኑን ዛፍ አየችው። ‹‹የብርቱካን ፍሬዎችህ ገና አልበሰሉም?›› ስትል ካላይ ጠየቀችው።

When Khalai returns home from school, she visits the orange tree. “Are your oranges ripe yet?” asks Khalai.


‹‹የብርቱካኑ ፍሬዎች ገና አልበሰሉም›› ካላይ አለች። ‹‹ነገ እመለስና አይሃለሁ የብርቱካን ዛፍ›› አለች ካላይ። ‹‹ምናልባት ያኔ የበሰሉ የብርቱካን ፍሬዎች አዘጋጅተህ ትጠብቀኝ ይሆናል!››

“The oranges are still green,” sighs Khalai. “I will see you tomorrow orange tree,” says Khalai. “Perhaps then you will have a ripe orange for me!”


Written by: Ursula Nafula
Illustrated by: Jesse Pietersen
Translated by: Mezemir Girma
Read by: Abenezer Chane
Language: Amharic
Level: Level 2
Source: Khalai talks to plants from African Storybook
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