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المَاعِزُ والكَلْبُ والبَقَرَةُ كَانُوا أَصْدِقاءَ جِدًّا.
في أَحَدِ الأَيَّام ذَهَبُوا فِي رِحْلَةٍ بِسَيَّارةِ أُجْرَةٍ.
Mbuzi, Mbwa na Ng’ombe walikuwa marafiki wa karibu sana. Siku moja walisafiri kwa teksi.
Goat, Dog, and Cow
were great friends. One
day they went on a
journey in a taxi.
عِنْدَمَا وَصَلُوا إِلَى نِهايَةِ الرِّحْلَةِ، طَلَبَ مِنْهُمْ السائِقُ أُجْرَةَ رِحْلَتِهِمْ.
دَفَعَتْ البَقَرَةُ مَا عَلَيْهَا.
Walipofika mwisho wa safari yao, dereva aliwaomba walipe nauli zao. Ng’ombe alilipa nauli yake.
When they reached the
end of their journey, the
driver asked them to
pay their fares. Cow
paid her fare.
دَفَعَ الكَلْبُ زِيَادَةً، لأِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْرِفُ المَبْلَغَ المَطْلُوبَ.
Mbwa alilipa zaidi kidogo kwa sababu hakuwa na pesa taslimu.
Dog paid a bit extra,
because he did not
have the correct money.
بَيْنَمَا كَانَ السَّائِقُ يُعْطِي الكَلْبَ بَاقِيَ النُقودَ، هَرَبَتْ المَاعِزُ بَعيداً.
Dereva alipokaribia kumpa Mbwa chenji yake, Mbuzi alitoroka bila kulipa chochote.
The driver was about to
give Dog his change
when Goat ran away
without paying
anything.
غَضِبَ السَّائِقُ جِدّاً فَتَرَكَهُمْ وَرَحَلَ بِسَيَّارَتِهِ دُونَ أَنْ يُعْطِيَ الكَلْبَ بَاقِيَ نُقُودِهِ.
Dereva alikasirika sana. Aliondoka bila kumrudishia Mbwa chenji yake.
The driver was very
annoyed. He drove
away without giving
Dog his change.
لِهَذا السَّبَبِ يَرْكُضُ الكَلْبُ حَتَّى اليَوْمِ، أَمَامَ كُلِّ سيَّارَةٍ، وَيَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا نَظْرَةً سَريعةً.
لِلْبَحْثِ عَنْ السَّائِقِ الذِي أَخَذَ بَاقِيَ النُّقُودِ.
Hiyo ndiyo sababu hadi leo Mbwa hukimbiza magari ili achungulie ndani kuona kama atampata dereva mwenye chenji yake.
That is why, even
today, Dog runs
towards a car to peep
inside and find the
driver who owes him his
change.
أَمَّا المَاعِزُ فَقَدْ كانَتْ تَهْرُبُ عِنْدَمَا تَسْمَعُ صَوْتَ أَيِّ سَيَّارَةٍ.
فَهْيَ تَخَافُ أَنْ يُقْبَضَ عَلَيْهَا لِأَنَّهَا لَمْ تَدْفَعْ مَا عَلَيْهَا مِنَ النُقودِ.
Mbuzi hukimbia anaposikia mlio wa gari. Anaogopa atakamatwa kwa kutolipa nauli.
Goat runs away from
the sound of a car. She
is afraid she will be
arrested for not paying
her fare.
أَمَّا البَقَرَةُ فَهْيَ لَا تَهْتَمُّ عِنْدَمَا تَأْتِي أَيُّ سَيَّارَةٍ.
وَتَأْخُذُ كُلَّ وَقْتِهَا بِعُبُورِ الشَّارِعَ لِأَنَّها تَعْرِفُ أَنَّهَا دَفَعَتْ كُلَّ مَا عَلَيْهَا كَامِلاً.
Na Ng’ombe hababaiki gari likiwa linakuja. Ng’ombe huvuka barabara bila wasiwasi kwa sababu anajua alilipa nauli yake yote.
And Cow is not
bothered when a car is
coming. Cow takes her
time crossing the road
because she knows she
paid her fare in full.
Written by: Fabian Wakholi
Illustrated by: Marleen Visser, Ingrid Schechter
Translated by: Heba Tesheh, Maaouia Haj Mabrouk
Read by: Mashael Muhanna
