Gumuz Stage 2

Edaagizha ala-Waaŋgowa ka-Woda-Mata

Childhood Development Story Book

First Edition

This booklet is a product of the Benishangul - Gumuz Language

Development Project, which is a joint project between:

Education Bureau, Bureau of Culture & Tourism , Benishangul-

Gumuz National Regional State, P.O. Box 64, Assosa

and

SIL Ethiopia, P.O. Box 2576, Addis Ababa

Title: Edaagizha ala-Waaŋgowa ka-Woda-Mata

English title: The Story of the Fox and the Cock

Language: Gumuz, spoken in Ethiopia

Type of book: Story Book, Stage 2

Year of publication: 2015 (2008 E.C)

Writer: Kommander Gahon

Editor: Thomas Goshu, Worku Mege, Gao Adam,

Haymanot Girma, Abeselo Gane,

Travis Williamson

Illustrator: Kaleb Belete

Illustrations are

copyrighted by: SIL Ethiopia

Number of copies 1000

MLE– GM—32

Gumuz Stage 2

Edaagizha ala-Waaŋgowa ka-Woda-Mata

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Ma'iya ala-woda-mata nila-eba tso. Ala-Waaŋgowaakwe ma'iya alamá nilagaziya.

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Na-oka nameeta duwaaho

a-waaŋgowa kamata, daaka,

“Mazhaam, naandi

ala'iishaam?” Daakaakwe

amata, “Najaab'a.”

Daaka a-waaŋgowa “Ka-wuli

alaa'iishaam?” Daakaakwe

a-woda-mata, “Ara dila'iish

kadidam.”

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Nagana daaka a-waaŋgowa, “Ká-ntsi alaakahataak'w ama na-ara.” Daaka a-woda-mata, “Ara darkat'e ka-ama.” Aça waaŋgowa daamansa-mata tso.

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Nagana daaka a-waaŋgowa

ká-woda-mata, “We tsokwa,

fookwa aya naduu-b'aak'a

nala.” Daakaakwe

a-woda-mata “Eh! Ara

etsaraaŋgo.” Daaka

a-waaŋgowa, “Nagwaat'eyaam,

nagwaakaam etsaraaŋgo

ka-ama, ara namawotam

aragasok'wizhanaaŋgo

ma'ísa-mata. 'Ísab'i,

egasarok'w.”

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Nagana daaka a-woda-mata, “Ma'ísa alam daaka kwaakuleeee...ko!” Nagana daawuwudogw a-waaŋgowa kása-gaandara c'ogordiñ.

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Daaka a-waaŋgowa, “Mazha, ahiyaami ara? Ama nagwaahi

ara, ewore kamagaakwa eyaaŋgishokwa ka-ama.” Nagana, daawe a-waaŋgowa

kamagaakwa kágu-eba-mata, daaka a-woda-mata, “Ama waaŋgowa, kamaweyaaŋgo

kága, aila dilakat'e ka-ama.”

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Daawe a-waaŋgowa

daad'iceek'w kása-mas'a-mata,

daaka a-woda-mata, “Shinde,

ŋgahilakatsizh dida-da nagana

ewaaeyaam kágumila.”

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Nagana daawe a-woda-mata a-mbaand duud'ahas naçagaambuhwa, duukáka, “Weeça, kohwe káliçuwa, wud'e aila namaambuhoça-da nala.”

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Daawe a-waaŋgowa, daawud’eegw

namaambuhoça-da, duwaanzahas a-woda-mata duuk'oshaliç waaŋgowa,

duuceek'w liçamá kamaabaandama. Nagana daadugw kaliça-pilaha,

daakaatir kagisha, nagana daash.

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English Translation:

The Fox and the Cock

1.The Cock is a domestic fowl, and the fox is a wild animal that lives

in the forest. One day, the fox met the cock on road and asked him,

“Where do you live?”

“I live outside,” said the cock. Then the fox asked him, “With whom

do you live?” The cock said, "I live with my children."

2.The fox said, “Why do you live far from me?” The cock replied, “I

am afraid of you, because you foxes eat cocks and hens.” The fox

said, “Please, come. Let us go together to the spring and drink water.”

The cock said, “No, I will never go!” The fox said again, “If you are

afraid to go with me, please let me hear your voice as you crow,

because I have never heard the crow of a cock.”

3.The cock crowed and said, “This is my voice.” The fox seemed a bit

perplexed and began to look cross and said, “Are you insulting me?

In that case, I will come in the evening, and we shall discuss the

matter.” So, the fox came in the evening to the place where the cocks

live. The cock saw him coming and said, “You should not come to

our village, because we are afraid of you foxes.”

4.However, the fox came closer to the cocks. The cocks said, “Please,

stop, wait a minute. We will arrange some of our things, and tell you

to come in.”

5.Then, two of the cocks made a hole in the wall of their house and

called the fox, “Open your eyes wide and look at us through this hole,

and come in.” As the fox got his head in and tried to look inside, the

two cocks, at the same time, picked out the eyes of the fox with their

beaks. The fox was blinded immediately. He was frightened and tried

to run into the forest, but collided with a stone and died there.

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Amharic Translation:

ዶሮና ቀበሮ

1. አውራዶሮ የሚኖረው በቤት ውስጥ ሲሆን፤ ቀበሮ ደግሞ በጫካ ውስጥ ይኖራል። አንድ

ቀን ቀበሮው አውራዶሮውን መንገድ ላይ አገኘና፤ “የት ነው የምትኖረው?” አለው።

አውራዶሮውም፤ “ከሰፈር ውጪ ነው የምኖረው.” አለው። ቀበሮውም፤ “ከማን ጋር

ነው የምትኖረው?” ሲል ጠየቀው። አውራዶሮውም፤ "ከልጆቼ ጋር ነው የምኖረው."

አለው።

2. ቀበሮም፤ “ከእኔ ርቀህ ለምን ትኖራለህ?” ሲል ጠየቀው። አውራዶሮውም፤ “እኔ አንተን

እፈራሃለሁ፤ ምክንያቱም ቀበሮዎች ዶሮዎችን ስለምትበሉ ነው” አለው። ቀበሮውም

“እስቲ ና ሄደን ከምንጩውሃ አብረን እንጠጣ,” አለው። አውራዶሮውም፤ “አይ፤

አልሄድምአለው።” ቀበሮውም፤ “ፈርተህ አብሬህ አልሄድም ካልከኝ፤ የዶሮዎችን ድምፅ

ሰምቼ ስለማላውቅ፤ እባክህ ድምፅህን አሰማኝ” አለው።

3. አውራዶሮውም፤ “ድምፄ እንዲህ ነው.” አለና ጮኸ። ቀበሮውም ግራ ተጋብቶ ማዶ

ማዶውን እየተመለከተ፤ “እየሰደብከኝ ነው እንዴ? ለሁሉም ስለሰደብከኝ ወደ ማታ

መጥቼ እንነጋገራለን.” አለው። ስለዚህ ቀበሮው ማታ ላይ ወደዶሮዎቹ ሰፈር መጣ።

አውራዶሮውም፤ “አንተ ወደ እኛ ሰፈር አትምጣ፤ እኛኮ ቀበሮ እንፈራለን” አለው።

4. ቀበሮውም ወደ ዶሮዎቹ ተጠጋ፤ ዶሮውም፤ “ትንሽ ቆይ፤ አንዳንድ ነገሮች ካስተካከልን

በኋላ ትመጣለህ,” አለው።

5. ከዚያም ሁለት አውራዶሮዎች ከቤታቸው ግድግዳ ላይ ቀዳዳ አበጁና ቀበሮውን፤ “በዚህ

ቀዳዳ እኛን እያየህ ግባ” ብለው ጠሩት። ቀበሮውም በቀዳዳው ጭንቅላቱን አስገብቶ

ሊያይሲል፤ ዶሮዎቹ በአንድ ላይ ሁለቱን የቀበሮውን ዐይኖች በመንቁራቸው ወግተው

አወጡ። ቀበሮውም በመታወሩ ደንግጦ ወደ ጫካ ሊሮጥ ሲል፤ ከድንጋይ ጋር ተጋጭቶ

እዚያው ሞተ።

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